A dose of Salts...: Wedding of dreams!

Wedding certificates -1
Thunderstorms -1
Hand-made name cards -60
Smiley happy faces -60
Glasses of champers -1 too many

Picture the most perfect couple you can think of, the most perfect venue, and the most perfect weather, and stick them in a big mixing pot brimming with family, friends and smiles, and you have Adam and Bella's wedding. It was simply glorious!

We'd spent the week nervously updating the weather forecast as from about Tuesday onward it had been threatening thunderstorms all day on Saturday...not ideal for a wedding planned entirely for the outdoors. But they say the sun shines on the righteous, and of course the storms came early and we all rejoiced in the rain on Friday, ready for a simply fabulous day of sunshine on Saturday!

The morning was spent in a whirlwind of preparation- feeding people, making place tags (a team-effort of gargantuan proportions), curling hair, avoiding Angus's ambushes, enjoying the sunshine, and in Bro's case, finding hiding places where he could put the finishing touches on his Best Man speech without getting tickled by his excited niece and nephew.

The Artistic Department of Hepburn Springs...

Last minute speech-writing...

And finally the ceremony started at 5pm. It was elegant, relaxed and beautifully personal. Bella was simply stunning, and she and Adam radiated happiness throughout.

This was followed by a frenzy of champers, chattering, incredible food (eaten under a canopy of trees, like some sort of magical fairyland), speeches (Bro's went down a storm!) and of course hours of crazy dancing! An awesome day on all accounts, and now I can't believe it's all over!!

Unfortunately I have a woeful lack of photos, due to filming the ceremony and then discovering the champagne and forgetting about all else, so you'll have to make do with these from before the wedding, and perhaps some might appear here from the lovely (and very talented) Frances some time soon!

Our stunning bride-to-be on the morning of the wedding...