Good afternoon 😉 Well it's about time I featured some nuptials on these pretty wedding blog pages isn't it? 🙂 And I'm so looking forward to featuring this charming Summer time and quintessentially English wedding with you, it is just a delight and completely appeals to my slightly more eccentric, whimsical nature too 🙂
Artist Millie McCallum met her Husband George at University six years ago – the two tied the knot on 18 June with a Church ceremony followd by a reception at Millie's parents garden in Nunburnholme, East Yorkshire.
Mille – a regular reader of Love My Dress, discovered her wedding dress suppliers 'Heavenly Vintage Brides' via these blog pages…
"I loved everything about my dress! I felt like I was wearing a piece of history. It fit me perfectly – the lace is so delicate and beautiful and what I didn't realise until the day was that it was so fun to wear and dance in with the tiered skirt.
Basically, it was exactly what I imagined my wedding dress would be like. I would like to wear it every day!"
Love My Dress Wedding Blog – Photography Copyright (c) 2011, Elegant and Wild Photography
One of the cutest aspects of this wedding day is how the flowersgirls and little boys all dressed up as Beatrix Potter Characters. I would have given my left leg to do this when I was a littley!
"The girls were Mrs Tittlemouse {pink stripey dress with bow} and Jemima Puddle Duck {dress made of feathers}. The boys were Samuel Whiskers {green jacket, mustard trousers}, Tom Kitten {all in one suit with pie-crust cullar} and Peter Rabbit {blue jacket, cream shorts}.
Each of my little Beatrix Potter characters were between 3 and 6 years old…"
I just love the tiered detailing of this vintage lace gown, it is so incredibly delicate. A completely unique original vintage find. What a lucky lady…
"Our Florist Fiona Hogg made my floral headpiece. I LOVED my flowers – Fiona was amazing and totally understood my ideas.
What she did on the day was prettier than I had ever invisaged and really understated. They were mant to lok like they were straight out of the garden and they absolutely did. I basically got married that time of year just for the flowers!"
Millie's shoes were by Vivienne Westwood Anglomanic cream slingbacks. "I spray painted the heart…"
The couple had a super stylisth AC Cobra on loan form a friend to act as transport for the Bride….
Oh how adorable is Jemima Puddleduck here?
….and Mrs Tittlemouse!!! I LOVE this aspect of Mille and George's wedding 🙂
Even the hound got in on the cute act 😉
"I walked down the aisle to 'The Mouse Waltz' form the Beatrix Potter ballet, which I saw last Christmas, and loved…"
I can't think of a more perfect backdrop for a pretty English summer wedding than Mille's parent's garden…
"My parent's garden is a perfect example of English loveliness in June…"
"We had an unlined canvas and pole tent. I collected plates, glass candlesticks and vases for the long tables and had miles of bunting made, which we interspersed with pin kand green fabric swags and fairy lights…"
"We just wanted a laid back, pretty English Summer wedding, that wa very much our own. Luckily, I have an amazing family who worked tirelessly gardening, sign making, sewing, putting out lanterns, laying tables, and making our bell tent fit for kings to sleep in on our wedding night!
It was all the helping hands that allowed us to do little touches that helped make our wedding so unique and individual…"
Millie's best friend Patience made her wedding cake…
"Our first dance was to 'Hallelujah, I love her so' by Ray Charles. We also had a really fun band called 69 Fingers. The just woudln't stop playing!"
So completely delightful isn't it?
Thanks to Photographer Victoria Dawe of Elegant and Wild, for allowing her work to be shared on Love My Dress…
"Victoria was brilliant, really professional and prepared but almost invisible on teh day. The photos show she {and her assistant} managed to be everywhere, all day."
You can see much more from Heavenly Vintage Brides on Love My Dress here.
I'd love your comment on this pretty English summer time wedding 🙂
You can see more Edwardian Wedding Dress features here.
Much love all,
Annabel xXx
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Style Guide
Photographer – Elegant and Wild
Venue – The Bride's Parent's Garden
Brides dress – Heavenly Vintage Brides
Brides shoes – Vivienne Westwood
Brides floral headpiece – Fiona Hogg
Groom – Old Hat, at 66 Fulham Road, London, SW6 3LQ.
Flowers – Fiona Hogg
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.
