Our recent stay at the Maryculter House Hotel for our anniversary had us reminiscing about our wedding. We got out our wedding album and looked through some of the pictures of the day, and I thought I would share some of them with you.
My Outfit
Wedding Shoes
I love my wedding shoes. I bought them in Debenhams and wish I could wear them over and over. Unfortunately they are now filthy as I wandered through the grass to get photos. I’m hoping that (if I ever get around to it) they may clean up OK. If not I might see about having them dyed.
Pretty as they were, I’m useless in heels. I wore my shoes for the ceremony and photos and then changed into some British Knights I had blinged up! I stuck diamontes and fake pearls on the toes and replaced the laces with ivory ribbon. Voila – comfy shoes to dance all night in!
I travelled to Edinburgh to find my wedding dress. It was strapless – despite me always saying I didn’t want a strapless dress! There were 7 layers of fabric (yes 7!), a long train and a corset back. Each layer of fabric brought something different to the dress, my favourite was one with a sparkle to it. It was around 5 layers down so it is only very very subtle from the outside.
The train was really long, and that was one of the parts of the dress that attracted me to it. I left it loose for the ceremony and photos but had to bustle it for the evening so I didn’t have everyone tripping over it!
We got married in a beautiful church in the area I grew up in. It was a fabulous setting, with the added bonus of nostalgia. I have attended the church on various occasions ever since I was very young and it was lovely to be back.
One of the first dates that JHogg and I went on was to a local hotel. When we got engaged we didn’t think twice about looking at the Maryculter House Hotel wedding options. We found the staff extremely helpful and the meal was delicious.
Maryculter has the option to have your ceremony outside during the warmer months (if the weather allows!). The ballroom is quite large, leaving us with plenty space for dancing after dinner. We really enjoyed a delicious 4 course meal and people still speak about the haggis starter now.
The Wedding Party
I had one of my sisters as maid of honour. My nephew was only a few weeks old but she did awesome managing to breastfeed in a really unhelpful dress! A friend was my other bridesmaid and a niece was flower girl. Jonathan’s best man was a close friend he’s known all his life. His cousin and my younger brother were the ushers.
All the flowers for the day were arranged by my mum and other family and friends. For my bouquet I had calla lilies. I love their simplicity. We draped a string of pearls through them too.
My wedding cake was made by my God mother. She had also made my christening cake when I was a baby so it was really special.
The day had started off with lashing rain, so we had feared the worst. By some miracle the sun came out just before I headed to the church and stayed out all afternoon. It was freezing outside for the photos but we didn’t care!
Although it was sunny the wind was really strong! It created some great pictures, but I really had to keep a hold of my veil. At one point the videographer was chasing it when it blew out of my hair! We don’t tend to take ourselves very seriously and that seems to have come through in our photos.
Our wedding day was definitely one of the best days of my life. We had so much fun and enjoyed a great party. I just wish we could do it over and over again!
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24 thoughts on “Our Maryculter House Hotel Wedding”
Ah gorgeous photos. I was thinking of doing a post like this as it was our 4th wedding anniversary a few days ago and it got me reminiscing x #fortheloveofBLOG
Faye Morrell
Lovely pics and I love the sparkly kicks!! I would wear them every single day!! #fortheloveofblog
OddHogg
I’ve worn them a few times since – but I’m a bit scared of ruining them! So it can’t be raining….or there be a risk of rain haha
Oh my goodness, this is one of the most beautiful weddings I’ve ever seen! I love the traditional feel to it, and the photos are absolutely beautiful! You are stunning in your dress, and I can totally see the little hint of sparkle. Those converse shoes are ADORABLE though!! Like, seriously, I would wear them all the time haha. Thanks for sharing photos of your special day <3 #KCACOLS
Kimberley! You look absolutely stunning! I love photography and looking at photos and your photographer is so talented. SOme of the perspectives she has used are incredible. The ones in the church and outside the church are particularly striking. Wow!
What lovely memories they must bring back. #Fortheloveofblog
OddHogg
Thank you! She was amazing and captured our day perfectly. We have over 700 photos from her and I love each and everyone one. Picking just a few to share was really tough!
charlotte
Your dress is beautiful, I love wedding pictures. #KCACOLS
OddHogg
Thank you – I’ve recently listed my dress to sell. I’m a wee bit sad about it but I feel its wasted just sitting in the cupboard – someone else needs to get some pleasure out of it!
