Tweed and Feathers ∼ An English Country Castle Wedding, Part 2

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If you haven't seen Part 1 of of this fabulous wedding yet – click here!

For Lucy and Jonathan, it was all about Tweed and Feathers…

"We wanted the wedding to have a natural, English country feel and as it was outside at the Castle it was perfect! I had made a mood board with tweed, feathers, moss, butterflies and glass jars as I was looking around on lots of blogs to get inspiration and we stuck to the theme…"

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Tweed and Feathers ∼ An English Country Castle Wedding...

Tweed and Feathers ∼ An English Country Castle Wedding...

Tweed and Feathers ∼ An English Country Castle Wedding...

Tweed and Feathers ∼ An English Country Castle Wedding...

Tweed and Feathers ∼ An English Country Castle Wedding...

Tweed and Feathers ∼ An English Country Castle Wedding...

Tweed and Feathers ∼ An English Country Castle Wedding...

Tweed and Feathers ∼ An English Country Castle Wedding...

Tweed and Feathers ∼ An English Country Castle Wedding...

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Delicate Decor…

"Each table had a display of glass domes, sourced from car boot sales with moss, twigs and mushrooms we had collected from the woods.  We decorated them with butterflies and amazing origami shapes made for us by Joe, using paper from vintage books (including Alice in Wonderland and Treasure Island!)  I made paper flowers with my friend Caroline and decorated them with red, teal and brown vintage buttons.

Our table plan was designed and illustrated by my best friend and illustrator Emily Golden, and the order of service designed by her boyfriend Dave.

Jonathan lazer etched all of the table names (which we named after trees) onto wooden blocks, to match the style of our Wedding invites he had individually lazer etched and cut!"

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Tweed and Feathers ∼ An English Country Castle Wedding...

Tweed and Feathers ∼ An English Country Castle Wedding...

Tweed and Feathers ∼ An English Country Castle Wedding...

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Tweed and Feathers ∼ An English Country Castle Wedding...

Tweed and Feathers ∼ An English Country Castle Wedding...

Tweed and Feathers ∼ An English Country Castle Wedding...

Tweed and Feathers ∼ An English Country Castle Wedding...

Tweed and Feathers ∼ An English Country Castle Wedding...

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Tweed and Feathers ∼ An English Country Castle Wedding... 

Pass the Pudding – oh, and the Elderflower Champagne please!…

"We decided that rather than a wedding cake, we would have a mixture of our favourite puddings.  We enlisted the help of 3 of our best friends who made the most amazing deserts for us: Emily made cheesecake, Louise the Eton Mess and Moo made mousse (he titled it moo's mouse!).  We collected glass ramekins from gu puddings, and they each made 20 little puddings.

Jonathan then made a big 3 tiered cake stand out of cut sections of tree trunks he sanded down, on which to display all of the deserts.  We had a 2 course meal at the Castle so it was a perfect pudding/wedding cake!  Jonathan also made Elderflower Champagne, a Sturgess family tradition, for the reception drinks.  It was so tasty and everyone said how lovely it was."

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Tweed and Feathers ∼ An English Country Castle Wedding...

Dancing the Night Away – with Vivien of Holloway…"

"I decided about two weeks before the wedding that I probably won't be able to dance much in my fishtail dress with a train, so I decided on the spur of the moment to buy a white lace 1950's dress from 'Viviene of Holloway.  I wore a friend's big red petticoat underneath, with bright red shoes and a big red bow my mother-in-law made for me.  It was so fun to dance in!

During the reception at Tortworth Court Four Pillars Hotel in the Marquee, we had a brilliant 'gipsy swing' band who are local to Bath called 'The Mandibles' – they were fantastic and got everyone dancing.

Our first dance was 'Great Heights' by Iron and Wine, and we did a 'bear dance' with me taking off my shoes and standing on Jonathan's feet! (we don't do proper dancing!)"

Not only am I loving the change of dress – I am LOVING the change of lipstick too Lucy!!!! I so LOVE strong red lipstick on a Bride 🙂 {why, I wore it myself!} ….

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Tweed and Feathers ∼ An English Country Castle Wedding...

Words of Wisdom…

"If you are planning to make things, start now! We were still glue gunning things to twigs 2 days before the wedding!  On the morning of the wedding day, I was so grateful that I had my friend Jo at the house to do the bridesmaids hair and makeup, who was already dressed and ready herself .  I would advise anyone to do this as it meant that I could get myself sorted quietly, as I was so nervous and feeling sick, I don’t think I could have dealt with any hair or face issues!!

Once of the most special things for us was how many of our brilliantly creative friends and family got involved to help, either by doing readings or creating their own poems,  making origami, cutting out hundreds of butterflies, glue gunning decorations, collecting twigs, making deserts and playing music! We even had a song by the 3 best men which they have also recorded!" 

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Tweed and Feathers ∼ An English Country Castle Wedding...

THIS, my wonderful Love My Dress readers, is why I am a Wedding Blogger.  

Thank you so very much to Photographer Emma Case for so kindly allowing me to reproduce her beautiful imagery on Love My Dress – check out Emma's other weddings on Love My Dress here, or visit her website for further information. And thank you so much to Lucy too, the talented Illustrator Bride and fan of Love My Dress (I you Lucy!).

Have a good Monday all – much more weddingy goodness coming up this week 🙂

Annabel xXx

Annabel

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Founder of Love My Dress. Passionate Podcaster and Editor. Annabel lives in rural North Yorkshire with her husband and business partner Philip, their two daughters and menagerie of furry hounds. She loves photography, meditation, walking, being outdoors and star gazing. She is fierce when it comes to championing talent within the wedding industry and when she's not working on Love My Dress, she supports her husband Philip in the running of the family's sustainable flower farm and floral design business, Moonwind Flowers. In 2013, she became a published author.

10 thoughts on “Tweed and Feathers ∼ An English Country Castle Wedding, Part 2

  1. Gorgeous, gorgeous, gorgeous and just a little bit more gorgeous! I LOVE a couple who lie in the grass for the photographer… come on girls you are only going to wear that dress once… or even better… just copy this Bride and have a second dress for the evening reception! 🙂

  2. Love the photographs Emma, your eye was certainly shapr on every opportunity at the house, Thornbury Castle, the ceremony int he Tudor gadren and again at night for the big party. I am a fan of your photography and of the bride and groom. As ever!

  3. Thank you so much annabel for the lovely write up, it’s wonderful to be featured on your fabulous blog – we absolutely love all of emma’s pictures, she is brill!

  4. Hello everyone! And hello Mr Oxley! Thank you so much for leaving comments against this beautiful stylish and wonderfully inspirational wedding. It scored a fair few site hits on Love My Dress yesterday so obviously went down very well with my readers!
    I do appreciate you all taking the tmie to leave a few words 🙂
    Much love,
    Annabel xXx

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