A Marriage Full of Military Style…

It's Friday! Time to embrace the bank holiday, and certainly time for two lovely newlyweds called Robyn and Jamie to be spending some much deserved special time with one another;  Jamie, or Sjt. Jamie Houston, as he is better known to his colleagues, has only recently returned Afghanistan – he and wife Robyn tied the knot on 17 July 2009 with a ceremony at St John the Baptist Parish Church at Priory Gardens, Royson in Hertfordshire, followed by a reception at Fanhams Hall Hotel in Ware {for any beady-eyed readers, no, I've not misspelt 'Sjt.' – this spelling is unique to Jamie's Rifle's Regiment}.

"Jamie tells me he had been admiring me from afar for some months before
he plucked up the courage to approach me one night in a local night
club.  We have been together for four years.  I could not list all the
reasons why I love Jamie but he is everything I could ever want for – my
knight in shining armour!  Jamie was deployed to Afghanistan with 4
Rifles in October and only just arrived home last week after a tough
seven month tour.  I thought planning a wedding was stressful and I must
admit I did get carried away with trivial details but going through
something like that makes you realise what's really important  and it
definitely helped me to put things into perspective.  I am so very proud
to be able to call him my husband."

A huge thank you to Photographer Kim Hawkins for submitting this
beautiful wedding to Love My Dress ~ "Kim id a fantastic job for us, after seeing her previous work displayed
on her website I was convinced she was the photographer for us. Her
work on our pre-wedding shoot and my boudoir shoot further built my
confidence in her.   She remained professional throughout and achieved
amazing results."

Love My Dress Wedding Blog ~ All Photography Copyright (c) 2010, Kim Hawkins


Love My Dress Wedding Blog - Photography by Kim Hawkins.. 
Love My Dress Wedding Blog - Photography by Kim Hawkins..

My dress was designed by Donna
Salado, which I purchased from Karen Forte.

"I was
looking for something slightly different and found exactly that in my
dress.  It is the most beautiful dress which consists of yards upon
yards of ivory silk forming a full skirt and train with diamante
encrusted floral panels.  It is a backless design with a jewelled back
piece and a diamante encrusted bodice
.  As my
dress is so detailed I decided not to wear a veil.  My shoes were from Rainbow, they were ivory silk to match my dress."

Love My Dress Wedding Blog - Photography by Kim Hawkins.. Love My Dress Wedding Blog - Photography by Kim Hawkins..

"I spent the night before at my parent’s house.  I was brimming with
excitement, so much so that I was up at 5:00 am on the day of the
wedding!  I managed to stay calm throughout the morning, it was only on
the way to the church in the car that the nerves really kicked in. 
Seeing Jamie standing at the altar waiting for me made all those nerves
melt away and for the rest of the day I could not wipe the smile off my
face!  I was so happy to be marrying Jamie and for everyone we loved to
be there to witness it and celebrate with us."
 

Love My Dress Wedding Blog - Photography by Kim Hawkins..

"I wore a
stunning headband handmade by Flo & Percy. Coincidently the headband
is the same design as Jamie’s former regimental coat of arms, the
Maltese Cross.  I did my make-up myself and my hair was put in rollers in the morning. 
Although I did my own make-up I decided to treat myself to some clinique
make-up just so that I'd have a different look from every other day. 
Saying this, the foundation I used was rimmel recover which is the best
foundation I have ever come across, I applied it with a clinique
foundation brush to achieve a flawless finish.  I also used mac paint on
my eyelids to ensure my eyeshadow stayed in place all day."

Love My Dress Wedding Blog - Photography by Kim Hawkins..

"Sally from Halo Blossom designed our wedding flowers and I would
recommend her services to anybody, she did a fantastic job. The flowers
comprised of Hydrangeas, Old Dutch and Sweet Avalanche roses,
Gypsophilia, and plenty of rich green foliage. They were beautiful
shades of white to cream, with hints of champagnes, pinks and mauves
coming through, romantic and vintage in appearance.  My bouquet was
bound in antique lace and pinned with pearl-headed pins.  The sconces in
the great hall were decorated with Ivy and we had two striking floral
displays on the windowsill’s as well as a stunning top table spray and
garlands."

Love My Dress Wedding Blog - Photography by Kim Hawkins..

