It was important to us that our wedding reception had the feeling of a fun low key family barbecue with simple, unpretentious wholesome food. We had a variety of home cooked food as well as a huge roast brought in by a catering company. And we ordered pizza, simple plain old pizza from Dominos. Because who doesn’t love pizza? It was not the sort of affair where guests were presented with a riddle of forks for various mollusks, and although champagne was served guests were encouraged to drink it from the bottle.
Our wedding cake was home made because wedding cakes are such a headache. After much frustration dealing with various wedding cake businesses and explaining that I detest fruit cake and fondant, I had my mother in law bake our wedding cake. It was a delicious and very rich caramel mud cake.
There were speeches, wheel barrows full of beer and even some cheeky fireworks provided by a mischievous uncle. Unlike the wedding ceremony which was very serious, the reception was very informal with guests helping themselves to food and alcohol and everyone spreading out in their groups to play cards and chat. There were certainly some guests that were worse for wear the next morning!
We were lucky with weather that weekend and although we had bought a large marquee there was no need for it and we were able to enjoy sitting under the canopy of the beautiful fig tree. Later on in the night it did get a little chilly since it was spring and guests were provided with blankets.
Looking back now I am so pleased with how everything worked out and I don’t think there is anything I would have wanted to do any differently. That is not to say that the lead up to the wedding wasn’t without it’s obstacles and bumps in the road, or nights spent crying over Pinterest, but all of this was overcome.
Your photos are so amazing – the sunset and evening portraits are beautiful!!!! <3
Just glorious! I love how you involved loved ones so much, that's what we did too. Makes it extra special doesn't it? What a lovely couple you make, those sunset photos have such exquisite lighting xx
The star gazing picture is my favourite. It puts the world into a beautiful perspective, with love at its centre. I'm so very happy for you.
This looks so gorgeous and intimate – exactly what I want for my wedding and reception, should I ever have one. It makes my heart happy looking at your beautiful photos <3 x
This looks absolutely so dreamy and perfect! The photo under the stars is so pretty. I LOVE the idea of ordering pizza for the reception! I definitely wanted a low key reception as well and we did a buffet dinner of all our favorite foods.
Truly stunning. The golden light in some of these images just ups the magical quality of your special day to no end. Swoon! Thank you very much for sharing this wedding day wonderfulness with us.
♥ Jessica
this sounds so so lovely. and the photos are beautiful, especially the last one! xx
Gorgeous photos! Looks like it a magical night! <3 Congratulations on your beautiful wedding! <3
Awww! Your wedding looks so beautiful and low-key and unpretentious and I can't imagine anything more perfect! I really am not that interested in getting married or having a wedding because I hate the whole drama/build-up/everyone asking questions and fussing and trying to outdo each other and all of that kind of crap. But after seeing and reading about yours its making me think if I were to ever get married I'd love to do something like this. Like a BBQ with only people you love but everyone's dressed up and has a great time! You've definitely got the right idea!
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