August 2012 Brides and Grooms

LisaJane

see if you can find a wholesale jeweler somewhere...if not i know there are some on the internet that you could try. depends on what you want really. a friend of mine's husband got his for £30 from argos and is really happy with it. i got my platinum one from a wholesale jeweler for £360 and OH a paladium one for £220.

stassy23

i am getting mine from argos its gold with 3 diamonds thats £130 ill have to keep looking for oh xx

swampduck

Well the rings are one thing that we don't have to worry about because we bought them on holiday in Cyprus about 6 years ago!!
But we both had a week off from work last week and we have sorted the venue and the registrar. We just need to decide what food we are having and they will do literally everything else. All the decorations for the rooms and tables, dj, food for both daytime and evening etc etc is sorted by the venue and included in the price. The venue calculate the costs according to what you want - if you want low budget or high budget - they discuss what you want and how much you want, from minimalist to big flashy over the top - What a relief!! I am the least artistic person on this earth so having someone else deal with all that is brilliant for me.

My daughter has a work colleague who has a keen interest in Photography and wantsto expand his portfolio from landscapes and objects!! into people and we are happy to let him have free rein with a little input from us.:D (and that's a freebie!!)

She also has a friend who makes her own cards and is setting up a sideline business branching out into wedding invitations, place settings and so on - so last night we went along to discuss what we would like for our daytime invites. So in the next few days we should see samples of what was discussed and then she can use them on her first wedding fayre stall at the end of the month. We have still not decided what to do with the evening invites - but will probably go with a print to keep costs down.:A
Oooh! What else?!! Had heart failure at fresh flower prices so have been looking at artificial flowers so lots of internet browsing to do there.
Been looking at outfits for the men and decided that because hiring suits is ridiculously expensive and given that once we are at the venue we are indoors for the duration except for rooftop balcony. I have decided that OH, his best men (his two sons) my son (who is giving me away) and pageboy can all wear smart trousers, white wing collar shirts and waist coats with cravats. No jackets to worry about!! and very relaxed and informal which is what we are aiming for.:T
Still got bridesmaids and myself to sort out. My sister has offered to do our cake for us - she used to do cakes as a sideline years ago. So we are going to ask her to do a cake which we can use for our top tier with cup cakes beneath. We need to look around and taste cup cakes which can then be used as dessert after pie and peas or whatever we decide on for food.

Thsi is exhausting but such fun!!

Swampy

stassy23

wow you have got it organised!!!

well decided on oh ring from h samuel so need to order that now

Crowdpleaser

Can I join? Our date is 17th August. We have only just started organising. Room hire is free as its a licenses function room at work. Doing buffet ourselves. Will prob get foam flowers. Am struggling with decoration thoiugh. Think we will go with voiles across windows etc and down pillers but dont know what to do aboiut tables. They are knee height occassional tables with sorta fabric bucket chairs, what can I do? x

stassy23

welcome crowdpleaser i am gettng married the same day as you!!!!

well i have ordered oh ring now and had a call to say mine is in but need to re size it now.
feels ages away til we get married

Hollie84

Hi and wlcome crowdpleaser

Well today i have made my day invites just need to add the inserts and the ribbon then thats them done.off to ikea tomorrow to get our vases and tea light holders

stassy23

aw bet your invites look good hollie
my sister is doing mine shes very crafty i am not lol

Hollie84

Will put pics up on FB an here once there completed

Hollie84

Hi all,well dress fitting yesterday went well,dress isnt quite finished yet but the lace up back has been put in,my mums friend has also told me not to loose anymore weight,ive dropped a dress size down to an 8 and she said if i lose anymore a zip will have to be put back in and the lace back wont have any gaps so wont look nice so if i do lose anymore it looks like im binging on cake the week leading up to the wedding :rotfl:

We went to ikea yesterday and got all our vases,tea light holders and the tea lights so thats another tick off the list :j we are picking our rings up on wednesday and i cant wait to see them