Here is a sneak preview of one of our lovely July weddings which took place down in Wiltshire at the stunning Whatley Manor.

The couple, Kelly and  Jason, chose a very clean and naturally elegant style to their wedding with a champagne and wine theme running throughout; we paid lots of attention to detail particularly with their highly unusual vine trellis seating plan and we loved the stylish chill out marquee we designed especially for the evening revelry.  Here is a link to the blog of talented photographer, Helen Maybanks which shows some more of the day and the guests enjoying themselves. Thank you Helen. We look forward to showing more of the little details in a future post.

Suppliers:

Linen : Just 4 Linen

Flowers: Hybrid Flowers

Venue: Orangery at Blenheim Palace

Laser cut stationery: Chartula Studio

Photos: White Gold Weddings

Cup cakes: supplied by friend of bride

Canvases for family photo corner: Photobloc

Wooden easels: Eventful Hire

Coloured linen– just because white table cloths are what you always see, doesn’t mean that’s all you can have. Sure, it works well and looks timeless and elegant (and it’s what most hotels and banqueting venues use) but if you want to have a bit of fun and inject a statement colour splash into your tables, it’s a cost effective and an immediately stunning way of doing it.  A cloth might be around £10 to hire and a napkin only 50p so it’s not an enormous cost.  If you don’t want to go the whole hog, perhaps consider a coloured runner to go across the middle of the table and rest on top of the white cloth.

Wedding design - coloured linens

Coloured water glasses – for a subtle dash of colour, we really like to use “accent of colour” glasses for water. It can get pricey to replace all the glasses at a venue but adding a touch of colour can add that extra special something to tone with flowers for example.

Wedding design - coloured glasses

Charger plates – to set a grand and formal atmosphere, consider perhaps a beautiful charger platter which sits on the table during the entire meal and the plates that the meal is served on are positioned on top at each course. Before guests are seated, the charger is a lovely backdrop for a menu card to rest on or pocket-folded napkin to be positioned upon.

Wedding design - charger plates

Thanks to White Gold Weddings, Lloyd Dobbie and Well Dressed Tables for the images.

It was important to Amanda and Merrill to design a really special marriage ceremony and lots of attention was paid to each aspect of the ceremony to thrill and warm the hearts of their guests in everyway from sight to smell to sound.

There was a stunning and luscious central arch built painstakingly by the talented team at Hybrid Flowers accompanied by other freestanding and ledge-top arrangements elegantly lined up along the aisle.

The bridesmaids eagerly await their bride at the Orangery @ Blenheim Palace

Amanda arrives in the snow on her single white lipizzaner horse with carriage supplied by Fabulous Occasions

The Kingdom Choir were a huge hit as they sung Amanda in to ‘Songbird’, and hailed the happy couple to ‘Signed, Sealed, Delivered’ naturally!

A symbolic unity candle was lit by the couple from individual candles lit by both the bride and groom’s mothers to signify the coming together of two familes into one.

Flowers and elegant detailing were a huge part of this warm winter wedding and we’ll show much more on that in a future post.

Thanks to White Gold Weddings for the use of these images.

But more about that and the beautiful theme to this wedding in future posts.  For now I’ll leave you with an image of the lovely couple.  Thanks to PR Photography for the use of these images.

But we have wanted to share some images of the wedding of Sonia and Will we were privileged to be involved with, so here goes:

This was very much a quintessential “Oxford” occasion with the marriage ceremony taking place at the University Church of St Mary the Virgin.

 And the reception was a very elegant and stylish affair taking place in one of  Oxfordshire’s most welcoming, homely but grand Stately Homes.  One of our favourite images is of Sonia and Will framed in the grand doorway leading to the terrace looking over their grounds for the day!

 The colour scheme for the wedding was a fresh yet delicate blend which worked beautifully within the classic setting. We loved the choice of long banqueting style tables for the wedding breakfast which are proving very popular at the moment.

Thanks to Brown and Co for the use of the images from the wedding day.  Thanks also to Eden Flowers for the stunning blooms.  And the seating plan was all the work of Sonia and Will themselves!

And for a more detailed look:

Luscious flowers were important to Rachel and the table centres made use of the venues own charming candelabra.

Each place setting was thoughtfully prepared with gold charger plate, pocket-folded damask ivory napkin, gold foil-blocked menu and place card combo and individual box of Godiva pralines.

And after a sumptious wedding meal, there was the symbolic cake cutting. The multi flavoured cake featured an intricate rose design to match the key wedding flowers, dusted lightly in gold.

Suppliers for the room/table design:

Chaircovers and napkins: Host with Style

Menu place card: Chartula Studio

Gold charger plates: Wedding day hire

Cake: Zoe Clark Cakes

Favours: Godiva

Flowers: Euphoric

And thanks to Lloyd Dobbie for the use of photography.

It comes in handy for all sorts of little last minute touches which make a big difference. We therefore find ourselves a little addicted to ribbons and love some of the offerings on one of our favourite sites Cox and Cox. Their spools of ‘Luxembourg Ribbon’ in delicate shades of pink, sage green, ivory and chocolate are lovely to wrap around napkins, or decorate glasses with pretty little bows. We also really like the ‘To Have and To Hold Ribbon’ made in soft ivory and old rose pink; it’s great for tying around flowers or special gifts.

And if you’re ribbon addicts like us (and are based in London) you might like to drop by Barnett Lawson. It’s a little gem of a place and a real treasure trove full to the brim with ribbons and trimmings galore.