The Stationery

The stationery was a real labour of love for me. I designed and made the invitations, table plan, place cards/menu cards, order of service, table numbers and the guest book.

The Photographer

I couldn’t have been happier with our photographer, Andrea Morrissey of Angel Photography. She was such a relaxed and soothing character to have around us, with no fuss while getting the job done at a pace we were happy with.

The end result is so much more than I could have hoped for. I love every one of the photos she took for us and have looked at them around 40 times in just week or so since we got them.

(photos courtesy of Angel Photography)

The Cars

This was another thing that Mr M had very firm ideas on. This was the car and all obstacles were unimportant. Even the fact that I couldn’t get in or out of the car at the beginning was disregarded. It was to be the car and that was that. We overcame the obstacle of getting in and out by having a step made and when I look at the photos now I’m so glad we (ok, he) chose it.

We also had a black stretch Crysler limo for the bridal party, both hired from Island Limousines, Coalisland

(photos courtesy of Angel Photography)

The Bridesmaids

The bridesmaids were my sister and niece, who are actually mother and daughter although no-one ever believes that. Nicola was quite young when Hayley was born and they are very close as a result. Hayley is more like a sister to me than a niece and there was never any question that these two would be my girls. Their dresses were by Sophia Tolli from Chantilly Lace in Lurgan in Blush which, if any of you have been reading from the start of this blog, it was beginning to look pretty obvious that was my colour of choice. I thought it would be difficult to find the right dress in the right colour and may have to resort to having dresses made but I was very pleased with that we found.

(photos courtesy of Angel Photography)

The Groom

Mr M looked very hot. But that’s just my opinion.

He knew exactly what he was looking for in suits. We hired them from Groom Formal Hire in Banbridge and the shoes were from River Island. They looked great and complimented our colour scheme perfectly.

(photos courtesy of Angel Photography)

Something Old, Something New, Something Borrowed and Something Blue

Having spent a small fortune on my dress I felt that this suitably constituted my something new.

The night before the wedding I still didn’t have something old, borrowed or blue and was beginning to despair. Mum remembered an old charm bracelet she had from she was a teenager and she hunted it out to see if there was anything on there that would fit the bill. I went through each charm one by one until I discovered a little birdcage with a blue bird perched inside and I knew it was perfect. We decided that it would be lovely sewn onto the lace wrapped around my bouquet. Unfortunately the little charm got lost somewhere on the day as it wasn’t on the bouquet when it was taken from the reception and my sister assumed that I had taken it off. I am still devastated to have lost it because it was so old and I never got to return it to mum, the loan outstanding.

The Flowers

The flowers were a mixture of all my favourites with a country chic look. Our florist was a friend of Mr M’s who was more amazingly talented than I had realised when I booked her. I was delighted with what she came up with and was so proud of our flowers.

(photos courtesy of Angel Photography)