{"id":234067,"date":"2019-09-24T05:00:09","date_gmt":"2019-09-23T19:00:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/content.easyweddings.com\/uk\/real-weddings\/guests-at-lord-of-the-rings-wedding-channel-middle-earth-to-embrace-the-theme\/"},"modified":"2022-03-17T14:18:41","modified_gmt":"2022-03-17T03:18:41","slug":"guests-at-lord-of-the-rings-wedding-channel-middle-earth-to-embrace-the-theme","status":"publish","type":"uk-real-wedding","link":"https:\/\/www.easyweddings.co.uk\/real-weddings\/uk\/real-weddings\/guests-at-lord-of-the-rings-wedding-channel-middle-earth-to-embrace-the-theme\/","title":{"rendered":"Guests at Lord of the Rings wedding channel Middle Earth to embrace the theme"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"lead\">The wedding of cosplay fans Robyn, 28, and Oliver, 31, was inspired by their love for elves and wizards.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe reason we chose Lord of the Rings as our theme is because it is a story that means a lot to both of us,\u201d explains the bride of their Lord of the Rings wedding. \u201cIt was the perfect escapism into a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.easyweddings.co.uk\/articles\/it-was-always-you-romantic-and-whimsical-wedding-inspiration-shoot\/\">fantasy world<\/a> filled with adventure, hope, courage, strength and the lessons that everyone matters and anyone can make a difference.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>They married at The Norwood Hotel in Aberdeen Scotland, with 80 guests, who were all keen to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.easyweddings.co.uk\/articles\/game-of-thrones-wedding-dresses\/\">embrace the theme<\/a>. \u201cMy dad said something during his speech, how happy he was knowing our friends loved and cared enough for us to come to a wedding completely dressed as if they had stepped straight out of Middle Earth,\u201d smiles Robyn. \u201cI wore a long embroidered elven inspired dress with my Galadriel medieval tiara. Oliver wore an embroidered suede surcoat complete with sword and sword belt.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Robyn\u2019s dad dressed as Lord Elrond, her bridesmaids as elves, and their friend and celebrant Sonia a wizard. \u201cWe had a hobbit ring bearer, the entire venue dressed in trees and leaves and theme music playing throughout,\u201d says the bride. \u201cOur day was a true fantasy, there were many tears, many laughs and moments which shall be with us forever.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Photos courtesy of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.alasdairwatsonphotography.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Alasdair Watson Photography<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-124568\" src=\"https:\/\/content.easyweddings.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/Robyn_Oliver_Lord-of-the-Rings-Tolkien-Wedding_Alasdair-Watson-Photography_012.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"900\" height=\"601\" title=\"\"><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-124569\" src=\"https:\/\/content.easyweddings.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/Robyn_Oliver_Lord-of-the-Rings-Tolkien-Wedding_Alasdair-Watson-Photography_013.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"900\" height=\"601\" title=\"\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"clearfix\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-124603 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/content.easyweddings.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/Robyn_Oliver_Lord-of-the-Rings-Tolkien-Wedding_Alasdair-Watson-Photography_SBS_002.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"900\" title=\"\"> <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-124611 alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/content.easyweddings.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/Robyn_Oliver_Lord-of-the-Rings-Tolkien-Wedding_Alasdair-Watson-Photography_SBS_010.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"900\" title=\"\"><\/div>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-124641\" src=\"https:\/\/content.easyweddings.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/Robyn_Oliver_Lord-of-the-Rings-Tolkien-Wedding_Alasdair-Watson-Photography_001.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"900\" height=\"601\" title=\"\"><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-124571\" src=\"https:\/\/content.easyweddings.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/Robyn_Oliver_Lord-of-the-Rings-Tolkien-Wedding_Alasdair-Watson-Photography_015.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"900\" height=\"601\" title=\"\"><\/p>\n<blockquote><p>&#8220;I wore a Pronovias gown which was covered in embroidered leaves, it was incredibly delicate and was almost transparent in certain light,&#8221; says Robyn.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-124560\" src=\"https:\/\/content.easyweddings.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/Robyn_Oliver_Lord-of-the-Rings-Tolkien-Wedding_Alasdair-Watson-Photography_004.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"900\" height=\"600\" title=\"\"><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-124561\" src=\"https:\/\/content.easyweddings.