Big Day; Little Details

It all starts with an invitation.  

Grif offers Lynn an invitation to be his wife and then together they send out invitations to their family and friends to join them on their "BIG DAY"

(For a preview of the Big Day, just click on any BIG DAY anywhere!)

It is difficult for me not to love these invites, especially as they feature gingham.

Thus begins a blog of Grif and Lynn's Big Day, featuring the little details (the big picture will follow) mainly because if you see the big picture first, you might miss out on the lovely little things that made this simply the most lovely wedding.

In the church, there were glass jars filled with the most gorgeous flowers on the pew ends.

Tucked amongst the flowers, to Beatrice's delight were sparkly purple butterflies.  

The bouquets were of course lovely too.  Hand tied poseys with strands of sparkling diamonds.  The photo above is of a bouquet.  There is no sparkly purple butterfly in this.  I just thought I would say now incase you've been staring at it searching for the butterfly and it turned into a magic eye picture.

In the conservatory, all the tables had little candle jars tied with purple ribbon.  Attention to detail, that's what I'm talking about.

While in the ballroom the table centres were just beautiful.

by day

by night

How did you find your seat for the meal?  The tables were named after Grif and Lynn's favourite restaurants.  I was at "Beatrice Kennedys".  Good choice.  The place cards were gingham....you have no idea the joy I felt, especially as I had earned "Deborah" rather than "Debbie".

Naturally, the meal was delicious and it was no surprise that there was cheesecake for desert, which I believe even met with the groom's approval.

The cheesecake king

Just for the bride and groom there was a special wedding cake.

And matching iced cookies for the rest of the top table.

This was not the "Wedding Cake". 

  THIS was the wedding cake....

OK, just another photo because it is so lovely.

But why, you may ask, did the Bride and Groom have a green camper van cake?

Well she arrived at the church as Miss Archer in a stretch limo.  She arrived at the reception as Mrs Fisher in Scooby the camper van.

There was bunting and lots of confetti in the camper.  When the bride and groom pulled down their sun visors (responding to a demand from me, rather than necessitated by the weather) they were showered with confetti and could read "Just married" inside.  From the outside, we saw "Mrs & Mr".  I know that's the wrong way round, but Scooby is left hand drive.  Just incase they were unsure, their places were labelled inside too.

Don't worry that Lynn was forced to escape in Scooby.  You can see from her footwear choice that she is a little quirky herself.  (Shoes have been an VERY important element of this love story)

Other little entertaining asides were the sweeties and the guest book in the foyer and....

...a photobooth to keep the guests entertained in the evening.....

...the fish and chips at the evening party.  Essential refuelling for the professional dancers.

There is a saying"the devil's in the details".  At this wedding, it was quite the opposite.  Every beautiful, thoughtful detail reflected the bride and groom's heart for each other, for their friends and their family.  If anything, God was in the detail, because He was welcomed into every part of this Big Day and this Big Love.