Its been a few weeks since the wedding but I’m finally getting round to posting up some pictures. It was an amazing day, so much fun and possiblyone of the only days it didn’t rain in June!
The tables all set ready for tea in the hall.
Paper boats and washi tape flags as place names.
Favours - little jars of homemade Rhubarb and Champagne Chutney, made by me and my mother in law with rhubarb from my own garden none the less! (A while ago I made some printable Rhubarb Chutney Labels which you can still download here)
My mum made all the flower arrangements for the church and the tables in the hall, they were all from her own garden or from friends near by and included sweet peas, honeysuckle and little daisies. On the tables they were arranged in golden syrup tins and ordinary tins which my sister had decorated with ribbons and lace trim.
We decorated the hall and a marquee (which was outside for milling about in before tea) with all the bunting and paper chains we made at the wedding making session back at the start of June. As well as making fabric bunting we also made bunting out of doilies cut in two and sewn on to bias binding or ribbon - I had seen some mexican paper cut bunting on line but it was sooo expensive so i decided to go for this version instead, and with doilies from the pound shop it worked out very reasonably indeed!
The cake was carrot cake made by my mother in law and it was absolutely delicious. In the background you can see a blackboard with the seating plan drawn out, the hall was once used as a school house and I just couldn’t resist writing on the blackboard!
Me, my sister and my sister in law. Me, my bridesmaids and my family travelled to the church in this 1940s charabanc bus. It was so much more fun that going in a normal wedding car and me and my dad got to sit in the back seat! My sister and I made the bouquets.
Smooching in front of the bus!
We also had this 1960s bus to transport everyone to the evening venue for dancing. Its a bit hard to see in this pic so I will try and find a better one somewhere!
This is where we all went dancing in the evening. It is an old lightship moored in Strangford Lough which is now a sailing club!
And finally a picture of the back of my head! My friend Sarah did my hair and my make up - she is one talented lady - both still looked good when I finally went to bed in the wee hours! (She also makes beautiful jewellery but she doesn’t have a website yet)
Anyway it was such a lovely day and although it was hard work making everything in the run up to it, it was so worth it! Thanks for reading!
