Your North West Wedding- Page number 33 - August/September 2021 (Issue 69)

H annah and Harry have known each other since they were children. “We went to primary school together and met again when we were 19,” says Hannah. “After some persistence from Harry, I agreed to go on a date with him, and we’ve been inseparable ever since.” Harry proposed during a holiday to Berlin. “We were on our way to a Liam Gallagher concert in March 2018,” shares the bride. “It was in front of the cathedral and was wonderfully romantic.” SETTING THE SCENE “Our ceremony venue, Hurstwood Church was just five minutes from our home, and our family attend regularly, so it’s personal to us,” explains Hannah. “Afterwards, we went to our local pub, the Kettledrum Inn. We had planned a huge wedding twice, but COVID-19 kept changing our plans, so in the end, we decided to stick to somewhere local, and it couldn’t have been more perfect. The food was fabulous, and everyone enjoyed it.” For their favours, Hannah’s mum created small bottles of homemade damson and raspberry gin accompanied by key- shaped bottle openers and labels decorated with claret ribbons. “The table plan was a bit last minute as it was something that had slipped through the net,” recalls the bride. “We downloaded it from a website called Canva. It was a free download but looked lovely on the day. For the place cards, we wrote on brown cards with marker pens and stuck wooden hearts on them.” The couple decided to have small tables to fit all of their guests. “Our florist, The Willow Garden, created little mason jars to decorate the tables,” Hannah adds. “We bought or handmade the rest of the decorations. My mum created picture ladders with photos of family members we wished could have been there to join us. As well as this, we had a welcome sign made from an old mirror and bunting everywhere.” “Our flowers were more perfect than we could ever have imagined,” reveals the bride. “They were so different to anything we’d seen before, and it tied in with our rustic theme perfectly.” The bride’s friend made their wedding cake. “Katie has her own company called Sugar Coates, so we asked her to make our big- day bake,” says Hannah. “It was a naked cake with a rustic topper and made up of our favourite flavours; carrot and Victoria sponge.” The bride and her father travelled to the church in a classic car from Malvern Wedding Cars. “The vehicle then took Harry and me to the reception venue,” shares the bride. “It tied in perfectly with our theme and looked great in the photographs.” DRESSED TO IMPRESS “I wore a classic ivory dress from a boutique in Colne, Lancashire, REAL WEDDINGS 33