Today on Marry Me Ink, I get to share with you Sarah & James’ Sci-Fi wedding that took place at Soughton Hall in Chester from Fox and Bear Photography. They both met one December over boardgames at Brewdog in Liverpool when Sarah was visiting friends when James’ Stargate tattoo caught her eye. They hit it off immediately and got back together for New Years. “He basically moved in with me on the 1st of January.”
The theme of our wedding was definitely us – we went for a loose space theme and made all the table centrepieces and table plan to reflect this. Each of the tables was named for one of our favourite sci-fi spaceships.
The centrepieces were 3D printed by my friends Andy and Joules, I then hand painted each of them. James made 10 different flavors of savoury and sweet jams as wedding favours for our guests and I also decorated our cake to look like a galaxy. Painting the spaceships was definitely the most rewarding element but each came with their own stresses, James was wise and got all of his Jams done well in advance. I think I finished the last spaceship a couple of days before the wedding!
I was sure I wanted my tattoos to be visible so all sleeves were off the table. I liked the rockabilly element of a tea length dress as well as I thought it worked well with the tattoos so I had quite a clear vision going into the search.
Our wedding day flew by so quickly. As for our favourite parts of our day, James says it seeing me for the first time in my dress. I would have to say it was walking into the dining room to our song “On Top of the World” by Imagine Dragons and seeing everyone happy and excited for us. It was great to see everyone enjoying the decorations and favours that we had put so much time into, that’s when it all really sunk in that we had done it and now it was time to relax and have fun.
Our advice to couples planning their wedding would be to give your parents a number of family slots and tell them the aunts, uncles and cousins are their problem! That way they can’t complain about your choices. Also – when DIY-ing bits, do more things in advance or you will take the joy out of it.
How great do Sarah and James look? I absolutely love that they incorporated their own theme into an elegant wedding backdrop and made it completely them! You can see a full list of their suppliers below after their full gallery from Fox and Bear Photography – Make sure you get through them all – Their decor is gorgeous!
Photography: Fox and Bear Photography
Wedding Venue: Soughton Hall – Chester
Sarah’s Dress: Pronovias
James’ Suit: Moss Bros – Highland Collection
Bridesmaids dresses: Marks & Spencer
Groomsmen: Moss Bros – Highland Collection
Flowers: Alison’s Pot Pourri
Hair & Make up: Jane Bellis
Cake: Marks and Spencer cake decorated by Sarah
Shoes: Harriet Wilde
Rings: Ortwin Thyssen
