2016 brides!

andreac

shortstuff! wrote: »

Oh how exciting andreac, was the dress how you remembered it?!

Yeah it was, its fab!!

Allers

Hi everyone,

Can I just ask how far in advance everyone is sending their wedding invites? We were thinking two months in advance but we are already having queries from relatives about accommodation so wondering if we should send them sooner. Our wedding is 09 September. Thanks!

andreac

Allers wrote: »

Hi everyone,

Can I just ask how far in advance everyone is sending their wedding invites? We were thinking two months in advance but we are already having queries from relatives about accommodation so wondering if we should send them sooner. Our wedding is 09 September. Thanks!

Can you not just tell them the date and the hotel name and then send out invites later? Most of our friends have booked the hotel already as they know the date and hotel. Ours is 26th August and will be sending invites around start of june.

michellie

Allers wrote: »

Hi everyone,

Can I just ask how far in advance everyone is sending their wedding invites? We were thinking two months in advance but we are already having queries from relatives about accommodation so wondering if we should send them sooner. Our wedding is 09 September. Thanks!

We are sending them 2 months before because it's the bank hol weekend in July. I hate not getting enough notice for a wedding.

stargazer 68

Yep ours are going out 2 months in advance too. Hotel won't release any rooms though until we send in our list - which is currently being worked on! Its a bit difficult though as the ones in the hotel are all doubles. The ones in their houses outside are doubles and family rooms. We don't have many families - well not enough to use those rooms in full!

sinead81

shortstuff! wrote: »

Congrats sinead81, have yous announced the pregnancy or is it a secret? A friend announced their pregnancy as part of the grooms speech:)

Yes I had my hen do last Sat so I told everyone last week after our 12 week scan! I am very hormonal and not enjoying the wedding plans at all, which I am sure I will look back on and be annoyed at but not a lot I can do

Congrats sinead x

I sent my invites out the first week of April. RSVP by 1st June and wedding 1st July.

I had them all made in loads of time and just wanted to get them off the kitchen table lol. I've had 30 replies so far from 225 invited. If I take off immediate family who are definites, I'm still waiting for another 130 ish to respond.

I hate waiting

ShaShaBear

Allers wrote: »

Hi everyone,

Can I just ask how far in advance everyone is sending their wedding invites? We were thinking two months in advance but we are already having queries from relatives about accommodation so wondering if we should send them sooner. Our wedding is 09 September. Thanks!

Our wedding is the same day and we are sending out the invites this week. Very early but our venue is booked out bar the rooms we reserved and there is a huge Country and Western event on the same weekend where the local BnBs could be overflowing. Plus we have a lot of guests flying in so we want to give them plenty of notice.

elephant85

Hi all,

Looking for some advice. I'm getting married in October and ordered my wedding dress at the end of March.
Turns out I'm pregnant! Which is fantastic news and we're delighted. I'm an older bride so both made the decision to put our future family ahead of a day out so continued trying. We'd been trying a year.

So my dilemma. I'm only 6 weeks + 5 days today. I'll be 30 weeks pregnant the day we get married! which will mean a sizeable bump and the dress I've ordered fits me perfectly as I am today!

Do I go to the shop and see if they can order it in a few bigger sizes? if I do this, do I go in now, before I reach the 12 week mark, or wait till I reach 12 weeks and am sure that everything is ok..
Or do I take the hit and lose the deposit and try and find another dress?

Any thoughts would be very welcome!

ChampagnePop

elephant85 wrote: »

Hi all,

Looking for some advice. I'm getting married in October and ordered my wedding dress at the end of March.
Turns out I'm pregnant! Which is fantastic news and we're delighted. I'm an older bride so both made the decision to put our future family ahead of a day out so continued trying. We'd been trying a year.

So my dilemma. I'm only 6 weeks + 5 days today. I'll be 30 weeks pregnant the day we get married! which will mean a sizeable bump and the dress I've ordered fits me perfectly as I am today!

Do I go to the shop and see if they can order it in a few bigger sizes? if I do this, do I go in now, before I reach the 12 week mark, or wait till I reach 12 weeks and am sure that everything is ok..
Or do I take the hit and lose the deposit and try and find another dress?

