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Stacey Hubbard
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Showing posts with label Ceremony. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Ceremony. Show all posts
Tuesday, 29 November 2011
The wedding dress
Seeing as me and my Dad are pretty good at sewing I have decided I will make my wedding dress with his help. By doing this I know that it will be exactly how I want it and could even end up saving us a bit of money which will be a bonus!
I have some ideas of what I want, not sleeveless, but not long sleeves. Quite a bit of beaded work. Long, floor length. – That’s how far I’ve got with my ideas so far.
Wednesday, 23 November 2011
Wedding in Scotland
I love this hotel inthe south of Scotland, it would make a lovely location for a wedding although if we were to have it there it would mean it would be a lot of travelling for the guests. We would also have to shange the date we plan to have the wedding to be earlier or later as you can only book it during the winter season.
http://www.winter-wedding-venues.co.uk/index.html
The cost is really high although it does cover nearly all of the expenses for the reception.
Something to think about...
The guest list
For me the most important people to have at our wedding will be our families, followed by close friends. I would love to have the people from Kilve Court there as well although I'm not still in contact with everyone.
I think that we need to scale back the number of guests we invite to the ceremony to keep the costs down and then invite more to the evening reception.
I think that we need to scale back the number of guests we invite to the ceremony to keep the costs down and then invite more to the evening reception.
Tuesday, 22 November 2011
Creating a website for your wedding
If you want to create a website for your wedding so that you're guests can find out more information take a look at the following link, you'll be surprised - you don't need to know how to code a website. Plus some of the host services are free!
Take a look: http://weddings.about.com/od/gettingstarted/a/weddingwebsite_2.htm
Take a look: http://weddings.about.com/od/gettingstarted/a/weddingwebsite_2.htm
Questions for When Looking for Wedding Venues for Both Ceremony and Reception
•Do they own enough chairs for the ceremony, or will they need to be rented?
•Does the wedding venue have an entirely separate area for the ceremony? {It is not uncommon that while the guests are at the cocktail hour, the caterers will transform the ceremony room into the dining room and/or dance floor.)
•If not, how long does it typically take for the staff to change over the room?
Source: http://weddings.about.com/cs/weddinglocations/a/venuequestions.htm
•Does the wedding venue have an entirely separate area for the ceremony? {It is not uncommon that while the guests are at the cocktail hour, the caterers will transform the ceremony room into the dining room and/or dance floor.)
•If not, how long does it typically take for the staff to change over the room?
Source: http://weddings.about.com/cs/weddinglocations/a/venuequestions.htm
Questions for When Looking at Separate Wedding Reception Venues and Ceremony Locations
•How far is it from one location to the other?
•Do the two places have the same level of formality and a coordinating style?
•Do they both accommodate about the same number of guests?
•Does the wedding reception venue have any experience with weddings from your ceremony location?
Source: http://weddings.about.com/cs/weddinglocations/a/venuequestions.htm
•Do the two places have the same level of formality and a coordinating style?
•Do they both accommodate about the same number of guests?
•Does the wedding reception venue have any experience with weddings from your ceremony location?
Source: http://weddings.about.com/cs/weddinglocations/a/venuequestions.htm
Questions to ask yourself when deciding on a wedding venue
•What's the decor like? Does it fit your style and wedding colors? Will you have to spend a lot of money on flowers and decorations to make it beautiful?
•Do they have an in-house caterer, and do you like that food? (While an in-house caterer can be easier and cheaper, sometimes the food is not as beautiful as the room. So make sure you taste it!) Do they have a limitation on which outside caterers you can use?
•Do they have adequate coat check and bathroom facilities?
•Is the wedding venue wheelchair accessible? If not, are there many stairs to climb? How close is the parking to the ceremony and reception rooms?
•What's the cancellation policy?
•Is there a payment schedule? What kind of deposits are required?
•Are there any hidden costs? (Before you sign the contract, read it carefully.)
•What are the overtime charges?
•Do they have a liquor license?
•Will they allow you to bring your own liquor? (This is usually cheaper, even with the customary corkage fee.)
•Is there room in the wedding venue for a band and/or dancing?
•Does the wedding venue already own a sound system with adequate speakers or will that need to be rented?
•Is there a space for the bride and groom to change and/or relax?
•Where will you take photographs? Is there a park nearby, or do the coordinators have recommended spots on the grounds?
•Who will be supervising and troubleshooting before the day of your wedding? Who will be supervising and troubleshooting on the day of your wedding? Can you meet them now?
•Where can your guests park? Are there extra fees for parking? Do they have valet parking?
•Is the wedding venue convenient to public transportation, especially in big cities? How long will it take your guests to get there?
•Especially in museums or private clubs, are there limitations on decorations? Do they limit food and drinks to only certain areas of the wedding venue?
