{"id":232586,"date":"2019-07-31T05:00:07","date_gmt":"2019-07-30T19:00:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/content.easyweddings.com\/uk\/real-weddings\/a-love-less-ordinary-idgie-and-daves-pagan-halloween-wedding\/"},"modified":"2022-03-17T14:09:54","modified_gmt":"2022-03-17T03:09:54","slug":"a-love-less-ordinary-idgie-and-daves-pagan-halloween-wedding","status":"publish","type":"uk-real-wedding","link":"https:\/\/www.easyweddings.co.uk\/real-weddings\/uk\/real-weddings\/a-love-less-ordinary-idgie-and-daves-pagan-halloween-wedding\/","title":{"rendered":"A love less ordinary: Idgie and Dave&#8217;s pagan Halloween wedding"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"lead\">Creative couple Idgie and Dave were never going to have an average wedding.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThere was never any question about the theme and style: it would be theatrical, full of music and dancing, and as close to Samhain as possible,\u201d Idgie says of their pagan Halloween wedding.<\/p>\n<p>First meeting in the theatre, the pair put their skills to good use at their October 27, 2018 celebrations in the bride\u2019s home town of Ditchling, East Sussex.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cDave and I decided that we would produce our wedding like we would a theatre show. I would write the script and he would direct it. It\u2019s how we work &#8211; and how we fell in love!\u201d the bride says.<\/p>\n<p>Ninety friends and family joined the couple at their ceremony at Ditchling Village Hall \u2013 the first stage the bride ever performed on and where she caught the theatre bug.<\/p>\n<p>The reception followed at Idgie\u2019s parents\u2019 house, decorated in unique autumn style by the couple with help from their creative families.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt was so unique and intrinsically \u2018us\u2019,&#8221; the bride says. &#8220;None of it came pre-made, or from a packet.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Photos courtesy of <a title=\"Paul Read Photography\" href=\"http:\/\/www.paulreadweddings.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Paul Read Photography<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-122911\" src=\"https:\/\/content.easyweddings.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/Idgie_Dave_Pagan-Haloween-Wedding_Paul-Read-Photography_001.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"900\" height=\"600\" title=\"\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"clearfix\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-122875 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/content.easyweddings.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/Idgie_Dave_Pagan-Haloween-Wedding_Paul-Read-Photography_SBS_002.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"900\" title=\"\"> <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-122876 alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/content.easyweddings.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/Idgie_Dave_Pagan-Haloween-Wedding_Paul-Read-Photography_SBS_003.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"900\" title=\"\"><\/div>\n<div><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-122880 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/content.easyweddings.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/Idgie_Dave_Pagan-Haloween-Wedding_Paul-Read-Photography_SBS_007.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"900\" title=\"\"> <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-122879 alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/content.easyweddings.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/Idgie_Dave_Pagan-Haloween-Wedding_Paul-Read-Photography_SBS_006.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"900\" title=\"\"><\/div>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-122914\" src=\"https:\/\/content.easyweddings.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/Idgie_Dave_Pagan-Haloween-Wedding_Paul-Read-Photography_004.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"900\" height=\"600\" title=\"\"><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-122915\" src=\"https:\/\/content.easyweddings.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/Idgie_Dave_Pagan-Haloween-Wedding_Paul-Read-Photography_005.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"900\" height=\"600\" title=\"\"><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-122917\" src=\"https:\/\/content.easyweddings.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/Idgie_Dave_Pagan-Haloween-Wedding_Paul-Read-Photography_007.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"900\" height=\"600\" title=\"\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"clearfix\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-122881 alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/content.easyweddings.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/Idgie_Dave_Pagan-Haloween-Wedding_Paul-Read-Photography_SBS_008.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"900\" title=\"\"> <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-122882 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/content.easyweddings.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/Idgie_Dave_Pagan-Haloween-Wedding_Paul-Read-Photography_SBS_009.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"900\" title=\"\"><\/div>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-122840\" src=\"https:\/\/content.easyweddings.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/Idgie_Dave_Pagan-Haloween-Wedding_Paul-Read-Photography_011.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"900\" height=\"600\" title=\"\"><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-122842\" src=\"https:\/\/content.easyweddings.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/Idgie_Dave_Pagan-Haloween-Wedding_Paul-Read-Photography_013.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1000\" height=\"1500\" title=\"\"><\/p>\n<blockquote><p>&#8220;When mum asked me what flowers I wanted I just said &#8216;dead ones&#8217;. It takes someone really special and creative to get fully on board with that idea! She and my aunt spent the whole year growing daisies, chrysanthemums, hydrangeas, poppies and leek flowers that they dried out in the airing cupboard. It being autumn, we had to have some vegetables too. Mum grew about 200 gourds and pumpkins! The bouquets my bridespeople and I held were also huge artichoke flowers,&#8221; Idgie says.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-122843\" src=\"https:\/\/content.easyweddings.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/Idgie_Dave_Pagan-Haloween-Wedding_Paul-Read-Photography_014.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"900\" height=\"600\" title=\"\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"clearfix\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-122884 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/content.easyweddings.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/Idgie_Dave_Pagan-Haloween-Wedding_Paul-Read-Photography_SBS_011.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"900\" title=\"\"> <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-122886 alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/content.easyweddings.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/Idgie_Dave_Pagan-Haloween-Wedding_Paul-Read-Photography_SBS_013.