An Essex Wedding - Mar/Apr 2020 (Issue 91)

We had the fun idea of walking from the church to Mulberry House accompanied by the Harlow Brass Band to create a wedding procession. Lisa at Cake Cuisine made the most delicious cake; we chose lemon flavour to go with the day! It was a semi-naked style in four tiers with parts of it brushed gold. We cut it up during the speeches and had it for dessert, which worked so well as it was all eaten. Mum gave up countless Saturdays to come dress shopping and I loved having that mother-daughter time together. My Kenneth Winston dress made me look and feel like a princess with it’s A-line cut and pretty embellishment. I teamed it with a mid-length veil and my aunt let me wear her pearl tiara, which was very sentimental. We had fun naming the tables after the people sitting on them. For example, we had New York, New York for our American friends and Finders Keepers for Joe’s family, the Keepers! The favours were sweet cones filled with yellow treats. REAL WEDDINGS 57 