What is your wedding going to be like?

[pinkmummy]

What is your wedding going to be like? Where are you getting married, where is your venue after?

Reason I am asking is I went to a friend's evening reception on Saturday and realised how different taste people have.

She had her wedding in a church (which was GORGEOUS!) and then she had her meal and evening reception at the local golf club.

We are getting married at the venue which is a farm/hotel. We get married in the 'barn' which is a conversion and looks amazing.

We will be having our whole day here including our wedding breakfast (which includes a choice menu for the guests) and our evening buffet too

Personally I didn't like my friends venue, the outside looked lovely but the inside you could jsut tell it was a 'club' iykwim. Don't get me wrong there is nothing wrong with them ... just not what I would personally want, just like what I am having is not what other people personally want!

So come share your wedding xx

 

[buttonnose82]

we are getting married in a 700 year old church with all stain glassed windows and traditional features

we then go to a country hotel that has beautiful grounds (old stone huts/ secret flower gardens etc), we are having a carvary (beef/turkey/salmon) wedding breakfast and evening buffet is bacon buns/sausage buns/potato wedges & onions rings)

4 layer cake (1 fruit/ 1 chocolate orange madeira/ 2 regular madeira), decorated with a retro type theme.

Favours are organza bags with retro sweets,

table names are retro sweets.

Table decorations are large glass bowls with water & floating gerb's on mirrors and purple crystals sprinkled on the tables

think thats about it lol

 

[pinkmummy]

That sounds gorgeous!! I wanted to bowls for our centrepieces but budget wouldn't allow it so we have stuck with the hotels option of candelabras.

We have burgandy rose petals and crystals to sprinkle on the table, and little soaps and choccies in organza bags as favours

Cake I am making myself! Eeeekkk!! It will be top tier (6") lemon sponge with buttercream, middle tier (8") chocolate and bottom tier (10") vanilla sponge with jam and buttercream

I haven't a clue what to do for table names ... I think we're just gonna end up numbering them

 

[katieandbump]

We're having church wedding in a huge church with massive stained glass windows, gorgeous steps and black and gold big gates outside looks very grand i fell in love with it straight away and luckily we live in the catchment area to be in the parrish to marry there.

Our reception is in a big manor hotel black and white stately home style with acres and acres of gardens out the back i think off the venue room we've booked we get 8 acres in the back to play with which includes ponds with water feautres and an outdoor swimming pool so lush and perfect for the little one.

The venue supplies all the flowers for the tables so thats sorted which is good but we're also going to have a sweet buffet table, i love the idea of a string quartet playing when the guests arrive and have their arrival drink but we'll see.

I think we're either going for a chocolate cake in white and cadburys purple (our wedding colours) or a cupcake tower cake with the cutting cake on the top and loads of little cakes underneath individually covered in fondant, we're sprinkling purple petals on the tables too to tie in with the theme colour haven't thought of table names probably just use numbers for ours too.

x

 

[buttonnose82]

we are lucky, the bowl centre pieces come for free with the venue!

my mummy is making our cake! she is currently baking 1 of the cakes as we speak lol

 

[pinkmummy]

I could not be bothered to make fruit cake lol plus we don't like it so I don't see the point haha xx

 

[loopylj]

Ours in a Methodist Church which was only built approx 20 years ago so its quite modern. Reception and evening is at a hotel set in a beautiful area with lots of beautiful gardens etc for photo opportunities and the room we are having looks out over countryside. Favours just having gold boxes with the traditional almonds. Cake is a 3 tier with fruit on the bottom and the top two are sponge. xx

 

[katieandbump]

We're the same with fruit cake i don't mind it but OH doesn't like it so we're not having it, choccie cake all the way it's going to be a nightmare tho makig a choc cake with white fondant and it's hopefully going to be a hot day mid july might go horribly wrong lol.

It's the little things that really add up isn't it like the favours and all the stationery and that i'm ordering my save the date magnet cards tonight so excited.

Luckily we have friend of family supplying cake, wedding car and myabe even photography so that will save us alot which will hopefully be able to contribute to a honeymoon, is everyone booking their honeymoons in advance.
Our plan is to save as much as we can and hopefully get some contributions from guests as we've been living together for ages so no point having wedding list as there's nothing we need. Then we're just going to book last minute and hopefully get some really good deals all inclusive, would love to go to cancun or anywhere hot.

 

[Kimboowee]

Im getting married in a country hall. Im having everything all in the one building! Getting married in the library then having the day/evening reception in the ballroom. I don't want a stuffy wedding - thats just not our style at all!
Having a sit down meal during the day and sausage/bacon/chips baps at night time with a sweet buffet, all a bit of fun! Having cupcakes for the wedding cake and my grandad is insisting on making us an iced fruit cake to cut lol

 

[pinkmummy]

All the little things certainly add up!! LOL I bought everything to make my own invitations and I have got about half done and can't be bothered with the rest then realised I only have 4 months left till the wedding so have paid someone to make them for me

We have found quite a cheap photographer for £250. He will be with us fromm 11am - 8pm! That also includes, a 60 page wedding album and CD with photos on

The car is probably one of the most expensive things that we could have done without at £300 but it is gorgeous and we get a bottle of champagne and a ride out after the wedding to have some 'us' time

We are just asking everyone for money as we have lived together for 5 years so have everything too.

