SUMMER AND SAMUEL’S CONTACTS Venue, DJ and catering, Ansty Hall, www.anstyhall.com | Photographer, Russell Whitehead Photography, www.rwpweddingphotography.com | Bride’s dress, accessories and alterations, The Bridal Gallery, www.bridalgallerycoventry.co.uk Groom’s suit, The Wedding Barn, www.theweddingbarn.co.uk | Bridesmaids’ dresses, JJ’s House, www.jjshouse.com | Hair stylist, The Hair Station, 02476 313 205 | Make-up artist, Elle Sutton Studios, www.instagram.com/ellesuttonstudios | Rings, F.Hinds, www.fhinds.co.uk Cake, The Cake Shop Bedworth Ltd, www.thecakeshopbedworth.co.uk | Flowers, The Village Flower Shop, www.thevillageflowershop.co.uk We had a family moon in Yorkshire. We stayed in a converted barn for a week and shut off from the world, which was much needed after a chaotic few months in the run-up to the wedding. It was lovely to spend quality time as a family with our little boy. Years before we got engaged, my brother asked if we ever got married, could he be the ring bearer? I responded with a flat-out no, as he has a habit of losing things. Then I picked up two stones from the floor and said, if at any point between now and the moment we get engaged, you can retrieve these stones whenever I ask, we will let you be the ring bearer. Well, he was true to his word and over the years, I would randomly ask if he could go and get the stones, and every single time he was able to get them and show them to me, so he ended up being our ring bearer. Our top tip is whatever happens on the day, just go with it! Take some time together between the end of the wedding breakfast and the start of the evening reception; we had about half-an-hour to go up to our room, kick off our shoes off and lie on the bed. It gave us a bit of time to recharge and also a break from the madness of the day. Lucy, the master of ceremonies, was just incredible and made the day run so smoothly. We were so nervous, but she kept us both calm. She was also amazing at helping keep my pregnancy a secret by filling my glass with nozeco so that no one would notice I wasn’t drinking alcohol. 38
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