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[sophieelizabeth]

HI everyone
My name is Sophie, my partner Terry of 2.5 years asked me to marry him two saturdays ago (15th Oct)!

Very romantic story. He took me to my favourite restaurant, and then after our main courses were done a bottle of champagne appeared on our table. i instantly thought there had been a mistake, but when he said "no its for us" my heart began to flutter.

The waitress brought us our champagne flutes and in the bottom of my glass was my diamond ring. He then said that he loved me and my son Charlie and he wanted to marry me and be with us forever.

making me choke thinking of it now!! anyway, of course I said yes through the tears to an applause by everyone in the restaurant. A huge bouquet of cream roses appeared.

I was soo happy, after drinking the champage and getting home my family had been into the house whilst we were out and covered the kitchen in baloons and bunting and another bottle of champagne waited for us.

Is was the best day ever!

So now I have an excuse to look/think/talk weddings and I can't wait
I've already been looking at dresses online!

So any tips or ideas that anyone has will be gratefully received.

Hi to everyone and looking forward to the wedding gossip!

Sophie x

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[Becky]

Hi Sophie, welcome to BigDay!

Congratulations on your engagement - that is such a lovely story!! Sounds like your H2B went to a lot of trouble, what a sweety

Your ring is really pretty - are the diamonds in the shape of a leaf?

You'll find lots of friendly help and advice here, so you've come to the right place! The best place to start is to set a budget and scout out some venues. Once you've booked a venue and set a date, the rest flows from there. I have a friend who is getting married in North Wales next year - the place is called Plas Haford and it's in Mold.

Looking forward to hearing more about your planning!

[sophieelizabeth]

Hi there!
thanks for your reply - yes he is a fantastic fella - very considerate, and yes my ring is in the shape of a leaf

about a year and half ago I was walking past a ring shop with my mum and I pointed it out as being unusual and lovely in the window. Little did I know that on the quiet she had told my H2B and then he started paying for it monthly at the shop (how nice was that of them to do that!). I had no clue!

I couldn't believe when I saw it that it was the one I'd loved all that time ago!!

I have already considered a couple of venues, perhaps Portmeirion, Seiont Manor or Bodysgallen Hall all in North Wales

It will definately just be a very small and intitmate wedding, just very close family as this is the second marriage for both of us so we want something simple and chic! As for the budget, we'll have to start saving now. I'm a dab hand at cakes, so I think I may make my own, our friend is a florist etc etc

I'm also toying with the idea of a 50s inspired dress as I don't want to do the full length wedding gown being its my second marriage.

But at the moment its just a whole load of ideas in my head.

I know I just a want handful of our closest family for guests but plan of having a sumptious meal and lots of champagne!!

I haven't heard of Plas Haford but will Google it to have a look, Mold is a bit of a drive for us though - were near a place called Abersoch - perhaps you've heard of it.??

anyway, thanks for welcoming me and I look forward to chatting x

[Becky]

Yes I've heard of Abersoch - funnily enough it's my wedding photographers favourite place to do photography!

Just because it's your second marriage doesn't mean you can't have whatever dress you want - although I do think a 50s style dress sounds fabulous, and it means you get to show off your shoes too!! Have you heard of Vivien of Holloway? She does amazing dresses in a vintage style. Check out this link:

Vivien of Holloway

[sophieelizabeth]

its funny how everybody has heard of Abersoch!

Yes definately about the shoes - and also I've got ok legs lol - which is one of the parts of me that is still in good nick

I've seen that website before, its devine!! I LOVE the 50's style as it suits my figure quite well.

The dress i was wearing when I got engaged was 50's inspired (you can't really see it from my profile pic)

will do a good bit of browsing on the site this weekend and have a proper look.

Found this dress today which is so cheap! just the right shape and style and has been reduced by nearly 700 pounds
thought could wear some lovely coloured shoes, accessories to jazz up a bit and the model in the picture looks a bit like me (but five times smaller lol)

so far today its one of my faves xx
http://www.weddingbr...2011-82397.html

[Becky]

That style is lovely, I see why you like it!

One thing though - even though it looks like a bargain, I'd be wary of Chinese sellers. The dresses are replicas (they are not 'reduced', the £700 will likely be the cost of the original that they are copying) and I have come across a lot of horror stories!!

[MrsBrown]

Hi Welcome to the forums! Looking forward to hearing your plans!

I love that dress but agree with Becky about these deals... though if you like that style I am sure you will find something to suit your budget!

There was a bride who posted on here who had a similar style, vikingbride if you want to search! She looked stunning!!

Anyway, hope we can be of help in your plans. some of us have been married for a while and cant quite let go of this forum (or talking about weddings!!)

[iPrincess26]

Hi welcome to the forum and congratulations on your engagement, what a sweet way for him to pop the question. Have you thought about a date yet? Love the idea of the 50's dress, I would love one but it doesn't go with the rest of our wedding - might have to see if we have room in our budget for a VoH treat for the honeymoon!

Anyway welcome again and the ladies on here are great for bouncing ideas off, answering questions and helping to search for things. X

[sophieelizabeth]

morning!

thanks for the warm welcome everybody, and the wise advice about the dress, I didn't even look into whether it was made in china and with the UK URL I thought it was british made - lesson learnt - look at the small print

on the up side it could be a possiblity of having it in another shade for my dress for my sisters wedding (they haven't set on a date yet - but she says I can chose my bridesmaid dress as long as she can say which colour!)

so who knows, it may be a possibility for that!

thanks to everyone again

is anyone wearing pink in work today for the breast cancer campaign?? - I'm in pink from head to toe - even my nail varnish - but I think I'm going to get some funny looks when I go shopping later

[sophieelizabeth]

p.s.I've found the most amazing website last night and I am in love with this dress

http://www.vintagebr...-and-dress.html

isn't it devine!

[Frogbitch]

Hi Sophie,

If you're looking for a 50's style drss, then you won't be able to get rid of me!!! (the pic you've posted above is gorgeous!)

Becky has mentioned Vivien of Holloway, but here are some other sites to look at for inspiration.

http://www.candyanthony.com/bridal.htm

http://honeypiebouti...ng-Dresses.html

and including the dress you originally posted.

http://www.dollycouture.com/


I also noticed you mention Seiont Manor as a possible location. It's owned by Handpicked Hotels, which also own the hotel I got married in, so I'd be happy to tell you about my experience with them if it helps.

[sophieelizabeth]

thanks FB those sites are simply lovely!! loads of pictures to drool over later on when I get home from work!

any advice about the Hand Picked Hotels would be gratefully received. My brother had his wedding at Seiont Manor in July and I fell in love with the place! the staff seemed fanatastic and the food was lovely. Though I haven't managed to stay there yet, I did see my brothers bridal suite on the day and it looked amazing, and I'm also trying to win a night there in a competition, so fingers crossed I win it so I can see what its like!!!

did you have a 50s dress at your wedding? are your shoes the ones on your profile pic - if so they are stunning!

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[Frogbitch]

Have you entered the facebook photo competition? I won it last month!!!!!

(If you are, post a link here so we can all vote for you)

[Becky]

sophieelizabeth, on 28 October 2011 - 08:07 AM, said:

p.s.I've found the most amazing website last night and I am in love with this dress

http://www.vintagebr...-and-dress.html

isn't it devine!

Ooh that dress is gorgeous!! I love the bolero jacket too, it adds a slightly more modern edge to it.

FB - good work on finding the original dress!

[Zoe]

Hi Sophie. Congratulations on your engagement. I love the 1950's style wedding dresses you're looking at.