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How they did it

URBAN

PASTEL S

In the end, we only had 12 weeks to plan

our wedding. Our original venue double-

booked and so, in a last-minute scurry, we

decided to celebrate in East London where

we live – a much better reection of us.

We wanted our guests to experience

a taste of our local neighbourhood. e

Tab Venue is two minutes from Brick Lane,

famous for its Indian food, which inspired

us to serve vegetarian and chicken curries.

We had our reception in the lecture hall,

which has fantastic light, high ceilings and

a wrought-iron, balustraded gallery. We

loved the feel of the space immediately.

Our colour palette incorporated lots of

pastels. It began with the yellow ’maids

dresses, then we added pinks and greens to

create a relaxed, cheery approach.

We both work in the design industry and

made the art-deco-style table plan and place

settings using a typeface Cian created

himself. We then had them printed locally.

Instead of table numbers, we used lots

of different hats – I love them and thought

it would be a good icebreaker and get people

who didn’t know each other talking.

Cian is from the Middle East and we spent

weekends on holiday there collecting shells

on the beach for the place settings.

My top tip Make the most of your ushers.

Ours helped coordinate everything on the

day, which enabled us to relax completely.

Sally Halls, 33, married Cian

Plumbe, 33, at Town Hall Hotel,

London, followed by a reception

at The Tab Venue, Shoreditch, on

23 June 2012. She says:

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