For our wedding cake, we chose a baroque style with lots of beautiful gold decoration. We’ve both grown up visiting Penarth Pier and my grandparents were lifelong members of the Penarth Motorpoint and Sailing Club. Both of our dad’s have owned boats in Penarth and we’ve always spent a lot of time around there. We love being by the coast and wanted a venue that would be easy for most of our guests to get to. We knew Penarth Pier Pavilion had been renovated over the years, so we organised a tour with Karen, the manager. We instantly fell in love with the place. The beautiful entrance hall, bar area and side room, the main hall and the room upstairs that overlooks the whole of the pier and coast were just perfect for what we had in mind. Karen was lovely and explained everything very clearly, so we always knew we were in good hands. James and I wanted everything to have a vintage feel. For our favours, we gave our guests laser-cut navy and gold baroque boxes filled with chocolate mints and some old-fashioned sweets. We also love Baileys, so we gave each person their own miniature liquor. I wanted a car that was big enough to take my parents, the pageboys and flowergirl and their mum to the venue, so we chose a vintage-style cream and black wedding bus from iDoo Wedding Cars Ltd. I made a wedding stand for behind the ceremony table, which was later moved behind the top table. It was decorated with crystals, pearls and glass baubles that contained candles. Our centrepieces were artificial flowers chosen to match the invitations. 32
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