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Wedding Inspiration – Rock & Roll Elegance With Vintage Vibes

Posted on May 8, 2018 | Comments Off

Today on Marry Me Ink I get to share with you this styled shoot at the awesome Cheshire venue Owen House Barn from Elsielove Photography.

This styled shoot included a team of great suppliers, all based up in the North including Smith Street Kitchen Pizza which is a converted horse box where guests can order freshly made pizza at your wedding reception!

Red Floral Architecture always have amazing floral installations and this wedding arch and bouquet and are exactly the same – I absolutely love how it decorates the LOVE letters from The Word Is Love perfectly and the light decor from Luminate Events is so epic too! Continue reading →

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Tagged Cheshire Wedding, Elsielove Photography, Northern Wedding Photography, Owen House Barn, Tattooed Bride, Vintage Wedding Inspiration, Wedding Planning

An 8-Bit Wedding In A Barn – Kayleigh & David

Posted on April 30, 2018 | Comments Off

Today on Marry Me Ink I get to share with you Kayleigh and David’s wedding at Farbridge Barn from Joanna Cleeve Photography. They had center pieces and a table plan where all characters and places from films & TV shows they both love and their stationery had an 8 Bit theme which looked awesome!

We actually met nearly 20 years ago in school! Dave, rocking up briefcase in hand with his freshly pressed blazer (he thought it would make him look ‘cool’), me with my 2 sizes too big jumper… It wasn’t until year 9 that I actually noticed him mind. I asked him out and he declined immediately (he only had eyes for flame haired Esther back then…). We then lived together in student housing after college and spent many nights playing Resident Evil until the early hours (with a cheeky bit of kissing…) I suppose we’ve always had that ‘one step from being an item’ situation going on and it wasn’t until years later we eventually sealed the deal and haven’t looked back. We knew it would be forever if we ever got together.

When we were both 16 years old at school Dave gave me this tiny soft toy moose. That moose has stayed with me through over half a dozen house moves and is on our bookshelf in our home to this day. We had little bride and groom moose cake toppers made and our rings both have antler in them (naturally shed and handmade in America). We also used a lot of 8 bit imagery given our mutual love of gaming and Dave created the table plan with corresponding table names and order of services along with the save the dates in an 8 bit style.

We also had a full size barrel (our Son is called Cooper, so this was an idea with him in mind given Cooper’s are barrel makers) that everyone left messages on as a ‘guest book’. The barrel is now a useable lamp stand in our house!

There were so many little things that felt ‘Kave’ (our friends refer to us as Kave!) during the day… 2 of our closest friends did readings during the ceremony (they were sent direct to the registrar so we had no idea what the content would be…). One read the lyrics to ‘Love is Like a Bottle of Gin’ by The Magnetic Fields and the other recited from memory a poem she’d written about us. It was so perfect and we were so pleased that we didn’t know what was being read in advance. Continue reading →

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Tagged 8 Bit Wedding, barn wedding, Joanna Cleeve Photography, Ronald Joyce Wedding Dress, Tattooed Bride

A Tattooed Gamer Wedding In Lancashire – Lianne & Dan

Posted on April 10, 2018 | Comments Off

Today on Marry Me Ink I get to share with you an awesome Northern wedding from Tattooed Wedding Photography. Lianne and Dan got married at Garstang Country Hotel and had nerdy elements such as a Pokeball ring box. What a great way to combine a classic “white wedding” with their own personality.

The whole day was amazing. My highlight was probably seeing Dan’s face when I walked down the aisle. I’ve never seen him look so happy. Dan’s says his highlight was when we were saying the vows and I was holding his hand, he could tell I was nervous and excited at the time. Also having the music we love playing in the evening.

I knew I didn’t want a dress with a lace top or sleeves so my tattoos could be seen better. I went dress shopping with an open mind, tried loads on and my maid of honour burst into tears when I tried this one on so I knew I had a winner.

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Tagged Christmas Wedding, Lancashire Wedding, Nerdy Wedding, Northern Wedding, Tattooed Bride, Tattooed Wedding Photography, winter wedding

A Gold & Glittery Warehouse Wedding With Matching Glasses – Megan & Steve

Posted on March 28, 2018 | 3 comments

I have been DYING to share this wedding on Marry Me Ink for some time from Savannah Lauren Photography – Megan never wore contacts and wasn’t going to start to on her wedding day so she decided to purchase her beautiful gold glasses that matched her dress perfectly and I’m in love.

Steve and I met in our High School Art Class! I was a Freshman and he was a Senior. I had a HUGE crush on him! We didn’t end up getting together then, but I never stopped thinking about him. We reconnected on Facebook 10+ years later and had our first real date. We’ve been together ever since!

Steve proposed to me a DIY way! He’s a screenprinter and has a studio in our home. He created an art print of a bouquet of flowers that he knew I would love and used it to propose. One day he was finishing up the final color on the print and he asked me to come help him. I had already helped him with some of the printing so I wasn’t expecting him to propose… I printed the last color and when I lifted the screen there was a different version that said “WILL YOU MARRY ME?” on it! I jumped and screamed and immediately said yes! In order to trick me, he printed 100 versions without the text so we gave them out as wedding favors/keepsakes.

Oh man! There are so many highlights! I absolutely loved everything about our wedding day. So, I’ll give you my top three:

1. First look – because it was so special! We were both so anxious/excited to see each other and it was so nice to spend some time alone before the ceremony began.
2. Ceremony/Vows – We wrote our entire ceremony from beginning to end. Steve and I are not your traditional couple and didn’t want a traditional ceremony. The ceremony was filled with words that meant something to both of us. We also wrote our own vows that were incredibly personal. I will never forget those moments.
3. Dancing – Steve and I don’t dance. In fact, we even contemplated not having a DJ or including any dancing in our wedding at all! We eventually decided that it would be nice to have the dancing for our guests, but I’m pretty sure that he and I ended up having the most fun. We danced the night away with our family and friends! Also, Steve showed us all up with his incredibly sweet dance moves. Specifically, the finger guns.

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