Love My Dress Wedding Blog - Photography by Kim Hawkins..

"We travelled in style in a 1935 Hillman 16 Saloon; it’s a rare vintage
with only a handful remaining. It has appeared in several films
including episodes of Poirôt.  It certainly added a touch of decadence
to the occasion."

Love My Dress Wedding Blog - Photography by Kim Hawkins..

"The military theme was the order of the day and it made sense to follow
on with the corresponding colour scheme of winter green.  We wanted the
day to have a glamorous and traditional feel to it.   I had three
bridesmaids, all friends of mine.  The girls all bought their own shoes, I didn’t
wan't them to look identical!  They wore full length, midnight green
silk dresses designed by Amanda Wakeley in keeping with the military
colour scheme. They also decided how they had their hair done – that way they
still had an individual look about them."

Love My Dress Wedding Blog - Photography by Kim Hawkins..

"Jamie wore his Serjeants (sic.) dress uniform with full regalia.  Countless
people remarked at how dashing Jamie looked.  It was the first time I
had seen him in this particular uniform and he certainly did look very
handsome, I was so proud to become his wife that day."

Love My Dress Wedding Blog - Photography by Kim Hawkins.. Love My Dress Wedding Blog - Photography by Kim Hawkins..

Love My Dress Wedding Blog - Photography by Kim Hawkins..

Love My Dress Wedding Blog - Photography by Kim Hawkins..

Love My Dress Wedding Blog - Photography by Kim Hawkins..

Love My Dress Wedding Blog - Photography by Kim Hawkins..

Love My Dress Wedding Blog - Photography by Kim Hawkins..

Love My Dress Wedding Blog - Photography by Kim Hawkins..

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Love My Dress Wedding Blog - Photography by Kim Hawkins..

Love My Dress Wedding Blog - Photography by Kim Hawkins.. 

Love My Dress Wedding Blog - Photography by Kim Hawkins.. 
Love My Dress Wedding Blog - Photography by Kim Hawkins.. 

Love My Dress Wedding Blog - Photography by Kim Hawkins..

Love My Dress Wedding Blog - Photography by Kim Hawkins..
Love My Dress Wedding Blog - Photography by Kim Hawkins..

Love My Dress Wedding Blog - Photography by Kim Hawkins..

Love My Dress Wedding Blog - Photography by Kim Hawkins.. 

Love My Dress Wedding Blog - Photography by Kim Hawkins..

"I think I can speak for both of us when I say that our favourite
moment
was during the wedding breakfast.  We both took this time to soak up the
atmosphere and bask in everything that was going on around us, admiring
the stunning Great Hall, watching our guests smiling and laughing,
listening to the delicate sound of the harp playing, enjoying the
radiance of the candelabras and indulging in the delicious food, and us,
being husband and wife.  It was such a pleasure to have all our loved
ones there with us, and to see them enjoying themselves.  Our guests
were the most important aspect of the wedding."

Love My Dress Wedding Blog - Photography by Kim Hawkins..
Love My Dress Wedding Blog - Photography by Kim Hawkins..

Love My Dress Wedding Blog - Photography by Kim Hawkins.. 

Love My Dress Wedding Blog - Photography by Kim Hawkins..

"We decided to have individual cup cakes, they were decorated in
pastel green and pink icing and topped with rose buds."

Love My Dress Wedding Blog - Photography by Kim Hawkins..
Love My Dress Wedding Blog - Photography by Kim Hawkins..

"Jamie and I couldn’t agree on a first dance song for a long time, we
both wanted very different songs so we sat down together about three
days before the wedding and spent some time trying to decide on a song
before we settled on We’ve Only Just Begun by The Carpenters, we both
agreed it’s a beautiful song and we felt the lyrics were very fitting."

Love My Dress Wedding Blog - Photography by Kim Hawkins..
Love My Dress Wedding Blog - Photography by Kim Hawkins.. 

What a lovely set of photographs to start the day with :)  Thanks so much Robyn for sharing your wedding-day with us, and thanks again to Photographer Kim
Hawkins
for allowing us to reproduce your lovely photography on our little Wedding Blog.

Happy Friday love to one and all 🙂

Annabel

Annabel View all Annabel's articles

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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