A Wedding at St James's

Oops, sorry for the delay!

The Friday before last we went up to London for an extremely exciting event.

Saturday morning I was left in charge of a bath full of gorgeous roses, some polystyrene discs and four tiers of wedding cake.

A bit of bodging and fiddling and I managed to make something that I hoped would pass muster!

The roses were soo beautiful that a simple circlet between each layer of cake was all that was needed to make the perfect wedding cake.

Meanwhile the bride was preparing her something old and new and things borrowed and blue, with help from a stunning mother of the bride in a fabulously swashbuckling hat.

Edward and I managed to find half a minute in the same place between usher duties and bridal finishing touches for a quick photo, which is just as well, as for the rest of the day I was so busy chatting and swigging champagne that forgot to take any others!

I made my dress the week before with such a pretty piece of fabric in my collection which I'd almost forgotten I had!  The pattern is a Vogue re-print of a 1950s pattern.  It was slightly fiddly to make as it written to 1950s sewing specifications and needed several tweaks, but once I'd sorted the sticky bits it was actually quite quick and absolutely gorgeous!  I also made a petticoat to keep the skirt satisfyingly poofy.

Suddenly it was time to go and we left the bridal party to make our way to the chapel.

(Although I couldn't resist a quick snap of them walking over!)

There were no cameras allowed in the chapel or during the reception so you will just have to imagine how beautiful it all was!

 A piper heralded the departure of the newly weds as we waited to send them off.

We cheered and clapped and showered them with confetti before they hopped into the getaway car and whizzed off into a beautiful soft London evening.

We said goodbye to family and friends and waved everyone off before creeping home to collapse for five minutes with a well earned cups of tea.  Our strength thus renewed, the girls abandoned their enormous hats and the boys swapped wool morning dress for something cooler and more relaxed and we set off for a celebratory supper in town, just the thing to finish a wonderful wonderful day!