•Are candles or other open flames allowed?
Source: http://weddings.about.com/cs/weddinglocations/a/venuequestions.htm
•Do they have an in-house caterer, and do you like that food? (While an in-house caterer can be easier and cheaper, sometimes the food is not as beautiful as the room. So make sure you taste it!) Do they have a limitation on which outside caterers you can use?
•Do they have adequate coat check and bathroom facilities?
•Is the wedding venue wheelchair accessible? If not, are there many stairs to climb? How close is the parking to the ceremony and reception rooms?
•What's the cancellation policy?
•Is there a payment schedule? What kind of deposits are required?
•Are there any hidden costs? (Before you sign the contract, read it carefully.)
•What are the overtime charges?
•Do they have a liquor license?
•Will they allow you to bring your own liquor? (This is usually cheaper, even with the customary corkage fee.)
•Is there room in the wedding venue for a band and/or dancing?
•Does the wedding venue already own a sound system with adequate speakers or will that need to be rented?
•Is there a space for the bride and groom to change and/or relax?
•Where will you take photographs? Is there a park nearby, or do the coordinators have recommended spots on the grounds?
•Who will be supervising and troubleshooting before the day of your wedding? Who will be supervising and troubleshooting on the day of your wedding? Can you meet them now?
•Where can your guests park? Are there extra fees for parking? Do they have valet parking?
•Is the wedding venue convenient to public transportation, especially in big cities? How long will it take your guests to get there?
•Especially in museums or private clubs, are there limitations on decorations? Do they limit food and drinks to only certain areas of the wedding venue?
•Are candles or other open flames allowed?
Source: http://weddings.about.com/cs/weddinglocations/a/venuequestions.htm
Sunday, 20 November 2011
Churches I’d Like To Get Married In
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It’s an old church as it was built around 1445 and has recently had some restoration work on the bell tower.
It’s big inside so we would be able to have the ceremony we want!
As you can see from this angle the Church has a nice approach by foot.
As you can see the inside of the Church would make a good setting for the ceremony as it is romantic and has a good feel about it.
Friday, 18 November 2011
Some Big Decisions
Type of Ceremony
We decided that we want a traditional ceremony with mainly close friends and family. We really want to have church bells at the church so they can be played at the beginning and end of the ceremony.
Wedding Budget
We have decided the maximum we want to spend and want to be able to raise is £21,000 as we think this is more than enough to achieve the wedding we want to achieve.
Wedding Style/Theme
We know that we definitely want to have a big, traditional wedding and this will be the main focus for us. Scott has said that he wants us to be the main focus and for it to be slightly unique in some way.
Guests and Who to Invite
We have already decided the maximum number of people we would want to have at the ceremony is 100 and then 150 at the reception. We have already worked out that my family would account for 32 of the guests and Scott’s family will account for 21 of the guests.
We also worked out the numbers involved in our wedding party – in total at the moment we think it will come to 10 but some of these will be family and we’re sure to have missed some people out…
Do We Want Children There?
We have decided that we do because some of our relatives are children and we want them to be there so we won’t ban children.
What Are Our Priorities?
Scott summed this up – to get married.
Where Do We Want To Get Married?
One of the two locations we discussed earlier.
Are We Going To Organise It Ourselves?
Yes, because this will help to keep the costs down.
Thursday, 17 November 2011
Our Initial Thoughts
The first time we have really talk about what we both want and it’s a good job we both want the same sort of things. So far our planning is going well, and we know what we want for quite a few things already.
We both want to have a big wedding with a traditional ceremony and for the reception to be a mix of traditional, modern and slightly unique. We want the more traditional aspects of having the first dance at the reception, I think the unique part will come from the actual decorations.
The first ideas we had for dates is Valentine’s day but then we started to think of dates more special to us this led us to the date we got together the 6th April. We know that we want to be finished university/ close to finishing which means it would need to be in 2016 or 2017. In the end we chose 2016. However the 6th in 2016 is on a Wednesday but we agreed our wedding will need to be on the weekend so we want to have it either on the 2nd or 9th April.
We have thought of a couple of places for our reception, the first we thought of was having it in Kilve Court as that is where we first met, however when we looked into it they didn’t have a church close by with working bells (this is important for us as we want to have the bells rung before and after the ceremony). So we then started to think of other places we would like I found Orchardleigh House & Estate which I thought would be a really romantic setting for our reception we both liked this place as we both like the idea of having the reception in an old building. Once we had discussed having our wedding in an old building we talked about having it in a Castle which led Scott to suggest having it in Alnwick Castle as he loves Harry Potter and that castle was the setting for the first few films, this would give us a unique setting and a romantic old building/ castle too.
Links for our two favourite locations so far:
We have thought that the most we will spend is £25000 but that is the absolute maximum, the minimum we think it will cost is £15000.
