Hello lovely Missies, well have we got a magical wedding to share with you today! Pamela and Kenneth were married in an outdoor ceremony at Station House Hotel in the gardens, which were beautifully transformed with bunting, fairy lights, dream catchers and wild flower displays. Their wedding was nothing short of amazing and we’re delighted to share their story and photography from Tomasz Kornas.
Pamela and Kenneth are from the same small town and were in the same class at school.
“We went to our Debs together as a couple and 17 years later we finally got married! We were out and about in Dublin on a cold, wet, windy day in February when Kenneth popped the question. It was out of the blue, I had to ask him to repeat what he had said as I wasn’t really listening and wasn’t sure if what I thought I had heard was what he actually said! It was!” said Pamela.
The couples dream was to have a very relaxed and intimate day without too many formalities, such as speeches or first dance.
“We were lucky to get such a beautiful venue with award winning restaurant and stunning gardens at such short notice due to a cancellation. I wanted an intimate outdoor ceremony and the grounds of Station House Hotel were idyllic for that. I knew that it was ‘the one’ from the first moment I saw it. We were very lucky with the weather which meant we could have an outdoor ceremony in the stunning wooded gardens and were able to enjoy time with our friends and family in the sunshine. Our event stylists, Lovebird Designs created a vintage fairy-tale garden party feel,” added Pamela.
Both Pamela and Kenneth were keen to incorporate details of themselves into the day. Ken arranged the ceremony music and choose a piano instrumental version of Pamela’s all time favourite song, 1979 by Smashing Pumpkins.
Pamela wore an original vintage dress from Dirty Fabulous and teamed it will gorgeous Diane Hassall shoes and her divine wild flower bouquet.
“Ken is a big Lego fan so I wanted to somehow bring this into our wedding for him. I managed to find Lego bride and groom cuff links for Ken and Lego Arsenal football cufflinks for his brother who was the groom’s man and a big Arsenal fan. The wedding cake topper was also a Lego bride and groom.
My sister-in-law offered to make our wedding cake, which we very gladly accepted. It turned out on the day to be a beautiful vintage themed tea party display with her homemade cakes, cupcakes and other delicious treats. There were no leftovers to take home!” explained Pamela.
Pamela’s Advice
Take a little time out during the day for yourselves. Be true to yourselves during the planning, don’t follow the norm unless that’s what you want of course and remember to enjoy the planning and most importantly the day.
Wedding Suppliers
Venue: Station House Hotel, Kilmessan, Co. Meath.
Photographer: Tomasz Kornas Photography
Wedding Dress: Dirty Fabulous, Dublin.
Bridesmaids dresses: Bastyan.
Flowers,stationery & décor: Lovebird Designs, Cork.
Grooms suits: River Island.
Cake: Cakes made by bride’s sister in law, Eileen Brady.
Hair: Sinead Wearen at Xcellence Hair Studio, Oldcastle, Co. Meath
Make-up: Michelle Maguire, Cavan.
Wedding Bands: Appleby Jewellers, Dublin.
Music: DJ: Funky Functions.