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/Robyn_Oliver_Lord-of-the-Rings-Tolkien-Wedding_Alasdair-Watson-Photography_005.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"900\" height=\"600\" title=\"\"><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-124564\" src=\"https:\/\/content.easyweddings.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/Robyn_Oliver_Lord-of-the-Rings-Tolkien-Wedding_Alasdair-Watson-Photography_008.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"900\" height=\"601\" title=\"\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"clearfix\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-124608 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/content.easyweddings.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/Robyn_Oliver_Lord-of-the-Rings-Tolkien-Wedding_Alasdair-Watson-Photography_SBS_007.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"900\" title=\"\"> <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-124609 alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/content.easyweddings.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/Robyn_Oliver_Lord-of-the-Rings-Tolkien-Wedding_Alasdair-Watson-Photography_SBS_008.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"900\" title=\"\"><\/div>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-124566\" src=\"https:\/\/content.easyweddings.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/Robyn_Oliver_Lord-of-the-Rings-Tolkien-Wedding_Alasdair-Watson-Photography_010.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"900\" height=\"601\" title=\"\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"clearfix\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-124618 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/content.easyweddings.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/Robyn_Oliver_Lord-of-the-Rings-Tolkien-Wedding_Alasdair-Watson-Photography_SBS_016.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"900\" title=\"\"> <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-124613 alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/content.easyweddings.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/Robyn_Oliver_Lord-of-the-Rings-Tolkien-Wedding_Alasdair-Watson-Photography_SBS_012.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"900\" title=\"\"><\/div>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-124573\" src=\"https:\/\/content.easyweddings.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/Robyn_Oliver_Lord-of-the-Rings-Tolkien-Wedding_Alasdair-Watson-Photography_017.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"900\" height=\"601\" title=\"\"><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-124574\" src=\"https:\/\/content.easyweddings.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/Robyn_Oliver_Lord-of-the-Rings-Tolkien-Wedding_Alasdair-Watson-Photography_018.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"900\" height=\"601\" title=\"\"><\/p>\n<blockquote><p>&#8220;Oliver and I met back in 2010, he was a farrier, I was a horsey girl,&#8221; reflects Robyn.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<div class=\"clearfix\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-124616 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/content.easyweddings.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/Robyn_Oliver_Lord-of-the-Rings-Tolkien-Wedding_Alasdair-Watson-Photography_SBS_014.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"900\" title=\"\"> <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-124617 alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/content.easyweddings.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/Robyn_Oliver_Lord-of-the-Rings-Tolkien-Wedding_Alasdair-Watson-Photography_SBS_015.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"900\" title=\"\"><\/div>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-124577\" src=\"https:\/\/content.easyweddings.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/Robyn_Oliver_Lord-of-the-Rings-Tolkien-Wedding_Alasdair-Watson-Photography_021.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"900\" height=\"601\" title=\"\"><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-124581\" src=\"https:\/\/content.easyweddings.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/Robyn_Oliver_Lord-of-the-Rings-Tolkien-Wedding_Alasdair-Watson-Photography_025.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"900\" height=\"601\" title=\"\"><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-124582\" src=\"https:\/\/content.easyweddings.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/Robyn_Oliver_Lord-of-the-Rings-Tolkien-Wedding_Alasdair-Watson-Photography_026.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"900\" height=\"601\" title=\"\"><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-124583\" src=\"https:\/\/content.easyweddings.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/Robyn_Oliver_Lord-of-the-Rings-Tolkien-Wedding_Alasdair-Watson-Photography_027.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"900\" height=\"601\" title=\"\"><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-124584\" src=\"https:\/\/content.easyweddings.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/Robyn_Oliver_Lord-of-the-Rings-Tolkien-Wedding_Alasdair-Watson-Photography_028.