client quotes

  • "I am struggling to find the vocabulary appropriate to convey my gratitude for Fiona’s wedding. My only daughter got the best wedding I could imagine & the lion’s share of appreciation goes to 88 Events. If the birthday party you organised last year was just great, the wedding was five times better. With my warmest thanks."

    Alan
  • “Thank you 88 Events for all your help and support. I realise that my order was very small in comparison to other events you must deal with but that was never made apparent to me and the service I received was exceptional. Especially the advice you gave me, it really helped as I am very indecisive and you were very patient with me. Thank you once again.”

    Tracy Strang
  • “Thanks so much for all your help, the 88 events experience has been brilliant!”

    Iona Payne
  • “The table and chairs at our wedding looked fantastic, just perfect, I couldn‘t be happier with the way the room looked. I am just leaving for honeymoon but wanted to say a big thank you for all of your work, I am really grateful!”

    Clare Bennett
  • “We would like to thank you for the wonderful service we received! We both had a wonderful time, as did our guests! With your help our wedding was transformed into a fabulously decadent occasion. We shall remember our day forever, so thank you once again for helping us to have the perfect wedding day!”

    Mr & Mrs Alexander
  • “I am just back from honeymoon and thought I would send you an email to thank you very much for the hire of the pearl frames. They looked beautiful on my tables. You were also very efficient and helpful. I have logged onto vows awards and nominated for you!”

    Cheryl Dowie
  • "Thank you so much! The room looked amazing…magical. In fact I have to say the whole day was magic and I just wish I could rewind it and look back in!"

    Maggie
  • "Many thanks for helping create the atmosphere for our wedding at Culcreuch Castle. The settings looked fab and many of our guests and the castle staff commented on how different the colours were and how great they looked!"

    Elaine
  • "Your attention to detail in organising our daughter Claire’s wedding and the ideas you put to us from the beautiful floral decorations to the unusual favours made the whole day stand out from other wedding receptions we have been to."

    Mrs Harwood
  • “Thank you for the terrific job you did for Nick and Lesley’s wedding at Turnberry - the room was absolutely spectacular. The candelabras, tablecloths, napkins, etc were absolutely terrific. I want to thank you once again for the tremendous detail and for your assistance.”

    Mr & Mrs Jamieson, Florida
  • "Thank you for all your help. The seat covers were my biggest stress and you very kindly took that stress away from me and made it all so easy to deal with. You are a true professional and a credit to your profession."

    Caroline
  • "Just wanted to say a huge thank you for all your help with the chair covers for our wedding at Sherbrooke Castle. The chairs looked stunning and everyone commented on how great they looked. Thanks again!"

    Becky & Ewan
  • “We wanted to say how happy we were with the service 88 Events provided on our wedding day at the Sherbrooke Castle Hotel. We received many comments with regards to how nice the room looked! Thank you."

    Martin & Sarah
  • ”Thank you so much for all your help! The hall looked absolutely fantastic and we were all thrilled.”

    Jennie
  • “I have been very impressed with the service, assistance & total professionalism of 88 Events. They were excellent at putting forward ideas, but I never felt that anything was being forced on me. The day itself was absolutely brilliant & the organization was seamless. I could not have received better service!”

    Carol
  • “Thank you so much for all that you did for my daughter’s wedding. It was spectacular and everyone commented on how beautiful it all looked! I cannot thank you enough for your kindness and your help in making their day so very special.”

    Lynn
  • "I can‘t tell you how much we enjoyed our wedding; it really was the best day of our lives! We‘ve lost count of the amount of people that told us it was the best wedding they have ever been to! So thank you all so much for the hard work that you put in to make it so special. We have the most amazing memories of the day!

    Paul & Nicole
  • “Thank you for all the hard work you put into making our wedding such a success. It is remarkable what you managed to achieve at such short notice. All our guests were truly amazed and it was such a special day for us and all the family.”

