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Married At The Plough at Leigh
Leigh Tiffany And Matthew Held Their Wonderful Winter Wedding With A Christmassy Theme , Complete With Surprise Mariah Carey Performance From The Bridal Party
Photography by : Paige and Marc Carter
The Venue The Plough at Leigh was the first venue we saw and we fell in love with it straight away .
Having a Christmas wedding , we loved the cosy feel of the whole venue . The stunning pub with log burning stove was the perfect place for our guests to gather before and after the ceremony especially as it was a winter wedding . The fairy lights , Christmas tree and overall feel were perfect for what we were looking for .
The Outfits I bought my dress from Bromley Brides . It was the first dress I tried on and I felt like a princess . After my bridal party teared up , I knew it was ‘ the one ’. I honestly felt amazing in it . I tried on a few more after but nothing compared and I purchased it the same day .
My veil was my ‘ borrowed ’ item from my cousin / maid of honour , which was very special to me . My garter was my something blue , which has been passed along in my family and my shoes were from Lace and Favour , they were absolutely stunning and I was able to dance in them all night !
The Speeches We had four speeches . The father of the bride went first followed by the groom . My dad was so nervous but everyone loved his speech , I was so proud even though he mentioned a few embarrassing childhood stories ! Matt ’ s was so lovely , although I ’ m not sure all the guests could understand his northern accent !
We won ’ t go into detail on the best man speech , Tom , for obvious reasons …!
Lastly , we had the maid of honour speech from my sister Daisy . It was perfect , she had the guests crying and laughing throughout . Then , she and the other girls performed Mariah Carey ’ s All I Want for Christmas is You to finish her speech , it was the best surprise .
The Theme Our theme was black and white with lots of candles and white roses .
We originally wanted a fully white wedding , including bridesmaid dresses , however when we went for a winter wedding we opted for black and white . It felt so elegant and made the Christmas theme easy as black and white go with everything . I knew I wanted a lot of candles to contribute to the winter Christmassy feel . Our family friend Tracey Abbott worked with my Aunty Narna and P . Best London to create our vision . It was better than we could have ever dreamed of .
The Photography Paige Carter was our photographer . We worked with her brother Marc Marc before he got into videography ( he was our videographer ). He recommended his sister Paige , so we had them both to do the photography and videography . They are such lovely people and it was so nice having them as part of our day .
The Highlight Celebrating and dancing with our guests all day and night was the best bit . We have never had so much fun and it was just so special having every person we love around us . Every single second of the day was perfect and we wouldn ’ t change a thing .
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