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"900\" height=\"601\" title=\"\"><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-124585\" src=\"https:\/\/content.easyweddings.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/Robyn_Oliver_Lord-of-the-Rings-Tolkien-Wedding_Alasdair-Watson-Photography_029.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"900\" height=\"601\" title=\"\"><\/p>\n<blockquote><p>&#8220;Our styles were already very much in sync: for couple&#8217;s portraits I love to create dreamy but vibrant stories, and I work in forests more than any other backdrop,&#8221; says photographer Alasdair.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<div class=\"clearfix\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-124623 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/content.easyweddings.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/Robyn_Oliver_Lord-of-the-Rings-Tolkien-Wedding_Alasdair-Watson-Photography_SBS_019.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"900\" title=\"\"> <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-124627 alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/content.easyweddings.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/Robyn_Oliver_Lord-of-the-Rings-Tolkien-Wedding_Alasdair-Watson-Photography_SBS_021.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"900\" title=\"\"><\/div>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-124587\" src=\"https:\/\/content.easyweddings.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/Robyn_Oliver_Lord-of-the-Rings-Tolkien-Wedding_Alasdair-Watson-Photography_031.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1000\" height=\"1499\" title=\"\"><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-124589\" src=\"https:\/\/content.easyweddings.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/Robyn_Oliver_Lord-of-the-Rings-Tolkien-Wedding_Alasdair-Watson-Photography_032.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"900\" height=\"601\" title=\"\"><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-124598\" src=\"https:\/\/content.easyweddings.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/Robyn_Oliver_Lord-of-the-Rings-Tolkien-Wedding_Alasdair-Watson-Photography_041.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"900\" height=\"601\" title=\"\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"clearfix\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-124629 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/content.easyweddings.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/Robyn_Oliver_Lord-of-the-Rings-Tolkien-Wedding_Alasdair-Watson-Photography_SBS_022.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"900\" title=\"\"> <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-124632 alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/content.easyweddings.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/Robyn_Oliver_Lord-of-the-Rings-Tolkien-Wedding_Alasdair-Watson-Photography_SBS_024.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"900\" title=\"\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"clearfix\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-124635 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/content.easyweddings.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/Robyn_Oliver_Lord-of-the-Rings-Tolkien-Wedding_Alasdair-Watson-Photography_SBS_026.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"900\" title=\"\"> <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-124630 alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/content.easyweddings.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/Robyn_Oliver_Lord-of-the-Rings-Tolkien-Wedding_Alasdair-Watson-Photography_SBS_023.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"900\" title=\"\"><\/div>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-124594\" src=\"https:\/\/content.easyweddings.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/Robyn_Oliver_Lord-of-the-Rings-Tolkien-Wedding_Alasdair-Watson-Photography_037.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"900\" height=\"601\" title=\"\"><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-124595\" src=\"https:\/\/content.easyweddings.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/Robyn_Oliver_Lord-of-the-Rings-Tolkien-Wedding_Alasdair-Watson-Photography_038.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"900\" height=\"601\" title=\"\"><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-124599\" src=\"https:\/\/content.easyweddings.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/Robyn_Oliver_Lord-of-the-Rings-Tolkien-Wedding_Alasdair-Watson-Photography_042.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"900\" height=\"601\" title=\"\"><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-124600\" src=\"https:\/\/content.easyweddings.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/Robyn_Oliver_Lord-of-the-Rings-Tolkien-Wedding_Alasdair-Watson-Photography_043.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"900\" height=\"601\" title=\"\"><\/p>\n<blockquote><p>&#8220;Our guests all embraced our theme, most of them getting their clothing from Etsy stores,&#8221; 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