So… back in October (eeek, where did time go?)
I blogged about the run-up to our wedding.
As a recap, the three days before the big day:
there’d been a funeral, a minor freakout,
a frenzied bakeathon and full-on packing.
And then here we were. The day before the wedding.
All our helpers made it to our venue first.
They put out the benches and put up my trees
so when we arrived this is pretty much what we saw above.
It was a definite moment stepping into our tipis.
The moment I realised that it might just be all ok.
I think I shivered. And maybe giggled.
I would have hugged all our helpers
but for fear of getting weepy!
Then it was down to business…
arranging the tables and chairs,
putting up all the bunting,
hanging our gorgeous ‘do I love you’ sign
that my uncle made for us…
And oh yes, the scary bit…
One thing everyone said to me
was ‘do not do your own flowers’.
But circumstances (including being screwed
over by our not so lovely bank) meant that
well, doing our own flowers was exactly
what we were going to do.
So I bought some Craspedias… or yellow balls
as I think kept calling them.
And pink and darker pink gerberas…
And eh… broccoli.
Ok, they’re Chrysanthemums.
But my now mother-in-law’s first reaction
was ‘oh, that looks like broccoli’.
Cue some extremely nervous giggling from me.
Then onto the bouquets…
My little sis was a godsend here.
If you follow the pictures above, you’ll see
I’m back to giggling by one point
and she’s just continuing regardless.
Yes, midnight making of bouquets
is not really something I’d recommend.
It can be done. And some of it was fun.
But it was rather intense!
Here’s how we made them:
selected flowers, bunched them together,
trimmed, tied with florist wire near the top
and then wrapped some washi tape
round the middle. (Yes, I’m obsessed!)
Along with the flowers, we made the boys’ buttonholes.
Fox masks for our ‘no photo booth’ photo booth.
And some more bunting. (Because we needed that.)
Our friends headed to bed around 1am.
At 2am, me and my now husband were still
trying to work out the table plans
when we got a text from my sis
saying ‘get to bed… now.’
So a night of sleep for him
and a night of no sleep for me later
and it was the morning…
And my… if our flowers didn’t look
too bad in the morning light!
We rushed around that morning (though kept separate by our friends)
still setting up things… like the chalkboard table plan!
And then we reached this point…
And all that was left was for us to get ready…
because, heck, there was going to be a wedding!
So that was the set-up. An insane, crazy effort
that we couldn’t have achieved without
my sister, my maid of honour, the best man,
his wife (the best lady), my now parents-in-law
and my Dad and his girlfriend.
Thank you all so very, very much.
You really are the best-est friends
and family a guy and a gal
could hope to have!
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P.S. If you have any wedding questions,
feel free to ask… I probably could
have made this post ten times longer!
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Pics from day before: from our best lady.
Pics from the morning: Lillian and Leonard.
Everything looks so wonderful, I love all your gorgeous handmade touches. To me that would make it extra special!!
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Zoey, I think you did really well with the flowers, they look great. The yellow balls are so cheery and bright!
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Wow – the flowers look great. I think all the touches that made it you and the fact they were supported by all the people who love you is just great. I’ve helped other friends with their weddings at that point and it truly felt like a privilege. 🙂
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Wow I love that you did all this yourself, it makes it so personal which is what you want on your wedding (I think)! x
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Awww, thanks everyone… looking back I still can’t believe we actually did it all but yes, it does feel all the more special for it. I certainly know more about flowers now than I did before! xx
You did such a fantastic job with the flowers! I’m so glad you did them, i don’t think anyone could have made a more perfect set of flower arrangements for your amazing tipi!
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Oh I got a shiver when I reached “And then we reached this point…”.
You SAY people advise not to do their own flowers but you make it look so good! x
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Those trees are absolutely amazing–why didn’t I think of that?
And I remember getting the hysterical giggles on the morning of the wedding when I was hanging candy cane {our escort cards} onto a tree while time flew by way too quickly!
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if anything, you make me want to do my own flowers ‘if’ I get married.
they look awesome!
x
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So pretty! Your wedding looked absolutely gorgeous!
Love the new blog header x
All looks just so beautiful, you did a fantastic job. I love the tipis and all the little touches : )
The yellow balls are super. I think you did really well! 🙂 I agree with littleswallow, this just encourages people to do their own!
The night before photos are so sweet and fun! Especially with the ones of you making the flowers- very vintage looking. And seriously love all the details here. Beautiful!
I recently made my friends wedding cake and did their flowers and that was super stressful enough. I can only imagine how you felt doing your own. But they looked completely gorgeous x
Oh wow, what a great friend you are Charlotte! It was probably more stressful for you – think you feel more pressure when it’s not for you x
Wow you gave yourselves a lot of work! Flowers (and everything else) absolutely beautiful though so it was worth it!
Zoe, It is all so lovely! Evie has a serious business face on! I love crysanths, and ‘yellow balls’. I love the words on your jars. I adore that your ‘alter’ are trees and a sign you now have forever.
You have very lovely people around you, because you are very lovely.
🙂
Keep the reports coming!
Awww LM, you do leave the loveliest of comments! 🙂 Yes, she does have her ‘serious business’ face on!! 😉
These flowers are so lovely! =)
Your wedding looks just stunning! As someone who has a large family and big friendship group, I’ve had the pleasure of attending MANY weddings. By far the ones that I keep closest to my heart are those with the personal touches that yours have, where it means something about the couple and isn’t just some over priced purchase which is all about the wedding day, not the marriage itself. Well done again, it looks beautiful, special and truly memorable. Rx
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Thank you Rachael, that’s such a lovely thing to hear xx
Gorgeous, as expected! I’ve always loved those yellow flowers. You did a great job, and I’m a total last minute person so I’m just this is just what I’d be doing too!
It looks like the perfect day! I really love the way you’ve done it and made it your own!
(But what a whirlwind it must’ve been, with a funeral in the same week…)
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We did our wedding flowers the day before too, including up ladders draping and wrapping ivy!
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