Their wedding day was relaxed and full of emotion, Rosie & Dan had been waiting for this day for a long time and everyone was so excited it was finally here! They celebrated along with their two children and closest friends and family. As you can see the day was filled with fun & laughter in beautiful surroundings. Rosie and Dan looked amazing as did their bridal party and all the rustic details Rosie & her friends had spent so long planning.

We hope these photos bring back all those special moments! 

The cows were not camera shy and some were only a day old and already enjoying the sunshine! Adele & Hugh's wedding ceremony is taking place at Old Wardour Castle, which is a magical place and we can't wait to photograph their day!

The Medici Suite was decorated with blush roses, orchids, pearls and candles by Simply Flowers, who did a fantastic job and Abi handmade the seating plan & stationary. I loved Abi & Matt's wedding cake, decorated with buttons, made by the talented, Lisa Notley. Following the speeches, we headed to Sandbanks Beach to catch the last of the evening sun.

Abi & Matt are such a bubbly, fun and relaxed couple as I'm sure you can see! They shared their day with their closest friends and family, many of whom had traveled from Derby to celebrate. 

Charlotte & her bridesmaids took a vintage bus ride to The West Barn in Bradford on Avon, where their ceremony was held. Charlotte & Clinton's reception took place in a beautifully decorated Tipi back at the farm, where a vegetarian feast was served and everyone partied the night away!

We are very much looking forward to these two tying the knot at Rhinefield House this Easter!

Elly & Michael's ceremony took place at Highcliffe Castle, just down the road from Elly's family home. Following their ceremony everyone made their way across The New Forest to The Pig Hotel in Brockenhurst.

The Pig Hotel is set amongst woodland and is all based around a walled garden, it focuses on local food, either home grown in the kitchen garden, foraged or from within a 25 mile radius of the hotel. The interior is rustic and homely but very stylish! As you can see it was the perfect spot for Elly & Michael's wedding!

Dessert table & cake: Lisa Notley Wedding Cakes, Dorset

Flowers: Corbins Florists, Brockenhurst

We would like to thank Nessa for featuring our photography and to Julie & Thibaut for their beautiful write up and kind words. It's always nice to find out more behind the wedding plans of our couples and we love reading all about it!

We arrived at the farm in the morning to find guests camping in the fields, exploring the village and children playing in the fields along with the farm's dogs. There was such a relaxed atmosphere, which carried on throughout the day. Later guests gathered in the farm house before getting onboard the tractor, which was to take them across the fields to the stone circle. The stone circle is situated on a hill top beside woodland and has the most amazing views overlooking the Quantock Hills.

Mio & her father walked down the woodland path, through a willow archway into the Stone Circle where guests were gathered in excitement. Mio & Gordon's humanist ceremony was very personal, emotional and intimate.

Following their ceremony guests hopped back on the tractor, drinking organic cider on the way and warmed up in the farm house. Later everyone made their way into the marquee, which was decorated with pom poms, rustic flowers and twisted willow.  I loved Mio & Gordon's hand painted table names, named after their favourite ciders: Legless but smiling, Green Goblin, Rathay's Old Goat, Druids Celtic Cider, Moles Black Rat, Janet's Jungle Juice & Black Dragon. A BBQ was served with a range of delicious organic salads; there was certainly plenty of food to go around and as the chef told us none would be wasted as any leftovers are fed to the chickens!

Kate & James are big music lovers and their wedding took inspiration from this love. They are regular festival goers and this Summer went to the end of the road festival at the Larmer Tree Gardens, where they picked up the gorgeous wood block prints you can see on the tables. Instead of your traditional guest book they asked everyone to post a message 'for the record...' and pop it in the record player so they can make their own guest book. And you guessed it, EVERYONE rocked the dance floor in the evening to the sounds of the ZuZu men.

I also have to give a mention to Chocolate Delores, who made Kate & James' white chocolae cake, which was a work of art!

Jen & Jeff really made their day extra special for their family with many personal touches and surprises throughout the day. Their family had a ball and it was touching to be a part of their day.

The preparations for the girls began at a hair salon in Edinburgh, meanwhile Jeff & the boys played an early morning round of golf to unwind.  We got the chance to photograph Jen & Jeff before their first look, which was magical!  

Jen & Jeff's Scottish ceremony was held outside the castle with views over looking the fields. The cows mooed in all the right places during the ceremony, which made everyone giggle. Whilst England experienced heavy rain I am pleased to say it was a glorious day in Scotland! 

