Today champagne is on our mind. It must be in anticipation of a venue launch we’re attending tonight at 10-11 Carlton House Terrace where we hope to indulge in a glass or two!

Now champagne was very much on the minds of these wonderful clients, Kelly and Jason Robins, who made it the theme for their 3 day wedding celebration at the stunning Whatley Manor in Wiltshire. So let us talk you through the day - mosts guests travelled from afar to attend the wedding so made a lovely stay of it with casual dinner and drinks in the bar the night before. Kelly enjoyed getting ready in the spacious suite at Whatley Manor; her wedding dress is “good to go” here. And a little later the guests are awaiting her arrival. The Loggia provided a beautiful and rustic country setting for the couple to exchange their wedding vows.  

Here is one guest flashing her invitation to the wedding.

The Loggia was the perfect location to dress in a champagne style as climbing wisteria is a permanent feature. We added touches of white by way of pew/chair backs, rustic cream painted ‘reserved’ signs and then white French chateau chairs, naturally all things champage must be French!

The happy couple stroll across their lawns.

The seating plan was quite a creation. The idea was to create some kind of vine where guests could find their name and table; we also went with the idea of 10 green bottles hanging on the wall. So silver ice buckets filled with ice contained each of the bottles, with bespoke labels attached in Kelly and Jason’s stationery style with the name of the guest table such as ‘Krug’. Guests then located their personalised tag and worked their way back to the right bottle along the trellis which was wound in jasmine and light foliage to give a vine effect. Et voilà, their table name was found.  Best done before too much champagne we think!  

The dining room was filled again with lots of natural whites, foliage and grapes to create a calm, elegant and crisp setting for a veritable feast, with great wines of course.

And whilst the adults dined in style, the kids were having a party of their own. They made use of Whatley’s cinema for a movie afternoon complete with burgers, ice cream and popcorn! It went down a treat.

After dinner, the couple were keen to create a really contemporary and stylish bar area to continue the party. The bespoke marquee below contained lots of perspex, angular furniture, some mirrors, more champagne and as night fell lots of blue uplighting to create a cool and chilled area adjoining the thronging dancefloor inside.

Kelly and Jason celebrated their first full day as Mr and Mrs with a laid-back afternoon-long hog roast in the Loggia of Whatley Manor before waving off their guests.

Credits:

Venue: Whatley Manor

Flowers: Hybrid Flowers

Bar furniture: Velvet Living

Cake: Cakes 4 Fun

Marquee: Elegant Marquees

Ceremony and Dining chairs: Great Hire

Stationery: Emily&Jo

Photography: Helen Maybanks

Film: Gorgeous Film