THE DREAM TEAM Photographer, Jane Austin Romance Photography, www.romancephotography.co.uk | Venue, St Elizabeth’s House Boutique Hotel, https://stelizabeths.co.uk | Videographer, TC Photography, www.tcphotographyuk.co.uk | Dress, Bridal Reloved (Tavistock branch), https://bridalreloved.co.uk | Wedding dress alterations, Hemming Birds, www.hemmingbirdsplymouth.co.uk | Make-up, Essential Skin & Bodycare, www.essentialskinbodycare.co.uk | Suits, Louannon Menswear, www.louannonmenswear.co.uk | Weddings rings, Fraser Hart (Plymouth store), www.fraserhart.co.uk | Cake, Trinity Cakes, www.facebook.com/Trinitycakebakes | Games hire, Vintage Fun & Games Hire, www.vintagefunandgameshire.com | Balloons, Celebration Balloons and Events, www.celebrationballoonsandevents.co.uk | First dance lessons, Plymouth Dance Academy, www.plymouthdanceacademy.co.uk | Singer, Rick the Stick | Hair, Suzanne Spooner delicious and we struggled to pick the menu choices for the threecourse wedding breakfast because they were so good!” Demelza says. “Our favourites were the fig salad, roast beef with a Yorkshire pudding and crème brulee for dessert. For our evening buffet, we enjoyed a barbecue theme and our guests all complimented us on how good the food was. We also surprised them with a sweet Ferris wheel that was filled with sweets including Just Married rock. Iain got creative making a wall of crisps with packets attached with pegs for our hungry guests to help themselves which proved to be a great idea!” The couple had a three-tier cake coordinated with their peacock theme. Each layer tasted different, with a peanut butter tier, a salted caramel one plus strawberries and prosecco cake. I used an Etsy supplier to create wooden peg people of us with our son, Shaun as cake toppers and we also had clay impressions of our two cats.” LOOKING THE PART Demelza knew that she wanted a full-length, A-line dress with lacy sleeves and a V-neck. “The team at Bridal Reloved were excellent,” Demelza tells us. “I knew that the first dress I tried on was the one - I fell in love with it right away. I tried a few more but knew I had to go back to the first one which ticked all the boxes. I accessorised it with a sparkly crystal belt and when I had the alterations done, they were able to attach the belt. I chose a peacock feather hair clip, a friend lent me their tiara as my something borrowed plus I wore a pair of sparkly heels. Iain and I also had a pair of matching flat shoes from Rocket Dog for our first dance.” Iain chose a navy suit that he teamed with a pair of Joe Brown shoes in keeping with the colour theme. “He stood out from the others in a silver waistcoat,” Demelza tells us. “Our groomsmen had matching navy suits and so did our youngest pageboy, who was only two years old. He stole the show by combining his suit with a cowboy hat on the day and he couldn’t have looked cuter! The groom, best men and the rest of the groomsmen all had the different teal, purple and navy ties which reflected the peacock colours.” Demelza wanted three different colours for the bridesmaids’ dresses so the peacock theme was perfect for this. “My maid-of-honour was dressed in teal green and my two bridesmaids in navy and purple,” she tells us. “They all had full-length dresses but the style of each was slightly different and suited each one perfectly. Our flower girl was in a shorter navy dress, which showed off her glittery shoes perfectly.” TIME TO CELEBRATE The couple’s evening entertainment was courtesy of Demelza’s newly retired boss, Paul who plays live music as Rick the Stick. “The music perfectly suited what we wanted and everyone was up and up dancing and having a great time,” Demelza tells us. “Paul surprised Iain with a mix of two special songs as we walked into the wedding breakfast. Also, our first dance was a highlight of the day! We wanted to surprise our guests so we started with a slow dance to Tale as Old as Time which morphed into Erasure’s Stop. It was a perfect mix of songs that were special to us, and we had a few weeks of choreographed dance lessons at the Plymouth Dance Academy which meant we were able to show off some moves! We might not have been perfect, but our guests loved it!” “Our photographer, Jane was brilliant - she felt like part of a family and created some perfect photo memories for us.Tamsin the videographer was fantastic too, she stepped in at short notice on the day when another videography firm let us down and created a wonderful video for us.” - Demelza and Iain 40
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