How did you first meet?
We first knew of each other when we were 12 in school, in the same friendship group. Curt made the first move when we were about 15 by asking to have a go of my surfboard down rest bay beach, which I immediately said YES after having a major crush on him. Which led to many dates after!
How long were you together before you proposed? How did you propose?
He finally asked me to be in girlfriend in our local kebab shop after a night out in Porthcawl when we were 16/17 and we have been together ever since! He proposed to me September 2020 after being together for 10 years.
It was lockdown & the restaurants had just opened back up, so we made a big fuss of booking our favourite restaurant and got all dressed up as we hadn’t been on a date night for months. Little did I know that he took the day off work to create a fairy light set up in our back garden of our very first home together to propose to me. He said he left his wallet in the house, so we had to run in to get it. As he led me out the garden, I just knew this was it. He had a photographer hiding in the garage to capture this special moment. Later that night he planned for our favourite pub to deliver our favourite meal which we sat & ate under the fairy lights celebrating. The next day I had planned a housewarming party with all our close friends & family as we were also allowed to meet up with 30 people outside. Little did I know I planned my own engagement party!
Where did you get married?
Oldwalls Gower, it was perfect & my dream day!
What attracted you to the venue?
I am a wedding makeup artist, so I have been to every wedding venue in Wales & I just knew when my first job come in at Oldwalls it was my venue!
What did you have for food and how was it?
Guests still talk about the food at our wedding especially the Mexican buffet that we had on day 2 of the wedding. Oldwalls kindly let us stay another day/night (On New Years Day) for extra celebrations with our nearest & dearest. They couldn’t do enough for us.
What was your wedding theme?
Basically CHRISTMAS! I always dreamed of as a little girl to have a winter wedding & I couldn’t think of a better day that New Years Eve. It was full on glam, we told our guests to dress to impress, nothing would be too much! Our colour scheme was emerald green & golds, cosy but extra glam!
What stationary did you have?
We had Lumi Events to do welcome signs, table plan, gold cutlery & charger plates with emerald green Christmas tree shaped napkins with personalised gold acrylic names for each of the guests. We had a baileys hot chocolate stand for g
What did you wear? Tell us about your gown…
My dress was my dream!!
I knew I wanted something extra, it was New Year’s Eve after all. I knew I wanted sleeves as it was winter & a slit in it as I love a good pair of shoes. I wanted a corset to suck me in, in all the right places which some glitz & glam. I actually found my wedding shoes in Bicester village from Jimmy Chou which were discounted! For the evening I changed into all white doc martins to be able to dance the night away!
Was it your dress what you had in mind?
Funny enough I saved my dress on Instagram about 5 times over the previous 2 years so I just knew I needed to try it on. It was the first one I tried on & I said yes straight away. I did have custom sleeves made to make it winter appropriate.
How did your dress make you feel?
The most beautiful I had ever felt. It fit me like a glove & I wouldn’t change a single thing. I was lucky enough to wear my wedding dress another 5 times after the wedding due to becoming such good friends with our photographers they asked us to be models for shoots which we added too our wedding photo collection.
Where did you get the suits from and what was the style like?
Curt bought his suit & we hired the rest of the grooms party from Formal Hire. They were in black tux, very classy and suited the theme well. We added real green bow ties to the groomsmen to compliment the bridesmaids’ dresses. Curt went for a jazzy patterned velvet tux that went amazing with my dress.
How did you feel when you first saw him at the altar?
I had dreamed of this moment since the day I met him (16 years ago) I was so nervous, but it just felt right. It was like tunnel vision; I didn’t hear a thing or see a single person in that room it was just him. I couldn’t stop smiling my face was aching!
Tell us about your bridesmaids, who were they and where did you get the dresses from?
My bridesmaid consisted of my younger sister, my best friend of 28 years & my group of school friends who I have known since nursery. My ride or dies (as our group chat says) I also had my best friend’s baby, Florence & my Niece Thea as flower girls.
What was your first dance song?
Our first dance was Jason Mraz I won’t give up. It’s been our song since we first met & we always new it was going to be our first dance song.
How did you entertain your guests?
We had an acoustic singer, Jordan Marks who we were actually in school with for the drinks reception. We had a sax player Spencer Sax for the evening which was right up our street playing Ibiza classics! For day 2 of the wedding me & my mum surprised everyone with a singing waiter & it went down a treat everyone loved it!
What was the cake like?
Well I walked into my appointment wanting a plain white 3 tier cake & I was out with with a white 3 tier cake that had an acrylic stand with flowers, pampas, fairy lights, gold flakes, sparklers the lot! It was amazing & tasted lush too. We went for biscoff as our main flavour as it’s our favourite!
How did you feel on the day?
Just pure happiness. Having all our favourite and special people under the same roof for a full weekend of celebrating love! I honestly couldn’t have wished for a better wedding it was my dream come true! People still talk about our wedding today which says it all. I’m sad it’s all over!
Have you been on your honeymoon yet, if yes, where did you go and how was it?
We went skiing a few days after our wedding as it’s one of our favourite holidays together. We went to Sierra Nevada in Spain and stayed in the most stunning hotel El Lodge. We needed this time to just take in what had just happened the prefect way to start our journey as Husband & Wife.
What’s your top tip to future couples getting married?
Enjoy every minute of it because it’s over before you know it! I can’t believe it’s coming up to our one-year wedding anniversary! Remember it’s your wedding so have what you want & do what you want because at the end of the day it’s about you two & your love story!
