Green Foliage Wedding Bouquet & DIY Decor

We really wanted our friends and family to feel like they were there to have an all-out celebration of our marriage. To make sure we had maximum time with our guests at the bar/on the dancefloor, we had a couple of photos taken before the ceremony. This was actually the perfect way to calm our nerves and spend some quality time together. We waited upstairs out of view whilst the guests arrived and downed a couple of drinks to ease our nerves! We walked into the room together to ‘This Will be Our Year' by The Zombies and felt a wave of love as we looked around at our friends and family. This set the tone for the day and got us off to a great start! The Humanist ceremony was interjected with a karaoke-style sing-a-long to Motown classics, and my parents did a joint speech before we said our vows. All of this and the enthusiasm of our friends and family made for an amazing laid back and lighthearted ceremony. Exactly what we'd imagined!

Choose suppliers carefully and go with your gut instinct. We knew straight away when someone understood where we were coming from. It can be really easy when planning a wedding to get pushed into making decisions based on 'what people normally do.' So, if your vision is a little different, stick to your guns because there will be people out there who will be able to cater for you! It's a cliche, but don’t sweat the small stuff! We ended up not even using a huge box full of decorations because in the end, what's important is that you're getting married, and no one is really going to notice if you're a tassel short here, or a balloon missing there.