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Those of you that have been reading my blog for a while will know that I have a soft spot for 2 fab scottish suppliers, Elemental Weddings (the photographers) and Planet Flowers (florists obviously) so when I received this real life wedding, which was a collaboration of the two, I obviously jumped at the chance to feature it on LMW. Starting with some gorgeous flowers (I love flowers!) followed by fun and games for the groom bowling with friends pre wedding, whilst Kate the bride was getting ready at the amazing wedding venue, Borthwick Castle, which dates back to the 1430′s.Kate’s gorgeous dress was from San Patrick, her hair was done by Karen at Paterson SA and make up by Jennifer Bell. The girl’s got ready in Mary Queen of Scot’s bedroom – all very regal!After their humanist ceremony the couple escaped for some romantic photos. Now this has to be one of my favourite photos I LOVE the origami birds that were decorating the venue, so colourful and pretty. Christina and Jay from Elemental Weddings said “We’ve really enjoyed getting to know Kate and Alex over the last few months – they are so much fun to be around and we knew their wedding would be a blast. Kate and Alex had been working on their thousand origami cranes for months, and the end result was spectacular. They absolutely deserve the 1000 years of happiness and prosperity Japanese legend says it will bring!”Christina from Elemental Weddings knows that I love Planet Flowers’ work so she sent me an extra does of flowers and table arrangements – gorgeous. Gloriosa, Denrobium orchids, Vanda Orchids, Hydrangea, Callas, Allium, Peonies, Eustoma and dark tropical leaves and grassesGorgeous cake was made by Kate’s aunt. Some heart-warming speeches, followed by dancing, great music and lots of laughter
* I asked Kate why they chose Christina and Jay, from Elemental Weddings as their photographers
“We found Elemental by looking online at Edinburgh wedding photographers. We looked at loads of different one, but Jay and Christina’s photos were by far our favourites so we arranged to meet them. They met us in the Balmoral Bar (for coffee) after which we were in complete agreement that they were the ones for us! They seemed – and are – very relaxed and professional at the same time and we both had complete confidence in their ability to just get on and take fantastic photos of our wedding day”
* And the best bit about the day?
“The best bit of our wedding day… yowsers! We’ve sat here discussing this and neither of us can possibly think of one bit that was the best. The whole day was truly amazing and we have constantly chatted about it, reliving so many bits over the last couple of weeks. I think that everything from the how the castle looked with all of the flowers and candles, to the immeasurable feelings of love and happiness on the day were even better than we had ever imagined. What we, and our friends and family can’t stop talking about is what a happy, happy day it was. Alex and I had written our own humanist ceremony and had no idea that it would invoke such a reaction among all of our guests. Our words and the readings that we chose seemed to make such an impact on other people too, which we hadn’t expected and they were so kind in telling us afterwards how much they loved our vows and the ceremony for its individuality and intimacy. Throughout the whole day everyone at the wedding got on so well, which was so lovely to see” We had a joint hen-stag party (theme = trailer trash!) a few weeks before the wedding which was really good as loads of our friends from different parts of our lives got to know each other really well, so there was never the awkward “how do you know the bride/groom” chatter!”
Don’t you just love this wedding? As I said a great collaboration between Planet Flowers, Elemental Weddings and a gorgeous, fun couple Kate and Alex. Be sure to check out their websites (and Elemental Weddings Blog too) and thanks to you all for sharing with me!
PS if you wanted to check out another wedding that I have featured that they’ve both worked at then have a look at Jude and Matt Tie the Knot, another Edinburgh wedding. You can also click here to look at all the submissions for real life weddings on LMW.