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Jen & Frankie's Garden Wedding Party

  • by Natasha Gilchrist
  • 09 Aug, 2019

One chilled out wedding with a rainbow welcome! 

I first met Jen and Frankie at Bournemouth Town Hall Wedding Fair where we briefly chatted about their wedding plans. My instant impression was that this wedding was going to be super chilled, totally relaxed and a bundle of fun with friends and family...

...I wasn’t wrong!

On the day of Jen and Frankie's wedding, they kept their wedding ceremony quite private with only their immediate family at Bournemouth Town Hall. 

Afterwards their fabulous photographer Rachel Elizabeth Photography took them onto Bournemouth Beach and into the gardens to capture some precious moments together. Take a look at these lovely snaps of Jen and Frankie, both with the biggest of smiles and just oozing happiness...truly beautiful!

To celebrate their marriage with all their friends and family, Jen and Frankie hired an Air BnB in Bournemouth (they did of course ask the home owners beforehand if this was ok!).

A fabulous rainbow balloon welcomed their loved ones into the garden for their evening wedding party...

...this is where they needed our help!

With a free bar of prosecco, wine and beers they needed some help with serving the drinks and offering around the canapes. The canapes were a selection of Marks & Spencer's finest and Frankie's dad, Frank, thinly sliced some fresh prosciutto ham to wrap around breadsticks. 

With Frankie's Italian roots this was their way of bringing a little piece of Italy to their wedding!

Our job was to keep their guests fed and everyones drinks topped up, which we certainly did. The mountain of canapes soon disappeared and we kept the fizz flowing...

...we did apologise for any sore heads that may have occurred in the morning!

Whilst my team carried on topping up the drinks, I was able to meet Matt from Flaming Peaches and check he had everything he needed. Once he was set up, I sent the guests round to his street food van to collect their extremely yummy and very posh burgers with truffle fries.

Not long after, I met with Giggi from Giggis Gelateria, who parked his ice cream tricycle next to Matt on the drive. Giggi served everyone a super tasty pudding of his homemade Italian ice-cream, another added Italian treat!

In the lead up to Jen and Frankie’s wedding the weather had been particularly terrible. With non-stop rain we were uncertain whether this garden wedding party would be forced into an indoor wedding party. It had rained for so many days, I didn’t think it could possibly rain anymore and thankfully it didn’t...

...the sun put his hat on and shone all day for Jen and Frankie!  

This house really was the perfect party house as the bi-fold kitchen doors opened up the kitchen into the garden meaning everyone could move around as they wished and it made the perfect stage for the speeches!

As dusk fell we lit the tealight candles around the garden and turned the fairylights on to light up the garden. We kept the drinks flowing until we turned it into a ‘help yourself’ bar just before we left. By this time, the music had been cranked up and everyone was boogieing on the patio (the dancefloor). We tried to sneak out without bothering anyone, but having said goodbye to Frank (Frankies dad), it escalated into a ‘goodbye’ chorus from all the guests.

This made us laugh...truly brilliant!

My team and I left everyone singing and dancing to a Spice Girls track...just the best ending to a really great night!

Thank you so much Jen and Frankie for letting us be a part of your fabulously fun garden wedding party.

Wishing an amazing couple an amazingly happy future together!

Lots of love

If you are planning your own D.I.Y wedding and suddenly realising there are lots of jobs that need doing 'On the Day'...don't panic!

My team and I can come along and do all those jobs for you so you and your friends & family can relax and enjoy your special day.

For more information take a look at my website www.tasha-mae.co.uk and get in touch - I would love to hear from you!
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