Category Archives: Wedding Funny Business
Shrek Wedding – Happy Ever Ogre
These sort of stories are what our blog was made for, wedding ideas, making your wedding day a little more fun, and what could be more fun then a Shrek Wedding ? Er…. what?
Yes It’s true, Once upon a time in a far far away land (Devon)… a fairytale dream wedding for the happy couple who decided to get married dressed as movie cartoon characters Shrek and Princess Fiona.
Every little girl’s dream wedding day is to arrive like a princess and be swept off her feet by the handsome prince, hospice nurse Christine England, 40, had part of that dream come true – sort of.
The bride was every inch the princess, the one from the ogre films anyway. Dressed as Princess Fiona, Christine married her fiance Keith GREEN (you couldn’t make this stuff up could you) – who was is full Shrek costume, complete with bald head and pointy green ears, for their wedding day.
The 100 wedding guests also got into the Shrek theme and turned up to celebrate the marriage in full fancy dress attire.
The new Mr & Mrs Green (1st April has passed hasn’t it ?) from Barnstaple in Devon, spent around three hours with their make up artists to achieve the shrek style look before walking down the aisle.
Christine said: ‘The idea just came to me. I knew what we would go as because Keith looks just like Shrek. (charming comment from the lady you’ve just married)
‘It was funny because when we said our vows Keith had these green ears sprouting from the top of his head.’
Wanting to take the whole Shrek themed wedding a little further, Christine tried to get her 18-year-old son to dress up as Donkey, the sidekick of Shrek from the movies, but said ‘he wasn’t having any of it’.
You can imagine the conversation can’t you, “Son, fancy dressing up as a donkey for my wedding day?” – “No thanks Mum, don’t be so ridiculous please”.
Keith Green, a builder who seems quite happy with the ogre title from his new wife added: ‘It was a very strange experience to say the least, but a thoroughly enjoyable one. We love the films and my wife tells me I bear a resemblance to Shrek.’
Christine’s mother Annette England, 66, said: ‘It’s not necessarily how you imagine seeing your daughter get married but it was great fun.’
Where you at the Shrek wedding ? Have you been to a wedding that was wackier then the shrek wedding day ? Leave us your comments below.
Slice of wedding cake history
Royal Wedding Cake
Every now and then we stumble across an excellent wedding article on the internet, but this one really takes the cake – literally.
Believe it or not, a piece of Royal wedding cake is set to be auctioned that is an unbelievable 138 years old.
The slice of wedding cake is thought to be the only surviving piece from the wedding celebrations of Princess Louise, daughter of Queen Victoria, and the Marquis of Lorne.
As tasty as it sounds, the wedding cake is wrapped in parchment and tied with string and is expected to raise around £150 at auction in Birmingham this week.
So if you’re planning a wedding this weekend, consider the old tradition of keeping a slice of wedding cake, wrapping it up and asking your great grandchildren to auction it in 138 years time, they may rustle up £150 for themselves, or less perhaps as you’re probably not a Royal !
The wedding in 1871 caused uproar at the time due to the fact that it became the first royal wedding to marry a commoner since 1515.
But while this slice of wedding cake obviously stood the test of time, the same could not unfortunately be said for the happiness of Princess and Marquis’ marriage. Sadly, the fact they never had children meant the two drifted apart from one another.
On it’s day the Royal wedding cake stood at 1.52m tall from its base to the top tier, weighed over 225lbs, was finished in fine white icing, and elaborately decorated by the Queen’s chief confectioner, reportedly taking three months to make the wedding cake.
Speaking to the Daily Telegraph, Antiques dealer John Shepherd, who is selling the slice of history, “It will make an absolutely wonderful heirloom to pass on to future generations.”
In his opinion.
Realistically, what are you going to do with a 138 year old sliver of wedding cake ? The surviving slice is an inch wide, and would have given the “lucky” wedding guest the smallest of mouthfuls.
If you want a delightful and fresh wedding cake, why not speak with one of our Essex wedding cake specialists today.
Wedding Cake Disaster
Wedding Cake Disasters
So the bride couldn’t make up her mind whether she wanted a two tier or three tiered wedding cake – in the end she managed to achieve both.
Planning your wedding is one of the most fun and exciting times of your life, so best you ensure that the wedding services you hire for your special day are of the best quality you can find to meet your wedding budget.
Get the best wedding cake
Cutting corners or asking friends to help when it comes to something as important as your wedding cake really isn’t recommended, and this video clip shows why. Don’t forget the wedding cake is one of the most photographed part of your entire day, so make sure whether you go for a grand wedding cake or something a little less formal, it still lasts the day, unlike this poor unfortunate effort here….
Personalised Wedding Cake
For Chidi Ogbuta, her perfect wedding had to have that extra layer, something a little different, something her wedding guests would remember, a personalised wedding cake.
