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Destined_to_be_skint

Being a true MSEr, I am wondeirng if anyone has the following books, and is willing to give/lend them to me:

The Wedding Diaries by Laura Bloom
The Brides Guide to Unique Weddings by Sarah Ivens

Thank you if you can!

Guinea_2

Getting married next August and am wondering when to book things. Have booked the venue and reception and the reception place organise food. Wondering when to book cake, photography, suits, flowers;etc. Am panicking that we have left it too late....have we?

Thanks for your help.

alison6692

Guinea wrote:

Getting married next August and am wondering when to book things. Have booked the venue and reception and the reception place organise food. Wondering when to book cake, photography, suits, flowers;etc. Am panicking that we have left it too late....have we?

Thanks for your help.

Book as soon as you can - the good ones get booked up quickly - use forums too get recommends for your local area.

Hope that helps

Love alison x

Emms

Guinea wrote:

Getting married next August and am wondering when to book things. Have booked the venue and reception and the reception place organise food. Wondering when to book cake, photography, suits, flowers;etc. Am panicking that we have left it too late....have we?

Thanks for your help.

You could do it all now if you wanted, no harm in being organised and it would mean you have nothing to worry about. Im getting married next May and Ive had it all booked since about March/April this year. Found what I was looking for so didnt see the point in waiting any longer

Heres a wedding calendar for an example.
http://www.hsamuel.co.uk/webstore/static/guides/gettingmarried/planning.do

Emma

Rachie_B

Guinea wrote:

Getting married next August and am wondering when to book things. Have booked the venue and reception and the reception place organise food. Wondering when to book cake, photography, suits, flowers;etc. Am panicking that we have left it too late....have we?

Thanks for your help.

August is a very popular time and a lot of the time you may find things are booked up up to 2 yrs in advance :eek:

What we did was book / arrange the "important" things first ,venue,photographer,transport,florist,co ordinator etc

Guinea_2

Thanks for all your replies. Got the church, venue for reception, friend now agreed to do photography, hair by a friend, suits for men organised. Cake is an on-going thing and should be organised soon. Went to the florists today and they told us to come back in June to organise flowers! Is that right or should I look for another florist?

Rachie_B

Guinea wrote:

Thanks for all your replies. Got the church, venue for reception, friend now agreed to do photography, hair by a friend, suits for men organised. Cake is an on-going thing and should be organised soon. Went to the florists today and they told us to come back in June to organise flowers! Is that right or should I look for another florist?

did they give you a rough idea of price / did you talk through your budget and ideas etc ?

no point in booking someone that come june you wont be able to afford !

mtp_2

Hi I'm a Registrar mainly working at Approved Premises, Stately Homes, Hotels etc. Often I see the room set for the reception and notice the flower arrangements which must cost a fortune. One of the most stylish table settings I have seen this season was a sparkling clean milk bottle with a single flower in it. Just an idea.

lawtz04

Hey Guys

Just a quick potential offer for you if your getting married! My girlfriend is an up anc coming photographer who will be looking to do some kind of promotion I would imagine. She has spoken of doing a free wedding or reduced rate wedding to help with her porfolio and get her name out there a bit.

Any here getting married? (Pref South West)

Drop me a line saying when, where and I'll pass it on to her.

x

helen_caslass

paul2468 wrote:

good tip for the wedding night................to save money on expensive ribbed condoms, just slip some frozen peas into the condom....and hey presto...a ribbed condom at half the price.

but what happens when they defrost you'll have mushy peas and i cant imagine that would be very pleasant...