Your East Midlands Wedding - October/November 2019 (Issue 34)

We’re slightly famed amongst our family and friends for throwing massive back garden barbecue parties every summer. We wanted to emulate that relaxed, party vibe with the wedding and immediately fell in love with the outside space at Crockwell for this exact reason! Gone were the traditions of the first dance, being given away and throwing the bouquet, replaced instead with impromptu space hopper racing during the wedding breakfast! We’re also TV/film nerds, so there were lots of nods to our favourite films and shows throughout the wedding. We had quotes from the Princess Bride in the order of ceremony and tables named after famous fictional duos. Quotes about love from our favourite shows were put on the tables.  The briefing we gave for the colour scheme and flowers was bright and happy. Our amazing stylist Ellie from Rose & Dandy completely ran with this and the day was filled with beautiful flowers and an explosion of colour! A similar brief to our baker, who generated our flower, macaron and bright pink drip cake of dreams, all topped off with a suitably dressed dinosaur bride and groom. Jo wore a three-piece blue suit, accompanied by a flower tie and pocket square from Moss Bross. The cufflinks were a gift from me on our fifth anniversary, three months before the wedding and engraved with our wedding date on the reverse. 40