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Wedding of Kelly and Jason

Well, it’s been quite a summer and we’re just about coming up for air! We have been working away on lots of  wonderful and unique weddings and I’m excited that we’ll be able to show you some of our work over the coming weeks and months.

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

The Wedding of Kelly and Jason

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.

Posted by Kelly, 18.08 16th August, 2010

Wedding of Amanda and Merrill

It seems bizarre to be looking at wintry images now that the summer season is underway but here is one last post on this lovely winter wedding and some of the finer details.

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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

Posted by Kelly, 11.05 17th May, 2010

Wedding of Amanda and Merrill

I’m delighted to be posting further on the wedding of Amanda and Merrill which took place on a snowy day in December. The couple were a joy to work with and their vision never faltered from start to finish as they set out (with our help) to plan an unforgettably elegant and grand occasion.

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.

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

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

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

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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.

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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.

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

Posted by Kelly, 14.03 26th March, 2010

Wedding of Amanda and Merrill

I’m delighted to give the tiniest of sneak previews here of one of our recent winter weddings. And winter it was, we had more than a flurry of snow to herald the bride’s arrival on horse and carriage at the grandiose Blenheim Palace

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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.

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Posted by Kelly, 11.03 15th March, 2010

Your day your way

We were thrilled recently to learn that one of our 2008 weddings was featured in the December/January 2010 issue of the glossy flower mag, Wedding Flowers.  The nuptials of Noor and Alan feature under ‘Autumnal Elegance’ within the issue.  Here’s the cover to look out for!

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Posted by Kelly, 09.12 15th December, 2009

Wedding of Sonia and Will

As the Christmas music is belting out and the waft of our White Company Winter candle sets us in the toasty festive spirit in the Bespoke office, it feels strange to be reviewing photos of a glorious late summers day wedding for our blog.

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:

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

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 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!

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 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.

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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!

Posted by Kelly, 13.12 10th December, 2009

Wedding of Rachel and Mark – Part 2

We promised more on the recent-ish nuptials of Rachel and Mark at Great Fosters.  Today we show you some of the lovely design details which featured in their classic and elegant reception.

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And for a more detailed look:

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

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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.

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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.

 

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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.

Posted by Kelly, 14.10 22nd October, 2009

Wedding of Julie and Dan

We were really chuffed recently to have one of our summer 2008 weddings featured in Wedding Flowers magazine. Below is a scan of the page featured . More information on this wedding can be found on our Gallery pages.

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Posted by Kelly, 13.09 22nd September, 2009

Zingy – The Wedding of Sally and Dominic

We were privileged to help Sally and Dominic with the planning of certain aspects of their wonderfully unique wedding celebration at Stoke Place last weekend.

The couple decided upon an unusual combo of hot, rose and blush pinks teamed with zingy greens/yellows and a dash of classic grey; it worked a treat and we hope you agree from the photos taken by the talented Helen Maybanks.  Sally and Dominic even made their own confetti using tissue paper as they couldn’t find the right shades out there ready-made! 

To view more photos of this wedding take a look at Helen’s Blog

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Posted by Kelly, 19.08 28th August, 2009

10 things we do on the wedding day

We’re always asked by curious folk what exactly we do on the wedding day so we thought we’d shatter any illusions of glamour and champagne sipping and let you in on life behind the scenes. Although every wedding is different here are 10 of the many things we took care of at a recent wedding:

  1. Waited for deliveries of bags of ice, then filled cooler boxes with said ice, mini champagne bottles and mineral water before loading the delivery vehicle
  2. Unfolded 100 napkins that had accidentally been prepared by default by the wedding venue and refolded them in the correct style our clients had chosen
  3. Set out seating plan, all place cards and favours as well as childrens’ gift boxes and tealight candles
  4. Made a last minute decision on the location of the cake which needed to be moved due to the band’s set up space needed
  5. Greeted and ran through schedule, handed over first dance CD with band
  6. Laid out and lit 10 storm vases for night time al fresco effect
  7. Ran to and from the gardens with our ivory golf  umbrellas for the bridal party who naturally wanted to have photos outside despite the spitting of rain
  8. Packaged up left over cake into bags with pretty ribbons towards the end of the night for guests to take away
  9. Removed some of the key table stationery from the tables after the dinner and kept it for the bride and groom; so easily it can get swept up and binned which is a huge shame
  10. Checked that all guests who were due to board Red Routemaster bus at the end of the night made it and were not left behind!
Kelly in action

Kelly in action

Posted by Kelly, 20.08 17th August, 2009

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