LOT OF LOVE A whole Kate and Cara’s colourful wedding made for a spectacular day at The Wholehouse Images courtesy of When Charlie Met Hannah Kate and Cara met at Cardiff University while studying for their undergraduate degrees. Cara lived with Kate’s brother, Sam, for the first two years of her degree, and when Kate joined her brother, she started to build a beautiful relationship with Cara. Kate popped the question to Cara after they moved to Swansea. Kate adds, “Our favourite walk during lockdown became the one between Langland and Caswell Bay, so it felt like the perfect spot to propose after a meal in our favourite Swansea restaurant, Nishimura. We then headed home, where all our family and best friends waited for us to celebrate.” Kate and Cara got married at The Wholehouse, choosing the venue because they adored the vibe, and Cara grew up a few towns over from Talgarth – making it feel like a home away from home. The venue offered the classic areas and photo opportunities, but it also had a party bus, hot tub, assault course, and zipline! Talk about a lot of bang for your buck. They both decided they wanted their wedding to be bright and joyful – with Kate’s love for pink, this made for a natural inclusion in the décor. They paired pink with orange and red – a bold choice but one that clearly worked! This also paired perfectly with the design of the venue and its iconic wall reading “a whole lot of love”. The theme of the wedding was seen in their stationery and in lots of other sentimental details throughout the venue. Cara adds, “Kate loves to sew, so she made a pink and red velvet banner, complete with our names and wedding date. We hung this in the ceremony room, above our fabulous frilly cake!” Their wedding breakfast scene was set with long tables, decorated with pink, red, and orange candles, and dotted with little vases filled with flowers that Kate’s mum had been growing. They also had an abundance of disco balls, some hanging and others littered across the tables to add an extra wow factor. At the time of getting married, they had been together 14 years, which just so happened to be the exact number of tables at the breakfast, so these were appropriately named after the respective years and marked with a picture of the couple from that time. Kate wore a beautiful dress, which had custom sleeves and a leg slit, pairing it with stand-out pink platform heels from Nodaleto. Kate adds, “I wanted a big dress with a chic edge, so I went for a big skirt in a simple fabric. I also knew I wanted to be comfortable and wanted to be able to move freely. I wanted it to be totally unique to me, so I came up with the idea for making and adding the sleeves.” Cara wore a tailored suit and shirt from Percival Menswear and completed the look with Dr. Martens. They had lots of bridesmaids and ensured they all wore something they felt comfortable in. They all selected their own dresses in one of the three wedding colours, and the bridesmen wore beige suits to break up the colour and match Kate and Cara’s fathers. Their special day was highlighted with good food, music, drinks and a beaming sun. They also tried their hands at the assault course, and Kate’s 90-year-old grandad even had a go on the zip wire! But it wasn’t assault courses or zip wires that stuck out as a memorable moment to them, but instead their excitement to be marrying each other in a room full of people they love. REAL WEDDINGS 21
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