Afternoon all? Just a quick reminder whilst I have your attention to hop on over to the Competitions pages as I have a couple of really super give-aways running right now {a full wedding photography package and a beautiful bridal headpiece}.
Now, I tend to veer away from the Princess style gown, I'm much more your floor sweeping, 1930's style slinky silk number, or a 50's full circle skirt or original vintage wedding dress kind of gal, but every now and then, beautiful Princess style gown catches my eye and reminds me how flattering a fit, how perfect a choice this is for some Brides, like lovely Bride Annette here. So many little girls dream of getting married in dresses like this, all tulle and underskirts and big hoops to add that extra va-va-voom.
Annette's dress is a Benjamin Roberts design {a great choice for Brides who do not have a bottomless pit of a budget when it comes to their dress} and it was the perfect choice of gown for her wedding to Jim at the beautiful Halswell House in Goathurst, Somerset earlier this year. What a stunning venue! I love the touches of Thailand that pepper these images too, including the gorgeous orchids that Annette chose to have as her bouquet. Even the Bridesmaids dresses were made {by the Bride's Mother's own fair hands} with black Thai silk…
"We picked orchids as we had a lot of Thai elements to our day – the Florist made a truly unique and beautiful bouquet…."
Love My Dress Wedding Blog – Photography Copyright (c) 2011, Source Images
Annette's dress was a Benjamin Roberts design which she purchased from The Bridal House…
"When I put on the dress I fell in love with the alternate panels of lace and tulle! It was a perfect dress for the romantic venue we had picked…"
The couple's chosen venue was Halswell House in Goathurst, Somerset…
"We instantly feel in love with the venue and the team at the house. They also offered a great mid week rate for our Thursday wedding…"
The couple danced to Peter Gabrielle's 'The Book of Love'…
"….It is the most beautiful song, we first heard it in the final episode of Scrubs and we fell in love with it straight away…"
Oh goodness, that brings back memories of my most favourite proposal video EVER in the world!
Words of Wedded Wisdom…
"Use Wedding Blogs and magazines to get ideas, but personalise it to you as a couple, and then look for cheaper alternatives.
We made as much as we could ourselves using ebay / Vistaprint etc . The one thing I am really pleased that we did not compromise on was our photographs, I knw couples who have and have been dissapointed.
We had a wonderful day, everything was perfect, we had fun and decided not to get stressed about anyting that didnt go right. We also had an amazing group of friends in our bridal party which made everything so much more fun…"
Love to Source Images for sharing this wedding with Love My Dress…
"I couldn't recommend Source Images highly enough, they were really nice to have around and were really creative. We love the photos and their blog, and are looking forward to picking our photos for our album…"
Much love all,
Annabel xXx
♥
Credits
Photographer – Source Images
Venue – Halswell House in Goathurst
Brides dress – Benjamin Roberts
Brides shoes – Jimmy Choo – bought at Bicester village (bargain)
Brides accessories – Veil borrowed, Swarovski Tiara
Bridesmaids – Handmade by the Bride's Mum using Thai silk
Groom – Gatsby & Daisy In Marlow suit by Graham James
Flowers – Eden Florist
Hair & Makeup – The Buff Day Spa, Taunton
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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.
