June was a very hectic and exciting time. Work's started to get very busy, I got married and headed straight on our Honeymoon to Italy.
Although we've had a small brake in the new year at work we've still been very busy selling and delivering the show to broadcasters around the world as well as creating new content to keep interest going in the show so there's been a lot of paperwork to do as well as trying our best to prepare for the new series, so we've not really had much of a brake.
Planning for the wedding was a major task and we ended up forgetting to do half the things we wanted to do but despite that we had a fantastic day.
Louis my husband, did a fantastic job of creating all the table names. We came up with some of our favourite films and picked a location within the film to name the table after. Because of his amazing illustrations most people managed to figure them out except the head table which we named 'The Seminole Ritz Miami', can you guess where this location is in one of our favourite films?
My Mum and Dad have been keeping bees for about a year and I've found them fascinating especially since I've been helping out (I've not been stung yet!), so I couldn't resist it and pinched all their first year Honey as Wedding favours and had great fun creating the label and seals. (Don't tell Mam & Dad but I can't wait to package up the next batch).
My Sister did an amazing job of creating and decorating our Wedding cake (as well as doing my make up on the day). I'd asked for lace, ribbon, pearls, vintage flowers and she managed to exceed expectations (the flowers were so detailed). Not only the main Wedding cake but she also made 2 different deserts for our 100 guests (superwoman as she also has a 19 month old boisterous baby boy too)!Here are some other things I must mention that made the day special:
We had our ceremony at St Fagans at the Oakdale Institute (possibly where my great grandfather may have gone to socialise when he worked in the mines) and as well as being an historical and beautiful place the Museum were very helpful and great to deal with. A fantastic site to visit if your ever near Cardiff to visit for a day out or just to go for a picnic.
A main feature that added to the day was the 1948 American Chrysler Windsor from Happy Days Car. Not only did the car look and smell amazing (polish and leather) but the driver (who also owns and loves the car) was so professional and friendly he instantly put me to ease and the morning went smoothly (and my Dad fell in love with the car too).
We owe a huge thanks to Brother Ray who started the partying with their amazing band, can't recommend these guys enough you must visit their youtube page.
Honeymoon in Italy
Straight after the Wedding we headed off on our Honeymoon to Italy.
We spent the first 3 days falling in love with Florence, then made our way to Seiena then onto Rome for 3 hectic days to then spend our last week on the Amalfi Coast. We had a fantastic time.
One of my highlights was touching Michelangelo's Cristo della Minerva statue at the Santa Maria sopra Minerva church in Rome.