Any thoughts would be very welcome!

Congrats!! Tough situation, will the dress style suit with a bump? If so could they hold the order until your past 12 weeks and then let you change the size?

ShaShaBear

I'd honestly see if they'd let you change the dress. Whatever about a lock of weeks but you should have a sizeable and very firm bump by that stage, it's not quite the same as being the same size when you are just bigger. The boning in many dresses are intended to hold your shape firmly, and you couldn't have that with a bump that big. Another huge factor to take into account is bump positioning. Your belly could be high or low the day of the wedding and the dress, after being altered, could end up being too short OR too long on the day! I went up two shoe sizes on both pregnancies, so that might end up being a factor as well.
I know I could never have gotten away with even a 16 week bump in my dress!
But congrats all the same!!!

MIN2511

Happy Sunday folks. I got married last Saturday, the day went better than I expected after all the planning.

I am going to continue to lurk here if that's okay

SarahMollie

elephant85 wrote: »

Hi all,

Looking for some advice. I'm getting married in October and ordered my wedding dress at the end of March.
Turns out I'm pregnant! Which is fantastic news and we're delighted. I'm an older bride so both made the decision to put our future family ahead of a day out so continued trying. We'd been trying a year.

So my dilemma. I'm only 6 weeks + 5 days today. I'll be 30 weeks pregnant the day we get married! which will mean a sizeable bump and the dress I've ordered fits me perfectly as I am today!

Do I go to the shop and see if they can order it in a few bigger sizes? if I do this, do I go in now, before I reach the 12 week mark, or wait till I reach 12 weeks and am sure that everything is ok..
Or do I take the hit and lose the deposit and try and find another dress?

Any thoughts would be very welcome!

I'd say contact the shop immeadiately to see if something can be done.

Not sure I'd be too optimisitc, as this happened to a friend of mine about 2 years ago and the bridal shop were not helpful at all.

She'd ordered her dress on Friday, found of she was pregnant over the weekend (it was a BH weekend) and called first thing on Tuesday to cancel and they wouldn't do anything about it, so she basically lost her deposit and bought another dress elsewhere (a sample).

The_Stranger

Ugh! I've started having crazy dreams/nightmares about the wedding. The latest one being some of the guests turning up wearing their wedding dresses from when they got married and I don't have my dress on. I'm just wearing casual clothes.

Another one is where we turn up to the reception and the building is really run down and basically falling down around us.

Shybride2016

The_Stranger wrote: »

Ugh! I've started having crazy dreams/nightmares about the wedding. The latest one being some of the guests turning up wearing their wedding dresses from when they got married and I don't have my dress on. I'm just wearing casual clothes.

Another one is where we turn up to the reception and the building is really run down and basically falling down around us.

Oh god the dreams!! When is your wedding?

My poor mam had mental dreams nearly every night about a month before my wedding. Her brain was on overdrive over it!

I didn't have many mad dreams myself but definitely the week coming up to it I kept imagining the most random of scenarios when I was wide awake 😂

Princess Peach

I dreamt my dress only arrived the morning of the wedding, had to pin it on me cause there was no time for alterations.

And I'd forgotten a bouquet and just picked some awful weeds from the side of the road!

The_Stranger

Shybride2016 wrote: »

Oh god the dreams!! When is your wedding?

My poor mam had mental dreams nearly every night about a month before my wedding. Her brain was on overdrive over it!

I didn't have many mad dreams myself but definitely the week coming up to it I kept imagining the most random of scenarios when I was wide awake 😂

My wedding is 11 weeks away. I hope I won't be tormented from now till then with the horrible dreams!

andreac

Ok, so the dreams have started!! I had a dream that my engagement ring fell off and i couldn't find it!! I had it resized there recently so it fits much better, but it's obviously still playing on my mind.

Shybride2016

The_Stranger wrote: »

My wedding is 11 weeks away. I hope I won't be tormented from now till then with the horrible dreams!

Make sure and have some "wedding free" days and chats with your future hubby. We both found it overwhelming at times constantly making decisions and discussing wedding stuff we got no brain break from it so decided to set aside certain evenings to get stuff sorted (Sunday evenings were best for us - sob!) and then the dreams might get less crazy and frequent!

