“When a friend offered us a full-size replica of Andúril (Aragorn’s sword from the Lord of the Rings movie) how could we say no? Rather than cutting the cake, we beheaded the dragon using the four-and-a-half-foot sword. Seeing Charlotte run round the stage wielding the sword in victory will be a lasting memory!” — Olly photos of us throughout our time together.” Guests tucked into a prosecco and scone reception. “We fall either side of the great scone debate and decided to let our guests vote on the best scone orientation – jam and cream or cream and jam,” Charlotte explains. “The result was incredibly close but cream and jam won overall by a single vote, much to my delight!” A hog roast was served as the wedding breakfast with vegetarian options of Brazilian beans and pulled jackfruit which is two of the couple’s favourite vegetarian dishes. “Olly’s dad could be seen throughout the meal wheeling his mobile wine cart around offering guests a personalised selection of table wine and netting himself the title of “Wheelbarrow Sommelier,” Charlotte tells us. “During the evening, we provided a tower of local cheeses from Country Cheeses in Tavistock accompanied by bread and port.” LOOKING THE PART Following a disastrous attempt at buying a secondhand dress online that was ultimately never going to fit, Charlotte found a dress that she liked at the Cambridge Bridal Studio. “It had a beautiful lace bodice with a diamond-shaped cut-out at the back and was the right length for the Ceilidh dancing that I planned on enjoying throughout the evening!” she tells us. “I accessorised it with a diamanté belt, a pair of lilac dice earrings and some Irregular Choice bridal shoes.” Olly wore a charcoal grey frock coat and trousers teamed with a light purple paisley waistcoat and a purple cravat. “Our groomsmen wore matching colours and waistcoats but their suits had lounge jackets instead of the frock coat teamed with purple ties,” Olly says. The bridesmaids wore silk, lilac infinity dresses in individual styles suited to them. “They accessorised their dresses with diamanté brooches and purple stone necklaces that I had gifted to them as a thank you,” says Charlotte. TIME TO CELEBRATE During the day, the couple provided a selection of outdoor board games for everyone to enjoy including classics of Cornhole, Dominoes and Jenga. Later on, they performed a choreographed ballroom dance routine to McFly’s All About You despite neither of them having danced before and only having a three-hour course in ballroom dancing from one of Charlotte’s friends to learn. “It went surprisingly well and we both enjoyed it a lot,” Charlotte tells us. The couple used the theatre stage to host a Ceilidh band in the evening who got everyone up for a couple of hours of energetic folk dancing. “Even though we all got bits of the dancing wrong, everyone had a fantastic time!” They also hired a silent disco to entertain their guests due to local rules prohibiting amplified music after 10 pm. “We had both experienced these at music festivals and knew our guests would love it,” Charlotte says. “Everyone wore a set of headphones that could switch between three different channels that the DJs were running. Even guests who didn’t want to dance were entertained by a neon crown of dancers each singing their heart out to their individual channel choice!” 31 REAL WEDDINGS
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