Your Surrey Wedding- Page number 40 - June/July 2021 (Issue 89)

HELEN AND SAM’S CONTACTS Venue and catering , Denbies Wine Estate, www.denbies.co.uk | P hotographer , Lucie Hamilton Photography, www.luciehamiltonphotography.co.uk Bride’s dress , David’s Bridal, www.davidsbridal.co.uk | G room’s suit , T.M.Lewin, www.tmlewin.co.uk | B ridesmaids’ outfits , Phase Eight, www.phase-eight.co.uk | H air stylist , Jenny Balding Hairstylist, www.jennybaldinghairstylist.com | M ake-up artist , Frey De Paoli Makeup Artist, www.freydepaoli.com | N ails, eyelashes and eyebrows , Arora -The House Of Beauty, www.facebook.com/arora-the-house-of-beauty-431294851035629 | F lowers , Flowers by Elaine, www.flowersbyelaine.co.uk | D rinks , Surrey Hills Brewery, www.surreyhills.co.uk | D og groomer , GGs Pups, www.ggspups.com | C eremony entertainment , Kensington Brass, www.kensingtonbrass.co.uk | R eception entertainment , Maxamillion, www.instagram.com/maxamillionig Sam knows folk music star Kate Rusby, and she was kind enough to record an acoustic version of my favourite song that Sam was planning to show me as part of his speech. My dad then surprised us during his speech by announcing that he had been sent a message from a very special guest and proceeded to show a video of congratulations from none other than Kate Rusby! Sam said his jaw hit the floor, and he had to quickly find a way to edit his speech accordingly, but the song still went down well with everyone. All our suppliers were amazing. I had the best time getting ready with Jenny Balding Hairstylist and Frey De Paoli Makeup Artist. They were a great team, and they felt like one of the gang. Frey was heavily pregnant at the time, but luckily my chief bridesmaid is a midwife just in case anything happened! I heard our dog, Barkley, barking outside as the ceremony was finishing. Our wonderful neighbours, who were looking after him, brought him down to see us in a bow tie my mum made him. I couldn’t stop laughing! For our honeymoon, we went to the Dominican Republic to relax in the sun for a week, which was fabulous. We even had a little bonus adventure on our four-hour layover in Miami, where we visited an as-seen-on-TV doughnut shop in the suburbs. The staff were quite surprised to have two British tourists turn up on a quiet Monday afternoon! 40