Wedding full of fun and laughter
It was lovely to see DP Marquees again who arrived to put up their 2 pole marquee on the lower lawn. They lined the marquee with white and hung fairy lights from the ceiling. Chairs were unloaded and matting laid.
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The following day so many suppliers and friends arrived that there was gridlock in the drive.
DP marquees returned with more furniture and hay-bales were delivered by Dorset Farm Party - 01258 455 319 / https://www.dorsetfarmparty.co.uk/ - some for in front of the marquee and some for the camping ground. Here DP had erected a stretch tent for chilling out, complete with sofas and a second bar and festive banners to each side and Honeybells / https://www.honeybells.co.uk/ - had put up a bell tent city.
Sorrels Catering began to lay tables and arrange their catering tent and to discuss with the groom the stocking of the bar. Each place setting had a beautiful beaker decorated with pictures of the couple’s landrover - with the bride checking under the bonnet - and the couple standing by the Ha Ha gate on the lawn - the first of many original, fun ideas.
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Boards showing table plans and a time line for the next day were placed on easels and a hamper put out for congratulation cards. A croquet set and a giant Jenga waited ready to take their place on the lawns.
The wedding day brought the groom and friends to move the chairs from the marquee to their place by the dining room steps. The video equipment had its final test and bubble guns were placed on each chair - a wonderful replacement for confetti and a great hit on our Instagram page!
Beautiful flowers in all shades of pink and cream arrived - some arranged inside little wooden lanterns for the centre of the tables, others made up into great balls for the tent poles and more appeared in the porch ready to be collected by the bridal party - so quickly put in place but following, I think, many hours of preparation by Kerry Greenway from Dorchester - 07871 834 446
Even the ancestors were made ready for the arrival of the bride.
The stage was now set, the bestman and groomsmen hastily finished putting on their ties and everything was ready for the guests who began to arrive and gather on the lawn before taking their places for the ceremony.
The bride’s car drew up by the front door accompanied by her mother and bridesmaids . She looked really lovely in a voile dress with a lace bodice, no veil, just her hair very simply drawn back from her face and threaded with pearls. Two adult bridesmaids accompanied her - one in antique rose and the other in navy blue - and one very pretty younger flower girl also dressed in rose.
The bride was being given away by her mother, who looked amazing in navy and cerise, and they slowly made their way round the house to where the groom was somewhat nervously awaiting them.
The couple went up the steps, which were flanked by great pots of petunias, grown by the bride’s mother, to start the ceremony, which went off without a hitch. Then the moment that even the registrar had been waiting for - the firing of the bubble guns!
The bubbles continued to provide entertainment with both old and young as drinks were served and guests began to play with the Jenga and croquet. Formal and not so formal photographs were taken, including one from an upstairs window.
All the amazing photographs, not marked “in House”, were taken by Martin Bell - https://www.martinbell-photography.co.uk/
Soon it was time for the bride and groom to enter the marquee as a married couple. There a feast awaited them.
With speeches over, Martin Bell took them off to have more photographs taken in the gardens.
Soon they were back in the marquee to cut their cake, a three layered “naked” creation, with a waterfall of flowers down one side., which had been made by the groom's Sister in law.
Then the party really began with the couple taking to floor for their first dance to the sound of Riccy and Grace Mitchell, friends of the Bride. ( the bride revealed her secret for avoiding sore feet - amazing trainers with blue and rose laces).
As darkness fell, Jonathan Henwood Ross, a friend of the Groom - rathersplendidentertainment@gmail.com took over with drum and base music which shook the house!
Midnight brought the end to the music but not the end of the party which continued round the fire pit in the camping area, until everyone retired to their bell tents to sleep for what remained of the night.
It could not have been a more perfect day.