Rather then the usual floral decorations and the happy couples names brightening up your wedding cake, American Chidi opted for a life-size wedding cake made in her own image, perhaps a little vein you may think – you’d be right.
Standing over 5ft tall, the “spectacular” wedding cake, consisting of butterscotch and polymer clay, was an exact replica of the bride in her wedding dress.
A dream come true for the Texan, the six-layered wedding cake took pride of place when she re-newed her wedding vows to her husband of ten years, Innocent.
“Growing up I have always wanted a doll made in my likeness,” said Chidi, a 35-year-old mother of four.
“So, when we started planning for our church wedding I told my husband that I wanted a unique, personalised wedding – a wedding where my dream will come true.”
Well, judging by this delightful photograph, we think Chidi got her wishes….. we’d love to hear your comments, leave them below.
The best wedding video we’ve seen
Being a wedding website we do find ourselves hunting around all corners of the internet for wedding related information that we can pass onto our visitors who are planning their wedding in Essex.
Well this morning we stumbled across this wedding video, and couldn’t wait to get it on our website to share with you all.
Making the decision to have a videographer film your wedding day is a personal choice, it’s quite popular and great fun to look back on the day, most brides and grooms can’t wait to see their wedding video as soon as they return from their honeymoon.
But for Brian & Eileen whose video is below, I bet they were really itching to get back from their honeymoon to see what their wedding video man had done with the effort they and their wedding guests had put into the making of this clip.
It looks like so much fun, and I bet the wedding guests were scrambling to play a part in the video, the end product is superb and we’d love to hear from anyone who knows the people who made the video as we rate it 10/10.
Anyway, if you’re looking for a wedding video that will bring you so much joy for many years to come, then why not consider finding a wedding videographer that can come up with something like this………..
EDIT – Having done a little more research into the talents behind the camera in this wedding video, it turns out that it’s been produced by two guys from London who amongst other projects make Wedding Music Videos.
Their company is called Lockdown, follow the link above to see other examples of their superb work and why not get in touch with them to discuss what they can do for your wedding day, we’re pretty sure they’ll travel to Essex from London !
Excellent wedding photographs
Welcome to March 2009, Spring is in the air, wedding planning season is in full swing and we’d thought we’d kick off this month’s blogging with a couple of excellent wedding photographs.
Now everyone loves to have great photographs from their wedding to treasure for the rest of your happy married lifetime. But have you ever thought of getting the wedding photographer to snap away at a few dysfunctional poses, something a little quirky or different, something that you can look back on and laugh at, a memory takes a moment but lasts forever.
These two photos we’ve found here, must of come from weddings that wanted exactly that, the photographer has captured a moment that they may not of wanted capturing at the time, but heh, this is meant to be the happiest day of your life, so at least look back on it and have a good laugh at what went on !
Preparing for your wedding
Did the bride really want her armpits to be shaved with the photos in the wedding album ? Maybe, maybe not. It’s an excellent wedding photo, and I bet she looks back on this and laughs, however, why is she moving her lips as if her moustache is next to be checked for unsightly hair ?
Can I help you with that piece of cake ?
So the bride had unfortunately dropped something down her wedding dress, let’s hope it’s not the knife used to cut that wonderful looking wedding cake ! What does the groom do to assist his new wife….? Lick her elbow. Most useful thing to do while the wedding photographer is snapping away. But lets face it, another excellent wedding photograph capturing a wonderful moment of a beautiful day.
Make sure you ask your wedding photographer to capture images that are not just family members lined up in a row, but get some quality photos of what really happened during your wedding day.
Happy wedding planning !
You know you’re planning a wedding
Ladies, you know you’re planning a wedding because :
You’re on a strict diet plan.
You find yourself searching for bridal magazines.
There aren’t enough wedding fayres for you to visit in a month.
You can’t stop talking about your wedding plans.
You stare at your engagement ring for the 10th time that day.
You wonder what your niece looks like in a bridesmaid dress.
You’re stressing about inviting your Great Auntie Norah.
You can’t wait to buy a valentine’s card with “To my fiancee” on it.
You moan at your husband-to-be for eating more then one burger at a BBQ.
You warn his best mate about his language during the best man speech.
You’re worrying about a free bar or a paid bar.
You subscribe to a wedding website’s “daily wedding tip” email newsletter.
You start wondering why wedding favours are called wedding favours.
You carry a picture of your wedding dress around in your handbag.
You wonder if that really is the dress to get married in.
You consider joining a gym.
You join a gym.
You go twice in 9 months.
You stress about involving one sibling in the wedding and not the other.
You think it’s all costing too much.
Your parents want to invite their friends because they contributed to your wedding day.
Your H2b’s parents are divorced and you plan to ensure they don’t sit near each other.
Your uncle offers to be the videographer, but his nose whistles.
Your mates plan your hen weekend and buy a “hilarious” “L” plate for you.
