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A Viking Manor Wedding on Friday 13th – Emily & Jamie

Today on Marry Me Ink, I have the amazing Viking wedding of Emily & Jamie from Sky Photography who were married earlier this year (Before the Pandemic hit) at the beautiful Dodford Manor, complete with their pup in tow.

Emily & Jamie are teenage sweethearts, meeting when they just 13 and 14. Two of Emily’s friend also fancied Jamie at the time, but he chose Emily because, in his words, she had the “Best Ass”.

“There was essence of Viking hidden everywhere, we cut our wedding cake with an axe, had a shield as decoration, a chocolate skull on top of our cake. We also had Viking horns on our table, statement chairs & everyone’s wedding favours had “Skol” on, which everyone said all day instead of cheers. I also love that our first dance song was a Bullet for my Valentine song and we went full nostalgia youth on that shit.

I made pretty much everything, for me the most fun to do was the save the dates, invitations, name cards, table setting, I use to be a designer so creating bits in illustrator is one of my favourite things to do. I also loved making the wedding favours, centre pieces and decorations in front of the table plan.”

“Our favourite parts of the day included when none of the guests knew that Jamie’s middle name is Leslie, so when doing the vows, the registrar clocked that he was saying his middle name really quietly so she shouted it, and in the end, it was just me and the registrar shouting Leslie whenever we could.
The guests were clapping and cheering 5 minutes into our ceremony and it really just set the scene for the whole day.

We also spontaneously had a Viking horn chugging session at dinner, I love the fact that the mums got involved – It probably wasn’t the best choice at the very beginning of a pandemic.. It was called the corona-horn the next day.”

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A Tattooed, Viking Wedding In California – Amber & Caleb

Who loves Vikings? I know we love watching the series when it’s on TV! Today on Marry Me Ink, I get to share with you this awesome tattooed Viking wedding from Blossom and Bloom Photography.

Caleb and I met about 10 years ago in 2006. We were going to a concert with mutual friends and became instantly infatuated with one another. We were only friends at this time, and unfortunately I had to move to Oregon shortly there after. We spoke on and off through social media through the next 5 years, but eventually lost contact. In June of 2013, I was planning a visit to California to see my sister. Caleb had found me on social media, and again we became friends right where we left off. Aside from seeing my sister, when I went to CA, I spent most of my vacation with him. We spoke every single day after that, and within a few months, I moved back to California for good. Caleb took me on my first date the very next day after my plane landed. We were inseparable, and have remained so.

The whole Viking theme in it’s entirety represented us rather well! The small intimate wedding in a simple park, and reception by the beach is also representative. We like to keep it simple!

Almost everything was DIY. However, the wisteria wedding arch specifically was made by myself. It took several months to make, but it was the most fun project by far. Heather photographed it beautifully, and now we get to enjoy sitting under it in our garden.

Aside from having the most important people in our lives there, I’d have to say one of the biggest highlights for us was having Caleb’s father marry us. It meant more than he knows, and he did such a wonderful job. 

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