A Relaxed, Country Barn Wedding…

Afternoon all! Say hello to Jim & Lucy and their little boy Gus. Jim and Lucy got married on 5 May at The Curradine Barns, Shrawley, near Worcestershire and I think their wedding is just lovely…

"I love the simple country look and feel, cake (who doesn't!), and really just wholesome lovely things that we love and play large parts in our lives.  We just wanted everyone to feel comfortable, special and spoilt with us…"

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"We met and lived in the area when we got engaged. Jim has always been a country mouse and I am from Greater London but I feel much more at home in the countryside.

My parents introduced us!  Apparently my dad spent along time behind the scenes waiting for the right time to get us together – he likes to reminds us that we owe him :)"

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Country Barn Wedding, Love My Dress Vintage and Alternative Wedding Blog

Country Barn Wedding, Love My Dress Vintage and Alternative Wedding Blog

"A beautiful, wonderfully kind photographer called Emma from Heart Full of Tea was our photographer. My family and friends are still talking about Emma. She just knew the right thing to say to make you feel comfortable, confident and ready…"

Country Barn Wedding, Love My Dress Vintage and Alternative Wedding Blog

"Most of all my little boy Gus couldn't stop flirting with either of them and he has good taste (8 months old then). Emma got to the venue early and scoped out quirky places to take photos and it took all the stress out of a busy day. I also had the most beautiful package through the post when out photos were delivered! Fantastic, couldn't have asked or wanted for more…"

Country Barn Wedding, Love My Dress Vintage and Alternative Wedding Blog

Country Barn Wedding, Love My Dress Vintage and Alternative Wedding Blog

Lucy's dress was a purchase from Bridal Gowns of Droitwich  {no designer name supplied}

"I fancied something really different but on a whim my Mum asked me to go and have a look around in what I thought was a quite 'local' shop. I wasn't too sure but I had heard good things from some girls I worked with. We popped in unannounced and they were quite busy but they spared me a couple of minutes to try a few dresses with the intention of offering me an appointment later.

Mum chose a couple but one caught my eye on the sale rack with pretty sparkly lace, it didn't seem to stand out as much as the other dresses in the shop but it spoke to me! I tried on the first one and it was beautiful but looked a little like a polly pocket – the dress wore me. Then I tried on the dress I chose, and that was it! I looked like a bride…."

Country Barn Wedding, Love My Dress Vintage and Alternative Wedding Blog

Country Barn Wedding, Love My Dress Vintage and Alternative Wedding Blog

Country Barn Wedding, Love My Dress Vintage and Alternative Wedding Blog

"My dress made me look like my idea of a bride and I never suspected that it would. A little different but classy and elegant….on top of that it was SO comfortable it felt like wearing my pj's…which was perfect because I didn't want to spend the whole day twitching and tweaking myself.

Everyone looked at me like it was 'the dress'.  Mum was made up that it was in the sale so we bought in there and then! Apparently in was in the sale because nobody else liked it – Hooray!

It's true what they say you do just know when it is the right dress!"

Country Barn Wedding, Love My Dress Vintage and Alternative Wedding Blog

Country Barn Wedding, Love My Dress Vintage and Alternative Wedding Blog 

"A family friend made our cake, from a picture I found on the internet.  I loved the humble simple country feel and look of it. Away with all the icing! …just lots of lovely cake…"

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"Our Florist was Dale Cottage Farm.  This lady grows her own wild flowers, you can give her an outline of what you would like but you can never say which flowers you would like exactly because it depends how they grow…the weather, the season etc. I love wild flowers and it reflected the venue and the overall country style we went for. I also like the idea of another surprise on the day!"

Country Barn Wedding, Love My Dress Vintage and Alternative Wedding Blog

Country Barn Wedding, Love My Dress Vintage and Alternative Wedding Blog

Country Barn Wedding, Love My Dress Vintage and Alternative Wedding Blog

Country Barn Wedding, Love My Dress Vintage and Alternative Wedding Blog

Country Barn Wedding, Love My Dress Vintage and Alternative Wedding Blog

Country Barn Wedding, Love My Dress Vintage and Alternative Wedding Blog

Country Barn Wedding, Love My Dress Vintage and Alternative Wedding Blog

Country Barn Wedding, Love My Dress Vintage and Alternative Wedding Blog

Country Barn Wedding, Love My Dress Vintage and Alternative Wedding Blog

Country Barn Wedding, Love My Dress Vintage and Alternative Wedding Blog

Country Barn Wedding, Love My Dress Vintage and Alternative Wedding Blog

Country Barn Wedding, Love My Dress Vintage and Alternative Wedding Blog

Country Barn Wedding, Love My Dress Vintage and Alternative Wedding Blog

The Curradine Barns, is a beautiful venue, humble and chic at the same time. It needed very little decoration because the building was so beautiful and the finishing details were just gorgeous. It appealed to us as we could have the whole wedding day there; plus the meal, the party and the venue was also exclusive so we wouldn't have people who were not our wedding guests wandering around which gave us the safe, private, cosy feeling we love. Also, I could be relaxed that my friends and particularly my Nanas wouldn't get lost between venues! The bridal party could get ready at the venue in the Honeymoon suite so we didn't have to worry about transport once we were all there…"

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Country Barn Wedding, Love My Dress Vintage and Alternative Wedding Blog

Country Barn Wedding, Love My Dress Vintage and Alternative Wedding Blog

Country Barn Wedding, Love My Dress Vintage and Alternative Wedding Blog

Country Barn Wedding, Love My Dress Vintage and Alternative Wedding Blog

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Country Barn Wedding, Love My Dress Vintage and Alternative Wedding Blog

Country Barn Wedding, Love My Dress Vintage and Alternative Wedding Blog

Country Barn Wedding, Love My Dress Vintage and Alternative Wedding Blog 

"Our first dance was to 'Moondance' – the Micheal Buble version. I love it! I never realised Jim knew this until he requested a friend of ours to play it on his laptop for me while we were all getting ready after a day skiing on holiday in France.

It made me realise Jim does actually listen to me wittering on and I would know if I shut up long enough to hear him ;)"

Country Barn Wedding, Love My Dress Vintage and Alternative Wedding Blog

Country Barn Wedding, Love My Dress Vintage and Alternative Wedding Blog

Country Barn Wedding, Love My Dress Vintage and Alternative Wedding Blog

Words of Wedded Wisdom…

 "Don't have the baby in the middle of the wedding plans! Not only does your dress not fit so well and you tend to age a bit, but (not surprisingly) they take a lot of looking after which leaves you short on time for planning and organising. Plus…..it kinda steals your dads thunder when your little man jibber jabbers back to his grandad during his speech…priceless 🙂"

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A love a simple, fuss-free wedding – it's nice to let the love and not all the detail, do all the talking 🙂

I'm unsure of the designer of Lucy's dress but bravo to Bridal Gowns of Droitwich for stocking something so pretty.

Is anyone else planning a relaxed, country barn wedding? You can see more barn weddings on Love My Dress here.

Much love all,

Annabel

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Photographer – Heart Full of Tea
Venue – The Curradine Barns
Brides dress – Bridal Gowns of Droitwich
Brides Shoes -  Irregular Choice
Brides Hair Accessories – Primark! Believe it or not.
Bridesmaids Dresses – Coast 
Grooms Suit – A-Z Stourport-on-Severn
Florist – Dale Cottage Farm

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.

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