Your Surrey Wedding- Page number 33 - June/July 2021 (Issue 89)

A vintage CELEBRATION After tying the knot in New York, Chantrelle and Tara had an Art Deco-themed blessing at Langley’s Restaurant Images courtesy of irockvisuals C hantrelle and Tara met at work. “It was definitely him who pursued me,” laughs Chantrelle. “As my desk was close to the printer, he would casually swing by quite regularly for a chat. However, I was the one who made the first move on a night out, and the rest is history.” Tara proposed in New York in December, 2016. “We had booked an amazing Mexican restaurant in Times Square for dinner, but on route, he suggested we go past the Rockefeller’s 75ft Christmas tree,” shares the bride. “He kept pushing me towards the tree, and I kept going the other way towards the ice rink, but he persisted and seemed a little irritable because I wasn’t doing what he was suggesting. Bless him, he was so nervous, and I didn’t have a clue! It all made sense when we went to the front of the tree, and standing under 50,000 sparkling fairylights, he started to tell me how he loved me. I was so shocked I didn’t even say yes and just asked ‘really?’ multiple times! It was a dream come true.” Here she shares some of her favourite moments from their big day... Tara chose a burgundy blazer from Reiss with a bow tie, and instead of a flower, he wore a diamanté lapel pin. My dress was a Pronovias design called Emily, w hich was slimline with beautiful lace detailing. I accessorised with earrings from Butler & Wilson and bought some handmade hairpins with diamantés and pearls. There is a party store called Partylol a few doors down from the venue, who worked with me to decorate the space. I had a pretty clear idea of what I wanted it to look like, and they exceeded my expectations. We had a balloon arch and banner the width of the dancefloor in black, gold and white. Instead of a cake, we had 120 black and gold macarons in coffee and gin flavour from Mademoiselle Macaron. Hannah’s Cake Pops provided custom made Art Deco themed cake pops which we gave our guests as favours. Langley’s Restaurant was local to us and had a b eautiful dark wood room, which was perfect for our Art Deco theme. We eloped in New York and decided to have a blessing at Langley’s surrounded by our friends and family. T he venue provided exquisite food, amazing service and offered a minimum spend rat her than a hire fee. REAL WEDDINGS 33 