Your North East Wedding - March/April 2021 (Issue 43)

38 We used each table number to represent the years we had been together, and had a photograph of us together from that year to go with our centrepieces. We hired 5ft lights that spelled out ‘The Crows’ to be displayed during and after the ceremony. My favourite flowers are roses and baby’s breath as Tom has bought these for me many times over the years. They were always going to be incorporated into the arrangements – my florist was amazing and nothing was too much for her. Our favours were small wooden logs with names etched into them to double up as place names. I turned ours into fridge magnets, some guests use them as coasters and another guest stapled it to their garden bench. We struggled to find a venue until we found As You Like It, which was in the city centre and was easily accessible for our friends and family. It was the only place we visited and ended up booking it on the same day! The first thing I saw at a wedding fair was a VW Campervan and knew it was perfect for Tom. On the day of the wedding, it was decorated with a simple ribbon over the bonnet.