A Crisp Christmas Wedding ceremony on the Citadel: Honour & Keane

In case your Pinterest winter marriage ceremony board boasts a seasonal palette of heat burgundy, forest inexperienced, plentiful candlelight and crisp winter decor – then we promise you’ll love Honour and Keane’s Christmas marriage ceremony! Wealthy in love and heat, we invite you to forged your eyes on Jude Browne’s imagery that captured the day and the rugged Northern Irish setting fantastically. Let’s get began…

Childhood sweethearts Honour and Keane first met throughout a college manufacturing of Oklahoma. “Keane was the lead function and I used to be doing the choreography which included one scene we did collectively. We acquired on rather well and some months later (after a lot grafting by Keane) we acquired collectively!” Years later, a visit to London sealed the deal and Honour recollects the second she mentioned sure: “Keane booked a visit for us to go to London to see the sights as I had by no means been earlier than. We explored town and loved a couple of days away within the Cotswolds to chill out. When out for a stroll, overlooking the gorgeous countryside, Keane acquired down on one knee and popped the query. I had no thought of a proposal. He selected the ring himself and he selected properly as a result of I like it!”

Our winter bride donned a stunning crystal headpiece to enrich her Pronovias embellished marriage ceremony robe. We will all agree {that a} long-sleeved gown is at all times becoming for the festive season. She completed her look with a pair of Christian Louboutins in a timeless nude shade.

Keane selected a dashing winter marriage ceremony alternative of a timeless wool tuxedo – the right alternative for a Christmas celebration! He paired his look with a pocket watch, a impartial buttonhole, and a tartan bow tie. An vital priroity for the {couples} was having all their household and mates there to have fun, due to this fact getting married in Honour’s native church and selecting a venue that wasn’t too distant was key. “Keane can also be very musical, he sings and performs a number of devices, and I really like dance, so selecting the music and who to carry out was on the high of our precedence record too,” provides Honour.

One of many favorite musical moments of the ceremony was when Keane’s brother, additionally his greatest man, sang a phenomenal model of O Holy Evening.

They describe their Christmas celebration as magical, from starting to finish! “It’s actually one of the best day of your life! We needed one thing elegant, stylish, however enjoyable, so we tried to strike one of the best steadiness between them,” they are saying. Having Jude as their photographer was additionally a really particular ingredient to the day. Not solely did she seize the gorgeous photographs, however she additionally took their very first {photograph} collectively once they have been within the college manufacturing virtually 10 years earlier than!

“Keane’s late grandfather was good at turning wooden on the lathes and created lovely wood bowls inside his lifetime, so we used a few of these for the snow confetti. Having marriage ceremony images of our mother and father and grandparents across the cake was additionally very particular too. Final however not least, having a remixed daddy-daughter dance was very particular to me too,” says Honour.

The marriage ceremony venue that the couple fell head over heels in love with was Lough Eske Citadel. The options they adored essentially the most about this picturesque location, is that it is nestled between the Blue Stack Mountains and the lough and but only a brief drive from Donegal City: “The general vibe of the fort itself is gorgeous, in a phenomenal setting and at Christmas time, it feels much more particular. Our first ‘getaway’ collectively was truly at Lough Eske, so we knew what it was like to remain there. The meals is unbelievable and the employees go above and past.”

The lovely bridesmaids wore a wealthy shade of forest inexperienced! The complete-length robes showcased a ship neck neckline that complemented their paired again ponytails to perfection.

As for the dapper groomsmen, they wore placing fits, completed with a Davison Tartan tie which hyperlinks to each events having household connections within the pipe band, even the bride was a previous member! So as to add an additional little bit of seasonal heat – fairly actually – they completed the look with purple scarves!

The newlyweds supply the next recommendation to anybody planning: “Begin with sorting the massive issues and the small issues will fall into place. The suppliers organise weddings day in and day trip, so hearken to them and allow them to do their job. Issues is not going to go as you deliberate however that is okay. Lastly, benefit from the course of!”

Oh, how we love a night sparkler tunnel! After the celebrations got here to an finish, the couple jetted off on honeymoon for a couple of days to Dubai after which every week in Mauritius. “It was nice to have a steadiness of once-in-a-lifetime experiences in Dubai and to have the much-needed wind-down and chill-out time in Mauritius! We might undoubtedly suggest them each!” The music-loving couple, who noticed Jersey Boys on the London West Finish, picked Cannot Take My Eyes off You by Frankie Valli for his or her first dance as an homage to their London engagement.

A really particular thanks to each Honour, Keane and Jude Browne for sharing this Christmas fort marriage ceremony day with One Fab Day.

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