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\"Bride<\/p>\n

I’ve got to tell you, looking at all the bright, joyful details of Matt and Katie’s wedding has really warmed me up on this autumnal day! They wanted a day that was fun, relaxed and filled with their personalities, and I think you’ll agree that they achieved just that.<\/p>\n

Our pair planned their nuptials for the 19th May 2018 and chose Minnehaha Events in North Yorkshire<\/a> for their tipi wedding. They fell in love with the venue straight away and it’s easy to see why. The wildflower florals suit the venue perfectly and isn’t Katie amazing arranging the table flowers herself? She also had a bridesmaid who is a very talented sign writer, their wedding is full of so many gorgeous details.<\/p>\n

Matt and Katie chose Lisa Webb Photography<\/a> as their photographer and what beautiful images she created. Thank you for sharing these with us today Lisa.<\/p>\n

Their day really was ever so laid back, Katie even went to the pub with her dad before the ceremony, what fun! Oh and I adore <\/em>their proposal story, enjoy!<\/p>\n

\"Minnehaha<\/p>\n\n

\"Bride<\/p>\n

The Proposal<\/h3>\n

Matt had been pretty sneaky and enlisted the help if my mum to take me out shopping for the day, whilst I was away he made our beautiful house shipshape and covered it in candles. When I came home I opened the door to see our hallway and stair case all candle-lit with a red ribbon tied to the front door, it ran all the way throughout the house and had little notes on every metre or so, on the notes were reasons he loved me and beautiful memories we have shared. I followed the ribbon \/notes and candles throughout the house to find at the end my fianc\u00e9 dressed to impress with our song playing (Father John Misty \u2013 I Love You Honeybear), he gave one hell of a speech (with me blubbering with tears) and then got down on one knee and proposed ? He\u2019d prepared a beautiful meal, made the fire in the living room and used over 100 candles\u2026 it was magical. I cried the entire evening! (Happy tears but I was a mess!)<\/p>\n

\"Bride<\/p>\n\n

\"Flowers \"Laser \"Sign \"Sign<\/p>\n

The Vision<\/h3>\n

We wanted something laid back, informal and fun. We wanted our wedding to be really personal to what we like and an environment that everyone could enjoy. We wanted a garden party feel.<\/p>\n

\"Transport \"Flower \"Tipi \"Minnehaha \"Bridesmaids<\/p>\n

The Planning Process<\/h3>\n

Just created a spreadsheet including everything that needed to be bought\/booked and created a timeline to ensure we could pay for everything at the right time and spent ages looking on line to get ideas about what we wanted. My best friend bought me a wedding planning book so I could make little notes and put ideas into it. That really helped.<\/p>\n

\"Bride \"Bride \"Bride \"Minnehaha<\/p>\n

Budget<\/h3>\n

I think we wanted it to be under \u00a310K but with everything including the honeymoon it came to about \u00a318K<\/p>\n

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The Venue<\/h3>\n

The venue was amazing \u2013 Flatts Farm Burniston \u2013 Minniehaha Events. It was the only venue we visited and we booked it straight away ? it was so amazing I cried. Wonderful Tipi, barn bar and the prettiest split level bistro\/barn for our wedding ceremony. All set in the lovely North Yorkshire village Burniston near Scarborough.<\/p>\n

\"Bride \"Bride \"Bride<\/p>\n

Your Outfits & Accessories<\/h3>\n

I got my wedding dress from Purity Bridal. I went with my mum, so it was just us two, which made the experience really lovely and the decision on the dress really easy. I ended up going for a big princess strapless dress which was super simple, fun and bouncy. It was quite light as well which made all the difference, as soon as I tried it on I was at ease and felt really comfortable in it. The detail was only in the bodice which had some beautiful lace detail and it felt just enough. Loved it. The ladies at the shop were so helpful and really knew their stuff which helped the process. I got my shoes from Rainbow club and the accessories from Liberty in Love who do the prettiest wedding jewellery.<\/p>\n

Matt\u2019 suits were from H&L Fashions. They do some amazing four piece suits which just looked perfect. My Friend set up the business a little while ago and when Matt said the type of suit he wanted I thought about Laura and her shop. The shop is based in Haworth \u2013 which is the prettiest little village in Yorkshire \/ Bronte country. Matt tried the suits on and loved them. They have amazing details on them, including velvet trim on the pockets. He treated himself to some really nice Loake brogues too.<\/p>\n

\"Three \"Three \"Bride<\/p>\n

Beauty<\/h3>\n

Hair was done by Saks in Scarborough and my makeup I did myself. I was confident I\u2019d end up having a bit of a cry at the service so thought it best to just do it myself. All the make-up and skincare was Est\u00e9e Lauder as it seemed to have the best staying power.<\/p>\n

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Your Photographer<\/h3>\n

Lisa Webb \u2013 Lisa was great, she put everybody at ease and really captured the day. She\u2019s caught some magical shots and it\u2019s lovely looking back on them. Lisa had also scoped out some great places to go for pictures near to the venue which we wouldn\u2019t have known about.<\/p>\n

