There was a WEDDING!

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There was a proposal, there was a website and, on 12 July, there was a wedding. And it was a rather lovely and, as Haircut 100 might say, Fantastic Day. Turns out looking like a traditional bride and groom was the last thing anyone expected of us…

graffiti-and-flowers … while a bunny rabbit theme was totally normal.

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Weddings are a ritual and a framework which you dress up with your own lives and people and funny ways. So here are some of my favourite one-off moments…

Gentleman Jim McQuillan scraping chewing gum off my shoe outside the register office.

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A shower of homemade confetti petals from Mum and Dad's garden.

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The royal wave around Gas Street Basin with all the shouted congratulations, followed by the slow-mo peacefulness of a two-hour narrowboat ride out to Bournville.

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Three unique wedding cakes – a two-tier chocolate and white roses cake with bunny topper from Sis, a three-tier lemon meringue and raspberry sponge from Knead and a Buckminster Fuller Dymaxion fruit loaf from Loaf. The day was so emotional, even the cakes were in tiers (classic wedding joke that).

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Did you know it takes 14 helium balloons to float an Ikea bunny around during the speeches. (Thank you, Young Spike.)

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A Moselele wedding singalong – all the classics from Cockney Rebel to ELO – with glitched hearts and bunnies visuals by Antonio Roberts.

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Best of all was celebrating with friends and family from around the world and around the corner.

And, of course, marrying the ultimate one-off – Pete – who duly tried on the dress and danced around the garden because "Well, why wouldn't you…?"

pete-the-brideDid I just Buzzfeed my wedding day?

Images © Matt Murtagh, Bev Hislop

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