We’re always asked by curious folk what exactly we do on the wedding day so we thought we’d shatter any illusions of glamour and champagne sipping and let you in on life behind the scenes. Although every wedding is different here are 10 of the many things we took care of at a recent wedding:

1. Waited for deliveries of bags of ice, then filled cooler boxes with said ice, mini champagne bottles and mineral water before loading the delivery vehicle
2. Unfolded 100 napkins that had accidentally been prepared by default by the wedding venue and refolded them in the correct style our clients had chosen
3. Set out seating plan, all place cards and favours as well as childrens’ gift boxes and tealight candles
4. Made a last minute decision on the location of the cake which needed to be moved due to the band’s set up space needed
5. Greeted and ran through schedule, handed over first dance CD with band
6. Laid out and lit 10 storm vases for night time al fresco effect
7. Ran to and from the gardens with our ivory golf  umbrellas for the bridal party who naturally wanted to have photos outside despite the spitting of rain
8. Packaged up left over cake into bags with pretty ribbons towards the end of the night for guests to take away
9. Removed some of the key table stationery from the tables after the dinner and kept it for the bride and groom; so easily it can get swept up and binned which is a huge shame
10. Checked that all guests who were due to board Red Routemaster bus at the end of the night made it and were not left behind!

Kelly in action

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