I need to interject for a moment and remind myself – and reassure you all, that I absolutely adore, and very much treasure my job here at Love My Dress.

I receive the most immense pleasure sharing images of joy, love, gatherings and celebration, as captured in these precious photographs taken at the wedding of wedding photographer Adelle to Paediatric Nurse Practitioner Joel on 5th August last year, at The Orangery at Tortworth Court in Gloucestershire.

Having worked at hundreds of weddings herself, Adelle has seen so many different styles and ideas for styling weddings, but she and Joel wanted to keep this elegant and bohemian. The employed talented and wonderful Jane Riddell of Planned for Perfection to achieve their vision. It was also of great importance to Adelle, that she sensitively wove some thoughtful nods towards her mother, who passed away a few years ago, throughout the day.

The bride wore a Stella York dress and had her hair styled in a loose bohemian braid. I love these images, they carry so much beautiful energy. I hope you love and are uplifted and feel inspired by them too. Enjoy!

Bridal Beauty & Accessories

I wore the groom’s mother’s pearl earrings.

I tied in a piece of material from one of my mum’s dresses in to my bouquet, so that she was with me on the day.

My shoes were from Lulus.

My bridesmaids wore dresses Azazie Bridesmaids – they made individual choices of styles within the overall wedding colour palette.

The Dress

I wore a Stella York dress from the Bliss Bridal boutique. I worked a lot with the boutique for wedding projects and knew that they were a great team. I had a really nice experience with a really friendly and knowledgeable team. I would highly recommend Bliss to other brides.

I felt like a princess in the dress – I felt it was very English and perfect for the venue with the pretty lace and flower embellishments.

How They Met

We met on a night out in Buffalo, NYC. Joel was on stage with a DJ friend and I walked in to the club with a group of friends… he spotted me, I spotted him and I said to my friends, “I’m going to dance with that guy by the end of the night…”. I did and the rest is history!

Joel took me to Paris for the weekend whilst I was studying in Europe and surprised me by our families from the UK and the USA joining us for the proposal by the Eiffel Tower – it was so romantic!

Evening & Entertainment

Our first dance as to Ed Sheeran’s ‘Tenerife Sea’.

Each element of the day was so special. The live music in the evening was so much fun and it was great to spend time with our friends and family, especially those who weren’t able to join us at our first wedding in the USA.

Words of Wedded Wisdom

Hire a Wedding Planner!

Take it all in – the planning, the bridal shower, the groomsmen’s parties, the pre wedding and post wedding celebrations, as well as the wedding day… slow down and enjoy every moment of it, because it really is it over too quickly – and we had two weddings!

We worked within the budget that we had with the help of our wedding planner, which was important, especially when planning two weddings, one in the UK and one in the USA!

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