WWW readers Stephen and Hannah married back in August in Northern Ireland. Bride Hannah could well be the most talented bride ever. She only went and made the bridesmaids dresses, wedding cake and arranged the flowers herself, let alone all of the pretty décor... amazing!

There was a super fun and vibrant emerald green colour scheme, a Ceilidh in the evening and so much creativity.

Hannah looked gorgeous in a tea length dress by Justin Alexander while Stephen wore a traditional kilt. Gorgeous.

Thanks so much the brilliant Incolour Photography for sharing their work with us today.

I had guessed that Stephen might propose as he had planned to go on a nice long walk somewhere we had never been before. When he arrived at mine on 29 ^th September 2012, we both 'just so happened' to be wearing the outfits we had worn the day he asked me to be his girlfriend! That confirmed it for me, and confirmed for him that I knew!

We parked beside a reservoir called Woodburn Reservoirs near Carrickfergus in Co. Antrim (Northern Ireland) and ate lunch while watching a swan and ducks floating along. It was a beautiful sunny day. We then drove round to a forest and began walking together. We love film photography so we were taking lots of pictures of nature and sunshine. When we reached a tiny brook, I looked into it for wildlife. Stephen started looking in his bag for something saying "I've made you something" and I was thinking it was a cover up for getting the ring out, but really he had made me something! He had got an old map of Ireland and had stuck our film photography pictures all over it. Each one had a tagline underneath that stated things we'll do together in marriage, e.g. 'We'll travel together', 'We'll cook together', 'We'll socialize together' etc. At the bottom it read 'Hannah May Martin, Let's Get Married!' I stared at it for ages, admiring every bit. When I turned around, Stephen was down on one knee and started telling me how much he loved me, and how he wants to be my best friend for the rest of our lives, and wants me as a wife. After a lot of lovely stuff (which I wasn't able to concentrate on properly) he asked me to marry him, and by this stage I was crying my eyes out as I sobbed "yes!" He got the ring out and put it on my finger, and with tears in my eyes I looked at it and said, "I can't see it!" so he dried my tears and I stared at the ring mesmerized by the beautiful emerald on my finger.

He then said he had two more things for me. He brought out a bottle of bubbly apple (I don't like champagne) that he had searched high and low for, as he wanted it to have a cork! He popped the cork and we cheered, and took pictures/videos of the moment. He had forgotten to bring anything to drink it in, so from my house he had grabbed the first thing he could: a big, blue, plastic RiverRock freebie cup, so we had a laugh about that. He then got out a wrapped up present, and said "This is our first engagement gift." It was a green tea towel (I've always dreamed of a green kitchen, which I now have.) with a countryside scene on it, by the designer Lisa Jones, who we both love.

We then took a few more pictures and prayed together for our engagement and planning to come. We walked back to the car with big grins. When we got in the car, Stephen had also created a mixed CD of many of the songs that we had listened to as a couple throughout our relationship. We sat listening, basking in the moment when you are the only two people in the world that know you are engaged.

I wrote down a long list of everything we needed to sort. I kind of compiled the list from various websites and magazines that outlined everything needing done for your wedding, only I was adding in much more as we had lots to make and do. I had a list of bride's duties, groom's duties, and things we were doing together. It made the whole process a lot easier as we could tick things off as they were completed.

We didn't find planning stressful. The only thing that can be stressful when you're planning your wedding, is everyone else around you giving you ideas and interfering with the date, timings, or things you are planning, when all you want to do is run with your ideas and get married when it suits you as a couple. We had a few of those moments, but mainly planning was very fun, and we spent a lot of time together as a couple because we had a lot to do together. This is something we cherished as a lot of brides have their own vision, and the groom doesn't take an interest; as long as his bride looks stunning he's happy. Stephen, on the other hand, thinks of very creative ideas, so we did most of our planning together.

The reception was then held in the Knockagh Lodge Hotel in Greenisland. It was a great venue. We always described it as cheap and cheerful. It's not a glamorous venue, but it had everything we needed and we made it look special in our own way. Our evening ceilidh also took place in the hotel.

I had a veil that I wore right up until the Officiant said, "You may now kiss your bride." It was from the same shop I got my dress in, Promise (previously Pronuptia) in Belfast. The front of the veil was plain, whereas the back had scattered diamantes on it. It was finished off with ribbon edging, which matched the waist of my dress perfectly.

