We went to view Hensol Castle and instantly fell in love with it. After all, who doesn’t want to get married in a castle? Especially such a beautiful one in an amazing setting. We had exclusivity, which meant we were able to do everything in one place, and our family were able to stay over on the night of the wedding. Mike and I chose centrepieces that were decorated with fresh blooms from Rolfes Florist. The flowers were a big part of the theme of the wedding. We had a beautiful arch that was purposely made for the castle and blooms placed down the staircase of the castle. We also wanted to make sure that all the flowers were not wasted, so we separated them into sections allowing our guests to take them home after the wedding. The spray from the ceremony room was later placed on the top table and then used in memory of my father afterwards. Bella Cakes provided a four-tiered design decorated with buttercream icing and flowers. The bottom tier was champagne and strawberries, the second was Biscoff, the third was chocolate, and the top was fruit cake, which we kept for our first Christmas as a married couple. We used vintage-looking brown hessian bags to hold the favours, and each one had a handwritten name tag which doubled up as a place name. Our favours were personalised glass charms and keyrings. We also included lottery tickets, bottle openers, sweets and chocolates. It was important to us that we had a memory ladder to remember loved ones that could not be with us. The ladder was vintage-looking and decorated with fairylights, candles and flowers. 36
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