Your Surrey Wedding- April/May 2021 (Issue 88)

AMANDA AND IAN’S CONTACTS Venue and catering , Stanhill Court Hotel, www.stanhillcourthotel.co.uk | Photographer , Sophie Ward Photography, www.sophiephotos.com | B ride’s dress , Raishma, www.raishma.co.uk | Bride’s shoes , Asos, www.asos.com | Bridesmaids’ dresses , Chi Chi London, www.chichiclothing.com | Bridesmaids’ boleros , Roman, www.romanoriginals.co.uk | Groom’s and groomsmen’s suits , Moss Bros, www.moss.co.uk | G room’s shoes , Clarks, www.clarks.co.uk | J osh’s shoes , River Island, www.riverisland.com | H air stylist , Miss D Hairstylist, www.missdhairdesign.co.uk | Make-up artist , Blue Vanilla Beauty, www.bluevanillabeauty.co.uk | Cake , Jeannette’s Great Cakes, www.jeannettesgreatcakes.co.uk | Favours , Quintessential Cookies & Cakes, www.quintessentialcookies.co.uk Flowers , A&S Flower Studio, www.aandsflowerstudio.co.uk For our honeymoon, we had planned to go to Castle Cottage in West Sussex to stay in a treehouse for five nights. Unfortunately, due to tier four restrictions, this was no longer possible. We hope to go there when things return to some form of normality. Our first night there would have been when Storm Bella hit, so that would have been interesting! Everyone went above and beyond for us. The staff at Stanhill Court Hotel were amazing, the flowers from A&S Flower Studio were more beautiful than I could have imaged and Jeannette’s Great Cakes provided a stunning and delicious cake. Special thanks must go to Jo, she was my sanity, my clown and my calm not just on the day but in the weeks leading up to it! Josh was very nervous about walking me down the aisle and the registrar, Molly, had a little chat with him beforehand. She explained that she was going to ask him if he was happy to share his mum with Ian during the service. My bridesmaid, Jo, actually offered him a tenner if he said no! Once we walked down the aisle, Molly explained to the congregation that the ceremony depended on the response given by Josh. She asked him, and we waited with baited breathe until he responded ‘of course’. Having Josh walk me down the aisle and seeing Ian stan ding there looking amazing was one of the best parts of the day. It was so nice to see all m y family too. It has been so hard to spend time with each other this year that just being toge ther was special. We did our own vows, and I was nervous about it until I looked at Ian an d said them only to him. 54