My dad has booked us a week in a lodge in the lakes so we would prefer the money as spending money iykwim xx

 

[buttonnose82]

omg you got a real bargain on your photographer! we thought we had a good deal at £1000 for 12 hours and includes £400 towards the album!

we have family friend driving their very nice new car for the bridesmaids and her dad has a old vintage car which he is driving for us for free for our car

flowers have been a nightmare but think we are pretty sorted there

we did 2 wedding lists because future MIL moaned and insisted we did them, i was shocked last week when i got a phonecall from 1 of the lists and got told everything had gone! lol had to quickly try and find other stuff to add!

our invites we got hand made off a woman i found of ebay, honestly they were beautiful and were very reasonable!

 

[QueenMummyToBe]

Our wedding is a registry office ceremony (sadly enough) neither of us is religious in any way so we wanted to have the ceremony in the ballroom we are having the reception in but the registrar wanted far too much money to do it.

We are having our pictures taken in a gorgeous park with a band stand and some gorgeous bridges! Fingers crossed the weather will be nice

Then we will be going to the ballroom, which from the outside just looks like a normal building but from the inside it has the wow factor, a sweeping staircase and chandeliers.

Our wedding breakfast is actually going to be a buffet, it is what we both prefer, a really old fashioned one like you would've had when going to parties as a kid, and with us getting married at the end of august a three course meal would be far too much!

Our table decorations are black and white pom pom flowers in vases with little clear pebbles and black and white candles in vases.

The cake is two layers of fruit (which I've made myself) and a layer of normal sponge and a layer of chocolate, and will be decorated with white icing and black decorative icing (haven't decided on the style yet though)

We are going for quite a casual wedding, during the day there will be approx 50 of us just close family and friends because we want to feel comfortable and have a laugh with everyone.

I get so excited about it all when I talk/type about it!!!

Every ones weddings sound lovely!!!!

 

[pinkmummy]

Definate bargain ... he just does it part time but his pics are lovely.

www.ianbellphotography.co.uk

We love his style of photos!

Queenmummytobe that sounds gorgeous! OH wanted to have our wedding in a church but it was going to be way too expensive

There will be about 60 adults in the day and that is mainlu family and a few close friends and around 100-120 on the evening xx

 

[Pops]

Our wedding day will be simple, laid back and very non-traditional and it is hopefully going to be a really special weekend for those invited as we have really aimed to treat those we love hence splashing out on a place like this. It is a chance to say thank you to all our family and friends who have been there for Boyo and I since we became "us"...

We have hired an entire seafront exclusive boutique hotel for all our guests for the weekend and for us, it is just perfect although I am aware that some people will hate it as it is as far from a traditional wedding venue as you can get!!

xxx

 

[Sovereign]

We are getting married at Manchester City Football Club's ground! bit unusual but it is gorgeous inside! We are getting married quite late and are having a buffet instead of a sit down meal. My car is a white traditional taxi ( https://www.idotaxi.co.uk ) and we are having a harpist and a walk around magician at the drinks reception. Our cake is a 4 tier chocolate cake with the bottom tier being dark, and then milk, and then white and then the top tier chocolate with rum in it!!!

 

[booflebump]

Nice idea for a thread Kelz!

We are having a religious ceremony and our reception at a country manor hotel - its set in gorgeous grounds and steeped in history. Its also meant to be haunted!!

We are having quite a large bridal party of 2 bridesmaids, a flowergirl, a pageboy, two best men and three ushers. I'm going for simple, classic handtied roses for me and the girls, and hope to have lots of floral arrangements in both the ceremony and reception room. Havent decided on centrepieces yet.

We have a piper and a string quartet for the day, then a dj and 11 piece band for the evening reception.

Favours are going to be handmade and personalised to match our theme by a very talented lady I found, and our stationery is going to be handmade by another highly creative lady to match as well.

I am very excited to have a fab photographer, and we have two videographers to capture the day as well. Might have to get over my camera-shyness!

Family friend is making our cake - she makes the yummiest cakes ever. We are having a four course sit down meal, with an evening buffet too. We will have a drinks reception with champagne and canapes while we are off getting our photos taken.

We dont need any cars as I am staying the night before at the venue and Mr Boofs is using his beloved car to get him and his boys there too. We will have to put on buses for some of the guests who are travelling a long distance.

A lot of our guests will be staying in the hotel so its will be like a great big house party as the bar stays open for residents after hours We are looking at around 110 guests for the day, and another 50 at night.

Its all so exciting!!

xxx

 

[pinkmummy]

Viv that sounds absolutely amazing! 2 videographers! Wow lucky you! OH wanted one but our budget won't stretch that far

Our wedding party is quite large too with 4 bridesmaids, 1 flowergirl, 1 pageboy and 1 best man LOL xx

 

[booflebump]

Viv that sounds absolutely amazing! 2 videographers! Wow lucky you! OH wanted one but our budget won't stretch that far

Thank you Its one company but you get two videographers in the package Means I can see Mr Boofs getting ready etc, although watching chain smoke might not be all that exciting! x

 

[24/7]

Our day is going to be very simple, me and OH with 26 of our close family and a couple of friends at a ceremony at a hotel in the afternoon, followed by an afternoon of drinks within the grounds, then dinner in the evening at about five. Then just relaxing and all spending time together after, with me and OH leaving at about 9pm, no party or anything like that.
Were not having bridesmaids, ushers, page boys etc, and OH's bestman so to speak will be my brother. It's perfect for us. xx

 

[polo_princess]

I only just saw this

Our wedding is going to be very relaxed and informal.

Ceremony at the local registry office and then straight onto a buffet style evening reception, we are getting married quite late in the day so that we can tie the two in.

Everything has been done as relaxed as possible yet good quality, a church or posh hotel just isnt us and we would feel far comfier this way, afterall, we've got to pay for it so we want to be happy