Your Hampshire and Dorset Wedding - March/April 2021 (Issue 85)

46 JESS AND RYAN’S LITTLE WHITE BOOK Photography | Kimberley Garrod Photography | www.kimberleygarrod.co.uk | Venue | Balmer Lawn Hotel | www.balmerlawnhotel.com Bride’s dress and accessories | Something Old, Something New, Hythe | www.hampshireweddingdresses.co.uk Hair | Mandi Dovey www.facebook.com/amandadovey.cooper | Make-up | Rebecca Grace | www.rebeccagrace.co.uk | Bridesmaids’ dresses | Dorothy Perkins | www.dorothyperkins.com | Groom’s suit | Slater Menswear | www.slaters.co.uk | Cake | Jo’s Cake Creations www.facebook.com/Joscakecreations12 | Day time pianist | Mark Busell | markbusell19@gmail.com Comedian/pianist | Matt Black Piano Man | www.matt-black.org | Venue dressing | Event Perfection | www.eventperfection.co.uk The tables were decorated with ivy, candles and burgundy flowers to complement our rustic theme. You would never have known we were in the middle of a pandemic which was a credit to the hotel and photographer for pulling out all the stops! Luckily we were only planning a small ceremony anyway so we didn’t have to make any adjustments! We did have to cancel the additional evening guests though but other than that, everything else went exactly as planned! The flower wall and fairylights added an extra magical touch. My bridesmaid made our semi-naked two-tier cake with strawberry and vanilla or chocolate and banana flavoured cupcakes too. We had a comic pianist to entertain our guests and he was absolutely brilliant. The perfect combination of music and comedy, he made everyone cry with laughter! We gave our guests tubes of hot chocolate and bottle openers as favours