2016 brides!

michellie

Am I too early??

Anyone else here for 2016?

I went dress shopping today, exciting & confusing tried on every style possible and found 2 I loved

Amoureux

Oh dress shopping already, very exciting i'm trying to hold on until Easter. Getting married in July 2016.

crappyireland

Hey! congrats to ye!

My date is March 2016, all we have done so far is booked the hotel, church, priest.. Really need to get in gear to get band/photographer

buttercups88

just got engaged and hoping to be 2016 bride... thinking october but sooooo much to do

crappyireland

Congrats buttercups88

noanoa

Getting married Feb 2016, so happy we can say next year now!

Went dress shopping the other day, wasn't planed just went to one shop and fell in love with the first dress I put on.

Ill hold off for awhile though and try some more on.

Exciting times ahead!

michellie

I am July 2016.

One of my closest friends got married on new years eve and it was such a fantastic wedding, so I am in serious wedding mode now.

Have the venue, church, band and photographer booked. In the process of dress shopping and I think I have decided on the bridesmaids ones too

I have actually fallen in love with the first dress I tried on too but I have another appointment next Saturday, want to keep my options open.

Bridie16

Congrats everyone .....We are getting married June 2016!!! Really excited now I can say I'm getting married next year !! Not even thinking about dresses till the summer need to go on a health kick first

shortstuff!

Congrats everyone!! We're getting hitched November 2016:) Already engaged a year but had a baby in August so only started any orgainising in the last couple months!

So far we have the Church, venue, photographer, my dress - total accident, went to a sample sale for the craic & got a fab dress for 1/2 price, bridemaids dresses - 1/2 price from Debamhams online in the sales, just need the girls to try on but they are gorgeous, well worth a look, the one I went for aren't on the site anymore so must have sold out, also have made my own foam flower/brooch bouquets. Thought I had the band picked, but went to see them again yesterday with my fiancé & werent as good as I had remembered, wasn't feeling well though so could have been me!

Kinda want to have as much as possible organised before I go back to work so don't let the above stress anyone out!!

Anyone doing a bit of DIY for their day?

Amoureux

Hmmm a lot of people seem to have the photographer booked already, how much in advance should I be booking them?

noanoa

The photographer was one of the first things I booked, I knew who I wanted so didnt want to miss out on him.

Have the venue, Photographer, videographer, church singer, reception music, band, hair and makeup booked.

Might do some DIY myself but ill see. Have everyone collecting jars for me at the moment, what I picture in my head might not look so good when I'm done!

LadyE

Congrats girls lovely to see this thread and now we can say we are getting married next year.

So far we have church, hotel, flowers, band, photographer. We've picked the ceremony music but just have to pay the deposit. I've looked at a few dresses but I feel it's too early for me. The fear that I'll change my mind. Plus I think I'll buy it online.

I'm going to get my invites from eBay I think. I nearly died ag the prices from here.

Where is everyone getting married?

carleigh

Congrats everyone! We got engaged in November and provisionally booked our venue a couple of days before Christmas, paying the deposit in the next fortnight. We also booked the church last weekend. Our wedding date is November 2016 so not planning on doing much for the foreseeable future, other than try to save as much as we can

michellie

Ooh there's loads of us :)

I booked the photographer and band straight away. The lady who I wanted to book for cakes put up a fantastic deal on Facebook the other day so I'm Gona meet her and pay a deposit and get that out of the way too.

Have another appointment for the dress on Saturday in Jeutonic in Kilkenny:)

emzibob

congrats ladies I'm march 2016 cant believe it's next year!!

Have the venue, church, band and photographer booked. Also Have my adult bridesmaids dresses bought just need to find a junior style to match. Did have hair booked but that fell through recently :mad:. Won't be looking for my dress till easter time have a few pounds to shed before I'd feel comfortable looking. Still lots to do but looking forward to getting going the DIY stuff

michellie

Found my dress today in Jeutonic in Kilkenny, absolutely thrilled with it!! Ordered it and the veil - was included (thanks to my bargain hunting mother lol)

SO excited now!

lover_of_life

Congrats on the engagements ladies. Exciting times. I have provisionally booked my venue for April 2016 and have booked my band. Need to EVERYTHING else. But looking forward to it. So far it's been fun finding vendors. Ask me again ext year and I say that will change :-). Wishing you all luck with the upcoming planing. Xxx

westernlass

We are March 2016. Booked humanist minister, venue, photographer and band. The rest can wait. I refuse to stress out. Quite a bit of DIY planned but not too worried about that.