Your Mum asks your opinion about her hat.
Your best man asks how “fit” the chief bridesmaid is.
You hire a Rolls Royce to get you to the wedding ceremony, and book your H2B’s cab for him.
You “finalise” your seating plan for the fifteenth time.
You test your H2B to make sure he is thinking of the same song as you for the first dance.
You consider dancing lessons.
You make a list of people that you want in your official wedding photos.
You warn your H2B that his mates must be well dressed and well behaved.
You ask yourself again, do you want a DJ or a band.
You think wedding cake testing is the best part of the whole planning.
You look at wedding rings, and wonder if you should get one with diamonds.
You’re not sure if your 3rd make-up trial was better then your 5th.
You book your dream honeymoon destination, and set up a countdown in your calendar.
You wonder if a 50″ Plasma TV is a little too much for your wedding gift list.
You ask if you should have flowers or balloons on the tables.
You choose to have both.
You think a toastmaster is a little too formal for your wedding day.
You book him anyway, because he’s cute and friendly.
You warn your fiancee about his behaviour on his stag do.
You can’t wait to go mad on your hen do.
Your wedding invitations turn up and they’ve mis-spelt your name.
You cry and blame your fiancee as it’s entirely his fault.
You wonder why anyone hires a lucky chimney sweep for a wedding?
You book a lucky chimney sweep for your wedding.
You look into wedding insurance and assume it’s just for people who don’t turn up.
You panic and wonder if “he is really the one?”
Gents, you know you’re planning a wedding because :
You’re told what to do and where to be.
Wedding photographs to remember
The bride will no doubt thank the photographer for this wedding shot for many years to come.
They say pictures speak a thousand words so I won’t say much more.
Wedding Album to forget
Create your inner bride
Stumbling around wedding websites looking for more ideas to tell our Essex brides all about, we found this great fun idea of creating your inner bride.
The Knot.com has a brilliant online way of getting some ideas for your perfect wedding dress and look for your wedding day.
The fun system allows you to add everything to your model starting from face and body to hair, dress, and accessories. Then if you’re not happy with the model, you can just go back and amend everything.
If nothing else, it’s just a bit of fun for brides.
Here’s what we managed to create…….
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Click the image to head to theknot.com and try it out for yourself.
I love getting married, I do, I do, I do, I do,
We love weddings; we are after all a wedding website. We write about weddings and it’s a fun and exciting time of your life – but maybe, just possibly, this couple decided that getting married as a one off, simply wasn’t enough.
When Simonne Harris was whisked off to Las Vegas to mark her 31st birthday by her new boyfriend Ryan Feeny she was touched by the romantic gesture, especially as they had only been dating for just three months.
But a birthday celebration was only part of Ryan Feeney’s plan for the week-long trip.
Ryan, 35, started by proposing by slipping an engagement ring into her glass of champagne during the flight and then when his bride to be accepted to applause from fellow airline travelers, he then revealed he’d booked their wedding at the famous Little White Wedding Chapel in Vegas, just two days later.
Simonne and Ryan Feeney said how they enjoyed their whirlwind Vegas wedding so much they decided to do it again – four more times.
The happy couple have so far tied the knot in Las Vegas and Bodrum in Turkey and are planning to have ceremonies in Milton Keynes, Australia and lastly Florida.
The new Mrs Feeney said the plan was to combine the series of wedding blessing ceremonies with visits to their relatives in all corners of the globe and make sure all of their close family were able to witness their special events.
Ryan’s mother lives in Turkey, hence the destination for wedding number 2. The happy couple are still searching for wedding venues in Milton Keynes and then plan their beach ceremony in Florida to be witnessed by Mrs Feeney’s father who lives there.
The final wedding ceremony will take place in Lilydale, Victoria, Australia, home to the bride’s mother.
Mrs Feeney, from Milton Keynes, said: ‘We both loved our proper wedding ceremony in Vegas but the one drawback was that our family missed out on being there.
‘As we are both only children we didn’t want to deny our parents the chance to celebrate our wedding day. It would have been too expensive to get all members of our family in one place, so we decided to take the ceremony to them instead.
Apparentley Mr Feeney,spent six weeks planning the Vegas wedding – odd for someone who only knew his bride for 6 weeks at the starting of the wedding planning perhaps?
But before meeting his wedding obsessed bride, Ryan had not even thought about marriage, but he said: ‘I had never been interested in getting married until I met her, but when you know, you just know.’
The couple met at work in Milton Keynes, where Mr Feeney works in the IT department and his new wife is in sales.
Mr Feeney said: ‘It was a quick courtship was reasonably confident that Simonne would say ‘Yes’ – it would have been an embarrassing plane journey for me if she hadn’t!
Might of saved a bit of cash though Mr Feeney – although you may win Mr Romantic of the year.
Tell us your comments please…….
