The Ceremony: Part One

I must complete the wedding recap by the time our baby arrives! Here is part one of two of our Ceremony...

The best bit! I loved every single second of our ceremony. I am really pleased that I remember it quite clearly.

I love seeing the photographs of Jamie and being able to see what happened before I was there. I walked down the aisle to Elbow in the end (which almost brought on the tears right at the start). I was a bit anxious on the walk as Jamie stayed facing the registrar for ages, but as soon as he turned and I saw his face I knew I'd be just fine.
So for anyone who'd like to picture the moment, play the below whilst looking at the pictures.

All photographs by David McNeil

Getting Ready

I've been so very slack with recapping. I read many blogs of brides where after the wedding it all went quiet and was like hmph I won't do that. Ahem. I also thought I'd be into weddings forever but now I find myself unsubscribing regularly, particularly the non-individual ones. But I will recap! So back to the getting ready...

Having a professional makeup artist was definitely the right choice for me. I had to sit still for an hour. I found this particularly difficult at first. I kept wanting to know where people were. The house was a buzz of activity,but I was up in the loft room with my bridesmaids coming in and out and getting ready. Having to sit there and do nothing really helped me forget what everyone else was doing and just sit back and relax. Claire did a wonderful job.

Jamie also got ready in the house. We didn't see each other in our outfits but he called up the stairs when he left, shouting I love you and see you soon. I gave out thank you presents to my bridesmaids, and my dad arrived back to get ready. There was a slight panic just before we left when we realised that we had no idea where the house keys were to lock up and Jamie had his set on him. But they were discovered in the kitchen. We did run late and I won't pretend it didn't make me a little bit stressed. I hate being late. But I relaxed back again once we were in the cars. And the sun was shining...

All photographs by David McNeil

Honeymoon

I just posted our honeymoon recap on my personal blog Rosalie Tinted where I'm blogging from now on (apart from wedding recaps that are coming, promise!).

They're here

Our photos have arrived! I will finally recap the rest of the wedding once I've looked through and chosen, but just wanted to share how they arrived. The cutest tea towel ever, thank you David.

DIY as self sufficiency

After talking about the details the other day, Meg has written the perfect blog post about DIY or DIT (do it together) over at A Practical Wedding. It is precisely how I saw the DIY in our wedding planning.

Details

The details did matter. However they mattered because we wanted them to. They mattered because we spent hours hand crafting them. They mattered because we shared good times as a couple making them (tin can lantern production line springs to mind). They mattered because our amazing friends and family helped us create them. They also looked lovely (and were cheap in monetry value if not time!).

So if you're not fussed about having little details don't worry, you won't miss them. But if you invested lots of time into them, don't worry, you will appreciate them even if on the day you're too busy, looking at the photographs now I love them (a tip if you're handcrafting lots, let your photographer know, make sure they're captured) and your guests will. So many people complimenting various things throughout the day. From the very practical - the rugs/blankets were a big hit as people cosied under them. To the decorative - many compliments on the garlands and table as a whole. The little details all contributed to giving everyone the feel of the day. A simple but hand crafted unique day. Although on the unique front, again don't worry about plagiarizing ideas. All of mine were unoriginal, grabbed from all over the internet from far more creative minds than mine. I just researched enough to find them all. They will be original to your guests even if they seem unoriginal in the land of wedding blogs.

I guess what I'm trying to say with details is have as many or as few as you like. Your wedding should be a representation of what's important to you. I'm all for fiddly little details in my life so little details it was in our wedding. And here they are.

All photographs by David McNeil

Back

We're back from our honeymoon. It was wonderful but definitely getting the blues today as work looms tomorrow. Will have photos of that and more wedding recaps soon. Here's a little wedding pic.

credit: David McNeil