We chose flowers which had meaning to us. We opted for white freesias which my parents had chosen for their own wedding day and olive branches as a nod to us getting engaged in Italy. We started the process with no knowledge of flowers but our florist, Jem, taught us so much. I especially loved the big blousy peonies! As we share a love of travel, we displayed a larg e map with pins and string pointing to some of the places we’ve visited toget her as our table plan. My dad, Nigel, wrote the place names in calligraphy which included Manila, Uberlândia in Brazil and Rome. Nick’s mum, Candy, made ou r wedding stationery. “Our wedding day was made extra special by our loved ones who had travelled far to be with us for the day, from the Philippines and also Scotland.” - Alice and Nick As centrepieces, we had foliage draped across white chiffon on the tables. My mum, Shona, is Scottish so she made a Scott ish tablet for our wedding favours. They were boxed and t ied with her family tartan which is a navy, green and yellow mix that worked with our colour scheme. We had a Scottish bagpiper playing during the t hrowing of the ‘confetti’ to celebrate my Scottish heritage and in stead of confetti, our guests threw rice as they do traditionally in the Philippines to celebrate Nick’s background – we found rice stu ck to everything for days afterwards! 37 REAL WEDDINGS
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