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

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.

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

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