Jamie + Jack | May 2024
“Everyone loved how personal it was, how at ease you made us all feel and how you perfectly represented our fun, relaxed relationship; it set the tone of the whole day.”
Jamie and Jack’s wedding at Northumberland’s Horton Grange was a celebration of all the things they love. They love to be the life and soul, making people laugh, and they’d arranged for two of Jack’s cousins to launch down the aisle before the rest of the bridal party - as beer boys - to true 90s banger (PJ and Duncan’s Let's Get Ready to Rhumble), handing out cans in their sunglasses. PSYCHE.
But then Jamie is also a huge Disney fan (Jack proposed at Disneyland Paris), and the music switched to something quite different when she floated down the aisle to Cinderella’s A Dream is a Wish Your Heart Makes. She’s a romantic, as well as a brilliant laugh, and the day had a happy ‘fairy tale’ feel to it.
Most importantly, their day was a celebration of their adorable little family of three. Daughter Immy was front and centre in the ceremony and a huge part of the story, as I told the assembled guests tales from Jamie and Jack’s relationship.
Immy is a similar age to my twins, and I loved befriending her at a venue meeting in the lead-up to the wedding. I wanted to be a familiar face on the day, helping reassure her. “The big hug Immy gave you when she saw you shows how happy we all were to have you be part of it”, Jamie told me afterwards.
They say ‘never work with animals or children’, but I’m always delighted if there are mini cuties in a wedding party. Both kids and pets know how to prevent things from becoming too formal HAHA.
Explaining the symbolism behind the sand ceremony
There are lovely, symbolic elements you can add to your wedding service when you have a celebrant - with the freedom to make your ceremony whatever you want it to be - and with Jamie and Jack I suggested a sand ceremony. With little Immy such a key part of the day, I thought it would be lovely for all three members of the family to pour individual colours of sand into a vase to have a memento to take away. The idea with a sand ceremony is that the individual sand colours represent the individual members of the household (or married couple), but once they are poured in together they are a whole which cannot be separated. A family.
I found sparkly sand I knew they’d love (well, Jamie and Immy!), and a little vintage glass vase (with a stopper to seal it) from a charity shop. Immy picked pink sand, Jamie white and, fittingly, Jack black. I love to think of that vase on a shelf in their house, a happy reminder not only of their wedding day but how beautifully they fit together as a trio.
Photography by father-daughter duo LUX Wedding Photography
Jamie and Jack were so gorgeous to get to know - as funny and warm as their wedding day. And as well as great taste in 90s music, they chose my favourite confetti (you establish a favourite confetti once you’ve done enough weddings!): the colourful, fluttery paper sort of confetti which makes for the most brilliant photos…as you can see.
“We knew from the first time we met that we made the best decision ever asking you to be our celebrant and everything onwards just confirmed it. We’ll carry amazing memories of it for our whole marriage.”