{"id":215962,"date":"2017-09-08T07:00:50","date_gmt":"2017-09-07T21:00:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/content.easyweddings.com\/uk\/real-weddings\/pregnancy-wedding-planning-lead-esme-dans-traditional-wedding\/"},"modified":"2022-03-17T12:02:48","modified_gmt":"2022-03-17T01:02:48","slug":"pregnancy-wedding-planning-lead-esme-dans-traditional-wedding","status":"publish","type":"uk-real-wedding","link":"https:\/\/www.easyweddings.co.uk\/real-weddings\/uk\/real-weddings\/pregnancy-wedding-planning-lead-esme-dans-traditional-wedding\/","title":{"rendered":"Pregnancy and wedding planning leads to Esme and Dan’s traditional wedding"},"content":{"rendered":"

Dan Craggs first laid eyes on Esme Lawrence when she was teaching a class at his gym.<\/p>\n

“If he asked me out with no makeup on and in gym clothes, at least it could only get better!” laughs Esme, now 25.<\/p>\n

After buying their first house together in 2015 they discovered that they were expecting their daughter, Lily. To avoid contracting the Zika virus\u00a0Esme and Dan changed their original plans of a holiday to Jamaica .<\/p>\n

Instead, the pair headed to Turkey. “Dan hired an amazing rooftop restaurant just for us,” Esme says of Dan’s incredibly romantic proposal. “The proposal<\/a> was complete with candles, rose petals, and a guitarist.”<\/p>\n

Dan, now 37, already planned the proposal to take place in Jamaica and had to change it when their holiday moved to Turkey. “He did a fantastic job – it was lovely to know he always planned to propose with or without the pregnancy.”<\/p>\n

From there, Esme and Dan raced to get all the main wedding plans sorted before Lily’s arrival in December. By September, the pair had booked their venue<\/a>, photographer<\/a>, florist<\/a>, DJ<\/a>, and found Esme’s wedding dress<\/a>. “The wedding then went on hold and baby organisation got into full swing. For those who haven’t had a baby, everything takes so much longer! It took us about three weeks to get our invites <\/a>sent!”<\/p>\n

On July 29, 2017 Esme and Dan wed before 45 day and 80 evening-guests at their traditional wedding at Trunkwell House, Reading.<\/p>\n

“It wasn’t easy juggling a baby and planning a wedding but we succeeded and had a fabulous day complete with everything I ever hoped and dreamed for,” says Esme.<\/p>\n

Photos courtesy of Masha Unwerth Photography<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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Esme purchased her gorgeous wedding dress <\/a>when she was 21 weeks pregnant! “I had to order it hoping it would look the same once I no longer had a baby bump,” she says. Esme completed her bridal look with a veil made by Dan’s mother and a hair clip from Ivory & Co.<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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Due to rain, Esme and Dan’s ceremony had to be moved from the garden to indoors at last minute. Despite this, Esme advises other couples against checking the weather forecast<\/a> every hour of every day in the run up to the wedding. “You can’t change it – whatever happens it will be perfect,” she says.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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Photographer Masha Unwerth says that the nature of Esme and Dan’s intimate wedding<\/a> meant the pair had more time to enjoy their guests and as a photographer, Masha could reflect this relationship through her \u00a0vision.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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As the pair already lived together, they asked guests to contribute to a honeymoon <\/a>fund in lieu of gifts.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

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Esme’s bridesmaids wore cobalt blue multiway dresses<\/a>.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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Esme and Dan used cobalt blue as their primary wedding colour, adding bright pink and orange floral arrangements<\/a> to add further depth and make the decor<\/a>\u00a0within their mostly white marquee<\/a> pop.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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