Hes really involved and great for helping me with decisions. I tend to fill pinterest boards and then look through it again and delete what I dont like a month later.

happy to wait til easter for dress shopping, loads of time

CatC01

Congrats everyone! Have just booked venue for April 2016!! :-) Now the church and band are my first priority!

Anyone any advice on how to go about picking band, so many out there and don't really have any recommendations?!

westernlass

I recommend Venus to Mars, they a bit different but do all sorts. Also moonlight are pretty good

Milly33

michellie wrote: »

Found my dress today in Jeutonic in Kilkenny, absolutely thrilled with it!! Ordered it and the veil - was included (thanks to my bargain hunting mother lol)

SO excited now!

haha my mum just sent me an email today saying we should call there.. Are they good then are the dresses anything different? She mentioned another place Cameo bridal..

Congrats on finding the dress another thing off the list

Callanutd

March 2016! Church, Venue and Band booked. Plan is to have the photographer booked by the end of this month.

brassbutterfly

Got engaged Christmas Eve and have venue booked for March 2016!!! So exciting! Also have band and photographer as well as church. Plenty more to do but feel these are the most important at the moment. No panic on me for a dress at the moment. Loving this thread! 👰

michellie

Milly33 wrote: »

haha my mum just sent me an email today saying we should call there.. Are they good then are the dresses anything different? She mentioned another place Cameo bridal..

Congrats on finding the dress another thing off the list

Hi milly,

They were so nice and helpful, I had been to Eden manor in Enniscorthy the previous week which was also fab and tried on every style of dress so I knew what suited and what I was looking for.

I'm so excited its ordered. I ordered my daughter's flower girl dress on etsy this week

Milly33

thank you!! looking forward to calling their now..And congrats on being so well organised....

michellie

Milly33 wrote: »

thank you!! looking forward to calling their now..And congrats on being so well organised....

Thank you! I didn't do a thing last year and now I have the dress I want to organize everything!!

martinak89

Ah! July 2016 here :P I've the photographer, church, venue, wedding singer, band all booked Said I would get it done asap in case they got booked on me since July is so popular. No idea when to start the dress shopping though! Thinking might leave it off until Spetember (my future sister in law is getting married in August and she said she would help me so dont wanna have her stressing with me trying to find a dress when shes planning her wedding :P)

emzibob

lots of us for March spring is in the air

gettinhitched

Gettin married in april 2016 too! Cant get a video guy!😢 budget is 600

itsme2015

Just got engaged in the last month, looking at Q3 next year. Have some venues booked to view in the next few weeks so hoping to get that nailed down fairly quickly so I can relax a bit

emzibob

Hi gettinhitched,
Try DOART Wedding films http://www.doartweddingfilms.com/ he's doing a package for 699 if thats any use to ya

Abrean

Got engaged earlier this month and planning for April 2016 so can't wait!! I've been to a couple of venues and have 3 more this weekend then it's decision time!

In a mad decision I already have my wedding dress!!! Went to a sample sale just for a look and to try on some dresses to get a feel for what might suit me and found the dress! So decided to get it

Shybride2016

Hi everyone,

Joining this thread in the hope that we will get married next year even though we've nothing organised so far as we just got engaged last weekend!

I'm a very organised person usually and constantly have lists for everything but I am seriously clueless about organising a wedding, so any help and tips are appreciated!!

gettinhitched

Hiya! Oh get on that phone! We got engaged in 2013 and i didnt bother booking or looking and i started last weekend i went thru 17 photographers before i got an available 1! We are getting married on a bank holiday so it makes things a bit harder! Ive makeup .photos band. Video. Hotel. Done its so expensive! What r ppl paying for this sort of thing?

westernlass

I must gave got lucky. We had our first choice available for everything booking before Xmas. I got my dress this week. Way earlier than planned but I love it.

Gingaling

Hi all,

We got engaged last month and are getting married at the end of August 2016. We unexpectedly fell in love with the first venue we saw, then franticly booked in some viewings at other places just to be sure.