I love both pairs of shoes, the customisation on your trainers is lovely. I had Cala lilies as my bouquet too, they are beautiful flowers. Great pictures, looks like it was a wonderful day. #kcacols
lovely photos – your shoes were very similar to mine with the lace except mine weren’t peep toe…but mine are also filthy from getting my heels stuck in the grass!! looks like a great day. Thanks so much for linking up at #KCACOLS. Hope you come back again next Sunday
This is lovely, and your photos look perfect. I hope that you enjoyed writing this post, to bring back all your happy memories but also to share your day. I don’t often read many wedding posts, and I’ve found it really refreshing. It’s bought back memories of our special which is coming up to 3 years next week, and makes me think that I want to go and check out our wedding album. Thanks so much for linking up at #fortheloveofBLOG. Claire x
OddHogg
Thank you, I enjoyed looking through the photos to pick which ones to share – there were so many more I could have added but I restrained myself! Definitely go and look out your album 🙂
Such lovely photos, you look gorgeous! And I love your blinged up shoes for the reception! I wore flip flops as we popped over to the beach after my wedding ceremony, they had letters on the bottom that wrote “just married” on the sand! x #KCACOLS
It looks like it was a beautiful day, your pictures are amazing and I love that you blinged up your British Knights lol kind of thing I would do! #kcacols
OddHogg
I was originally looking for some Nike high-ups but found the BKs for a tenner in Sports Direct – I had to have them!
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Ah gorgeous photos. I was thinking of doing a post like this as it was our 4th wedding anniversary a few days ago and it got me reminiscing x #fortheloveofBLOG
Lovely pics and I love the sparkly kicks!! I would wear them every single day!! #fortheloveofblog
I’ve worn them a few times since – but I’m a bit scared of ruining them! So it can’t be raining….or there be a risk of rain haha
Oh my goodness, this is one of the most beautiful weddings I’ve ever seen! I love the traditional feel to it, and the photos are absolutely beautiful! You are stunning in your dress, and I can totally see the little hint of sparkle. Those converse shoes are ADORABLE though!! Like, seriously, I would wear them all the time haha. Thanks for sharing photos of your special day <3 #KCACOLS
Kimberley! You look absolutely stunning! I love photography and looking at photos and your photographer is so talented. SOme of the perspectives she has used are incredible. The ones in the church and outside the church are particularly striking. Wow!
What lovely memories they must bring back. #Fortheloveofblog
Thank you! She was amazing and captured our day perfectly. We have over 700 photos from her and I love each and everyone one. Picking just a few to share was really tough!
Your dress is beautiful, I love wedding pictures. #KCACOLS
Thank you – I’ve recently listed my dress to sell. I’m a wee bit sad about it but I feel its wasted just sitting in the cupboard – someone else needs to get some pleasure out of it!
I love both pairs of shoes, the customisation on your trainers is lovely. I had Cala lilies as my bouquet too, they are beautiful flowers. Great pictures, looks like it was a wonderful day. #kcacols
Thank you – it was so much fun!
Gorgeous pics. Love the shoes
You look fabulous! I’ve not seen a more beautiful wedding. Love the photos.
#KCACOLS
lovely photos – your shoes were very similar to mine with the lace except mine weren’t peep toe…but mine are also filthy from getting my heels stuck in the grass!! looks like a great day. Thanks so much for linking up at #KCACOLS. Hope you come back again next Sunday
Your wedding photos are so amazing! I love looking at wedding pics. Looks like it was a magical day #KCACOLS
Thank you – it really was!
This is lovely, and your photos look perfect. I hope that you enjoyed writing this post, to bring back all your happy memories but also to share your day. I don’t often read many wedding posts, and I’ve found it really refreshing. It’s bought back memories of our special which is coming up to 3 years next week, and makes me think that I want to go and check out our wedding album. Thanks so much for linking up at #fortheloveofBLOG. Claire x
Thank you, I enjoyed looking through the photos to pick which ones to share – there were so many more I could have added but I restrained myself! Definitely go and look out your album 🙂
Such lovely photos, you look gorgeous! And I love your blinged up shoes for the reception! I wore flip flops as we popped over to the beach after my wedding ceremony, they had letters on the bottom that wrote “just married” on the sand! x #KCACOLS
Oh thats a cute idea! Perfect for on the beach!
It looks like it was a beautiful day, your pictures are amazing and I love that you blinged up your British Knights lol kind of thing I would do! #kcacols
I was originally looking for some Nike high-ups but found the BKs for a tenner in Sports Direct – I had to have them!
So gorgeous! Stunning pictures ?
Thank you – we think our photographer was fab!
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