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jiblets1

Guinea wrote:

Well....I went to the sales today in search of my two bridesmaids dresses and guess what?! Could I find ANYTHING that remotely looked like the dresses I wanted? Could I heck?! Nothing, nada, zilch! What to do now?!

Go elsewhere, try another town, look hard.
Possibly consider waiting for new stock and paying the extra...?

Best of luck!!!

bebebelle1975

You cant beat hurricane lanterns, that are simple and cheap.You can often get them in £1 shops and just fill them with pebbles or flowers to match your theme .I saw this idea at a very plush wedding in America,and it looked stunning.Hope you have a fantastic day.

If you are having a small wedding Marks and sparks have a lantern complete with a luxury candle for £5.00 each, they may be on sale now.Just stunning.

Butterfly garlands made with delicate feather wings and crystals, in baby pink and primary brights are on sale at Monsoon at half price just £4 a packet.

Also check out Marthastewart.com for crafty ideas its just great

bebebelle1975

Plas derion in North wales is lovely and economical.Have a look on the website plasderion.com

showtunesgirl

Guinea wrote:

Well....I went to the sales today in search of my two bridesmaids dresses and guess what?! Could I find ANYTHING that remotely looked like the dresses I wanted? Could I heck?! Nothing, nada, zilch! What to do now?!

Fear not Guinea. I just found my bridesmaid dresses yesterday in of all places, ASDA! I wanted silvery grey dresses for my bridesmaids as I didn't want to put them in something like the stereotypical lilac and was going to grab them off ebay. But I went for a shop yesterday and to my surprise found some gorgeous silver grey satin dresses overlaid with chiffon, cross over at the bust and hand sewn sequins on the top and all finished off with a lovely satin tie sash. I thought they were a steal at £30 each but to my amazement, they were only £7 in the sale! :eek:

As I had only one of my bridesmaids with me, I found one that fitted her, and then bought a few more for my other bridesmaid in different sizes. The ones I don't end up using will be cut up to make matching shawls etc or sold off on Ebay!

So don't despair and keep looking!

Do I get a Moneysavingexpert gold star or what?!

glenstan

We are off to Gretna Green tommorow, our daughter getting married on new years eve , her birthday. Whole thing taken 3 weeks from first enquiry, I been making bridal flowers today, buttonholes and the bridal bouquet.
We arranged venue, photographer and piper online. We went shopping yesterday for her bridal underwear, she got bargains in the sales.We hav not had time to dwell on what can or cannot go wrong, we are really looking forward to a lovely wedding. All beit with or without snow

jiblets1

showtunesgirl wrote:

Do I get a Moneysavingexpert gold star or what?!

You certainly do! And maybe a blue peter badge for the idea of making scarves from the remainder!

Good effort!

iwantabargain

glenstan wrote:

We are off to Gretna Green tommorow, our daughter getting married on new years eve , her birthday. Whole thing taken 3 weeks from first enquiry, I been making bridal flowers today, buttonholes and the bridal bouquet.
We arranged venue, photographer and piper online. We went shopping yesterday for her bridal underwear, she got bargains in the sales.We hav not had time to dwell on what can or cannot go wrong, we are really looking forward to a lovely wedding. All beit with or without snow

Hope everything goes well with your daughter's wedding My partner propsed to me on xmas day soo romantic!!! Anyhow we are thinking about getting married in Gretna, can you tell me which websites your daughter used as i google searched Gretna and loads of website came up, also hope you don't mind me asking which package did she have and was it worth it?

Rachie_B

showtunesgirl wrote:

Fear not Guinea. I just found my bridesmaid dresses yesterday in of all places, ASDA! I wanted silvery grey dresses for my bridesmaids as I didn't want to put them in something like the stereotypical lilac and was going to grab them off ebay. But I went for a shop yesterday and to my surprise found some gorgeous silver grey satin dresses overlaid with chiffon, cross over at the bust and hand sewn sequins on the top and all finished off with a lovely satin tie sash. I thought they were a steal at £30 each but to my amazement, they were only £7 in the sale! :eek:

As I had only one of my bridesmaids with me, I found one that fitted her, and then bought a few more for my other bridesmaid in different sizes. The ones I don't end up using will be cut up to make matching shawls etc or sold off on Ebay!

So don't despair and keep looking!

Do I get a Moneysavingexpert gold star or what?!

they sound lovely

and what a bargain ! :T

aww glenstan, hope everything goes well and you all have a perfect day

Guinea_2

Ah ah! I have been blessed! Saw an advert in my local paper for a bridal sale in a shop near me so made an appointment. Went along today with my Mother to see bridesamaids dresses. Saw THE perfect dress in the colour I wanted. No, they were not in the sale although they were EXACTLY what I have been looking for. They DID have a sale on brides dresses and although I have already bought my dress (£54!) my Mum asked me to try some on and yes, you guessed it I have found THE perfect dress and accessories....and my Mother offered to pay! Could I resisit?! No! I guess it's money saving for me but not for my Mother...although, the dress WAS half price!

glenstan

Hi everyone just back from Gretna Green , daughters wedding ceromony was lovely. we went to Mill Forge , the weather was terrible blowing a gale . 15 mins after daughter was married there was a powercut so no lights or heating for over 8 hours. we had bought tickets for a function the food was brilliant but we could not see it, staff getting us around with torches. there were that many candles lighting up the bars i had asthma attack and had to leave early. the photographer was a guy named Colin Wyper who produced some stunning photographs under adverse weather conditions, these were in the reception area by 9 am the next day.