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A Glastonbury Abbey Handfasting – Heather & Wayne

Posted on September 16, 2015 | Comments Off

Today I get to share with you Heather & Rob’s beautiful outdoor handfasting ceremony at Glastonbury Abbey from Marry Me Ink sponsor Kelly J Photography.

I always think of Wayne as my Knight in Shining armour, and he treats me like his Queen. So having our handfasting at the iconic Glastonbury Abbey, burial place of King Arthur & his queen Guinevere- was really symbolic. We even used Wayne’s large ornamental sword in the ceremony.

We chose a pagan handfasting instead of a traditional Christian church ceremony. A lovely Interfaith female Minister Nixie James-Scott from Unique Ceremony worked with us to create something personal and unusual.

We wrote our own vows, and Nixie’s husband, Palmer Fox-Eldridge (a music legend who’s performed at Glastonbury festival), played a live acoustic version of his song ‘Valentine’ as our hands were bound in a purple and gold cord. Our children lit my special goddess incense, then played around in the orchard during the ‘boring’ bits.

I decided to choose an untraditional flowing purple fairy-goddess dress, with sheer sleeves and a low cut top- so my arm and breast tattoos could be seen.

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Paperless Post’s Autumn Wedding Inspiration #2

Posted on September 14, 2015 | Comments Off

It’s time for the second edition of the Autumn Wedding Inspiration boards in partnership with Paperless Post. Last week I chose a vintage waves theme and this week, we’re at the other side of the colour spectrum with one of their rich autumn designs from Oscar de la Renta. Their designs are available both online and in print.

Painted Rose – Red

As you can see from this design, it is available as both a save the date and a formal wedding invitation. Below is a red autumn wedding inspiration board that I’ve put together using Pinterest.

~ Burgundy Groom Fashion ~ Floral Wedding Altar ~ Toffee Apples ~
~ Fig & Pear Wedding Cake ~ Red Velvet Wedding Decor ~ Mismatch Red Bridesmaids ~

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Vintage And Couture Bridalwear By Glory Days

Posted on September 10, 2015 | 2 comments

Marry Me Ink loves all tattooed brides, especially when paired with timeless vintage dresses like these from Glory Days Vintage and Couture Bridalwear. Using a breathtaking medieval church as the backdrop, photographer Steven Eric Parker caught the dresses in a beautiful light. Hayley of Glory Days shared the images with me and I just had to share!

Steven and I have worked together many times before, and when he mentioned he could get access to shoot in a beautiful Medieval church in North Yorkshire we knew we absolutely had to take the opportunity.

I asked Rachel from Ducks & Daffodils to make us some flower crowns which were open at the back so we could use them as collars too, and she also made us some fresh flower cuffs. I love how they turned out, the sweet pea collar was beautiful!

Ducks and Daffodils are a local florist who specialise in organic seasonal local flowers, grown and arranged by themselves in York, and when they came on board for the shoot and I had managed to book the beautiful Katie to model we decided to let the gorgeous blooms and Katie’s stunning array of tattoos speak for themselves by keeping everything else as simple as possible.

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Tagged Couture Bridalwear, Glory Days Vintage, Katie Thirkhill Model, Steven Eric Parker Photography, Victoria Farr Hair and Make Up, Vintage Bridalwear

A Wedding Of Motorcycles, Hot Rods And Love – Hannah & Rob

Posted on September 8, 2015 | Comments Off

Today’s tattooed bride and groom is Hannah and Rob. They both met each other online which, even though they both only joined it because it was free, Hannah said that she found to learn so much more about Rob because of only being able to communicate via phone after the first initial messages. Their day was beautifully captured by Milwaukee based fine art wedding photographer McKenna Marie.

Really, the entirety of the day was a true representation to who we are as a couple. We made a point of keeping the cost of everything under $2,000 and successfully did so! We wanted our guests to be as comfortable as possible and encouraged them to arrive on their motorcycles and in their hot rods. Our relationship has been built on motorcycles, hot rods, and love. We wanted that to be an element to the day. We did not serve a meal which in turn saved on cost and instead opted for a cocktail hour with a nacho bar since Rob could basically live off them. We couldn’t believe how many people raved about how delicious they were.