most incredible-tasting cakes,” continues the bride. “I gave her a photo for inspiration and she recreated it with our chosen flavours. We went for a four-tiered design, with each layer having a different flavour. It was huge, but she did it so cheaply that we couldn’t resist! My florist friend decorated the cake with flowers and placed my cake topper from Etsy on top.” Twelve Restaurant & Lounge Bar provided the couple’s food for the day. “We went for a taster menu evening and everything was beautiful,” says Izzy. “The staff were extremely helpful and gave us ideas on what we could do with each dish. We had to pick two options for each course for the taster, then decide on which one to have on our wedding menu, and let me tell you, coming from two foodies, it was extremely difficult to pick one as we liked every single option we tasted!” DRESSED TO IMPRESS “I wore an Essense of Australia dress called D3247 from Dreamcatcher Bridal Boutique in Kirkham,” shares Izzy. “When my maid-of-honour and I walked into the boutique, it was such a surreal experience. It was a positive, light, and airy space, which gave me good vibes before I had even tried on the dress! One of the lovely ladies who work there was helping me into the dress and before she could even fasten me in fully, I already knew it was the one! I paired the dress with a cathedral-tiered veil that had small, delicate diamonds on it, as I wanted something long to match the train but nothing that was going to interfere with the lace detailing at the bottom of the train. I didn’t want any fussy jewellery or hair pins, as I wanted a sleek, minimal look with the dress and train taking centre stage.” Ryan and his groomsmen opted for three-piece black tuxedos with black shoes, white shirts and black bow ties. “I really wanted this look for Ryan and the lads,” explains the bride. “Even my nephew, the pageboy, had a black suit with a bow tie and looked so cute! “When looking for bridesmaids’ dresses, we struggled to find the right mauve colour as there’s about 100 different shades and nothing looked right, so we ended up going for lilac grey dresses from ASOS,” adds Izzy. “My goddaughter, the flowergirl, wore a white dress from Next, which she was obsessed with and didn’t want to take off, along with her flower crown and wand.” TIME TO CELEBRATE “We hired Alex Birtwell to play the guitar and sing during the ceremony,” recalls Izzy. “We’d seen him at a wedding fair and really liked him. He also hosted our reception and played our first dance song. Ryan and his lads were singing and playing the guitar along with Alex for the guests outside. As it was a lovely, hot day, it set the mood and entertained everyone. It also reinforced to our friends and family that they were in for a fun-packed day.” MEMORABLE MOMENTS “I remember on the day feeling a sense of calm,” reveals Izzy. “I wasn’t stressed, but I was quite nervous to walk down the aisle without tripping over. You long for this day for so long and all the stress of planning literally don’t even matter; it all disappears on the day. If we could do it all again every day, we would! Looking back at our day and on our wedding video, I made a mistake on our vows because I was nervous. When the celebrant was saying our vows to us, I just went blank and had to ask for her to repeat them a few times! “Our special day wouldn’t have gone as smoothly as it did without the exceptional help from Cieran from The Glass House,” continues Izzy. “He made the day so special. We felt really looked after and he was hilarious. All of our guests loved him and all of our suppliers had their praises sung by our guests! Cieran is honestly so fantastic at what he does.” REAL WEDDINGS 35
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