Your Berks, Bucks & Oxon Wedding - October/November 2019 (Issue 79)

We sourced a mixture of wooden and metal elephants to match the bigger ones already in the hotel and placed plants at the centre of the tables with fairylights all over and the elephants around. Our four-year-old daughter, Melody, wore a grey lace dress with a sparkly hair accessory. Duncan wore a three-piece pale blue/grey suit from Slaters with a blush tie. Our nine-year-old son, Malaki, wore a waistcoat and trousers in the same colour as Duncan’s with the same tie, tailored by Slaters. We fell in love with the Anglo-Indian style of the Elephant Hotel, which was perfect for our blended family. We wanted an intimate venue that we could hire out for the whole day and evening and have guests stay overnight. My dress was from a boutique called Raishma. I wanted a mixture between Indian and Western styles and fell in love with the off-the-shoulder cut, while the pale blush with silver sequins set the whole colour scheme for the day. When we saw the venue, I was amazed at how well everything would go together. 48