Emma and Will’s Beautiful Marquee Wedding Reception

Or… where yesterday’s wed­ding blog post ‘left off’?… as Emma and Will walked away from the church, hap­pily mar­ried and smil­ing — to a nearby field where their heli­copter was waiting.

Emma and Will: part two — the wed­ding reception

Will and I walked down the coun­try lane and oppo­site was the fab­u­lous navy blue heli­copter, com­plete with cham­pagne on ice.

It was really fan­tas­tic to see our guests all lined up and wav­ing us off. The flight was fan­tas­tic and we had a won­der­ful view of our beau­ti­ful wed­ding venue as we landed, again with all our guests wait­ing to wel­come us in.

Cham­pagne and canapés were served on the lawn, with won­der­ful views over the Sus­sex coun­try­side. We had asked all of our guests to bring a £2 coin with them on the day and this was col­lected by the best man in his top hat as guests made their way into the mar­quee to be seated. We spread the speeches out through­out the meal so guests wouldn’t have to endure speech after speech. We started with Will before the food was served; he did the usual thank yous and revealed that the £2 coin col­lec­tion would be donated to Brain Tumour UK in mem­ory of his dad who had sadly died of a brain tumour 11 years ago.

After the after­noon tea was served and the speeches had all been fin­ished guests were invited back out on to the lawn for G&T as the sun went down.

In the evening we had a live band, who were absolutely fan­tas­tic, the dance floor was never empty and even Will’s 90 year old great Aunt was up and danc­ing. A Hog Roast was served for those who needed some­thing to get them through the night together with our deli­cious Choc­cy­woc­cy­doo­dah cake.

We could hardly believe it when the car arrived to pick us up, the day had flown past.

Emma and Will’s wed­ding advice

Plan, plan, plan and if in doubt plan some more. We def­i­nitely did our wed­ding the hard way, organ­is­ing every sin­gle detail our­selves, it was stress­ful, but in the end our wed­ding day was every­thing we could have hoped for and more, we loved every sec­ond of it.

Emma and Will’s rec­om­mended wed­ding suppliers

Sta­tionery – My mum’s friend had just set up her own wed­ding sta­tionery busi­ness and she did all of the sta­tionery for us. The invites were beau­ti­ful and unusual and all of the sta­tionery just helped our day come together, start­ing with the Save the Date cards and end­ing with the Thank you cards, we couldn’t have hoped for any­thing bet­ter. Kate’s web­site will be up and run­ning soon (eggseven.com) but in the mean­time can be con­tacted on 07731 467448 (Kate Rees).

The Real Flower Com­pany – they pro­vided really beau­ti­ful flow­ers which helped cre­ate our vision for the day. www.realflowers.co.uk

Choocy­woc­cy­doo­dah – Along with hav­ing Gina shoes, hav­ing a Choc­cy­woccy cake was the one thing I had always dreamed of. It def­i­nitely lived up to expec­ta­tions! www.choccywoccydoodah.com

Embassy – Our band were superb. In fact they were so good that 2 of our friends have since booked them for their wed­dings next year! We booked them through Like it Live Music http://www.likeitlivemusic.com/bands-view.asp?band=6.

Tino & Pip – of course! They cap­tured the essence of our day with beau­ti­ful styl­ish and emo­tional pho­tos. www.tinoandpip.co.uk

A reminder to find out more about Tino & Pip! Emma and Will’s Sus­sex wed­ding (full blog post) and Tino & Pip on Pin­ter­est too!