Afternoon ladies and gents. Waaah! So I just found out that the beautiful bride I featured getting married at Claridges on Love My Dress yesterday is only Freya Last, proucer of the Chris Moyles show! Eeek! You must go and have a look if you haven't already! 😉
This lunch time I'd like to share the wedding of Rachel & Richard, who tied the knot on 16 April 2011 at Nutfield Priory in Surrey. These photographers were submitted by Photographer Natasha Thompson, and I love them for their simplicity and that beautiful bespoke, beaded dress Libelula…
"We had a watch word for our wedding and that was 'simplicity'. We’d been to too many fussy weddings. And time, we were starting our married lives in a foreign country shortly after and had only three months to plan our wedding start to finish.
The dress I chose wasn't a typical wedding dress – most of the dresses I’d seen were ill fitting, expensive & unflattering. The dress suited by body shape and I could wear it again making it cost effective. The bias cut meant it hung beautifully and the fabric didn’t need ironing…."
Love My Dress Wedding Blog – Photography Copyright (c) 2012, Natasha Thompson
Rachel wore a pair of four inch open toe sling backs by LK Bennett…
I love the dress by Trelise Cooper that Rachel's bridesmaid wore…
"The bouquets I wanted to be a bit different but simple to match my dress. I wanted ferns and lilies in the church arrangement to remind me of my home country New Zealand. The florist worked from home, was very flexible and reliable…"
"We had a Marks & Spencer wedding cake. I chose this cake as it was simple and allowed me to mix different cakes in the tiers to cater for varying tastes. It was also very good value I was horrified at the cost of most wedding cakes!"
"We danced to 'Times a Wastin' by Johnny Cash & June Carter. It was quirky and light hearted…"
Words of Wedded Wisdom…
"Enjoy it it goes by in a flash. Think about what you really want and don’t let others try and sway you. Shop around and try not to mention the word wedding whenever possible as most people see it as a reason to try and over change you…"
Huge congratulations Rachel and Richard on your upcoming one year anniversary! 😉 Thanks again too to Natasha Thompson for sharing these lovely photographs with my readers.
Coming up. Something rather racy indeed…
Much love all,
Annabel
♥
Photographer – Natasha Thompson
Venue – Nutfield Priory in Surrey
Brides dress – Libelula
Brides shoes – LK Bennett
Brides Accessories – Butterfly clips purchased in Krakow, Poland + antique broach and bracelet borrowed from my godmother
Hair Stylist – Wonderful Wedding Hair
Makeup Artist –Tania Stephenson-Oliver
Groom – hired
Bridesmaids – Trelise Cooper dress + butterfly hair clips purchased in Krakow, Poland
Flowers – Samantha Rogers
Cake – Marks & Spencer
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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.
