Today's colourful wedding is just one of those celebrations that will have you smiling from beginning to end. Having met and fallen in love in England, lovebirds Hannah and Jon brought the wedding back to Hannah's home town in Northern Ireland for one helluva of a party! They didn't want anything too formal or themed, wanted a chilled atmosphere and lots of fun and that's just what they got. Cue one epic wedding with lots of colourful homemade touches with One Fab Day friends The Lous on hand to capture every magical moment. We just know you're going to love this one!
We find out a little bit more about this lovely couple and their love story...
The couple met in England while at University, but it took a few years to uncover that they were meant for one another all along. Hannah remembers it like it was yesterday..."We met at University in England, but didn’t get together until after we’d graduated and moved to London. We’d always been close friends, but started seeing more and more of each other before realizing there was more to it!"
When it came to proposing to Hannah, Jon proposed in one of the most romantic cities in the world. Hannah fondly remembers..."In August 2015, we headed off on a big European road trip, driving from our home in London to Italy. About halfway through the trip, we reached Florence, a city we’d both wanted to visit for a long time. We had spent the morning exploring the city in the heat, before sitting down for a picnic in a shady, quiet spot overlooking the Duomo in one of the city’s beautiful gardens. We were standing looking over the city, when I turned round to see Jon down on one knee. I promptly burst into tears, and immediately said ‘yes’! The ring was a perfect fit, and we headed out to celebrate with negroni and a beautiful dinner."
After the couple had lived in London for many years, Hannah knew she wanted to be home in Northern Ireland to get married. After looking at many venues but not quite finding the one, they both just knew that the perfect spot would be somewhere they both knew and loved - Hannah's family home. Thankfully they also had the space to cater their wedding. When choosing a theme for their big day all they knew was that they wanted something colourful, relaxed and fun. Hannah explains..."The look was quite natural and green – lots of flowers, outdoor drinks reception, a beautiful, light marquee. We wanted to make sure we had a day that we enjoyed, and that our guests enjoyed too. Nothing too formal or themed, and with lots of homemade touches. We wanted to represent our lives, both together and separately, so had lots of family photos and memories."
Hannah and Jon really wanted to have all of their favourite things at the wedding and also didn't want to miss one moment. Hannah explains..."We wanted to make lots of our favourite cocktails for the reception (negroni, espresso martinis, raspberry G&Ts ), having disposable cameras and the photobooth to capture all the parts of the day we might not see, having a firepit for the evening and a great band playing all the classics to get everyone up and dancing."
Love theese pre- made cocktails in the retro bottles!
Hannah and Jon had enlisted the help of family and friends when making the decorations for the barn and marquee. This meant there is was special meaningful touches throughout the venue on the day including hundreds of origami crane decorations which hung beautifully created with love.
Hannah's leading ladies look stunning in a mix of floral blue Liberty prints, very vintage and sweet!
Absolutely love this simple and cost effective table display, I'm fairly sure you can pick these wooden art doll's in most art and hobbie shop's plus also keep an eye out in Lidl and Aldi! There is such an array of amazing colour's through out this wedding, hats off to the couple!
The couple give some friendly advice and tips for how to pull off the best day ever..."Don’t worry about trying to fit everything into a cohesive theme: “everything we like” is more than enough of a theme. On the day, you’ll have such a great time, you’ll forget about the little things you spent days thinking and worrying about!" As newlyweds they headed off on their honeymoon..."We had a short break in Italy straight after the wedding, and are just back from two weeks in California, Oregon and Washington for a more relaxing, long trip."
Huge congratulations to you both and thanks so much for sharing your wedding day with us all! A big thank you also goes to talented duo The Lou's for sharing your work with us. To see more from The Lou's www.wearethelous.com
