Your Gloucestershire and Wiltshire Wedding- Page number 38 - August/September 2021 (Issue 28)

The mansion is nicknamed the Unfinished Gothic Masterpiece so the couple didn’t want to cover up any of its features with their décor. Their ivory and black colour theme with a classy gothic feel was very suited to the venue. “We wanted everything to be simple yet elegant with a touch of tradition incorporated into it,” Helen says. “We designed our invites and place names and our friend Emma Dooley made them for us. They featured a sketch of the mansion as well as a skull-shaped card that opened to reveal the details of the day.” The couple’s cake was made by Helen’s cousin Chloe Griffiths. “Everyone loved it!” Helen tells us. “The bottom tier was raspberry and white chocolate-flavoured, the middle tier was chocolate and fudge and the top tier was my favourite – toffee and caramel apple. Chloe created that flavour in a batch of cupcakes that she had made the previous year and I knew then that I had to have it in my wedding cake when the time came! Our cake topper featured two skeletons as a nod to our gothic theme.” Another friend of the couple got involved in their wedding planning. “My hair and make-up were done by my friend Claire Bacon,” Helen tells us. “She did a terrific job!” LOOKING THE PART “My dress was champagne-coloured which I loved. I teamed it with a tiara, necklace and a bracelet which was a gift from Shane,” Helen tells us. “He looked like a rock star in his sharp black suit teamed with Converse trainers and his best man wore the same.” The only pop of colour was in the red roses that Helen had in her bouquet and in the buttonholes and flowers that lined the aisle, plus those that were placed in the table decorations. “The red complimented the ruby stones in our wedding rings,” she tells us. “We purchased fresh flowers from our local supermarket and made all of the beautiful arrangements ourselves and I purchased paper flowers (and skull pins) to create the buttonholes with.” Helen chose a pair of statement heels with spikes to accessorise her dress with. “They were amazing!” she tells us. www.cap tures.com 38