Made Marian: Oozing Crafty Goodness

Photo from The wedding Wire

So, many of you will already know that my significant other (from now on to be known as my SO) and I got engaged late last year.  Many of you may also know that I’m more than a bit uncomfortable with the idea of being a “Bride”, I want to be married far more than I want to get married - if you get my drift. My dream wedding was 25 people in the Registry Office and the off to the Market Square for dinner, no speeches, no hired cars, no chair covers, no wedding music and no “giving away”.  My SO on the other hand wanted a larger, more public affair (although he didn’t want hired cars or wedding music either and I’m not entirely sure that he knows what chair covers are) .  So after many discussions we came up with a compromise - a small private ceremony and a big casual reception. I asked around (i.e. on twitter and it seems that this might be a topic suitable for the blog - since there will be a lot of handmade/homemade aspects I think I’ll get away with it.  First up - venue finding.

So, the search was on for a reception venue.  The problem with this was that  we didn’t want to have it in a hotel, mostly because we are wannabe foodies so we didn’t want a traditional “wedding” sit-down meal and also we just wanted something a little bit different.   The first idea we had was a marquee on the lawn of my SO’s families house in Ballyferriter, however the more we looked into it the more problems that came up, for example someone mentioned public liability insurance and that immediately put me off. Also the thoughts of having to hire portaloos really didn’t appeal to me.

So we searched on, Margaret suggested the Daghdha dance space in St Johns Square and a cousin suggested a local yacht club.  The yacht club was a no-no due to the necessity to jump through too many bureaucratic hoops and I didn’t really give Daghdha too much thought, that is until I went to a Swell Season gig in that very dance space.   I was pretty much smitten as soon as I walked in the door and as it turns out my SO felt the same.  So we sent an email and a very nice lady came back to us and said that occasionally they do rent out the space for functions and that as long as our date didn’t coincide with any of their own functions that we could hire the space.

Next up, what to put into the fabulous venue. Stay tuned.

P.S. Soon after we decided on our venue, I found out about the lovely Ciara Crossen and her website devoted to helping you find the perfect place for your BDO (Big Day Out).  It’s called weddingdates.ie and you should definitely check it out.