{"id":7532,"date":"2019-03-05T12:35:14","date_gmt":"2019-03-05T12:35:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.chris-morse.co.uk\/blog\/?page_id=7532"},"modified":"2021-08-18T15:17:20","modified_gmt":"2021-08-18T14:17:20","slug":"planning-day-airbnb-wedding","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.chris-morse.co.uk\/blog\/planning-day-airbnb-wedding\/","title":{"rendered":"Planning A DIY Wedding – Couple Q&A"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Planning A DIY Wedding – Couple Q&A<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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Sarah & Ed got married in North Wales last June. Their wedding was bursting with personal touches and involved a lot of their friends and family – this was not an off the peg wedding – even Sarah’s dress was handmade \ud83d\ude0d

Sarah & Ed explain how they struggled to find their perfect wedding venue, but after much frustration, they found it nestled in the Glasgwm valley of Snowdonia National Park… Although at that point Plasglasgwm<\/a> hadn’t even hosted a wedding before!

Sarah walked to the Chapel in a handmade wedding dress, they skipped a formal wedding breakfast, opting for relaxed food stalls instead. They had their speeches outside followed by a vintage party band in a barn! Here’s their story…<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Sarah & Edward’s Chapel Wedding with Barn Reception<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
  1. Can you tell everyone a little about yourself?<\/strong>
    Sure. I’m Sarah from Swansea and I work for a charity and Ed is from Portsmouth and is an Engineer specialising in offshore wind. We currently live in Copenhagen, Denmark. We’ve been together for just over 12 years, having met on a University ski trip. 
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  2. What about the proposal?<\/strong>
    Ed proposed on what I thought was a ‘last-minute’ ski trip. He proposed on a ski lift and took me by total surprise. Apparently it wasn’t a surprise to anyone else.
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  3. How long were you engaged and how long did you spend planning your wedding?<\/strong>
    We were engaged for almost two and a half years. I guess we spent about a year and a half planning it.
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  4. What were you most looking forward to about your wedding<\/strong>
    Seeing all our friends and family in one place. <\/li><\/ol>\n\n\n\n
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    1. Did you have a specific theme?<\/strong>
      I guess the running theme was that it was a fantastic opportunity to showcase all of our amazing family and friends talents.

      The ceremony was a bilingual service, delivered beautifully by a family member, who rather conveniently is a local chapel Minister. Our wedding was held at what my family would regard as our family chapel, being the venue for the majority of our family weddings and being located in the heart of the village my mum grew up in.

      We both love to sing so we tried to incorporate as much music and hymns to the service as possible. We were keen to ensure the chapel would be full of song so we selected well-known rugby hymns gave everyone some homework with their invitations \ud83d\ude42  

      A choir, made up of willing friend and family, topped off the service with gorgeous renditions of ‘Here comes the sun’ The Beatles and Traditional Welsh song ‘Ar Lan y Mor’. <\/li><\/ol>\n\n\n\n
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      1. Where did you find inspiration when planning your wedding?<\/strong>
        It was a combination of Instagram, Pinterest and other friends weddings as inspiration. 
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      2. Did you do anything to make your wedding unique to you or your story as a couple?<\/strong>
        Yes, we are extremely lucky to have so many talented friends and family who wanted to be involved the whole way through. Almost every single aspect of our wedding was created by a friend or family member. We made a weekend of it and had a lot of fun setting up the wedding venue together the day before. <\/li><\/ol>\n\n\n\n