The centrepieces were pampas grass and dried colourful flowers in Moroccan vases. Marwen is Tunisian, so we had a civil ceremony in his home country in 2016. We didn’t have any of my family with us apart from my mum and a friend, so we decided to have a blessing in the UK for our seventh anniversary with everyone who couldn’t travel to Tunisia. To decorate the tipi, we had lots of Moroccan lanterns on the floors and paper lanterns hanging from the ceiling. We created a chill-out area and also had a fire pit and Arabic rugs. We had a trio of Land Rovers on the day that were owned by family members, which looked great in pictures. Our table plan was a map of Tunisia and the tables were named after where we got married and Marwen’s hometown. Our friends from North Norfolk Catering Company did the catering for the day. We had lots of canapés at our reception, followed by a sharing platter of harissa lamb shoulder, humus, chickpeas, giant couscous, flatbreads and salsa verde. For dessert, we had a Tunisian orange cake, toasted pistachios and crème fraiche. In the evening, we supplied Tunisian cakes, sweets, dates and melon fruit platters. 34
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