Dress - courtesy of Very.co.uk
Shoes - Topshop
Fascinator - handmade
Handbag - ?
This is what I wore to Connie & Phu's wedding. The dress was sent to me via Very.co.uk and I really love the colour of it. It's a good job really because on the website the photo of it is very pale blue, whereas as you can see above it's more of a turquoise! I think I would have been so annoyed if I had bought it especially because of the colour, but luckily I prefer this turquoise colour. It was such a lovely weekend! It was quite stressful getting 90 cupcakes and one 3 layer cake down to Portmeirion in Wales, down all of the windy roads with unbelievably tight corners and hidden dips. A few of the cakes got smooshed, oops. Luckily I had baked a lot of spare ones so we were a-okay! The couple loved the cakes and I got lots of compliments on it so all the stress was worth it. Not sure if I will do it again but it was worth it once we got there in one piece!
Pretty snazzy even if I do say so myself!
The wedding was in Portmeirion which is a lovely little village that was built as a rich architect's personal project between 1925 and the 1970s. It was modelled on Italian villages but built into the Welsh hillside. It's a really quirky and unusual place, but was such a lovely place for a wedding. The food was also AMAZING. We had a chocolate & coffee tart with horlicks ice cream with dessert, it was so delicious.
It was lovely to travel to somewhere new we'd never been before for a wedding. However after having a weekend away it now feels like I'm still catching up with everything! I have so many errands to do and washing to catch up on. Hey ho. Congratulations Connie & Phu!
P.S. I caught the bouquet too! (Is it cheating since we're already engaged? I dunno..but everyone told me to go up and I caught it! Haha!)
You look beautiful Helen. Such a lovely dress, the colour looks great on you. Those cakes look delicious, well done! x
ReplyDeleteSuch a lovely outfit and the cakes look fab. I'd much prefer something personal like those rather than paying a fortune on a traditional wedding cake.
ReplyDeleteI love Portmeirion, such a lovely place. I'd never thought of it as a wedding destination but seeing those pictures you can see its perfect!
I love Portmerion! We used to go there when I was little x
ReplyDeletei love the lace detailing and colour of you dress, you look lovely helen. the cakes you made look beautiful, too. you are so talented! xx
ReplyDeleteOh you did a fabulous job on the cakes, they look srumptious and beautiful.
ReplyDeleteOutfit is lovely too, I adore turqoise!
Loveaudrey xxx
that dress is lovely on you helen! a really nice colour blue too. very very pretty.
ReplyDeleteThe cakes look fab (as do you) - I bought myself some jumbo piping nozzles last weekend to try and do fantastic frosting like that, would welcome any tips!! My cakes are tasty they just look like a dog's dinner! I'd love to go to Portmeirion one day :)
ReplyDeleteWhat a droll mish-mashy house! It looks a bit like a crazy wedding cake too! Those cupcakes look lovely and I'm sure they taste great even squashed!
ReplyDeleteArianne from A + B in the Sea
That looks like a really cool wedding location, and you look super pretty! That color is so nice on you!
ReplyDeleteYou look stunning, that fascinator is beautiful and the vibrant turquoise really suits you. x
ReplyDeleteyou look stunning in that colour!
ReplyDeleteOh my gosh! That Very dress looks stunning on you - and I agree about the colour issue! I definitely prefer this bright blue, it's so eye-catching and quite flattering. Perfect for summer!
ReplyDeletex Michelle | thefeatherden.net
Looking stunning. The colour of the dress is fantastic.
ReplyDeleteYou caught the bouquet eh? Is that wedding bells I hear?
Your cake making is fantastic! well done.
X x
Definitely not cheating to catch the bouquet! I would love to catch one too. The dress is gorgeous!
ReplyDeleteAnd the cakes, wow! Fancy doing mine too? hehe x
Those cakes are amazing, you did a fantastic job!
ReplyDeleteLove the dress, it is such a different colour to the one on the website though, as you say, very weird!
I LOVE this colour on you and those cakes look LOVELY, I still don't know how you managed to transport them all!
ReplyDeleteMaria xxx
P.S. I hope you ate the smooshed ones ;)
Wow awesome job on the cake and cupcakes!! :) they look amazing! :) I'm doing my best friends wedding cake in Jan next year, I'll have to plan how to do it too as the place they are getting married is 5 hours drive from where I live...hopefully it will be ok!! :)
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You look so gorgeous in that colour! And your cakes are, as ever, amazing.
ReplyDeleteI caught the bouquet a couple of years ago - since then, several people who were in that crowd have got married and I am still single. The superstition is lies! Not for you though, obvs. :)
Oh you look stunning.
ReplyDeleteYou make me want to go shopping and fill my arms with a whole bunch of colour pop dresses, so sweet!
You look gorgeous in that dress, and you did a brilliant job with the cupcakes! Congratulations to Connie and Phu! <3
ReplyDeleteWow your cakes look great! What flavour did you go for? Congratulations on transporting them too! A few years ago I had to take a couple of trays of cupcakes and a trifle to my aunty and uncle's silver wedding anniversary party. It was only a 15 mile drive but keeping the trifle in one piece was pretty scary!
ReplyDeleteLove the colour and lace detail of your dress, looks very pretty on you.
You look absolutely adorable! And your cupcakes look delish!
ReplyDelete♥ Leia
You look SO pretty, that dress is perfect on you!
ReplyDeleteI didn't know you guys are engaged! Well, congratulations I guess! :) It's nice to know the result of your crazy journey- I've seen twitter updates about that :) They look immaculately well preserved and super da duper yummy :) !!
ReplyDeleteThe turquoise dress looks really pretty on you! I love your fascinator too. And those cakes look divine!
ReplyDelete*Ena*
Your dress is so darling! <3 I love the headpiece too!
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Lost in the Haze
You did a fantastic job with the cupcakes- they look great (and so do you in that beautiful blue dress!). I remember seeing Portmeirion on a travel show and desperately wanting to visit there one day! Looks like it was a gorgeous wedding :)
ReplyDeleteoh! that dress is lovely! as are the cupcakes and cake! well done!
ReplyDeleteand how exciting to have a wedding in portmeirion - where the prisoner was filmed!! :)
the cakes look amazing, as do you! i love the colour of the dress too.
ReplyDeleteI think the ITV show "The Prisoner" was set in the very same location as your friends wedding!!
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