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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 Scroll Wedding Invitation
These stunning scrolls are printed on satin fabric using different colour inks. The edges are embellished with a classy printed border or stitched satin ribbon instead.
$11.95
2.   Velvet Wedding Scroll Invitation
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.
$15.95
3.   Ancient Scroll Wedding Invitation
...wide range of customisable scroll wedding invitations, using unique handmade card, silk, sheer, beaded, vellum or other beautiful, casual or elegant papers and cards.
$11.95
4.   Couture Invitation Scroll with Box
Beautiful scroll wedding invitations with handmade paper box, complete with all the information needed for your wedding celebration.
$24.00
5.   Dual Layer Printed Design Wedding Invitation
We can customise this invitation with any printed design or photo to match your theme or wedding colours.
$4.45
6.   Montesque Wedding Invitation Pocket
Beautifully patterned suede look paper is used with distinctive effect and when combined with satin ribbon, produces an internal pocket.
$9.75
7.   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.
$55.00
8.   Cinnamon Sticks
A beautiful thank you gift or table decorations ideal for wedding, bridal showers or client gifts.
$4.95
9.   Adelaide Lace Wedding Invitation
Queen Adelaide would have been proud to send invitations like these.
$6.75
10.   Antoinette Lace Wedding Invitation
Our Antoinette lace invitation, invokes thoughts of another era.
$6.75
11.   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.
$10.95
12.   Papiro - Burnt Edges Mini Scroll Invitation
Brunt edges... this idea is different and truly original!
$9.95
13.   Satin Bags
Introductory Price Offer. Satin bags add an extra touch of luxury to the presentation of any bomboniere gift.
$6.95
14.   Silk Paper Wedding Invitation Scroll
We can customise the scroll to show your wedding theme or colours
$11.95
15.   Victoria Lace Wedding Invitation
Suits weddings with a formal and classy touch as well as Victorian, Renaissance or Vintage wedding themes.
$6.75
16.   Vintage Wedding Scroll Invitation
Choose your border, paper and have your unique wedding invitation scroll created for you. From vintage to modern, floral, garden or beach theme, we can custom create a special invitation for your wedding theme.
$11.95
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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