We've the photographer booked as we love taking photos ourselves so this was a real priority for us. We've just started looking at bands, though as we're London-based this might take us a bit longer to sort by the time we've made it over for showcases etc.

I wasn't planning on looking at dresses for a while yet, but my bridesmaids are dying to know what they'll be wearing and tbh I feel like I can't get my head around that until Ive an idea of what I'll be in so may start sooner. The only thing worrying me is that I haven't managed to talk to the local priest yet, in the end I wrote him a letter so fingers crossed I'll hear something from him soon!

Shybride2016

Hi everyone,

Need some inspiration for venues please!

We're planning a small wedding 60-70 and a lot of hotels only have minimum 100 guests. We visited a place at the weekend which was fab but quite pricy so looking for other suggestions please, preferably in Dublin or max 1 hour drive from airport as most guests will be travelling over so don't want them trekking for 3 hours!

Starting to get piddled off with the while process now tbh which is annoying me as I know it should be an exciting time for us!

Any help or suggestions appreciated, although we have already ruled out the Anglers Rest due to lack of accomodation on site.

TIA!

westernlass

Glendalough house or bell inter house?

Shybride2016

Thanks western lass,

Haven't seen either of these before so will check them out.

Thanks!

stargazer 68

We are looking at Sept 2016 - haven't done anything yet but only got engaged last week!! We know what we want and don't want though so hopefully things will go smoothly!

Shybride2016

Dovies wrote: »

We are looking at Sept 2016 - haven't done anything yet but only got engaged last week!! We know what we want and don't want though so hopefully things will go smoothly!

Congrats Dovies,

Best of luck with all the planning :-)

andreac

Jumping on this too. Booked my venue for 26th August 2016. Cant wait now. Just trying to book at Humanist or Civil now. Two people unavailable so far.

stargazer 68

westernlass wrote: »

Glendalough house or bell inter house?

We looked at Bellinteer hosue but at 120 pp we decided against it! :eek:

Typo starts at 105 pp on a Friday - cheaper midweek but still

chloehibner

Count me in. For now I do online shopping for the wedding dress

topwedding.fr/robes-de-mariee

Shybride2016

Hi everyone again,

Well things are progressing here thankfully we have finally found a venue and a Humanist celebrant so we're sorted with the big things for next April. The list of smaller things seems to be growing daily though, people can be so helpful with their opinions of what we should/shouldn't do 😳

andreac

Shybride2016 wrote: »

Hi everyone again,

Well things are progressing here thankfully we have finally found a venue and a Humanist celebrant so we're sorted with the big things for next April. The list of smaller things seems to be growing daily though, people can be so helpful with their opinions of what we should/shouldn't do 😳

Which Humanist did you get if you don't mind me asking? I have contacted 6 of them today, 2 replied saying they weren't available on our date and one just asked had we chosen a venue and haven't heard back since.

Shybride2016

andreac wrote: »

Which Humanist did you get if you don't mind me asking? I have contacted 6 of them today, 2 replied saying they weren't available on our date and one just asked had we chosen a venue and haven't heard back since.

Hi Andreac, we have booked Emma Sides for our ceremony. We contacted several others at the same time and three were unavailable. Because there are so few of them they seem to be booking up fast.

Good luck with your search!

andreac

Shybride2016 wrote: »

Hi Andreac, we have booked Emma Sides for our ceremony. We contacted several others at the same time and three were unavailable. Because there are so few of them they seem to be booking up fast.

Good luck with your search!

Ok great, i contacted Emma too but haven't heard back yet but it was only this morning when i emailed so hopefully will hear back soon.

Shybride2016

andreac wrote: »

Ok great, i contacted Emma too but haven't heard back yet but it was only this morning when i emailed so hopefully will hear back soon.

She did say last week that she had a lot on this week so I'm sure she will get in touch. She was so lovely, I'm really happy with her so far anyway! She's been really helpful to us.

andreac

Ah brilliant. Yeah ill hold off contacting the Civil registrar for the moment. Im sure she get back as soon as she can. Thanks for your help.

westernlass

andreac wrote: »

Ah brilliant. Yeah ill hold off contacting the Civil registrar for the moment. Im sure she get back as soon as she can. Thanks for your help.

We have Eithne Dempsey booked so that may help either. She's really nice too and so helpful