So this
isn’t a sewing related post but I thought I’d plug a gap in my blogging history
to explain the absence of sewing. Most of January and all of February were
spent crafting and preparing for our wedding then we went straight off on
honeymoon to Thailand. I’m now back sewing and have a gorgeous new Mortmain to
show you next time…
In the
meantime I hope you’ll let me be a little self-indulgent and show off some of
our wedding photos and tell you a bit about the day itself…
First up and, without doubt, the
most important people – our photographers. After reading umpteen wedding blogs
I kept seeing the same name popping up - McKinley-Rodgers and it soon
became clear that their style of shooting was exactly what we had in mind. In
fact we booked them as soon as we’d booked the date with the registrar! We got
to meet husband and wife team Pen & Cam on our ‘beloved’ pre-shoot back
last autumn and it was very obvious that we’d made the right decision. Our
photos from that day in Oxford were so stunning that we knew we’d be in safe
hands plus they’re both super awesome people which is a bonus! We also opted to
have a video made by Cam’s company Storycatchers which
I don’t think I've been able to watch without crying yet! They truly captured the spirit of our day and
the following images are published with their kind permission.
Our dresses were both from House of Mooshki . Olivia at the design studio was so
wonderful helping us decide on all the little details and changes which would suit us.
To start with we didn't see each other’s dresses then, when it came it
fittings, we decided to sneak a peek in the hope that we’d get as many tears
out before the day as possible. Standing together in our dresses just added to
the excitement!
Mine is a slightly altered version
of the ‘Sarah’ dress and my wife has an altered ‘Elle’. Our flowers were from Pip Lowe Flowers who we met at Chosen Wedding fairs She used seasonal ranunculus in soft whites
and pale pinks.
I totally fell in love with my
Irregular Choice shoes via a Pinterest photo but they were from a previous
season and no longer on sale. Luckily I managed to find a pair, unworn, on eBay
for £30 which was a bit of a result! Olivia managed to match the red of my sash
to the red on the shoes which I really liked. My dancing shoes were a pair of
customized Converse which I added our wedding date to. Instead of a fancy bag I
bought a cute clutch from Not on the High Street to keep all my essentials for the
day in.
Our ceremony took place at Islington
Town Hall which is a stunning venue – the council chamber has a magnificent
domed ceiling which lets in so much light (essential in February!). Our
wonderful photographers organised our guests for a confetti throwing photo
which turned out to be my favourite from the day.
We then all jumped onto an old
routemaster bus Timebus to
transport us to The Prince Albert pub pub for our reception. We knew we didn't want a big formal ‘do’ so a pub felt really natural for us. The team there have
organised loads of weddings so you know everything will run smoothly! The
Prince Albert has a lovely upstairs dining room which seats 80 and is so full
of character that you really don’t need to do much in terms of decorations. We
named our tables after cities that we've visited together and each guest
received a Tunnucks Tea Cake, a fortune telling fish and a lego person which,
for some people, we’d managed to make to look like them. Each table also had
jam jars of posies made by our florist.
Our cakes were from Primrose Bakery – we had a mixture of flavours with a
chocolate / white chocolate top cake and our cheese cake was provided by the
pub.
We snuck off for a quiet moment and
had much fun swishing our dresses!
Finally our first
dance – we 100% didn’t want anything too smoochy so decided on ‘All Night Long’
by Lionel Richie as it makes us laugh. We are fortunate to have a friend AJ O'Neill who
choreographs wedding dances (as well has helping Dermot O’Leary on his Red Nose
Day dance challenge) so he helped us come up with a routine that wasn’t too
challenging or hard to remember! We roped in all our friends towards the end so
we weren’t left dancing on our own for too long.
We had some
wonderfully creative people helping us along the way and I wouldn't hesitate to
recommend them to you. In addition to the fab people above we also hired 2
black taxis from http://www.londonblacktaxis.net/ to
drive us to the Town Hall and our hair & make up was artfully applied by
the uber talented Molly from Dickie and Dove
Also thank you to my
wife who designed and made our save the date, invites, order of service and
place settings - she's my lobster!
It was a truly
magical day and I felt so honoured to be surrounded by so many happy people – I
don’t think I stopped smiling all day!
If you’d like to know
about any other suppliers or tips please just ask – I have a mega list!
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