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April 2012 Brides and Grooms

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  • neilcrook
    neilcrook Posts: 282 Forumite
    Welcome Smiler and LemonZest, we are getting a little bunch in the April section.

    Smiler - you can find some amazing sales out there and you can find your perfect dress for minimal cost, it just takes a little bit of hunting :D (Some go as little as £99). Also, how proud are you going to feel when all your hard work comes together and you can actually say - WE DONE THIS!

    Sorry to hear about your job Emz, you'll find something :) Mine came to an end just before i went on holiday, spoke to all the agencies yesterday and there's nothing up here to suit me at mo :( I'll find something though i always do... Plus means i can get my bloody wisdom teeth out on NHS so as not to hit into the wedding fund :D

    Holiday was fab - i went shopping for a tiara while i was there and found they were tacky and massively expensive - think gypsy wedding...

    Anyhoo, got full on wedding planning at the weekend and:
    Ordered a bespoke ring for us both - mine will fit into my shaped engagement ring :D
    Found and ordered 7 metres of material to change the BM dresses and i'm really happy with the final product :D
    Found my tiara reduced to £32 in a local wedding shop - and miraculously my mam agreed it was nice :O
    Bought all my jewellery from a sale at Bjorn (if you have one near you - go visit - fully kitted up for £18)
    Ordered my shoes in the BHS sale (fingers crossed they fit)
    Made appointment to see registrar
    Started my diet BOOOOOOOOOOOOO :)

    That's pretty much it :D lol
    :DStolen the OH's account so it's Jenna - not Neil:D
  • neilcrook
    neilcrook Posts: 282 Forumite
    Sorry missed you - Hi and welcome ClaireGwen :D
    :DStolen the OH's account so it's Jenna - not Neil:D
  • neilcrook
    neilcrook Posts: 282 Forumite
    Okay seriously, i really nedd to read everything before i post...

    Hi and Welcome MrsRadford2b...

    Guess i'm still in holiday mode!
    :DStolen the OH's account so it's Jenna - not Neil:D
  • Hi all!!!

    I'm new and also an April 2012 bride! Just finalised Saturday 28th April with our venue!!
    So nice to come across loads of other brides getting married around the same time of year!!

    I'm curious to hear floral ideas! I want to stick with seasonal flowers, anyone got any ideas what will look fab?! We're having navy and white with bright yellows thrown in (was hoping for some daffs but might be a little late!)

    We have the venue booked (The Stone Barn in Aldsworth, Gloucestershire) and registrar. Need to get my !!! in gear I think and sort everything else out!!

    Adz x
  • Welcome Adeline!

    I'm having just white and very pale pink roses in my handtied bouquet but your colours sound amazing! I'd personally have the yellow as my main colour in my bouquet and then work in the blue with the ribbon!

    Look forward to chatting with ya!
  • clairegwen
    clairegwen Posts: 137 Forumite
    Can I ask what you have all done so far? Have you had to put deposits down on anything yet? I have the church booked. The vicar will come round next January (3 months before), so I'm assuming he won't want any money till at least then. We are going to the Rugby Club on Monday so I will speak to them about deposits etc. We are working and saving hard at the moment. I will order dresses in about November. I'm just wondering if there is anything else I need to be doing? Venue is sorting food and DJ. I need to price cars and flowers. A friend of mine is doing photos.
  • Choc-addict
    Choc-addict Posts: 1,894 Forumite
    Hi,

    Blimey all these April brides joining since I last post! How fab! :D:D

    I'm off to an Wedding Fayre today with Mum & Mother in law to be....wish me luck!!!!! :eek:

    Feeling things are slowly coming together, so far -
    1.Church
    2.Venue
    3.Part of honeymoon
    4.Caterers
    5.Dress shopping (28th May) once back from holiday
    6.Cars - know which I am having, hoping to book them at Wedding Fayre today with a discount ;)

    I've an appt with local florist in June and am hoping to pick up some ideas from the Wedding Fayre today. We're kind of having a mammoth few weeks of wedding stuff before we go on holiday to Scotland in June. I'm off on girls holiday to Majorca next week, very excited and then hopefully come back nice and tanned ready to try on beautiful dresses :D

    Literally can not wait for April 2012....for all of us!!!!!!!!!!! :D
  • Hi girls...

    Well after a few weeks of nothing... I'm now flying along with wedding planning!

    clairegwen, this is what I've done so far since March:
    • Booked church
    • Booked and paid deposit on Reception venue
    • Bought wedding insurance
    • Booked on bag-piper (no deposit needed)
    • Booked and paid deposit on DJ
    • Booked Band (no deposit needed)
    • Booked and paid deposit on florist for bouquets and buttonholes
    • Booked and paid deposit on the hire of my table candelabras
    • Booked and paid deposit on my photographer
    So that's all the big things done now... really just to sort out the little things like my dress (need to loose a few lbs first!), my BM dress and the boys suits, and then of course the order of the day!

    And as a bonus, I found out my FIL 2B has just bought a champagne coloured Jag second hand so he's lending that to us for the day and the my BIL 2b is going to arrange the 2nd car for us!
  • Wow glad to see everyone's plans are coming along nice!

    We have booked (and deposit paid) on our venue (wedding and reception at the same place)
    Photographer booked
    Stationer booked
    Cake consultation book in
    Registrars booked (and deposit paid)
    Bridesmaid dresses bought
    And bought a wedding dress on Friday!!!!!!!!!

    I didn't mean to!! Went along to a sample sale and bought a dress for £860 off! Completely fell in love with it and typically it was nothing like anything I'd looked at before!!

    Need to think about flowers now and all the extras.

    Heading to an antiques fair this weekend to buy more vintage bottles and books for our centre pieces!!
  • neilcrook
    neilcrook Posts: 282 Forumite
    We're all coming along good :) If you've read this thread you will know how super-organised i am but this is where i am up to:

    Registrar - £460 - reserved, mtg in couple of weeks to give deposit
    Venue - £3600 - Booked, deposit given - Our package includes car (booked), flowers, chair covers (i have ordered a backdrop on top £200), balloons, DJ

    Dress - £450 - Bought - Berketex Sale
    Shoes - still looking
    Jewellery - £17 - bought - bijouxinternet.com - Totally recommend, got earrings, necklace bracelet (i did go in the shop though)
    Tiara - £32 - bought - local bridal shop sale
    BM dresses X4 - £304 - Bought - Debenhams sale (They are buying shoes and jewellery)
    BM tiaras X 4 - £20 - Wholesalers

    Suits X 7 - Found a package which is £360 for 6 - all suit wearers are contributing minimum £50 towards suit :D

    Photographer - £250 - old school friend
    Stationary - +£4 - vistaprint (postcards for invites, magnets std, business cards place cards)
    Favours - i've made the normal favours cost £41.80 for 80 - Dainty supplies
    Bubbles - £8 bought - Dainty supplies
    Guest book - made one but didn't like it so bought one for £8 - hobby craft
    Cake - cousin is fab - chocalety clares
    Bespoke Rings - (OH booked think was £360)ordered, deposit paid - rings by design
    Bouquets and button holes - aunty is kindly doing these (i spent £10 on flowers then we found a local wholesalers which is amazing! 19p for bunch of 6 lillies)
    Bought mirrored plates candles holders and these circle of beads from a wholesalers total £45 approx for tables in the evening

    I've got a huge box (free from supermarket) to make a proper post box out of, if it looks crap i'll buy one.

    Erm.... Pretty much organised with 331 days to go ha ha :rotfl:
    :DStolen the OH's account so it's Jenna - not Neil:D
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