With lots of pretty pink & DIY décor.

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Once engaged Brenda knew she wanted her wedding to have a vintage feel, and that she wanted the majority of the décor to be DIY. Taking the sensible (and recommended) approach, she waited until she had her venue booked then began to decorate in shades she knew would suit her venue just right. As a result Brenda, and groom Liam, planned a picture perfect pink and pretty vintage inspired wedding day, with lots of easily replicated ideas to add an extra bit of fun to the day.

Liam and Brenda's pretty summer wedding by Inspired by Love | onefabday.com

Friends since their school days, it wasn't until Liam and Brenda went to college that they finally got together. Eleven years on and they've never been closer...

Keeping things classic, Liam proposed fireside over Valentine's day weekend. "Liam booked us a night away for Valentine's and after a lovely meal we were having a drink by the fire in a side room off the hotel bar. We were on our own when Liam proposed. It wasn't until the following day, when we went ring shopping, that it felt real."

The church reception was also kept classic, with fresh flower pew ends put together by friends and simple booklets for each guest. Afterwards, guests were treated to retro ice cream cones in the sun from a vintage ice cream van, delish...

For those who wanted something a little stronger than ice cream, Liam and Brenda organised a dainty powder blue VW van. The van was stocked with lots of bubbly and pretty china tea cups to match the vintage style of the day.

Brenda's cute ankle length wedding dress was handmade by Kerry based designer Karen Moriarty. Brenda then accessorised her look with a fresh floral crown and a simple yet chic pair of heels. Very cute, and the perfect vintage inspired choice.

For their reception Liam and Brenda chose the house and gardens of the Cahernane House Hotel, which they decorated with lots of vintage inspired DIY décor.

"We did as much DIY as possible and our friends helped us so much along the way: Maurice made us a fabulous sweet cart which was so pretty out in the lawn, Lisa made us a fabulous wedding cake, Neil let us use his VW camper van and was our driver for the day, Family helped me with the baking the day before the wedding and friends helped me gather jars and decorate them for the church pew ends and for the tables."

Liam and Brenda also made their very own fingerprint tree, for guests to use as a guestbook. Love this idea? Download your very own fingerprint tree for free here.

If you're thinking of doing a lot of your own décor, Brenda has some really wise advice,"Our advice would be have a look at wedding websites and magazines before you go booking any venues and decide what’s most important to you. Once you have decided on what type of wedding wedding you would like take a few photos or have a Pinterest file and refer to it every so often. Once you have your venue take loads of pictures so that before you plan on a project you can imagine how it will look in the venue. I made the big mistake of getting table numbers that I loved but didn't have any picture of the venue to refer to, they did not match the venue at all and I now have 8 frames sitting in the attic."

After the wedding Liam and Brenda escaped to Parknasilla Hotel in Co.Kerry for a relaxing minimoon. Congratulations to you both and thanks so much for sharing your vintage inspired DIY day with us.

A big thank you also goes to Sona from Inspired By Love for sharing her work with us. To see more from Inspired By Love pop on over to www.inspiredbylove.co

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