The proposal
I proposed to Gemma, in Koh Samui.
We were sat on the beach, the sun was setting and music was playing in the background. It was perfect.
How did you style your day?
We’re both very simplistic with our tastes and decided on a rustic theme. We had wooden centre pieces with candles, globe lighting and hessian wrapped glass jars, with gypsophilia in them. They looked perfect. The spot lights, supplied by the fort really worked with everything too.
Did you have bouquets/flower decorations?
We used a company called Florabella and went with a pale pink and cream arrangement. This worked really well with the bridesmaid dresses, as they were of a similar colour. We had roses / carnations and the stems were wrapped in hessian.
Who took your photos?
Our photographer was Joshua Leo Dorfman photography and he’s based in Manchester. He was so creative and worked like a Trojan. He did his research of the venue and had so many ideas of where to go for the perfect photo. We went down to the private beach, where he asked one of my bridesmaids to run behind us, with a smoke grenade to create a perfect film / photograph. It was such a funny moment, he was great to work with
Did you have a wedding cake?
Gemma’s sister in law made our cake. It was very simplistic, white icing with pink flowers down the 3 tiers and rainbow colours inside. It was lovely.
Who were your food and drink suppliers?
We chose Kerra’s catering and she was absolutely amazing! She’d also been to the fort before so knew what she was doing. We went for a ‘posh fish and chip’ theme, followed by afternoon tea. It was absolutely delicious! Their front of house staff were fantastic.
We set up a table outside where we had arranged kilners of cocktails for the guests to enjoy, pre / post wedding. We bought all of our own drink and their staff ran the bar for us. Great job all round