Photo © Jon Stockham
Nicola knitted Anne Hanson‘s Honeybee Stole for me. It took her the best part of a year, and matched my outfit perfectly. She even worked on it while she was in hospital, in labour with her daughter Gwen. Now that’s dedication!
Photo © Jon Stockham
A close-up of Nicola’s Honeybee Stole. Isn’t it beautiful?
Photo © Tim Dawes
The cake was made by my Aunt, Helen Harrison. I sent her a photo of my flowers, and she reproduced them perfectly in icing. Amazing!
Photo © Tim Dawes
Helen ended up making more than a hundred cupcakes! My cousins Jane and Georgina helped to make all of the little flowers to go on top of them all. The larger cake on the top was a traditional fruit cake, the cupcakes were a mixture of chocolate and plain sponge fairy cakes.
Photo © Jon Stockham
We had quite a lot of children at the wedding, so we asked Paul’s Mum to put together a party bag for each child. They went down really well – Paul’s cousins had set up a craft business worthy of Etsy by the end of the reception! They were making jewellery with lots of sparkly stickers, and having a great time. The little boys loved their cars and dinosaurs too.
Photo © Jon Stockham
This is an idea we stole from our friends Nicola and Ian. They put Lego on each table at their wedding, so we did the same. We managed to give away Paul’s entire childhood Lego collection, and people made some amazing collaborative creations!
Photo © Jon Stockham
Because the wedding was on Hallowe’en, my friend Heather and her two boys carved us a beautiful little pumpkin! It had a heart on one side, and our initials on the other.
Photo © Elaine Harrison
My Mum knitted this adorable little bride and groom from a pattern in Simply Knitting magazine. She customised them perfectly to match our outfits. Mum was becoming increasingly agitated when I kept changing my mind about what I was going to wear – and now I know why!
We liked them so much that they came on our honeymoon with us, and had an adventure of their own.
I have to say that we were absolutely thrilled to bits with everybody’s kindness and willingness to be involved. Almost everybody took pictures, and we haven’t seen them all yet, so there’s still more to look forward to! My brother-in-law Tim took hundreds of photos, and even made us a little video. We also received some beautiful hand made gifts, including an amigurumi skeleton bride and groom, and a fabulous quilt.
We had the best day, and many aspects of it were all the more special for having been made for us by our friends and family.
These are fabulous! I’m in awe of the stole, and the knitted bride and groom are the business 🙂
Thank you!
I’m in awe of the stole too. I wear it all the time. 🙂
That cake is unreal. Oh, my… g o d. Please don’t tell me it was tasty too…
I really want a knitted bride and groom for my wedding!!! Can you get a copy of the pattern?
Becky
Sky – I’m afraid the cake was very tasty! 😉
Becky – the bride and groom were in Simply Knitting issue 52 – the pattern comes complete with a knitted cake as well! If you email SImply Knitting, they can probably sort you out with a back issue. 🙂