HAPPY NEW YEAR! As I start 2019 as Mrs Whittaker, how better to start of Marry Me Ink’s year than to share Rob & I’s rustic Holmes Mill wedding from October of last year – The perfect time of year for a Harry Potter themed wedding! Our great friends Jaye and Matt of Tux & Tales Photography had the photos and video trailer all ready for us before Christmas and I’ve been dying to share them with you!
We chose to get married at Holmes Mill as it was a lovely new venue when we visited and they had so much still to add to it which, when it came to the wedding day, was perfect for everyone – There was a hotel and bistro on site as well as an amazing food hall (not to mention the ice cream shop) and there are still more exciting things to be added yet (a cinema and spa to name a few)!
Knowing all the northern suppliers pretty well through Marry Me Ink, it was a no-brainer who to have involved in our special day. The supplier friends we had involved with our special day included Paragon Floral Design and Andy Murphy DJ to name a few.
There was plenty of DIY attributes to our wedding decoration which, at the time, I got tired of doing – but in the end I think they looked great. To fit with our Harry Potter theme, I made the winged keys for the place names and Rob melted and moulded the chocolate frogs (when he wasn’t eating them!) The final week up to the wedding I had my mum and sisters helping me put together over 80 chocolate frog boxes – We must have tried every kind of adhesive (Gorilla Glue worked best!) and we finally finished them all the night before, complete with Harry Potter themed temporary tattoos from Doris Loves.
