Saturday was a beautiful day for a wedding, and it seems like a lot of people chose to get married last weekend! Congratulations have to go to James’s Uncle Trevor, my best friend Carly, and a slew of other people – I’m sure we saw at least 4 other weddings while we were driving around Birmingham during the day!
We were lucky enough to be invited to Carly’s ceremony and it was absolutely beautiful! Carly likes to do things her own way, and it started with the dress. She has ALWAYS wanted a red dress – and she looked gorgeous in it! Here is a shot of her just after she arrived at the registry office, being her typical self! The tiara she is wearing might seem familiar to my family & friends – she wore it as her ‘something borrowed’.. I got it for our wedding last year & asked if she would like to wear it for hers (and I was so honoured that she did!). She completely stole all my wedding research as well, the dress & flowers were both from the same suppliers I found for ours! Ok, so I willingly handed over a list of names and websites 
James & I scrubbed up ok for the occasion, I even had my hair cut & blow dried in the morning in honour of the day! The dress is a Monsoon one I was lucky enough to be given by my sister, I love it! I haven’t worn these shoes for a few years though, and I had a nightmare remembering how to do them up properly. We were in the car on the way, with Gayle in the back, and me utterly perplexed as to how they were done up differently! James had buckled one for me & I had done the other.. and they were somehow different! It got fixed in the end though, thankfully.
It was lovely to see the girls, James managed to steal this shot of us with Carly, while the official photographer was shooting the boys. We zipped home between the ceremony in the morning & the reception in the evening, and printed this photo, put it in an oak frame we had bought for the purpose, and wrapped it up to present to the bride in the evening – she loved it! I hope it will be a nice memory of the day for her in the years to come. It’s so comical though, I’m a whole head taller than the other girls – I need to stop wearing heels at functions with them, I look like some sort of giant!
Of all the photos we managed to take on the day, this one is my favourite. Carly & Daniel, looking at each other, just looking so much in love & so happy.. Yay!
And for my final photo highlight, I leave you with this (not so) stunning one of myself & Mia boogying on the dance floor at the reception in the evening. It’s a little blurry, but it’s an action shot so it’s ok, right? That girl loves to twirl! The strange pink and grey thing on the floor between us is Sarah. I’m not sure what animal she is supposed to be (if any).. but she is a prized possession, and so was also involved in the dancing!
All in all, it was a lovely day. It made me think of our own wedding in December, and I got all gooey and soppy at one point! I almost cried during the ceremony when the registrar read an excerpt from a native american ceremony Carly had requested. It was fantastic.. I will have to ask Carly for the quote! The only bad thing to marr the day was a headache that came on in the afternoon, and niggled until the evening, when it got worse & we had to leave early at 10. Boo Hiss at my head!
To view the rest of my photos, please view my set on flickr.
