Fezzes are cool

Newsflash in my life is my sister-in-law got married!

Ok, so let's launch into TARDIS Tuesday first.  

Simply, my itemage for this week is the humble FEZ hat. As sported by Matt Smith in Series 5 of Doctor Who for about 10 seconds before it was blasted into oblivion by River Song.  Whatevers.  I'm Kezzie. I wear a Fez now. Fezzes are cool.

It was my sister-in-law's wedding on Saturday and a great day was had by all.  The fez was one of the props in the Photobooth.  I immediately pounced on it like my life depended on it. 

The whole day was wonderful.  My sister-in-law and her husband (woop, woop!!!!) put in SUCH a great deal of thought to it and despite the fact I had a whopping-great headache for much of the day, I had a great time.

I haven't really got permission to post photos of the wedding party but here's a lovely shot of the beautiful bride without showing her face. She looked beautiful and considering she does not like having her photo taken, she did SO well and was radiant and cool! Her outfit was beautiful- SO simple and elegant. Under that funky leather jacket, she had on a lovely lacy shrug over the top of her Grecian-looking dress.

The venue was the Amadeus Centre in West London, Warwick Avenue, Little Venice area.  It is an old church (not used for worship now- is used for wedding receptions though not licensed to do weddings- they did that bit the day before!) and it was a lovely blank canvas with beautiful features such as the organ, gallery and pillars.  It is a neo-classical building.

The ceiling was strung with tiny fairy lights in canopies and foliage and flowers ran all round the woodwork.

The couple, esp my sister-in-law didn't want all the attention of walking down the aisle so they sneaked up the aisle whilst everyone was still not seated. I myself was hovering behind them in a panicky way with a glass of water for her best friend who was doing a reading, thinking I was quite possibly ruining the ceremony. Luckily not!

The ceremony was very simple but moving.  I felt a little tear fall out of my eye as her best friend sat sniffing beside me!

After the ceremony, we went downstairs for drinks. You can see the bottom left picture shows that room which had more fairy lights all down the walls and some funky vintage touches such as two battered leather armchairs and a fireplace facade. 

Apparently the groom came home to find the bride drilling into a cardboard box with an electric drill (he described it as "I love coming home to find you doing something weird!". I thinks he was making the card box!  As you walked down the stairs, a gallery of mock-framed decal stickers revealed themselves to be childhood photos of both of them.  Such a clever idea.  Easily stuck, easily removable.

When it was time to eat, we went back upstairs to the main 'church' part which was now decked out with 3 long tables.

Every place had a wedding scratchcard and a Kinder egg! What a fun idea! Bottom right- some clever person on another table discovered you can join up Kinder egg plastic boxes in a ring and made a large necklace! You can guess therefore, that I went around collecting the rest to do the same! I came home with about 50 of them- I intend to make eggs shakers with kids at school!

You can see another photobooth moment top left.

My lovely Father-in-law gave an incredibly touching and downright hilarious speech! Well done WOMOTM, you succeded in making us laugh and cry simultaneously!  The groom AND bestman also did a really good job! It's unfortunate the bride's new name has lots of puns attached to it which he exploited in his speech!  

The food was incredible! For starters, we had these HUGE platters of mezze food- mozarella, proscuitto, salami, asparagus, butternut squash, olives, parmesan, rocket, (f)artichokes, fennel and huge trays of breads. There was enough to feed an army. Sorry,no photos as I had gone off to try and have some air for my headache when it was served. I was sitting next to CBC's aunt who advised me to take double headache pill types (she's qualified!) and I felt much improved from that point onwards.

The next course was chicken in parma ham with 3 types of veg and roasted potatoes.

Finally, the best of all was dessert.

They appeared with martini glasses and bowls full of mini-smarties, chocolate buttons (proper ones), popping candy, roasted nuts, sprinkles 100s and 1000s, flakes, strawberries, jelly tots, banana slices and jugs of hot chocolate sauce. 

We all salivated in glee and then they brought round bowls of Vanilla ice-cream.  Sufficed to say, er, we indulged! Yes, those are both mine.  Lastly, Kinder dog trapped behind glass looked eerily big!

After that, we adjourned downstairs for tea and coffee whilst the caterers cleared out the tables and reset the hall for dancing.   I snaffled all the Kinder egg containers (and a few toys) I could since I knew they'd just end up in the bin (cue mortified rolling of eyes and embarrassment from CBC who HATES it when I go all Eco about stuff going in the bin.

This amazing male singer sang hits for hours from that point onwards, as we had tea and all for dancing.  

We had fun in the photobooth, dancing, chatting (I totally LOVE the bride's best friend. She's also a Primary music teacher and is SO nice. We said we'd stay in touch to share ideas!). There was more food in the evening- mini pies, cheese, crackers and bread and er, I ate my bodyweight in shrimp sweets. 

Eventually, we had to get home, after escorting certain relatives (who shall remain nameless!) back to their hotel!  Even then, beautiful bride was cool, collected and the most charming host.

I wish I could share photos of my lovely family (inlaws) but I haven't asked permission, so I'd better not. It was SO nice to spend time with them and I just wish I saw them more!

So, what did I wear?

I wore the 1970's fluttersleeve (30's inspired according to lovely Curtise-thanks for that!) dress I bought recently.  It has a double layer with a scalloped hem and sleeves.

Here's WOMOTM's picture.CBC wore his wedding suit with a different cravat.  It is very fitted around the waist but I love having such loose sleeves. It felt simple and elegant.

I did contemplate a Stephen Jones lilac Cloche hat to go with it, but instead decided to wear my Jenny Packham 30's inspired beaded feather headdress (this was what I wore for my wedding) since I knew we were in one venue inside largely. I chose it originally so it could be worn as a sort of 'fascinator' for other weddings.

You can see it here

Added an arm party of bracelets that were all presents at some point

A lilac cropped cardie and finally my Irregular Choice Bed of Roses Ponelope (sic) shoes

It was an incredible day, one I was so glad to be part of and I was very happy for me lovely sister-in-law and new husband.

xxx

Linking to Visible Mondays with the lovely Patti.

TARDIS Tuesdays with the fabulous Maricel

Creative Mondays with the gorgeous Claire Justine.

And of course BEDM with Rosalilium (Elizabeth)