We did also hire a VW photobooth which the guests all loved, we\u2019ve got some great pics from there too. We hired Picabo Photography, they set up whilst we had the wedding breakfast and so were there when the guests came out and were well on their way to being tipsy\u2026 it was great to have another mini event for people to go have a play on.<\/p>\n

\"Bride \"Minnehaha<\/p>\n

Groomsmen<\/h3>\n

Groomsmen outfits were the same as Matt’s from H&L Fashions. They mixed and matched some of the waistcoats and tie combinations \u2013 so that the best Man and the groom were matching and all the Dads and the groomsman had the same combination on.<\/p>\n

\"Minnehaha \"Minnehaha \"Bride<\/p>\n

Bridesmaids<\/h3>\n

I got the outfits from Joanie Clothing. I was looking for a 50\u2019s type of prom dress and I managed to get the three in the sale ? The girls looked amazing and were super comfortable too.<\/p>\n

For jewellery we kept it simple with a really delicate earrings and necklace set from Swarovski<\/p>\n

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The Cake<\/h3>\n

The cake was provided by my mum’s friend Diane who did a great job, she does cakes for people as a hobby so we were so lucky, she created us a wonderful three tier cake (chocolate, lemon and fruit cake) at a snip of the price.<\/p>\n

\"Minnehaha<\/p>\n

The Readings & Music<\/h3>\n

The music we chose for the ceremony and the reception was all music that is special to us and what we really like, which is a bit of a mixed bag. Matt spent ages creating an epic playlist on Spotify that could be playing when the acts we\u2019d booked weren\u2019t. Father John Misty, Bowie, Stevie Wonder, ELO etc.<\/p>\n

I absolutely love the accordion and so booked an accordion player to play at the reception who was fantastic, Jonny Kerry.<\/p>\n

We also had a 50\u2019s band, Rockin’ Rhythms play who were great fun \u2013 they got everyone up dancing and played the best 50\u2019s rock and roll music.<\/p>\n

Readings:<\/p>\n

Emily Matthews \u2013 Marriage Is<\/p>\n

Krina Shah – The Meaning Of Love<\/p>\n

\"Minnehaha \"Minnehaha \"Minnehaha<\/p>\n

The Flowers<\/h3>\n

We wanted informal and wild\/natural flowers and arrangements and found a great florist who grows her own. Rachel was great at creating all the arrangements, button holes, bouquets, wands and the gifts for the big day. She also provided DIY buckets, so to save some money we ordered three of those and I created all the flower arrangements for the tables from those. Which came out really well.<\/p>\n

\"Minnehaha \"Minnehaha \"Tipi<\/p>\n

The Details & D\u00e9cor<\/h3>\n

Myself and my friends made most of these.<\/p>\n

We named our tables after our musical heros and I ordered them to be cut out of MDF so I could stick them in the flower arrangements. I sprayed them gold and they looked brilliant as the table names.<\/p>\n

We made little alcoholic shots and put them in tiny little glass bottles with corks (different colours) and ordered gorgeous tags and gold tassels for place names \u2013 I wrote them out and then looped them around the shots. It was great at they were both the place settings and the favours.<\/p>\n

My bridesmaid Sophia created all the signs doing sign writing on old bits of wood and old frames which we bought from a local vintage shop dealer. She also did all the sign writing on the Mirrors for welcome sign and the seating arrangements.<\/p>\n

My friend Heloise made and set up all the games, which were brilliant fun and it was really nice to have people playing throughout the day; giant Jenga, horse shoe toss, tin cans etc.<\/p>\n

We had some additional candles\/ bird cages etc which were sprayed gold and spread about the place.<\/p>\n

\"Minnehaha \"Photobooth<\/p>\n

The Honeymoon<\/h3>\n

The day after we got married we drove straight home, picked up our cases and drove to the airport. We stayed there for a night and flew in the morning to Bali. We love staying in villas as there\u2019s quite a bit more freedom than staying in a hotel and we can do things on our own time. We rented a gorgeous villa \u2013 Villa ACE in Bali Seminyak and had a thoroughly lovely time taking it easy and enjoying Bali, it was just what we wanted after the wedding.<\/p>\n

\"Bride<\/p>\n

Memorable Moments<\/h3>\n

I was just having a drink in the gardens and I suddenly heard the music from the Godfather\u2026 it was the accordion playing the music from Godfather they played at the wedding. It was so funny, I loved it.<\/p>\n

I arrived a little too early so me and my dad went for a drive, drove past a pub and decided to stop in and have a quick drink \u2013 it ended up being pretty funny as because it was the same day as the royal wedding, when I arrived in the pub they had the TV\u2019s up with the Royal wedding coverage on\u2026. Everyone turned around and stared at me as It just looked like I was a super fan of the royals ? we happily explained I was getting married too and they were overjoyed we\u2019d stopped in for a tipple.<\/p>\n

Matt and I used to joke about combining our last names then it turned into joking about combining our first names (my real name\u2019s Katherine) to Mattherine. In the service the registrar got a little bit muddled when asking us our vows and she called Matt Mattherine\u2026 it was brilliant.<\/p>\n

\"Minnehaha<\/p>\n

Advice For Other Couples<\/h3>\n