‘ Sarah made a beautiful poetic statement about true love ... I promised to care about the football scores and cheer whenever she took me to Villa Park .’
ZOe AnD SARAH
We had a tight budget so we designed and printed the invites on our own – there ’ s loads of helpful stuff online and printing companies offer great deals for people doing their own invites . Our wedding stationery was all very basic and quite obviously hand made . We joked that it was shabby chic but actually it suited us and our relaxed attitudes perfectly . It also led to many happy hours spent with an ink pad and stamp !
We made the favours ourselves too . each person had a small organza bag that was filled with a ‘ survival kit ’ for our wedding , including a rubber band to hold everything together and a marble for those that had lost theirs . We also saved money by having amazing friends who baked the cakes for us and made our flower arrangements . My best friend spent months gathering Agatha Christie books before dismantling them and creating beautiful handmade paper flowers for our bouquets and table decorations . They looked really special and were a big hit with all our guests .
‘ Sarah made a beautiful poetic statement about true love ... I promised to care about the football scores and cheer whenever she took me to Villa Park .’
We both wore traditional wedding dresses which turned out to be a similar style , even though we didn ’ t see each other ’ s dress until the big day . Sarah saved a fortune from our wedding budget by finding her perfect dress and paying just £ 50 for it . A friend of ours used to have a wedding / formal wear shop and was doing a boot sale to clear old stock . Sarah fell in love with the first dress she saw and bought it immediately . She then had it altered by a seamstress who is an old family friend and charged her just £ 10 . I , however , let my dad buy me a £ 900 dress !
There was nothing outlandish about our ceremony . Sarah ’ s sister-in-law started proceedings with a reading that we had all chosen together . We had a wonderful registrar who injected fun and laughter into the ceremony alongside the very important and romantic parts . We wrote our own vows secretly to each other . Sarah made a beautiful poetic statement about true love . In my vows , I promised to care about the football scores and cheer whenever she took me to Villa Park .
Our friends and families were heavily involved right from the start ; everyone supported us and helped in every way we asked them to . For our wedding party we each had a bridesmaid , Sarah ’ s sister-in-law and my best friend , and each had a best man , Sarah ’ s brother and my youngest cousin who was 12 at the time . My goddaughter was our flower girl and Sarah ’ s brother and my sister were our witnesses . We also had Sarah ’ s three nephews dressed as 1920s gangsters acting as ushers .
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