Your Sussex Wedding - October/November 2023 (Issue 105)

Our whole theme was flowers, flowers, flowers. Our centrepiece arrangements were displayed in glass Martini vases with small warm lights in the stem. Our three-tier cake was finished with buttercream and decorated with more flowers. Rose Petal Cake Company also made this for us. We used our guests’ nicknames rather than their actual names on the table plan! Hopefully it gave everyone a giggle. We named each of our tables after places that mean a great deal to us as a couple. The top table was home, our families were on Twyford (where I’m from), and Southwater (where Dan is from). We then had places we’d visited on holiday like Croatia and Thailand. We used Rose Petal Cake Company to create bespoke shortbread biscuits bearing our initials. There were also his ‘n’ hers sweets for each guest. The children had personalised water cups and the wedding party were all gifted personalised champagne flutes, which were handed to them at the drinks’ reception. Dan wore a light blue suit, which contrasted with the darker blue Ted Baker suits the groomsmen wore. My bridesmaids wore dresses in the same fabric and colour but in different styles. They all looked amazing. The little ones wore pretty white dresses with blue petals in the netting. 41 REAL WEDDINGS

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