Your Yorkshire Wedding - January/February 2021 (Issue 46)

39 REAL WEDDINGS I spent many days in lockdown making wool tassels to hang from the tipi poles. In the days leading up to the wedding we spent hours decorating the venue ourselves with fairylights, garlands, flags, lanterns, foliage and brightly coloured ribbons. Toby wore a navy check slim-fit suit with a floral tie and pocket square to match the bridesmaids’ sequin and tulle midi dresses. The groomsmen rocked navy three-piece suits from Burton. We set up games to entertain our guests, including giant Jenga, a tin can alley, croquet and limbo. We also had a band called The Jetters, who were incredible and performed outside in the tipi to keep in line with guidelines at the time. We painted some A-boards and a pallet with chalkboard paint and Toby used colourful chalk pens to create the table plan, welcome sign and order-of-the-day. We were over the moon with the results and may have to set up a sign-writing business!  Our favours doubled as place settings, with each guest receiving a bottle of limoncello with their name attached on a luggage label. I also made each of our loved ones an orange-flavoured shortbread biscuit with marbled icing. Rosa and the team at Tea Time Yorkshire were outstanding. They served nibbles alongside our welcome drinks, created a delicious afternoon tea for our wedding breakfast and served a tasty barbecue in the evening. They were fabulous for catering to both us as vegans and our meat-eating family and friends.