Your North West Wedding- December 2020/Janaury 2021 (Issue 65)

The most important thing for us was to have a relaxed, informal wedding for everyone to enjoy. We used our garage for food and drink, and on the lawn we had a top hat tipi from Maypole Tipi, just in case it rained as nobody was allowed into the house. We decorated the space with fairylights, trestle tables, sheepskin rugs, benches and coloured ribbons. Sean and I chose a grazing table and a barbecue with meat supplied by Taylors Farm Shop. We had our ceremony at St Thomas the Martyr Church, but the reception venue was always going to be at our home. We were going to have a marquee but due to COVID-19 restrictions, we couldn’t do this with all our guests, so we decided when restrictions were lifted to have a small family wedding with a bigger celebration for all our guests next year. We chose natural garden styled blooms from Hedgerow Flowers. We opted for dahlias, snapdragons, astilbe, delphiniums with grasses and ferns to add texture with my favourite, deep red trailing amaranthus. My sister made our cake as a present. It was two-tiers with chocolate fudge on the bottom and vanilla sponge on the top, decorated with buttercream and hand- painted flowers. Our centrepieces were decorative milk churns filled with beautiful flowers. 36