teamed with white and forest green. “Our beautiful flowers helped determine our wedding theme,” Jade says. “We had subtle white blooms, champagne-coloured flowers and plenty of fir and greenery alongside pine cones that were scented with pine cone perfume. Our centrepieces were floating candles in stemmed glass and cylinder vases along with snowflake-shaped table numbers, ivy and plenty more pine cones. We gifted our guests fun favours which were gin bottles for the ladies, whiskey bottles for the men and sausage dog-shaped chocolates for the children!” Jade and Matt chose Absolute Cuisine at Rackleys to serve their guests a delicious wedding breakfast. “They could choose between courses which included leek and potato soup to start, steak pie as the main course and sticky toffee pudding for dessert – the perfect menu for a winter wedding!” Jade says. “Our spiced apple and cinnamon wedding cake presented on a wooden log with photos of us and a model of Malcolm on the side was popular with our guests.” LOOKING THE PART Jade wore a satin, off-the-shoulder bridal dress accessorized with a pearl and diamanté belt, a pair of pearl earrings and a bracelet. “Matt wore a light-blue suit jacket and waistcoat teamed with a white shirt and tie and a pair of black trousers and shoes,” Jade tells us. “He chose a different colour tie from the groomsmen who wore the same outfits as him but with champagne-coloured ties that suited our colour theme.” The couple’s bridesmaids looked beautiful in their elegant, champagne-coloured gowns in three different styles. “One picked a halterneck dress with sequin detail; another chose a one-shoulder design and our other bridesmaid wore one with floaty sleeves.” TIME TO CELEBRATE Jade and Matt hired a DJ who did a great job. “One of our memorable moments from the wedding is when he played the song Love Train by the O’Jays and almost everybody joined in to form a love train around the venue!” Jade says. “We also really enjoyed our first dance because members of our bridal party set off confetti canons mid-way through it!” The couple also had a photo booth and gave their guests a basket of props including hats and glasses for them to dress up in for the photographs. “We also had a pizza van during the evening which went down well with everyone!” Jade tells us. REAL WEDDINGS 35
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