{"id":203608,"date":"2016-04-29T08:43:11","date_gmt":"2016-04-28T22:43:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/content.easyweddings.com\/uk\/real-weddings\/its-all-fun-and-games-emma-and-davocs-fun-wedding\/"},"modified":"2022-03-17T10:35:24","modified_gmt":"2022-03-16T23:35:24","slug":"its-all-fun-and-games-emma-and-davocs-fun-wedding","status":"publish","type":"uk-real-wedding","link":"https:\/\/www.easyweddings.co.uk\/real-weddings\/uk\/real-weddings\/its-all-fun-and-games-emma-and-davocs-fun-wedding\/","title":{"rendered":"It’s all fun and games: Emma and Davoc’s fun wedding"},"content":{"rendered":"

Offering to help Emma Smallwood unpack a dishwasher was a good move for Davoc Bradley.<\/p>\n

The pair, both aged 37, met at their workplace. \u201cI was unpacking the dishwasher and saw a mug that said \u2018I\u2019m a twat\u2019,\u201d explains Emma. Dav, standing nearby, introduced himself for the first time by saying: \u201cOh, you\u2019ve found my mug!\u201d They shared a laugh and then emails, before going on a dinner date. \u201cWe had a great night,\u201d says the bride. \u201cDav played<\/a> and sang Kylie Minogue\u2019s Can\u2019t Get You Out of my Head <\/em>on his guitar \u2013 not knowing Kylie was my hero!\u201d<\/p>\n

The pair married at their fun wedding on August 15, 2015 at Walton Hall in Warwickshire. In the day 132 guests attended, and 160 in the evening. But first, pre-drinks were had! \u201cThe evening before the wedding we put on food<\/a> and a party at The Famous Virgins &\u00a0Castle in Kenilworth where we live,\u201d explains the bride. \u201cIt was really great and allowed lots of the guests to get to know each other.\u201d<\/p>\n

The bride and groom were aiming for a fun day, taking\u00a0inspiration<\/a> from other weddings. \u201cWe tried to learn from other weddings where we felt there were lulls or parts which weren\u2019t as much fun, and aimed to create something which would be romantic, but lots of fun, and which matched our personalities,\u201d smiles Emma.<\/p>\n

Photos courtesy of Ed Brown Photography<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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Musician Davoc composed his own wedding march<\/a> to accompany Emma down the aisle. “Stunning,” praises Emma.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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Emma wore a beautiful Watters design<\/a> from Coco & Kate, which she paired with heirloom earrings<\/a> in memory of her late mum.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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Guests were treated to a range of fun entertainment<\/a>\u00a0including a shooting gallery, tin-can alley, and test your strength game.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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Each guest was provided with a celebrity face-mask handpicked by the bride and groom.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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The couple honeymooned<\/a> in\u00a0San Sebastian which guests contributed to via a honeymoon fund, “but the best gift was having all our closest friends and family there on the day,” says Emma.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"author":19,"featured_media":203651,"parent":0,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_lmt_disableupdate":"","_lmt_disable":"","footnotes":""},"uk_real_wedding_category":[9085],"uk_real_wedding_tag":[9757,9232,9238,9745,9374,9378],"uk_real_wedding_style":[],"uk_real_wedding_location":[10546,10545],"uk_real_wedding_setting":[10483],"uk_real_wedding_colour":[10623,10628,10636],"uk_real_wedding_competition":[],"class_list":["post-203608","uk-real-wedding","type-uk-real-wedding","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","uk_real_wedding_category-9085","uk_real_wedding_tag-ed-brown-photography","uk_real_wedding_tag-fun-wedding","uk_real_wedding_tag-garden-wedding-2","uk_real_wedding_tag-grey-wedding","uk_real_wedding_tag-real-weddings","uk_real_wedding_tag-red-wedding-2","uk_real_wedding_location-warwickshire","uk_real_wedding_location-west-midlands","uk_real_wedding_setting-function-centre","uk_real_wedding_colour-blue-wedding","uk_real_wedding_colour-grey-wedding","uk_real_wedding_colour-red-wedding"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.easyweddings.co.uk\/real-weddings\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/uk-real-wedding\/203608","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.easyweddings.co.uk\/real-weddings\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/uk-real-wedding"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.easyweddings.co.uk\/real-weddings\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/uk-real-wedding"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.easyweddings.co.uk\/real-weddings\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/19"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.easyweddings.co.uk\/real-weddings\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/uk-real-wedding\/203608\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.easyweddings.co.uk\/real-weddings\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/203651"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.easyweddings.co.uk\/real-weddings\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=203608"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"uk_real_wedding_category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.easyweddings.co.uk\/real-weddings\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/uk_real_wedding_category?post=203608"},{"taxonomy":"uk_real_wedding_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.easyweddings.co.uk\/real-weddings\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/uk_real_wedding_tag?post=203608"},{"taxonomy":"uk_real_wedding_style","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.easyweddings.co.uk\/real-weddings\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/uk_real_wedding_style?post=203608"},{"taxonomy":"uk_real_wedding_location","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.easyweddings.co.uk\/real-weddings\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/uk_real_wedding_location?post=203608"},{"taxonomy":"uk_real_wedding_setting","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.easyweddings.co.uk\/real-weddings\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/uk_real_wedding_setting?post=203608"},{"taxonomy":"uk_real_wedding_colour","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.easyweddings.co.uk\/real-weddings\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/uk_real_wedding_colour?post=203608"},{"taxonomy":"uk_real_wedding_competition","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.easyweddings.co.uk\/real-weddings\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/uk_real_wedding_competition?post=203608"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}