Yes, contrary to the headlines some people did manage to get married in 2020 and we were one of the lucky few who had their big day just before the restrictions. As covid started dominating the news we blissfully danced the weekend away with over 100 of our favourite people and really made the most of what was to be the last big celebration of the year.
Read MoreWe got married on 7th February 2020 - a week after the first confirmed case of Coronavirus in the United Kingdom and as we were all dancing the night away in under the fairy lights, little did we know where the rest of the year was going to take us.
Read MoreThere is a wedding to suit every shape and size, every budget, every bride and every groom and every personality in between. For some people, a DIY wedding would be their worst nightmare and for some it could be no other way. For us, it was a bit of something in between based on need and the type of wedding we were having.
Read MoreAs much as I love live music and want to support some businesses and bands, our budget was never going to stretch to having someone play at our wedding and I have never seen the point of a dj at a wedding. For 25 quid instead we hired the speakers at our venue and I got the Spotify Premium free trial and we created and downloaded a playlist which spanned the whole wedding party and had everyone on the dance-floor.
Read MoreI thought long and hard about wedding presents for our closest family, friends and suppliers. I knew I wanted to get them all something because they had all gone the extra mile to help us and support us and although I knew they’d be livid we spent cash on them, it was important to me to get them something personal to show our appreciation.
Read MoreSuppliers can make or break a wedding and the planning process in my opinion so if you have a good feeling about one, hang onto them for dear life. It’s worth seeing if your chosen venue or current suppliers can recommend others they like to work with - don’t forget these are professional people who have done this a million times before and they have got to know who’s the best in the industry and who is worth avoiding. Your wedding venue might also have a list of approved suppliers they won’t deviate from so worth checking that out when you’re booking too.
Read MoreIt doesn’t matter how big or how small your day, how much money you’re spending or how many guests you’re having, at the end of the day it’s a life changing set of legal words and a change to your marital status and you want to be feeling your best, most confident, sparkly, happy version of yourself.
Read MoreCentrepieces are essentially a really unnecessary and potentially expensive part of a wedding, but a piece that makes the whole thing look ‘together’ and an element I was looking forward to creating. Pinterest was of course my starting point but I also wanted to stick to my mantra of cheap and reusable.
Read MoreI had three objectives when it came to choosing how I wanted to decorate the barn;
As cheap as possible
As much DIY as possible
As much we could reuse as possible
One month married already and it feels like absolutely years ago. Our photos are back, my dress has been cleaned, the final bills have been paid, the thank you cards have been written and my office is still full of things I need to get round to selling. And of course, the blog content is rife.
Read MoreWe’ll be going on a 10 day honeymoon to celebrate 10 years together over the early May bank holiday (more on that to come in the next month) so we booked a few days away only a car drive away on Bodmin Moor, Cornwall.
Read MoreThe best weddings I have been to have had some sort of evening before kind of party, it allows the guests to have the chance to catch up, to see you, to see each other, mingle and get to know each other before the wedding itself. It really allows all the focus to be on what you want it to be on the day, not a load of snatched conversations of people who haven’t seen each other for months and personally, it allowed me and Jos the chance to make sure we got round everyone over two nights, not one rushed mingling job.
Read MoreIt was exactly how we wanted it to be in the end. I worried slightly that it would be so informal that it wouldn’t feel ‘proper’ but with both our Mum’s bawling and saying our vows, it really felt like ‘something’. I wasn’t nervous, I didn’t have to walk down an aisle in front of people, the only guests looking at us were our closest loved ones and it meant we could 100% focus on us and the vows, and worry about the party later.
Read More9 years and 9 months to the day we got together, 1 year and 4 months to the day we got engaged and 11 months to the day we booked our wedding - we got married in a 3 day weekend of chaos, festivities and stormy weather.
I’ll be going into the who, the what, the why and the wherefore in the next month so for today, here’s a little run down of how we celebrated.
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