【小曦老師英國備婚手札】我們結婚了！

2025年10月18日，我和 Jack 在英國牛津，我們最初相遇的城市，完成了我們的婚禮。

從看場地、找婚紗、試菜單、遞交結婚通知與預約公證人，到婚禮紙品設計、整理音樂清單，以及尋找 DJ、攝影師、花藝師，蛋糕師、化妝師⋯⋯

過去一年多來，準備婚禮過程中所有和廠商的 email 與電話往來，我幾乎一手包辦，難能可貴地解鎖了在英國籌辦婚禮的經驗。

（是的沒錯，Jack 就如99.9%的準新郎們般，只需要負責找到自己的西裝——但他也和我一起參加了好幾個和不同供應商的實體、線上會議啦）

而當這天終於到來，我看著眼前的ㄧ切努力終於集結，陪著我走向紅毯另一端的新郎時，除了感動，還有更多的不可思議。

如我在致詞時所說的，「在經過一年多的籌備後，我還是不敢相信，這一天終於到來了。」

在這篇文章，我要先感謝在英國的10年老友、天使房東「恭喜」a.k.a 比斯特村長 Eddy 的無償拍攝贊助。

我原本只打算邀請恭喜做為我們重要的座上賓，畢竟我們早早便安排了婚禮專業攝影師。但在我開口邀請恭喜參加婚禮的同時，他第一時間就提出了願意在當天為我們拍攝的提議，只要確定我們的主攝影師不會介意就好。

見識過恭喜自疫情以來培養出的攝影技能和作品，我二話不說就答應了。現在想想，我也真的很慶幸能得到恭喜的拍攝支援——畢竟我們得在婚禮結束後，等上8到10週，才能拿到婚禮攝影師的照片。

婚禮當晚，恭喜是在9點多離開的，而我在婚禮結束的半個小時後，也就是11點半的時候，就收到他傳來的 Google 雲端資料夾照片連結了！

一張照片檔案大小平均在15到20MB之間，而他分享了總共近500張的照片——這個整理和上傳的效率，簡直太驚人！

重點是，雖然他大哥自個兒謙虛，說自己拍婚禮不專業，但我們還是覺得，很多照片真的都拍得很好！

好比說，多虧恭喜注意到我們在 Drinks Reception（典禮和正餐之間的迎賓酒時段）放了我畢生最愛的電影《真愛每一天 About Time》作為背景，以及一旁我準備的小海報，所以才有他力勸我和 Jack 模仿電影海報的照片誕生。

「拍攝模仿電影海報的照片」這件事，是我完全沒想過的，但在被鼓吹拍攝、也看到成品之後，我覺得好感動、好有意義。

有了恭喜效率十足的鼎力相助，我才能在婚禮結束後，幾乎是立刻能回味當天的點滴，也才能在不到兩週內，生出這篇貼文。

再次感謝老朋友。

雖然在統整婚禮大小事的過程中，難免有讓人感到頭痛的時候，但我和 Jack 對我們的「成果」很滿意，也很感謝每一個廠商。

在拿到婚禮攝影師的照片前，就讓我先把部落格上已經發布5篇的備婚手札慢慢完成吧。

最後，謝謝參與我和 Jack 婚禮的所有家人、朋友們。

尤其是已經／即將邁入花甲之年的我媽和三個阿姨們，早在今年年初就開始和我一起安排、規劃她們的「小貓咪英國婚禮之旅」，千里迢迢坐了16個鐘頭的飛機從台灣來到英國，對她們來說確實挺不容易的。

對大家的謝意、對婚禮籌備的想法，我還有許多想寫、想說。就讓我把這當作2025年結束前的最後一個專案，好好把它完成囉。

On 18th October 2025, Jack and I tied the knot in Oxford, England, the very city where we first met.

From venue visits, dress fittings, menu tastings, filing the notice of marriage and booking the registrar; also designing stationery, curating playlists, and finding the DJ, photographer, florist, cake maker, makeup artist…

Over the past year, I’ve personally handled almost all the emails and phone calls with our wedding suppliers. By doing so, I’ve earned myself a rare and unforgettable experience of planning a wedding in the UK.

(And yes, just like 99.9% of grooms-to-be, Jack’s main task was simply to find his suit – though to be fair, he did join me for quite a few in-person and online meetings with different suppliers!)

When the day finally came, and I walked down the aisle toward the man waiting for me at the other end, seeing everything we’d worked so hard for come together.. I was filled with both deep emotion and sheer disbelief.

As I said in my speech that day: “After more than a year of planning, I still can’t believe this is happening.”

In this post, I want to first thank my dear friend of ten years, Eddy, for generously photographing our wedding for free of charge.

Originally, I only planned to invite him as one of our honoured guests, since we already had a professional wedding photographer booked. But when I asked Eddy to join us at the wedding, he immediately offered to help take photos on the day – as long as our main photographer didn’t mind.

Having seen his impressive photography skills and work developed since the pandemic, I said yes without hesitation. And looking back, I’m so glad I did, especially since it’ll take 8–10 weeks before we receive the official wedding photos.

Eddy left around 9 p.m. that night, and by 11:30 p.m., just half an hour after the wedding ended, I’d already received a Google Drive folder full of photos from him!

Each photo averaged 15–20 MB, and there were nearly 500 shots in total! The speed and effort were simply incredible! And although Eddy humbly insists he’s not a professional wedding photographer, we still think many of his photos turned out beautifully.

For instance, thanks to him noticing that we played my all-time favourite film About Time during our Drinks Reception, alongside the little poster I made, we ended up recreating the movie poster – an idea that never even crossed my mind before he suggested it. (Photo 20)

That spontaneous “movie-poster-style” photo turned out to be one of my most treasured memories from the day. It was heartfelt, meaningful, and so us.

Because of Eddy’s incredible support and efficiency, I was able to relive the magic of the day almost immediately, and even put together this post in less than two weeks after the wedding.

Thank you again, my old friend☺️

Though there were certainly stressful moments throughout the year of planning, both Jack and I are genuinely happy with how everything turned out, and we’re truly grateful to every single supplier who helped make our day so special.

While waiting for our official wedding photos, I’ll finish the rest of my Wedding Plan Journal on my blog, which has five posts published at the moment.

Finally, to all our family and friends who joined us on the day: thank you from the bottom of our hearts.

A special thank-you to my mum and three aunties, who are now or entering their 60s, for attending our wedding, plus their first time ever UK trip.

They started planning the trip with me early this year, and bravely travelled 16 hours from Taiwan all the way to the UK — something that truly means the world to me.

There’s still so much more I’d like to write and say about our wedding, about the people who helped us, and about everything we learned along the way.

So I’ll make this my final project before 2025 ends – to put it all into words properly, and with love.