ShaShaBear

I haven't had any dreams yet funnily enough!
We have everything done and saved for so we've been organising little days/nights away, excursions with the kids and other things to keep us chilled out and distracted

honerbright

Going the diy invite route and have almost finished the design, just the rsvp and info cards to go! Looking in to somewhere to get them printed at the moment, vistaprint is looking like the best option but I'll have to change my main invite slightly cos I have it square. Not too much of a hassle at least!

No wedding dreams in a few days thankfully.
Met our photographer last week, he's lovely and has a similar style of photography to myself so he should be perfect!

Picked up a few decor bits in penneys recently too, I figure get lots if little bits along the way and we won't notice the cost as much.

Exactly 5 months to go today, eeeeeek!!

ShaShaBear

Coming closer and closer to the 3 month mark and we have everything saved for
Invitations are coming along nicely, just need to make a final decision on whether or not to include accommodation information. Everyone on my side of the family is local to the venue (for example, I could make it there at a sprint in less than 1 minute from my mother's house) and only my partner's family will be travelling (some from Dublin, mostly from Cavan). A large majority are staying in Cavan and we are arranging a bus to and from so we don't really see the need to give them a list via the invites?

Had my first dress fitting and was just as amazed as the first time around. Have to say I was a bit miffed that my sister (who hadn't seen it by this stage and is chief bridesmaid) didn't seem overly pushed on it

Partner has suits sorted now too so all we have left to do is finish the invites, send them off and wait!

The_Stranger

Girls what sort of quotes did you get for alterations?

I've just been quoted €1000 to have my dress taken up. Apparently it's very complex. All the beading and lace has to taken off. The beading needs to be put back on by hand and there is loads of it. They said the way it was done was very unusual which is why it will cost so much.

I'm pretty shocked here as I hadn't budgeted anything near that.

ChampagnePop

The_Stranger wrote: »

Girls what sort of quotes did you get for alterations?

I've just been quoted €1000 to have my dress taken up. Apparently it's very complex. All the beading and lace has to taken off. The beading needs to be put back on by hand and there is loads of it. They said the way it was done was very unusual which is why it will cost so much.

I'm pretty shocked here as I hadn't budgeted anything near that.

that's more than my dress budget

andreac

The_Stranger wrote: »

Girls what sort of quotes did you get for alterations?

I've just been quoted €1000 to have my dress taken up. :eek::eek:

I'm pretty shocked here as I hadn't budgeted anything near that.

God that's crazy. Think mine is around 200 give or take. I would def get another quote.

Faith

The_Stranger wrote: »

Girls what sort of quotes did you get for alterations?

I've just been quoted €1000 to have my dress taken up. Apparently it's very complex. All the beading and lace has to taken off. The beading needs to be put back on by hand and there is loads of it. They said the way it was done was very unusual which is why it will cost so much.

I'm pretty shocked here as I hadn't budgeted anything near that.

I paid €100 to have my dress taken up and bustled. There was lace, and it was a ballgown so there was about 9 layers of materials to be taken up.

Where did you get that quote?

The_Stranger

Faith wrote: »

I paid €100 to have my dress taken up and bustled. There was lace, and it was a ballgown so there was about 9 layers of materials to be taken up.

Where did you get that quote?

I got the quote from an alteration shop recommended by the bridal shop I bought the dress from. Not sure if I'm allowed to name the shop here.

To be fair the girl in the shop was lovely and said she had never given a quote of that size before and offered a small discount. It's purely down to the way the dress was made. The beading should have been attached to the lace only but it's not, it's attached to the skirt of the dress. The only way to take it up is to remove all of the bead work and then put it back on by hand. She said it would take her 3-4 full days of only working on my dress to get it done.

I phoned the bridal shop to tell them and they are sending me to another seamstress they recommend tomorrow. They were also shocked at the quote.

I just don't know what I'm going to do if the next quote comes in at a similar rate.

ShaShaBear

The_Stranger wrote: »

I got the quote from an alteration shop recommended by the bridal shop I bought the dress from. Not sure if I'm allowed to name the shop here.

