An Essex Wedding - March/april 2021 (Issue 97)

Our favours were small bottles of ginjinha – a sweet Portuguese cherry liqueur, which brings back great memories of tasting it in the main squares of Lisbon. We also added an assortment of games to entertain each table. I’d highly recommend Cads About Matrimony, although you might like to filter them first! Our cake was three tiers – although we only ate one! It included a tile design that you can find at the Monastery of São Vicente de Fora, which is near Tiago’s childhood home in Lisbon. The photo of the tiles was taken by the father-of-the-groom and our cake maker, Rebecca’s Sweet Perfection, printed it onto edible tiles. The tile motif ran through our table names and place settings, including a personalised tile for the top table by @azulejosbyfonseca. We kept our seating arrangements quite flexible, which was lucky as the seating rule of six came in that week! V-DUB Rides went above and beyond to make travelling to the venue so much fun. The flowergirls are still talking about their disco and unlimited sweets in the campervan. We changed our original plan for a barbecue to mini buffets on each table instead. There was a selection of Mediterranean dishes to choose from, which created a really relaxed and informal atmosphere. 49 REAL WEDDINGS