*Brides To Be Club! For Brides Of 2009 & Onward*

IWantToBeFree_2

DizzyT wrote: »

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We have been so lucky in that a lot of our friends are really good at photography. We have about 6 of them all bringing their cameras.:rotfl: Saves us a fortune!

My uncle is a fantastic photographer, and he would have done them for us, however, he is also a Vicar so is doing the ceremony and we told him we wanted him to feel like he was going to be there as a guest rather than doing everything for us...

Plus, its a lot of responsibility to heap on someones shoulders, if something went wrong, imagine how bad they may feel. Obviously if you have more than 1 person its not such a big deal, but for insurance purposes, obviously you couldn't claim for loss of photos when its friends doing it for free.

Ours wasn't too badly priced compared to some, £750 and that includes full copywrite to the photos. We are having them for before/during/after the ceremony, but not at the reception, just going to ask my uncle to capture the speeches, first dance and cutting of the cake.

DizzyT_2

IWantToBeFree wrote: »

My uncle is a fantastic photographer, and he would have done them for us, however, he is also a Vicar so is doing the ceremony and we told him we wanted him to feel like he was going to be there as a guest rather than doing everything for us...

Plus, its a lot of responsibility to heap on someones shoulders, if something went wrong, imagine how bad they may feel. Obviously if you have more than 1 person its not such a big deal, but for insurance purposes, obviously you couldn't claim for loss of photos when its friends doing it for free.

Ours wasn't too badly priced compared to some, £750 and that includes full copywrite to the photos. We are having them for before/during/after the ceremony, but not at the reception, just going to ask my uncle to capture the speeches, first dance and cutting of the cake.

My outlook on the photos are, if we get a good one of the pair of us and one of the kids, then we are happy. Anything else is a bonus.

I have been told that i am too laid back about this wedding but for me, it is about me and alec not all the details!




Having said that I am manically getting all the little decorations etc together!

shelovestobuystuff

Still to finalise a photographer from my shortlist but just about everything else is planned and basiclly done already.

*Venue is secured and deposit paid.
*Celebrant chosen and she has agreed to travel to our venue.(still have to meet with her in Glasgow and finalise plans for ceremony)
*Menu chosen 95% sure we have chosen well then MIL said oh,scallops for starter,I wont eat that!!!so we have to try a couple of the courses to okay them before we finalise that.
*All wines chosen.
*Have to chat with castle manager and organise serving staff etc.
*My dress chosen,fitting not for many months yet.A cape to match.
*My wedding boots chosen but still to get them dyed to match dress.
*Flowers decided on and have to source a supplier local to venue.
*Have decide on colours and styles for everyone else,bridesmaids etc but still to find actual outfits.Loads of time yet.
*Have chosen platinum rings,saving up to buy them.
*Musical entertainment decided and Sa Masia string quartet is booked for 2 hours,still to make up CD,s for the evening.
*catering and activities planned for the days when the family join us,still to speak to housekeeper/cook.Lunch out planned and archery activity for afternoon after wedding for all family.
*found evening entertainment(musician) for evening after but still to contact them to check availablility
*still to find a mini bus driver near the venue to pick up some of the family in Glasgow and bring them to the castle.
What have I missed out?
*Oh the cake,probably M&S chocolate 3 tier one.Yum!:cool: Still to finalise that though.
*Invitations are to be DIY,have decided on those but still to do a trial mock up.
The only thing I dont know yet is what Hubby2b will eventually decide to wear.No kilt,no prissy neckwear is as much as I have managed to get him to decide as yet.:rolleyes:


Please,if theres anything you see I may have missed tell me.:D

MsChazzer

That banner looks great! And 4 of us on 23rd May...

I'm off work at the moment and trying to think about weddingy things to cheer me up, got my florist sorted and finally got a quote out of the caterer, we had some crossed wires it seems! My 'official' engagement ring arrived last week too, it's by Ola Gorie in Orkney, where I was born.

I've made an inspiration board to give my bridesmaids an idea of the sort of colours I'm thinking of. They can choose their own dresses as long as they are pink.

OH has begun his suit hunt, he wants a blue one like Dr Who but apart from fancy dress ones from eBay he's struggling. Still early days though.

Hope everyone else's plans are going well!

Sammy_Girl

Hi Ladies!!!

I'm so excited. Just discovered this wedding section and indeed this thread :j !!!!!

Please can I join. We're getting married 15th August 2009, and I can't wait!!! Have booked church and reception venue but that's all . I need some serious motivation to get organised with everything else.

Thank you

Sammy x

UKJubilee_2

IWantToBeFree wrote: »

I've just booked the photographer, 50% deposit means that I am £375 lighter...

Next up will be dress shopping!

Sounds like you got a good bargain on that one! Mine is coming in at several hundred over £1000 (although we have insisted on getting copies of the pics on cd/dvd with rights to reproduce them - we did have to promise not to do any really horrible photoshoping of them that made them tacky!).

sunshinejoclaire

Hiya please add me to the list! 24th May 2009

Have so far :-
Booked and paid for menu
Provisionally (sp?) chosen menus
Paid deposits from groomsmens outfits
Bought my wedding dress
Bought Bridemaids dreses

so not doing too badly..

gill_81uk

The OH proposed to me on holiday last week, needless to say I spent the rest of the holiday dying to get home and start planning!

We're looking at end of June/beginning of July 2009, will put date on when booked.

Just starting to realised how expensive it's going to be, so off to have a look over the board now for ideas on getting my perfect venue relatively cheaply!!

If anyone in manchester/warrington area has any suggestions they would be greatly appreciated. Our family all live elsewhere so a sat wedding is a must so that they don't all have to take time off work to stay over.

sunshinejoclaire

gill_81uk wrote: »

The OH proposed to me on holiday last week, needless to say I spent the rest of the holiday dying to get home and start planning!

We're looking at end of June/beginning of July 2009, will put date on when booked.

Just starting to realised how expensive it's going to be, so off to have a look over the board now for ideas on getting my perfect venue relatively cheaply!!

If anyone in manchester/warrington area has any suggestions they would be greatly appreciated. Our family all live elsewhere so a sat wedding is a must so that they don't all have to take time off work to stay over.

Have you thought about a bank holiday Sunday? Our family is scattered across the country so we are getting wed on May24th with is a Bank Holiday Sunday, which gives the family time to travel up on Saturday and travel back on BH Monday :T

gill_81uk

Yeah that is an option if we can't get the Saturdays that we want, it would have to be the 24th as the others are too early for decent weather for our honeymoon in kefalonia or too late!

spent the last 5 hours looking at venues - am stressed already lol