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Location
Church, Cathedral, Castle or a Country hotel are ideal location for a Medieval wedding. Try and hire a castle or a castle looking building then you can have your ceremony and reception there.


Ceremony
Medieval brides believed knots symbolized good luck, hope, and steadfastness, so they tied their bouquets with numerous knots. During your vows, you might want to symbolize this tradition: Ask your officiant or an honored friend to bind your hands together with ribbon.

Decor
Decorate with plenty of ivy the traditional wedding plant of the time. Black iron candle holders, banners of family crests (every has a family crest) find your`s and your fiances and put them on show.Have large baskets of flowers, and flowered garlands. Use lavender and wheat wraped around candles for the table center piece.

Invitations
Use ivory, maroon or beige coloured paper and use celtic or medieval fonts. You could roll them up and wrap a bit of ivy around them like they did then. Use scrolls, they are original and they are normally kept as a memory.

The wording can be appropriate to the era.. 'Thou art summoned to attend..' 'The wedding feast of ……second son of …' 'In the ancestral halls of …or ' HEAR YE! HEAR YE! The honour of thy presence is hereby requested at the marriage of [bride's name] and [groom's name] on [day and date] in a medieval wedding ceremony at half-past the seventh hour in the eventide. HEAR YE! HEAR YE! Let it be known that on the 11th day of June in the year of our Lord two thousand and one the house of [bride's last name] pledged its firstborn daughter [name] to the house of [groom's last name] in marriage to the firstborn son [name] at [name of church] City, State



Flowers
You will need a very large bouquet for you and a smaller on for the bridesmaids. Gloriosa lily, ivy; red roses; amaryllis; birch twigs or holly branches; and parrot tulips are good choices of flowers as they will blend in with the theme. Ask your florist to add some herbs such as rosemary, thyme, basil, etc. Herbs were used a lot at weddings in the Medieval times. A beautiful idea
to include a meaningful medieval custom, is to select bouquet or centerpiece flowers that are native to the bride's and groom's hometown(s), plus a flower from their future locale. Medieval peasants did this to symbolize the couple's union in lieu of expensive rings. The ancients used herbs in bouquets to deter evil spirits (they especially liked garlic, which we don't recommend!). If a bride carried sage (the herb of wisdom), she became wise. Rosemary represented remembrance. In Tudor England, brides carried marigolds dipped in rosewater and ate them afterward as they were thought to be aphrodisiacs. Centuries later, flowers replaced herbs and took on meanings.

Brides attire
Brides in the Middle Ages wore dark and regal velvet dresses in such colours as hunter green, burgundy wine, or deep purple. Often these dresses were laced up the sides and/or back, had long, pleated skirts, and were floor-length and long-sleeved. They were also usually relatively (tastefully) low-cut. A metallic (gold or silver) braided ribbon often ran throughout the design. The torso of the dress often was cut like coat. Try costume shops, theatrical groups. or have the dress designedand made for you. If you have long hair braid it or tong it and leave it hanging loose. Ask your florist if she can make you an ivy wreath for your hair piece.



Products
    Description Price
1.   Satin Fabric Wedding Scrolls
A scroll in the true sense made from satin fabric. The edges are adorned with a beautiful lace. It also has matching Tassels and the text is printed in complimentary color.
$11.50
2.   Velvet Wedding Scroll
The ultimate in decadence and luxury! Imagine the pride and honour that your guests will feel when they receive an invitation to what must be a truly important event.
$14.95
3.   Ancient Tassel Wedding Scroll
Unmatched elegance and grace coupled with the richness of the colors used is what sets this invitation in a class of its own.
$11.50
4.   Ruby Paisley Wedding Scroll
The golden tassels on both ends of the rods are a standard embellishment and add a lot of beauty and grace to the scroll.
$11.50
5.   Royal Satin Fabric Wedding Scroll
A Royal scroll in dark blue satin fabric with silver printing and silver tassels.
$11.50
6.   Dual Layer DL Wedding Invitation
We can customise this invitation with any printed design or photo to match your theme or wedding colours.
$4.75
7.   Votive Candles
Package them specially and personalise them with your guest's name as a keepsake. All of our candles are high quality and smell wonderful!
$1.50
8.   Fragrant Ball Candles
Have a 'scentuous' affair with our ball candles! These high quality candles are available in fourteen wonderful fragrances.
$3.95
9.   Fragrant Pillar Candle
High quality candles available in fourteen fabulous fragrances to delight your guests.
$4.95
10.   Montesque Wedding Invitation Pocket
Beautifully patterned suede look paper is used with distinctive effect and when combined with satin ribbon, produces an internal pocket.
$9.45
11.   Bulk Chocolate Rocks
Chocolate Rocks are colourful, sugar coated, free-form chocolate. Great for combining with other goodies and for topping up treasure chests or other favour boxes.
$45.00
12.   Potpourri & Rose Petals
You can also present them in boxes, tubes or scatter on your tables or aisle
$39.95
13.   Cinnamon Sticks
A beautiful thank you gift or table decorations ideal for wedding, bridal showers or client gifts.
$4.95
14.   Celtic Silk Scroll $11.50
15.   Cinnamon Scroll Wedding Invitation
These wonderfully scented wedding invitations will delight your guests and can be kept for use as a drawer or air fragrancer.
$12.95
16.   Enchanting Wedding Scroll Invitation
Unmatched elegance and grace coupled with the richness of the colors used is what sets this invitation in a class of its own.
$11.50
17.   Papiro - Chiffon Scroll
The scroll is printed on chiffon paper (see through) handmade paper, with a unique texture and is accompanied by a tassel on each end.
$11.50
All prices in Australian Dollars

Grooms attire
The dress is as unique for men. Tights, breeches, tunics, pirate shirts, laced vests, and boots are the order of the day. If his hair is long, it should be worn loose. Also, anything in a tapestry pattern is perfect for either the bride or the groom.

Catering
In medieval times the banquets were massive feasts that could feed an army. Try roast pork with an apple stuffed in it`s mouth. Steak, new potatos anything will do. Ask the caterers if they can do a center piece of stacked food maybe salad, or a desert. People ate with their hands, a spoon and a small knife the size of a steak knife. Forks were not used in the middle ages.

Favour & bonbonniere
Medieval trinkets, black iron candle stick holders, or a wreath of dried flowers, herbs and wheat, into little baskets. In the world of chivalry, a lady often gave her lover a favor -- a scarf or handkerchief -- before he went into a battle or joust. At renaissance faires, you can buy small pendants, ribbons, rosettes, tassels, or other wearable trinkets, which were often used as favors by nobility.

Additional gift ideas:
Parchment scrolls printed with a favourite poem and tied with velvet ribbon or fabric scrolls with a thank you message. Miniature wreaths of dried flowers and herbs
Satin bags filled with potpourri

Wedding Rings
Buy medieval, celtic rings combined with waves. A good jeweler should be able to offer matching sets, with a wider version for the groom.



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