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"900\" title=\"\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"clearfix\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-122887 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/content.easyweddings.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/Idgie_Dave_Pagan-Haloween-Wedding_Paul-Read-Photography_SBS_014.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"900\" title=\"\"> <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-122888 alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/content.easyweddings.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/Idgie_Dave_Pagan-Haloween-Wedding_Paul-Read-Photography_SBS_015.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"900\" title=\"\"><\/div>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-122847\" src=\"https:\/\/content.easyweddings.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/Idgie_Dave_Pagan-Haloween-Wedding_Paul-Read-Photography_018.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"900\" height=\"600\" title=\"\"><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-122848\" src=\"https:\/\/content.easyweddings.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/Idgie_Dave_Pagan-Haloween-Wedding_Paul-Read-Photography_019.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"900\" height=\"600\" title=\"\"><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-122849\" src=\"https:\/\/content.easyweddings.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/Idgie_Dave_Pagan-Haloween-Wedding_Paul-Read-Photography_020.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"900\" height=\"600\" title=\"\"><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-122850\" src=\"https:\/\/content.easyweddings.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/Idgie_Dave_Pagan-Haloween-Wedding_Paul-Read-Photography_021.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1000\" height=\"1500\" title=\"\"><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-122864\" src=\"https:\/\/content.easyweddings.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/Idgie_Dave_Pagan-Haloween-Wedding_Paul-Read-Photography_035.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"900\" height=\"600\" title=\"\"><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-122865\" src=\"https:\/\/content.easyweddings.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/Idgie_Dave_Pagan-Haloween-Wedding_Paul-Read-Photography_036.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"900\" height=\"600\" title=\"\"><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-122866\" src=\"https:\/\/content.easyweddings.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/Idgie_Dave_Pagan-Haloween-Wedding_Paul-Read-Photography_037.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"900\" height=\"600\" title=\"\"><\/p>\n<blockquote><p>Idgie let her bridespeople choose their own outfits. &#8220;Completely by chance all of the girls went for knee-length, a-line dresses so it worked out incredibly well!&#8221; the bride said. Heels from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.easyweddings.co.uk\/WeddingShoes\/LondonCity\/IrregularChoice\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Irregular Choice<\/a> helped complete the look.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-122868\" src=\"https:\/\/content.easyweddings.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/Idgie_Dave_Pagan-Haloween-Wedding_Paul-Read-Photography_039.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1000\" height=\"1500\" title=\"\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"clearfix\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-122905 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/content.easyweddings.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/Idgie_Dave_Pagan-Haloween-Wedding_Paul-Read-Photography_SBS_032.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"900\" title=\"\"> <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-122908 alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/content.easyweddings.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/Idgie_Dave_Pagan-Haloween-Wedding_Paul-Read-Photography_SBS_035.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"900\" title=\"\"><\/div>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-122869\" src=\"https:\/\/content.easyweddings.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/Idgie_Dave_Pagan-Haloween-Wedding_Paul-Read-Photography_040.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"900\" height=\"600\" title=\"\"><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-122861\" src=\"https:\/\/content.easyweddings.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/Idgie_Dave_Pagan-Haloween-Wedding_Paul-Read-Photography_032.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1000\" height=\"1500\" title=\"\"><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-122862\" src=\"https:\/\/content.easyweddings.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/Idgie_Dave_Pagan-Haloween-Wedding_Paul-Read-Photography_033.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1000\" height=\"1500\" title=\"\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"clearfix\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-122909 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/content.easyweddings.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/Idgie_Dave_Pagan-Haloween-Wedding_Paul-Read-Photography_SBS_036.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"900\" title=\"\"> <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-122897 alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/content.easyweddings.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/Idgie_Dave_Pagan-Haloween-Wedding_Paul-Read-Photography_SBS_024.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"900\" title=\"\"><\/div>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-122852\" src=\"https:\/\/content.easyweddings.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/Idgie_Dave_Pagan-Haloween-Wedding_Paul-Read-Photography_023.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"900\" height=\"600\" title=\"\"><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-122855\" src=\"https:\/\/content.easyweddings.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/Idgie_Dave_Pagan-Haloween-Wedding_Paul-Read-Photography_026.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"900\" height=\"600\" title=\"\"><\/p>\n<blockquote><p>\u201cIt was a memorable day that was completely focused on celebrating everything our loved ones do for us, mean to us, and how they are an essential part of our life together,&#8221; Idgie says.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-122853\" src=\"https:\/\/content.easyweddings.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/Idgie_Dave_Pagan-Haloween-Wedding_Paul-Read-Photography_024.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"900\" height=\"600\" title=\"\"><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-122856\" src=\"https:\/\/content.easyweddings.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/Idgie_Dave_Pagan-Haloween-Wedding_Paul-Read-Photography_027.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"900\" height=\"600\" title=\"\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"clearfix\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-122899 alignleft\" 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