Due to the global pandemic of 2020, a terrible year of lockdowns and no weddings, I was so excited to make a comeback with Katy and AJ's big day. Over the last couple of years helping Katy and AJ with their wedding planning, by writing their time-plan, recommending suppliers and making suggestions, we had built quite a bond.
After postponing their original date to the following year, we naively thought surely this whole COVID thing would be over by then and everything could just go ahead as planned. However, by the time we reached the end of June 2021 we were still awaiting more announcements from Boris regarding weddings, social distancing and restricted guest numbers. Glued to the TV waiting to hear from ‘Bojo’, the suspense was killing me. Finally he announced there would be NO restrictions on the amount of guests you could invite just in time for Katy & AJ's wedding. This was music to my ears and I have never loved Boris like I did at that moment watching the TV!
For Katy and AJ this news was just what they had been waiting for and it meant they could have all their nearest and dearest without having to cross people off their wedding list at the last minute.
Masks were still compulsory if you were indoors but when it came to marquee weddings which Katy & AJs was, as long as 50% of the sides were up, it was then classed as an outdoor venue. This meant at long last masks were not a necessity and Katy and AJ's outdoor wedding could now be mask free.Katy had thought of everything and the marquee supplied by Four Seasons Marquees fitted just perfectly in Katy’s parents garden behind the fantastic pond in the centre of the lawn.
The big LOVE letters from Lightup Letters looked beautiful and were the perfect statement to describe Katy and AJ's love story.
Everyone loves to dance at a wedding and for those having an indoor wedding this was still forbidden. Thankfully for Katy and AJ and their wedding now being classed as outdoors they could still have dancing.
Veering on the side of caution and to try and keep their guests safe, Katy and AJ decided to put their dance floor in front of the pond on the lawn. This was most definitely an outcome I think should catch on with or without COVID!
Before I knew it, Katy and AJ's big day was finally here and I was heading off with my team member Sam to Katy’s parents home, where their wedding reception would take place.
With Katy and AJ's tailored time plan in hand, my emergency boxes on
stand by, we were there to make sure their long awaited big day ran smoothly
and as they deserved, after so much uncertainty over the past year or more.
Whilst Katy was getting ready in the house with her bridesmaids...
During this time I was able to meet with some of the suppliers that were arriving to set up and make sure the ones that were already there were ok. Chris from Outside Bars Dorset and Wayne from Red Cherry Catering were busy setting up, but I was able to greet Nills the DJ as well as Robert Lee Hensby the caricature entertainer and Steve Rowe Magic to show them where to set up and offer any help they might need.
After their ceremony, Katy and AJ headed off to the forest to capture some 'together' shots with their fantastic photographer Selen Photography.
One of the images Katy and AJ were keen to capture was on the balcony. On their arrival they shot upstairs to be greeted with some canapés and a glass of fizz before their grand entrance onto their mum and dad's balcony overlooking the garden.
Alongside these jobs there were many other things on our time-plan, such as turning on all the lights around the garden, filling up drinks troughs, displaying the wedding cake made by Katy's mum, as well as the mini cakes for the cake tree...
If you are planning a DIY wedding then you might want to consider booking an on the day coordinator. As amazing as DIY weddings are there are so many jobs that will need doing on the day and you don’t want to distribute these jobs amongst your loved ones. The feedback received by Katy & AJ was certainly testament to that...
After all the hard work of planning your big day you deserve to enjoy yourselves stress free with your family and friends. If you want to find out more about on the day wedding coordination then don’t hesitate to get in touch, we can chat all things ‘wedding’, just like I did with Katy and AJ!
Huge CONGRATULATIONS to you both and I wish you all the happiness in the world together.
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