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[poppleminster]

oh and on the subject of Asda - their yellow and white flower cupcakes would be awesome on a stand! They taste nicer and look better than the vastly more expensive waitrose ones.

[Becky]

Ooh Amymel I love your designs!!

[sparkledream]

Thanks guys, I might look into the village halls in the area. there's a lovely place i would love to get married, but the ceremony and registra fees would cost 1k alone, which is a chunk of the budget already

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[salmasalma]

Popple, were you going to get married at the Haldon Belvedere before??

My brother got married there. Was amazing!

[poppleminster]

I'm still getting married at the Belvedere but not the reception

[poppleminster]

If you are in my area then i'm happy to give you all the research I did when looking for a venue. The Belvedere is awesome, I would say easily worth the ceremony and you can get round the thing of having their caterers by taking a picnic to that bottom area and having a champagne picnic? I thought about doing that but then fell for the whole vintage village hall thing. You are also having a small-ish wedding and there are a few places in the area offering good deals but it really depends on if you want a hotel type venue to do everything for you, or, find a venue and organise the rest yourself.

Nice to have someone local on here

[sparkledream]

Pop, nice to speak to someone local too. i live in newton. you?

i'd love to share wedding bits. though my wedding bits are all dreams at the moment. but feel it's the right time to get married, OH and I want the same thing, just money's super short.

[poppleminster]

Oooh if you are out that way then I can show you some nice little halls near Bovey Tracey if it's any help. Are you looking at a church wedding or just civil ceremony? If so then the most perfect idyllic country church is near you somewhere too. I'm at Cowley on the edge of Exeter. There are no less than 6 wedding shops in one area of Exeter so if you're bored one day we can fantasy shop for accessories if you like

Depending on what you're looking for there is also a big house locally you can rent for the weekend with a civil license. I found it after i'd booked the Belvedere. Have you been up there? It's well worth a walk round the grounds as although it's a lot of money, you can save on the reception elsewhere and we are not having their stupidly expensive drinks (£2.20 per person PLUS you have to supply the drink). It's public right of way and a public picnic area so we are taking ginger beer, elderflower champagne and little snacks to the picnic area. If it rains, we'll go straight to the reception and have them there.