My shoes were a cheap option from Next, with a square diamante buckle to match the square jewelled detail on the dress (I actually bought the shoes first, believe it or not!). My earrings were drop pearls, and I wore two pearl bracelets, both from Accessorize. One accessory I mustn't forget was my 'nail jewellery' nail polish: it was bright emerald green glitter to match my bridesmaids; everyone loved it!

Groom's Attire... This was an easy decision. Stephen is from Glasgow, and loves the Scottish kilt tradition. He got a kilt and all the regalia for his 21 ^st birthday and has worn it to special occasions ever since. It did feel a bit strange that he would be wearing something I had seen him in before, but we purchased an ivory tie and pocket square for the day, and he looked very smart and handsome.

We had two readings at the wedding, each read by Stephen's sisters. One was the very well known verse from Genesis regarding 'leaving and cleaving' but the great part for us was that she read Matthew Henry's commentary on this, focusing on the wife as a helpmate. His other sister read a passage from Captain Corelli's Mandolin that she had chosen herself. It was very romantic and has been talked about many times since, by a lot of our guests.

I made the bridesmaid's dresses in an emerald green satin with a chiffon outer layer. There were two bands and straps of satin at the top, and ruffled chiffon detail on the chest and below the waistband. I made them ankle length to tie in with my dress. Everyone was very excited when they received their dress, and loved that I had made it especially for them. They had silver, heeled sandals, a single drop pearl necklace, a pearl bracelet, and the two that had their ears pierced had pearl studs. They all looked absolutely beautiful!

The Flowers... This was one area where we saved a lot of money as I put the bouquets and buttonholes together myself, with the help of my bridesmaid, Heather. We went round a range of different supermarkets picking up a random mix of nice colours, and visited the local florist for some we particularly wanted: sea holly, large white roses, and gyp. The florist even threw in some freebies because she was so excited that I was doing them myself. We arranged the flowers the way we wanted them, then wrapped them up with floristry tape and wide lace ribbon, then pinned it in place with floristry pins. Each buttonhole had a white rose and some green leaf, and Stephen's had an added sea holly head, for the Scottish influence. We absolutely loved how these turned out, as they felt less fussy, and more natural looking.

We made our Orders of Service ourselves, with ivory card. We printed all the information in green ink. On the front we had a green stamped map of the world, and on the back we stamped our thumbprints. On these and other stationery we had H&S printed. Each guest was also given a small package of confetti that we had put together ourselves after saving lots of flower petals up for months.

For the flowers in the church, we bought lots of random bunches from supermarkets and my bridesmaids pruned and arranged them on the night before the wedding. We had two large vases at the front of the church, and lots of small milk bottles tied to the banisters and placed on the steps outside the church. All these flowers were later brought to the hotel and set on the tables. We were able to give the two large vases away to two of our friends, and it made their day!

For the tables at the hotel we had made each person a name card from old maps of England, Scotland and Northern Ireland. We also made an origami swan (because there was a swan there the day we got engaged, and they stay together for life) and written inside was a thank you note to our guests, which included our new address. Each person got a jar of marmalade that I had made. We covered them in different coloured spotty material and tied on a homemade tag with garden string. Our table plan was a very old map of Ireland with each table name and guests listed. We called each table after a type of potato (Irish influence) and I had made a sign for each with a botanical drawing of a potato plant. In the hotel we had placed two typewriters and other stationery to allow guests to type messages to us.

My Dad hugged me when he gave me away and there were lots of Aww's and guests started to well up. We also wrote our own vows and they felt very genuine - there was a lot of emotional reaction to those too! When I was putting Stephen's ring on, I couldn't get it over his knuckle - it took at least 30 seconds while everyone watched silently in anticipation. When it was finally on, Stephen held his hand up and everyone applauded. There's even a photo that captured the moment.

The hilarious notes we received from the typewriters - most of them were notes stating that the guest had never used a typewriter before and the typing was slanted with letters missing.

During the reception I was asked to move my car! The manager then took my car keys and did it herself... Also, a JCB drove past the windows as we ate our dinner - random!

I gave my Great Aunt (aged 91) my bouquet and she nearly welled up. I have a great memory of watching her at the table after, when my Mum's cousin placed the bouquet into a jug of drinking water!

At the end of the night, all the guests created a tunnel for us to run through before leaving - there were obviously a few who tried to tickle us and hold us back!

Dress | Justin Alexander

Dress Shop | Pronuptia

Photography | Incolour Photography

VW Camper | VW Wedding Hire

Band | Loch Lao

Honeymoon | White Falls

Such a thoughtful and lovely wedding day.

Thank you so much to Stephen and Hannah for sharing their wedding story with us XOXO Lou