To be fair the girl in the shop was lovely and said she had never given a quote of that size before and offered a small discount. It's purely down to the way the dress was made. The beading should have been attached to the lace only but it's not, it's attached to the skirt of the dress. The only way to take it up is to remove all of the bead work and then put it back on by hand. She said it would take her 3-4 full days of only working on my dress to get it done.

I phoned the bridal shop to tell them and they are sending me to another seamstress they recommend tomorrow. They were also shocked at the quote.

I just don't know what I'm going to do if the next quote comes in at a similar rate.

Jeepers! I have beadwork and lace all over my dress and its being taken up by a foot and its costing €135!

Faith

If it was a chain, like the zip yard or similar, then I'd definitely recommend speaking to an independent seamstress, preferably one who's very experienced with bridal gowns. I can give you a recommendation for Cork, if that's any use.

The_Stranger

Just back from another seamstress. She is going to alter it for €150. I'm so relieved, I had no sleep last night worrying about it.

michellie

The_Stranger wrote: »

Just back from another seamstress. She is going to alter it for €150. I'm so relieved, I had no sleep last night worrying about it.

Jesus that was some quote!! Glad you got it sorted. The owner of the shop I bought my dress does the alterations. I was quoted €120.

shortstuff!

Thats some difference in the alterations quote, the 1st women must be off her rocker!

stargazer 68

MY DRESS IS IN!!!! :D:D:D:D

andreac

Dovies wrote: »

MY DRESS IS IN!!!! :D:D:D:D

Ah brill. Don't suppose you are there on Saturday? Im over at 1 with my bridesmaids for their fittings as she's doing my bridesmaid dresses for me.

stargazer 68

andreac wrote: »

Ah brill. Don't suppose you are there on Saturday? Im over at 1 with my bridesmaids for their fittings as she's doing my bridesmaid dresses for me.

No heading over this afternoon to check it out. She said she will pin me in etc 5 weeks before the wedding. Need a couple of pics of the decoration on the neck - to match jewellery with!

andreac

Ah no worries. Was just wondering whether we might cross paths or not :-)

stargazer 68

Dress is amazing folks - absolutely delighted with it! I look Fabilis!! :D
Ive lost half a stone since ordering it but its down a complete dress size - going to cost me for alterations but WOOHOOOO!

(Trust me its a very rare occasion that I think I look good in anything never mind a dress)

honerbright

So I went into a print shop today to get a quote to get my invites printed and they quoted me over 300 euro. Eeeeeeek!!!
The point of designing them myself was to cut down on cost but at that price I may have well not bothered
I've looked at a few places online (Vistaprint etc) but nowhere seems to print square for me or other custom sizes.
Anyone have any recommendations for cheaper printers in the Cork area or other places to look at online?
TIA!

ShaShaBear

honerbright wrote: »

So I went into a print shop today to get a quote to get my invites printed and they quoted me over 300 euro. Eeeeeeek!!!
The point of designing them myself was to cut down on cost but at that price I may have well not bothered
I've looked at a few places online (Vistaprint etc) but nowhere seems to print square for me or other custom sizes.
Anyone have any recommendations for cheaper printers in the Cork area or other places to look at online?
TIA!

This might sound a bit ridiculous but would getting Vistaprint to print them on normal sized invites but the image you designed central and square-shaped and just get the edges guillotined off be an option?
We bought a paper guillotine for €12 to do the invite holders and it takes 10 sheets at a time!

pampootie

We designed our own and got them printed with reads.ie, I think it was under 50 euro for 100 invites. You can request a brochure and samples on their website. I'd recommend them, we had them the day after we placed the order and the quality was perfect. Might be a bit more costly for a custom size though

andreac

Just ordered a few bits there off Aliexpress. Has anyone ever ordered off them? I know it can take a while so i just thought id put in an order now.

The_Stranger

andreac wrote: »

Just ordered a few bits there off Aliexpress. Has anyone ever ordered off them? I know it can take a while so i just thought id put in an order now.

