dresses, neutral-toned suits, colourful garden flowers, and gold accents throughout,” shares Kirsten. “My mum and I had a great time creating the centrepieces using gold hoops, wrapped in fairylights with faux flowers which matched those in my bouquet; and my dad created table numbers with acrylic octagon-shaped pieces. My florist was amazing for the bouquets and buttonholes; some small bunches of daisy tanacetum adorned the ceremony chairs, and an arrangement for the registrar table was reused on the top table at the reception too.” Kirsten wore a Miavalenca dress caked Erika, “I had an idea of what I wanted but many people told me to have an open mind. I tried on lots of different styles and I didn’t like any of them until this one came out; I remember thinking ‘this has to fit me’. Luckily it did, like a glove, with no alterations required. I spent a while walking around the shop in it, secretly I didn’t want to take it off, and the lady asked me if I would change anything about it to which I replied ‘No, it’s perfect!’. Josh wore a light-beige double-breasted suit from Moss Bros, while the groomsmen were in oatmeal-coloured textured suits from Skopes; the bridesmaids stood out in Club L Lifetime dresses in fuchsia-pink; they were long, satin, cowl-neck gowns with a small tie around the waist and a low cut back. “In the evening, we had a DJ – we’d picked songs we would/wouldn’t like – as well as a photo booth which was so much fun!” recalls Kirsten. “Our family and friends just love to dance so this was super important for us. We wanted everyone to fill the dancefloor and with the help of Farnham Sound and Light this is exactly what happened,” adds Kirsten. “The whole day was one big highlight; we didn’t stop smiling from start to finish! Everything was perfect and exactly how we’d imagined it. From spending the morning getting ready, to walking down the aisle and going on to party in the evening, the day just kept getting better. One very special moment was that I asked Josh’s sister, Kira-Jo Alleyne, to sing and record the song we walked down the aisle to which was a huge surprise for Josh and everyone else waiting for our entrance! “We also took little moments throughout the day together, just the two of us, which was so special to just soak everything in. Brandon, our photographer, really helped us with this, he took us out after the wedding breakfast for pictures at sunset just before the evening guests arrived.” “We loved partying the night away with all our friends and family and our DJ even let us jump on the decks at the end of the night which was such a perfect finish to the day.” REAL WEDDINGS 35
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