Following a candle lit meal in the Great Hall there were informal speeches, lots of laughs and as Jen thought some embarrassing childhood stories were shared...'the good stuff!' as Jen put it so well!

As the night drew in, guests lit Chinese wishing lanterns and later sat around the fire. I am sure this day will be remembered by everyone for a long time to come...

Adrianne & Mark had a tropical feel to elements of their day as Adrianne has family in the Caribbean. The flowers looked exotic, the colours were bright, with hot pink flowers and turquoise stationery. I loved Adrianne & Mark's homemade favours, which were jars of chili & pineapple jam.

I am pleased to say that Adrianne's mum bought the sunshine with her from the Caribbean as it was a hot day. This meant that drinks were held on the bowling green opposite the hotel following the ceremony.  

In the meantime we snuck off with Adrianne & Mark to venture up to the Castle Ruins, which Christchurch is well known for. I am so glad we did as the light was gorgeous against the stonework!

The ceremony was full of  laughter and following their ceremony guests made their way to Bishops Court manor house by the river in Shapwick. Everyone enjoyed drinks by the river, whilst looking out over the water meadows. The speeches took place outside, under the trees and come the evening the sun set over the water.

In the evening a magician entertained guests, Katie & Antony danced with family & friends and handmade wood fired pizzas were served from Jalopy Pizza vintage van.

Their journey bought them from Texas, Michigan, Arizona to Duns Caste on the Scottish Borders, where they shared a magical day with their families. More to come from their day soon!

Julie and Thibaut are such a lovely couple and they made us feel very welcome, along with their family and friends! Their day was so relaxed, fun and full of beautiful details and the food was as delicious to look at as it was to eat!  Julie & Thibaut's wedding ceremony was intimate with friends and family gathered around the couple and lot's of laughter. Following the ceremony Julie & Thibaut made their exit under an archway of water polo balls as Thibaut plays professionally for Marseilles and guests blew bubbles before Thibaut drove his dad's VW beetle to their family home.  I especially loved Julie's bespoke wedding dress, designed by Paris designer Rime Arodaky.

Tables of sweet canapés, an ice cream cart and candy floss awaited the guests as they arrived and everyone spent the afternoon relaxing in the garden. Later after a short break for everyone to refresh guests arrived back at the garden for the evening party. Many guests had a change of dress and dancing shoes ready for hitting the dance floor.  As guests arrived savoury canapés were served, with freshly cooked scallops, sushi and mini burgers complete with mini burger baps ( as New York is a special place for Julie & Thibaut!)

As you can see the evening was lively and included some pretty crazy dance moves! Everyone made the most of the Photobooth, which was a big hit! Julie & Thibaut's cake was served around midnight and made it's own entrance with guests making a corridor of sparklers. We left in the early hours after a fantastic day!

Here are some words from Julie herself describing their wedding and how they both felt on the day, with a translation for the couple's friends and family:

"Our wedding was exactly how we imagined it would be, maybe better! We planned and created lots for our day and made a lot of the details ourselves. When we saw everything on the wedding day it was like we  had never seen them before (despite our living room being totally invaded with DIY decorations for months!). 

On the day we were relaxed (just a little worried about the weather), but we didn't get stressed during the day, or during the year of preparation. Our families are really cool, nobody tried to impose anything on us so we really had the wedding we wanted! I think the fact we had our little baby Eleanor 3 weeks before the day, helped us relax and put things in perspective. Maybe this would have made some couples more stressed, but for us it was the opposite!  The most important thing to us was to enjoy the day with all the people we love and even if  little problems did arise to realise they didn't really matter!

I (Julie) was a bit shy that everybody would be looking at me; I know it's like that at a wedding, the bride is the centre of attention, so when I left the hotel with my step father to go to the ceremony I was a bit stressed about that!  The best moment of the day was when I entered the town hall; I didn't remember how the room looked and felt a bit lost, my heart skipped a beat when I saw all the people, but as soon as I saw Thibaut I forgot everything and everybody and it was just Thibaut and I.

During the afternoon, we were both very relaxed, the weather was good, our families and friends had fun and enjoyed the day, the food was good... Everything was perfect!  There was only one problem : the day passed sooooo fast! I wish we could go back and live this day again and again...."

"Notre mariage fut exactement comme nous l'attendions, peut être même mieux! Nous avons imaginé et créé tellement de choses pour ce jour, nous avons fait beaucoup de petites choses nous même, et lorsque nous avons vu tout cela en place dans le chapiteau ou dans le jardin, c'était comme si on les découvrait pour la première fois (Pourtant notre salon a été envahis de tout cela pendant plusieurs mois!!)

