Welcome back for Part 2 of this pretty as a picture pink wedding, shot by Lisa Devlin and completing the story of our 2 best friend brides acting as bridesmaids for each other, barely a month apart.

Simons Auntie is a florist and did our flowers. We chose vintage colour roses. For our centre pieces I hired vintage white bird cages and they were filled with a bouquet of flowers.

A Recommended Photographer

Lisa Devlin was our photographer and her pictures were just perfect. She was recommended by my best friend Claire who worked with her, and I never needed to look at other photographers as Lisa’s work was amazing. I was so happy with my photos.

I brought some pink wellies, which I wore under my dress for our portrait photos! It was a lot easier scrambling up the rocks in wellies than in my heels!

The Cake

I wanted chocolate cupcakes, and found a lovely lady called Clare, based in Surrey who made them to my exact requirements. Chocolate cupcakes, with shades of pink icing. I wanted a tier of cupcakes, and Clare did a fab job!

Fragrant Favours

For the men we had miniature Whiskeys, and miniature bottle of Vera Wang aftershave. For the women, Miniature Baileys, and Miniature Vera Wang perfume.

Myself and Simon both wore Vera Wang on the wedding day so thought it would be a lovely idea for our guests to have the same!

Bride and Bridesmaid, all in one month…

For two girls planning their big days with very similar taste, planning together is bound to be a fun experience but also stressful… what if you both want the same things but have a lot of the same guests coming and maybe even want to surprise each other with little touches? I was intrigued and asked Leanne about her planning with Claire…

What were the potential problems in both being engaged at the same time and how did you overcome them and put your friendship first?

We didn’t come across any problems at all! We’ve had a strong friendship for 15 years now, and being engaged at the same time was brilliant! When Clare asked me if I minded them getting married the month after ours, I was over the moon!!

Did you find any bonuses to being engaged at the same time?

We did everything together, dress fittings, bridal shoes, bridesmaid dresses etc. We both had very slightly different tastes, so there was no worry of us wanting the same thing. The whole experience was fab!

I also asked Claire for her take on the situation (Check out her Orient meets English Eccentric wedding here)

What were the potential problems in both being engaged at the same time and how did you overcome them and put your friendship first?

Leanne got engaged a bit before I did so we had a chance to get used to the idea before I got engaged. I didn’t feel that there were any problems as we both had strong ideas as to what we wanted for our days. Having been friends since we started secondary school means that we know each other really well too.

Did you find any bonuses to being engaged at the same time (ie doing certain things together, sharing anything etc?)

We had great fun in the planning as we could do it all together and bounce ideas off each other. It was a great excuse to do lots of shopping trips. I think there were only a few tiny details that we kept from each other as we wanted a couple of surprises. The planning was such a huge part of your big day so what better way than to share it with your best friend who is going through it with you.

Can you suggest any ways of being both a Bride and a good bridesmaid for our readers?

I think we both managed to get the balance right on each others day. I certainly felt that Leanne was the perfect bridesmaid; carrying out her duties with ease (carrying my bag, fluffing my dress, helping me with trips to the loo!) As bride’s we both stole the limelight on the day, complemented by our ever faithful bridesmaid. I wouldn’t of wanted it any other way; being a bridesmaid to my best friend and then a bride myself within a month! Happy times!

Are any of you in the same situation.. both Bride and Bridesmaid at once? How are you finding it?

Yours Truly,

Rebecca
xoxo

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