Mawidge
Over the summer I got married in York. The image above and the collage below contain some of the beautiful shots taken by James Wesley Photographers. The Wedding Industry is very one-size-fits-all so we decided to inject a few personal touches to make the day reflect our personalities a bit more.
Anyone who follows me on Twitter is probably aware of my love for vintage-inspired garb so both my dress and the bridesmaid dresses were based on retro patterns. Lots of the guests gave their outfits a vintage twist, the ceremony was held in an old Tudor hall (Bedern Hall in York) and we held our reception at Castle Museum in York – a venue that comes complete with cobbled Victorian streets for you to dine in. Bags of old-school sweets on the tables for guests to share were also a hit.
Books were something of a theme at our wedding too. One of my lovely students made paper bouquets out of books and craft paper, a very kind friend made our wedding cake in the shape of three stacked books (George Orwell: Why I Write, William Goldman: The Princess Bride and Wilkie Collins: The Moonstone) and we gave away old books as wedding favours (I gave Penguins and Pelicans, the groom gave old Doctor Who volumes from Target).
Aside from The Princess Bride cake, I did sneak another film reference in there by asking my sister to read Billy Crystal’s closing speech from When Harry Met Sally. “When you realise you want to spend the rest of your life with somebody, you want the rest of your life to start as soon as possible.”
Congratulations to the both of you, you do look very different blonde (in colour) than whatever colour your hair was in the black and white pictures you’ve had on show all along at the top.
And on a Facebook group just this week there was a discussion about Target novels as apparently some of them are worth a fortune these days. Who would have thought it? I was sure the bottom would have dropped out of that market these days… and, after a childhood of searching, I do have them all!
Ha. The headscarf covers my hair in the shot at the top so it does make me look rather different. The groom probably half-expected me to show up in a head scarf on my wedding day but I decided to do something a bit different. Interesting about the Targets. Maybe one of the guests got lucky!
Is your hair NOT a different colour then? Must be an odd trick of the light as it looks really dark brown. Oh well. From what I heard people say if one of your guests picked up a ‘Wheel in Space’ then they’re quids in!
Ha. No I’ve almost always been blonde (I dabbled a bit with other colours in uni but none of them stuck). I think it’s because it’s a black and white photo. Maybe we have a Wheel in Space in the cupboard. Probably about time to go check!
it was wonderful
and these photos are fab (not just the one of me)
Glad you like them Dan. Shame there weren’t any photos of my dance injury (and the medical care I received). I’m dining out on that story for at least the next decade.
Well, we’ve had the double pleasure of Jo’s fab best man speech at our wedding AND his amazing lateness at same
Hope to see you soon!