    Kevin & Clare
  • “ ‘Overwhelming’, ‘magnificent’, ‘fabulous’ were some of the words used to describe the scene by some of our guests but they don’t even come close! You might want to change your name from 88 Events to ‘Dream Makers’! ”

    Catherine & Paul

Marquee Wedding at Mar Hall Hotel

Detailed wedding design and sophisticated styling for an elegant marquee wedding

The brief

Donna-Marie & Barry wanted to create a subtle, stylish wedding where every little detail was thought about and intricately incorporated into their overall wedding design.

They wanted 88 Events to take the pressure off them so that they could enjoy their wedding experience, confident that our expertise would help them create the wonderful wedding day they dreamt off.

Wedding design

Donna-Marie & Barry’s overall wedding design comprised of many intricate details, from the fundamentals such as choosing stationery, to the finer details, like personalised menus and delicate flowers.

88 Events were there to guide them along the way so that they created beautiful memories for themselves and all of their guests.

Spreading the word

Donna-Marie and Barry chose a beautiful ivory invitation wrapped with an almond satin ribbon and finished with a crystal diamanté accent to tell their friends and family about the wedding day.

The invitation was accompanied by an RSVP card, additional information card and a matching inner and outer envelope. Guests were thrilled and excited to receive such a beautiful invitation that set the precedent for the rest of the wedding!

Piper

Wedding design doesn’t have to only mean beautiful table linen and flowers, it incorporates any other elements that add to the overall feel of the wedding and the ambience on the day.

To add a little touch of tradition to their wedding, the couple wanted a piper to pipe the guests in and out of the church for the ceremony, and from the drinks reception at Mar Hall into the grand marquee.

Bridal flowers

Donna-Marie met with our preferred florist and choose a beautiful bouquet of cream roses, with organza ribbon and pearl pins covering the stems.

She chose simple and elegant matching bouquets for her bridesmaids, classic buttonholes for the gents and fabulous floral wands for the flower girls!

Marquee styling

The marquee was styled beautifully for the wedding breakfast and party with Cornish cream vintage damask tablecloths, with matching chair covers dressed with latté taffeta seat ties.

Each place setting had a pearlescent latté charger plates and a vintage damask napkin, with cream wired ribbon tied into a voluptuous bow.

Stunning tall glass vases, surrounded by clear torpedo nitelights, peaked in a perfect sphere of cream roses drawing your eye up towards the sparkling chandeliers above.

Bespoke personalised mounted menus with a diamanté accent that complemented the design of their wedding invitations, were used at each place setting.

A matching table plan rested on an antique style easel, directing guest to the champagne named tables, whose names were visible in ivory and pearl frames

Favours of a charity pin where placed in delicate boxes with ivory and latté ribbon and placed on the charger plates for each guest.

Chic circular bar

A magnificent 4m circular bar with soft pink lighting and modern arrangements of cream roses graced one end of the marquee.

As a change from the dining tables, poseur tables dressed in Cornish cream vintage damask accompanied with bar stools and nitelights were scattered around the bar area.

Dancefloor

To wow guests and get them in the party mood, a white gloss dancefloor with twinkling white LED lights was placed in front of the stage. It was fantastic with the star cloth on the roof of the marquee and perfect for dancing the night away!

Suppliers

88 Events work with a wide variety of suppliers across the events industry. Suppliers are chosen for each event based on the following criteria:

  • The type of event
  • The reflection they will have on the client’s image
  • Their standard of quality must be deemed acceptable by 88 Events
  • They must be able to provide proof of their experience

For this event, 88 Events chose a mixture of local suppliers to provide the desired high quality products and services.

During the setup the day before the wedding and on the morning of the wedding, 88 Events were on site at Mar Hall and the church to ensure that each element was in place so that the day would run perfectly.

Venue co-ordination

With so many elements involved in designing this wedding it was imperative that we communicated constantly with the team at Mar Hall.

88 Events enjoy a good relationship with Mar Hall having previously organised many events there. There was a mutual understanding of how both the venue and 88 Events operate allowing for a seamless production of the wedding.

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