Tuesday 21 July 2009

Wedding

Hello All, sorry for being so AWOL for such a long time! Brendan and I have been adjusting to life without a wedding to plan! Before I get onto some crafty posting, I thought I had better do a quick recap of the wedding and honeymoon... so, wedding first.


We got married in Cambridge Registry Office and had our party in Brendan's parents back garden. Above is a picture of the garden before we invaded it, and below you can see the bunting and marquee going up. Hurrah! The bunting was a great success, and (dare I say it) much admired.


Brendan's brother Dan made us a bar. We had asked him to do this, but had no idea it was going to be so brilliant... here is a picture of him standing behind it.


The day itself was glorious sunshine, and what with all this rain we are having now, we couldn't have been luckier... it really made the day super-special. here is one of me before the ceremony - looking a bit nervous, and I was... absolutely terrified I was clammy and shaky throughout the whole thing!


Glad to have Brendan by my side though. This is us waiting for the ceremony to start:


And, saying our vows... the registrar did a bit of a comedy slip up and welcomed everyone 'to be present for the marriage of Alice and Brenda'! That got a bit of a laugh!


Then all back to the house for a party. The food was fantastic, cooked by a friend.

We had two photo walls, one with pictures of Brendan and I through our relationship (above), mainly self portraits taken with Brendan's long arm, and a Polaroid wall (below) for people to take their own picture and stick it up above their name. It had a dual purpose - for identification and so that we could guarantee we would have a picture of every person there that day.





We had a nice man with a guitar come and sing with the kids (above), and loads of games of ping pong (below).




Then, there was a whole lot of dancing, and a bit of limbo...


All in all it was a perfect day. Surrounded by much loved friends and family, and it whooshed by in one big self-indulgent blur. Best of all though is we are now married, and loving every minute of it.


More photos can be seen on my Flickr.

9 comments:

dottycookie said...

Awww, congratulations! It looks like a perfect, happy day - and so good to see you looking more and more relaxed as the photos go on!

I'm glad Cambridge cooperated weather-wise - it's certainly making up for it now!

Anonymous said...

Congrats! The look on your faces after he put the ring on your finger couldn't be lovelier.

JuliaB said...

ahhhh... what a perfect day, full of happiness which is evident from the lovely pictures!xx

Anonymous said...

What a gorgeous day! Congrats x

Teena Vallerine said...

Wahey! Well done you! It looks like a wonderful day! I hope you're finding a home for that excellent bar! What about a headboard for your bed! So romantic! :-) I'm off to look over on Flickr now. t.x

Petit Filoux said...

Hi! Love your blue and white scarf, what's the pattern for it? It looks quite simple (no fancy frilly bits) but I really quite like it and fancy making one of my own!

Rhiannon said...

Yay! Oh it looks so lovely and just loveliness!
I'm so pleased and happy for you, it looks pretty much perfect :)

xxx

Ali said...

Congratulations! A wedding with ping pong sounds totally wonderful.

Kyoko said...

wow! Congratulations! :D
You look fabulous and the wedding party looks amazing! The weather looks glorious. Love the idea of the photo panel. Oh, I am so happy for you!