Yeah I ordered all the stuff to make my bouquet from there. I think it took maybe 4 or 5 weeks for it to arrive.

honerbright

ShaShaBear wrote: »

This might sound a bit ridiculous but would getting Vistaprint to print them on normal sized invites but the image you designed central and square-shaped and just get the edges guillotined off be an option?
We bought a paper guillotine for €12 to do the invite holders and it takes 10 sheets at a time!

pampootie wrote: »

We designed our own and got them printed with reads.ie, I think it was under 50 euro for 100 invites. You can request a brochure and samples on their website. I'd recommend them, we had them the day after we placed the order and the quality was perfect. Might be a bit more costly for a custom size though

I think it's looking like printing them a bit bigger and trimming them down - I have the paper trimmer already, because I'm planing on making pocket folds to put the invites in, or I might just edit the invite slightly to fit a5 dimensions.

Narrowed it down to either reads.ie or digitalprintingireland (the latter of which is just over 220 euro cheaper than the place i popped in to yesterday, on pearl paper and including envelopes!!)

Thanks guys

ShaShaBear

andreac wrote: »

Just ordered a few bits there off Aliexpress. Has anyone ever ordered off them? I know it can take a while so i just thought id put in an order now.

I get loads of stuff off them. Can take anywhere between 2 and 6 weeks if you actually receive it
I usually get my craft stuff there - head busts, acrylic yarn, safety eyes, crochet hooks etc. But I've got clothes off it for my kids and that's where my headpiece is coming from!

andreac

ShaShaBear wrote: »

I get loads of stuff off them. Can take anywhere between 2 and 6 weeks if you actually receive it
I usually get my craft stuff there - head busts, acrylic yarn, safety eyes, crochet hooks etc. But I've got clothes off it for my kids and that's where my headpiece is coming from!

Ah great. Ive only ordered a few bits like Rose petals, ribbon, selfie sticks etc, so if they don't arrive it's not the end of the world.

lainey316

honerbright wrote: »

Narrowed it down to either reads.ie or digitalprintingireland (the latter of which is just over 220 euro cheaper than the place i popped in to yesterday, on pearl paper and including envelopes!!)

Reads do a free sample pack - worth ordering if you haven't been able to go in - I was not convinced on their cardstock.

honerbright

lainey316 wrote: »

honerbright wrote: »

Narrowed it down to either reads.ie or digitalprintingireland (the latter of which is just over 220 euro cheaper than the place i popped in to yesterday, on pearl paper and including envelopes!!)

Reads do a free sample pack - worth ordering if you haven't been able to go in - I was not convinced on their cardstock.

I'm waiting on the sample pack to be delivered at the moment. Also got a pop up to have them email me a 10% off code so waiting for that too

honerbright

I'm starting to look up makeup and hair people now... would people usually book without a trial or...? I'm not local to where the wedding is, and don't drive so will have to organise a day up in Kilkenny if this is the case.
Also what is the average people would expect to pay for 1 bride and 2 bridesmaids?
Thanks in advance

ShaShaBear

honerbright wrote: »

I'm starting to look up makeup and hair people now... would people usually book without a trial or...? I'm not local to where the wedding is, and don't drive so will have to organise a day up in Kilkenny if this is the case.
Also what is the average people would expect to pay for 1 bride and 2 bridesmaids?
Thanks in advance

I'm paying €160 for hair and makeup for myself and two bridesmaids but I live in a very small town and am getting someone local to do it so it's not a very indicative price

Shybride2016

honerbright wrote: »

I'm starting to look up makeup and hair people now... would people usually book without a trial or...? I'm not local to where the wedding is, and don't drive so will have to organise a day up in Kilkenny if this is the case.
Also what is the average people would expect to pay for 1 bride and 2 bridesmaids?
Thanks in advance

Hiya,

I would definitely book a trial for both, especially if you'll be getting done by someone who you don't know and doesn't know you.

If you find someone you like, book them and then get a trial done before the wedding.

I paid €150 for three hair styles and €200 for four makeup so €100 per person roughly for both. This included a trial also.

Even though the girl who did my hair has known me for 10 odd years and the makeup girl knows me well too, I'm really glad I did a trial as I kept the makeup on for a full day to see how it lasted and there were things I wanted to change on the day as a result.

Best of luck with the search but I would definitely recommend a trial for both.