Your West Midlands Wedding - Feb/Mar 2020 (Issue 66)

REAL WEDDINGS 37  A common factor throughout the castle was spider webs, both light-up electric webs and normal, also a range of various devices which were designed to animate as guests walked past them − one room had mirrored talking heads and a skeletal bride and groom. LOOKING THE PART Hannah looked stunning in a blush-coloured fishtail, strapless style dress Lucille by Viva Bride. “It fitted my body type perfectly,” shares Hannah. “My wedding dress fitter Jane Cronin was amazing and did a brilliant job of making it the perfect length as I am quite short.” Todd looked dapper in a navy-checked tweed suit with pink accessories to tie in with the bouquets and bridesmaids’ dresses. The groom accessorised with skull cufflinks, a nod to his love of horror films. The groomsmen were in the same but each wore individual cufflinks that represented their interests – fish, guitars and tattoos! MEMORABLE MOMENTS On the day, excitement took over for the pair both just ecstatic the day had arrived. “Getting ready the morning of the wedding was magical,” recalls Hannah. “The mother-of-the-bride and bridesmaids were doing their best to make sure that I was happy and had everything ready. The excitement intensified on the journey there, the realisation that this is the moment that we had been building towards for so long and it was finally here!” Emotion and happiness completely took over at the beginning of the ceremony, both were so glad to finally become husband and wife. For Todd, the most memorable part was seeing Hannah for the first time walking down the aisle. “I’m getting goosebumps just thinking about it. I was overcome with emotion, shedding more tears than a grown man should.” Hannah adds, “Saying our vows, the power of our words in that moment made time feel like it had come to complete stand-still. Emotion meant that I choked a little on my words but looking into his eyes knowing that this was so wonderful and so right made me feel somehow at home.”