Reflections…The little things

Aaah (sigh)… the little things we do to make our weddings our own. Before I talk about the reception, I thought I would share about the things that made our wedding ‘ours’.

Some things were ideas I had seen when wedding researching and decided to incorporate into our day. Others were a little more unique. We also wanted to ensure that we didn’t break the bank, so Lexie and I had to be smart when it came to reception decor. Fortunately as the hall was grand enough, we kept the decor very minimal but used purple runners and napkins to bring some colour into the room, as well as tall centre pieces.

Here are some other things we did to make our day our own…

We hired a classic Rolls Royce to drive us in style. Unfortunately it only managed to take me to the church and then the first ten minutes of the journey to the church, before the engine started smoking and we had to get out! Fortunately one of our guests happened to be behind us and took us the rest of the way to the reception! {Definitely a story for the kids one day!}

The only real flowers used were for my bouquet and the bridesmaid flowers. Everything else was a mixture of real and artificial, making some of the items reusable, if we so wish.

  

We opened our Reception with a traditional Igbo Kola Nut Ceremony…

Our parents ‘passed the baton’, praying over us as the ‘next generation’…

We got serenaded by our friends…

Our candy buffet was a big hit with our guests… 

As well as our personalised labels from Nigeria… 

Our wedding cake was a gift from a family friend, designed to our spec…

 

And was housed on our personalised cake table, with our hand painted ‘WE DO’ letters…

  

We had our first dance to Etta James’ ‘At Last’…

And when we finished my parents decided to join in on the fun and have their own dance…

We got our friends to DJ…

and then everybody DANCED!

        

What things did you have in your wedding that made it ‘yours’?