Your North West Wedding- April/May 2020 (Issue 61)

For our decorations, we used a company called Wilde & Romantic. We met the lovely Janet who invited us to her unit, which is a treasure trove for anything vintage and quirky. We ended up hiring several items including whiskey barrels, gold-framed chalkboards, fruit crates, a vintage bike, candlesticks and some slate signs which were beautifully decorated by a local calligraphy artist called Jill Liley Lettering. Edenhall Estate was the first venue we viewed in the Lake District. We had looked at a few in Yorkshire, but quickly decided we wanted to tie the knot near where I was born and grew up. As soon as we saw the barn, beautiful mountains and woodlands, we knew it was the place for us. The team at Edenhall Estate gave us total control over the day, which was exactly what we wanted. We were optimistic and planned to have people outside most of the day, and luckily it paid off, as the clouds cleared revealing stunning views. I’m a wedding stationery designer and have my own business called Blush & Blossom. From the beginning, I wanted our save-the-dates to be something a bit different that our guests could have fun with. I designed a piece that could be built into an upstanding tipi structure that then revealed our wedding details. These went down a storm and I now offer them as a product on my Etsy shop. I then went on to create matching invitations. I made folded invites which included custom illustrations of us both, along with a handy map to find the venue and a tear-off rsvp. I wanted everything to match so I also created the order-of-service, name cards, menus and tags to tie around our gin-bottle favours. I absolutely loved making my own stationery, even though I do it as a job there was still something special about getting to design my own creations. Special Event Tipis who provided our tipi were outstanding. The team were so helpful during every part of the planning process and gave us the flexibility to choose our own layout, furniture and props. We chose to have an outdoor firepit for toasting marshmallows, Moroccan lanterns and a carnival sign for the dancefloor. They made it look so magical in the evening and were an absolute dream to work with. We wanted the day to feel personal, so we created a Polaroid photo wall which included photos of our friends and family, mixed with some amazing holiday snaps of Elliott and me. We also had an area set up for cards, our guestbook and seating plan. 24