Throw Away Wedding! But a Wedding with Wings!
All the beautiful photographs taken in this blog were shot by Jason Perkins Photography unless marked.
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The bride at this wedding was determined that she would be able to clear up by midday on Sunday to enable her to get off on honeymoon the following day! To this end there were very few decorations and extras. This only emphasised the beauty of the new canvas marquee put up by Sean from Affordable Marquees.
Sean arrived on the Wednesday as he likes to take two days to put up the marquee. This time he also put up two small gazebos on the lower lawn to give guests shelter from the sun during the ceremony.
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Friday brought the Bride and Groom with friends and relations to set up the few things that they had planned. Tables were covered with throw-away table cloths but not laid as food would be served with bamboo cutlery. Guests would be free to sit where they wished. Very different but very sensible!
A selection of sweets were laid out on one table and a place for memories and good wishes on another. One one side of the top table a beautiful silk cherry tree appeared, below which on the following day, the wedding cake would take its place of honour.
The Wiltshire Mobile Bar company drove into the field, settling their Horsebox hog roast under the big oak tree. They were going to join the campers over night so that they could wake at 2.30 to set the pig roasting!
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They were also providing the bar which was brought into the marquee in sections and erected in one corner
In House
Chairs were set out on the lower lawn under the shade of the awnings. Silk flowers were draped round the gazebo and jam jars placed down the aisle ready for confetti the following day. All was ready!
The sun was shining as the Groom and his Groomsmen arrived to put all the last minute arrangements in place - it was going to be a glorious day. The groomsmen were dressed in amazing purple suits with orange ties.
Their tasks completed the groom and his best man took up their position by the gazebo.
Soon the bride’s car was seen coming up the drive. The door opened and panic!! One of the fastenings on the back of her dress was caught on the seat material! Luckily she was able to free herself after a few nerve wracking minutes!
She looked so beautiful with flowing hair and a sheath dress of white lace with a V-cut bodice and a long fishtail train which pooled behind her.
Her bridemaids, also dressed in purple and orange, were waiting for her with flowers and WINGS!
The bride was called Fay by her groom - Celtic for Fairy. The orange and purple colour scheme fell into place.
Wings firmly attached, it was time to go past the ancestors, into the house to see the Registrars.
Official questions asked, there was time for a few more photographs before making her way to her delighted groom.
The service proceeded as usual until it was time for the rings when the couple’s two sons and not the best man, produced them.
Officially man and wife they signed the register before running the gauntlet of their friends and a shower of confetti
Wings were shed and formal group photographs of family, close friends, bridesmaids and groomsmen.afterwards while guests socialised on the lawns.
Soon it was time to enter the marquee to await their delicious hog roast and to listen to the wedding speeches.
It was very much a child centred wedding as the couple have four children between them and the children had a craft table set up for them and Space Hoppers to play with as well entertaining themselves!
DJ Chris Tubbs, who also provided the Ceremony music had quietly set up by the dance floor in time for the First Dance.
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While guests also took to the floor, the Bride crept away to magically change into another dress before rejoining her friends wearing a full skirted style with beautiful lace detail.
Both dresses came from Kaleigh at Exclusively Yours Bridal Boutique in Blandford.
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Live band music started on the lawn where Jack and Tee, a group from Bristol, had set up their drum set. https://jackandteemusic.com/home /
After about an hour their kit was hijacked by the groom and his friends!
As the band played the guests tried their hands at the games laid out for them.
As the light faded, the bride and groom were taken off to have some more informal pictures taken in the grounds, making their way through the camping area to look at their wedding night bell tent.
Fish and Chips from our local van, the Pilgrim Fryer, soon followed their return and then they danced the night away until falling into their beds soon after midnight.
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It had been a fantastic, relaxed, family wedding.