Flower Petal Church Recessional

With no official receiving line, the couple made their exit from the church to their guests throwing flower petals and ringing bells. β€œAn old Irish tradition is to give a bell on the occasion of the wedding β€” it affords good luck and wards off evil spirits,” Alexa says.

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