Nous n'étions pas stressés du tout (juste inquiet pour la météo!), ni pendant la journée, ni durant toute l'année de préparation. Nos familles sont très cools et personne n'a essayé de nous imposer son avis. Nous avons donc vraiment fait ce que l'on voulait. Je pense aussi que le fait que notre petite fille Eleanor soit née 3 semaines avant le mariage nous a aidé à être plus détendus et à relativiser. Cela peut paraitre paradoxal car la plus part des couples auraient été doublement stressés!

Le plus important pour nous était de profiter de notre journée avec tous les gens que l'on aime auprès de nous, et même si quelques petits soucis sont arrivés cela n'était vraiment pas importants!

Julie : J'étais un peu angoissée à l'idée que tout le monde allait me regarder, je sais bien que c'est comme ça pour un mariage, la mariée est au centre de l'attention mais lorsque j'ai quittée l'hôtel avec mon beau père pour me rendre à la cérémonie mon estomac était noué.

Le meilleur moment pour moi est lorsque je suis entrée dans la mairie. Je ne me souvenais plus à quoi ressemblait la pièce et je me sentais un peu perdue, lorsque j'ai vu nos familles et amis là pour nous qui me regardait j'avais vraiment le coeur serré, mais dès que j'ai vu Thibaut j'ai tout oublié et c'était comme s'il n'y avait plus que lui et moi.

Durant l'après midi nous étions tout les deux détendus, le beau temps était au rendez-vous, nos familles et amis s'amusaient et appréciaient le goûter... tout était parfait! 

Seulement une chose à redire : la journée passe trooooooop vite ! Si seulement on pouvait retourner dans le passé et revivre ce jour encore et encore..."

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Thanks to Adrianne & Mark for coming down from Essex to see us and we are very much looking forward to your wedding!

Their day was relaxed, full of laughter and merriment!  Gemma & Jack had their own Wedding Fete, which was great fun, supplied by The Original Fete Company. They also had their own Photo Booth Shed, which kept the adults entertained all afternoon.

The food was supplied by Nomad Catering and looked divine!  What a great way for two families to meet for the first time! 

Hannah & Simon's day was beautiful despite the rain! It was relaxed, fun and full of personal touches. Hannah looked gorgeous in her Ian Stuart wedding dress with grey detailing.

Horsebridge Railway Station is such an unusual and quirky venue and I can't wait to share more from Hannah & Simon's day!

Kerry & Jean-Pierre shared their day with their two little boys, who really were a part of the celebrations.  There were lots of children at this wedding and the Larmer Tree Gardens was the perfect setting, the children had a ball running around the gardens, playing giant jenga, bouncing on space hoppers & dancing to the Barber Shop Quartet.

Throughout the drinks reception Kerry & JP were serenaded by the Barber Shop Quartet.  Following the speeches everyone made their way to the field beside the gardens to watch a hot air balloon setting off and to take a peek at Kerry & JP's Bell Tent from Honeybells, where they were glamping in that night!  We were really impressed with their tent, which was decked out with a double bed, mirror, chest of drawers and champagne and strawberries were at the ready!  

Kerry & Jean-Pierre were joined by their son for the first dance, which was such a sweet moment. I would just like to say thanks for a wonderful day and good luck with the move down South.

Here is a preview of Andrea & Jon's day, more of which will be on the blog soon!

They had a bright sunny wedding filled with yellow & white details. There were lots of giggles as Victoria was getting ready with her Bridesmaids as guests gathered in the conservatory below awaiting the wedding ceremony. Victoria and her father walked down the aisle to the delicate sound of the ukulele.  

After an emotional ceremony everyone made their way into the gardens for the drinks reception. Before their wedding breakfast we wondered down the cobbled streets to Lymington Pier.

Victoria & Tom had decked the tables with daisies, lucky in love stickers with lotto scratch card favours and the table names were charming nick names that the couple have for each other, which included 'Pixie Poo' & 'Trouble Monkey'. Following the wedding breakfast guests tucked in to Victoria & Tom's dessert table with their tea & coffee, before making their way to the dance floor!

Here is a preview from Gemma & Jack's wedding day, more from their day coming soon...

Catherine looked so elegant in her Stephanie Allin lace wedding dress and James in his blue pin dot suit.  More prettiness from their day coming soon!