Your Cheshire and Merseyside Wedding - Page number 21 - May/June 2021 (Issue 57)

N atalie and Adam became firm friends after meeting at a birthday party in their teens and started dating several years later. Adam proposed during a trip to Belfast, where they were on a pilgrimage around the various Game of Thrones filming locations. After walking miles in the wind and rain to find the very spot where Jon Snow bonded with Drogon on the cliffs of Fairhead, Adam presented Natalie with an official HBO dragon ring and popped the question. Natalie explains, “He knew I wanted to choose my own ring should we ever get engaged, so this was perfect. We were soaked and freezing but felt like we were the only two people in the world.” The decision to tie the knot in Liverpool was a natural one since the city holds so many memories for the pair. “My nan was a Scouser born and bred. She passed away in 2008 and would have been so proud of us marrying in her home town,” Natalie tells us. So, Liverpool Town Hall and The Corinthian Grand were booked for 13 th April, 2019 – the one-year anniversary of Adam’s clifftop proposal. Here, the bride shares her account of the big day… SETTING THE SCENE Natalie and Adam’s choice of colour palette was quite ingenious! “We chose green and white. Green because we got engaged on the Emerald Isle and White for our surname,” the bride explains. The glorious floral arrangements and bouquets romantically reflected this using white hydrangeas, ivy and gypsy grass. With a Game of Thrones theme being a must, the couple opted for themed mini bottles of liquor for wedding favours – gin, vodka, absinthe and rum. The table plan had a parchment effect to it and guests’ names were written in the Game of Thrones ’ font. The place names were designed to match. Mini iron throne photo clips held the table names, all labelled in honour of castles featured in the series. The ceremony space at Liverpool Town Hall was decorated beautifully with a white flower arch, scattered white rose petals and tealight cylinders. At the reception, tables were adorned in gorgeous centrepieces featuring a combination of glass cylinders, flower-filled vases, floral crowns, and creeping ivy candelabra. These were no doubt the source of great admiration as guests dined on a starter of goat’s cheese tartlet or game slice, blade of beef or roast chicken for main, and crème brûlée or apple frangipane tart for dessert. “Walking into the ceremony room was nerve-racking but exciting, it’s so intimidating having all eyes on you, but I managed to do it without falling over!” REAL WEDDING 21