Spring wedding at Hamswell House

Glorious May wedding at Hamswell House

Laura and Jonathans wedding was one of those that you know you are going to completely enjoy putting together. They came to me via a recommendation from Hamswell House and it was one of those weddings that you didn’t want to have to wait a year to do!

Their ceremony was being held at The Assembly Rooms and they very sensibly decided to put their money into one focal flower feature rather than some chair ends and a smaller signing table arrangement. Your ceremony is going to be where most of your photos are taken so although it’s lovely for the guests to be able to enjoy flowers on the chairs, I always recommend focussing your money where the photos that will end up on your walls are being taken.

We opted for a split arch to suit the shaping of the pillars in the room and what a magnificent room it is. We also discussed moving it after the ceremony back to Hamswell House. This option isn’t always feasible but because Hamswell House has so much space it worked effortlessly. I’m so pleased that we made it work because it made for some incredible photos both at the ceremony and back at Hamswell House.

The marquee was dressed with lots of greenery and a central chandelier of hanging foliages above the couples table whilst the guest ones were kept elegant with a gold mercury vase that looked so beautiful with the Cappuccino colours.

Hamswell House is one of those dream venues where there is plenty of space and time for both yourselves and also for your suppliers and I cannot recommend it enough if you’re looking.

Planning

Roses were the main feature of this wedding. ‘Cappuccino’ and ‘Cafe Latte’ Roses supplied both the warm colour and the incredible fragrance. They were mixed with a few touches of White Wax flower and Stocks. Then alot of mixed foliages giving a strong background.

They had bouquets, buttonholes, table flowers, marquee dressing and the split archway. Budget required £1800 - £2000.

The incredible photos were taken by James Fear photography (click for info)

Amazing venue is Hamswell House (click for info)

Ceremony was at The Assembly Rooms, Bath (click for info)

Spring wedding at Wick Farm, Bath

A March wedding that was abundant with Spring flowers

Dusky Pinks, Pale Purples, Creams and Ivories. There was limited foliages used here to create a romantic floral dream.

Sophie knew what she wanted. She was an event planner and so used to organising. The wedding was to be full of blooms and the decor was to suit the country style barn with vintage crockery and home made bunting.

Alex was Welsh and so worn a tiny Narcissi daffodil that we fastened with a little fern as a back ground so that it would be fully visible.

Wick Farm is the perfect venue for a country dream. It’s a beautiful barn that has been decorated with such an eye that it mixes simple chic with English charm perfectly. It’s always a pleasure to decorate and there are so many options and ideas that work well.

The tables were arranged in one of my favourite ways with each being full of different items. A mix on each of vintage china, cut glass vases and old fashioned bottles. Some also included primrose plants and forget me nots which just added to the charm.

Planning

All the sophisticated Spring favourites were included here. Lilac, Anemones, Ranunculus, Paperwhites and Hellebores with just a few plants and herbs in the table arrangements.

They had bouquets, buttonholes and table flowers. Budget required approx £800 - £1000.

All the stunning photos below are by Kat Hill

Photography by Kat Hill

Photography by Kat Hill

Photography by Kat Hill

Photography by Kat Hill

Photography by Kat Hill

Photography by Kat Hill

Colourful micro wedding at Wick Farm, Bath in Somerset

A micro wedding in 2020!

This was my second wedding of 2020 and to be honest I wasn’t expecting it. The couple were supposed to be getting married in July, they were supposed to be having lots of colourful English garden blooms, they were supposed to surrounded by lots of friends and family.

They had originally decided to postpone to July 2021 but then they had a change of heart, they just wanted to be married, they didn’t want to wait any longer, they decided to do the legal bit now and then have a mega party when its possible. I completely understood, my own wedding was arranged and organised in 5 weeks, sometimes you just want to live for the here and now!

The flowers that she had wanted in July were completely perfect. Lots of English grown, seasonal blooms, Foxgloves, Peonies, Roses, Delphiniums, Snapdragons, Scabious, all in a colourful mix to look like a naturally growing English country garden. She still wanted this fresh vibrant colour scheme in December but I knew that it would be difficult to achieve. We discussed by email what else she could have that had a wild garden feel and in the end settled on a much more simple affair of something similar to White Anemones, Burgundy Roses and Eucalyptus with fillers and other foliages.

Trouble was that I knew deep down that this wasn’t what she wanted. So I phoned her to talk it through. She sounded fine but just a bit flat when we were talking about the flowers. Now, I want my couples to be happy with what I do for them. I want my brides to be in love with their bouquets. I want them to look back on photos in years to come and say, yes, that is me, that is my style, that is what I wanted.

So, I suggested the idea of colourful dried flowers and sent her a photo. She suddenly relaxed and I could hear the excitement in her voice again. This is my job, to find flowers and styles that you really want, not what you think you should have.

Social distancing was still in place between families not in the same bubble so, the tables became a big square in the middle of the room with an empty space in the middle. The obvious place to concentrate the flowers was here. Where everyone could see them. I knew from our talks that she quite liked the idea of rainbow flowers so this is how I arranged them in an ombre effect with one colour merging into the next.

Picture by https://bristolcontemporaryphotography.com/

Picture by https://bristolcontemporaryphotography.com/

I absolutely loved the feeling of the barn at Wick Farm. like this. It felt intimate, cosy and so special. I was pretty envious that I wasn’t on the invitation list!

The other completely total amazing thing about a micro wedding, is that your photographer has the time to get some incredible and interesting shots that probably wouldn’t have been possible in a normal situation.

Picture by https://bristolcontemporaryphotography.com/

Picture by https://bristolcontemporaryphotography.com/

Picture by https://bristolcontemporaryphotography.com/

A micro wedding doesn’t mean that you have to compromise, it doesn’t mean that you have to give up on what you wanted. What it does mean is you can have lots of fun and there will still be as much magic and love as any other wedding.

I cannot wish Georgia and Tom enough luck and love in their lives together.

I love my job. I love weddings!

All of the amazing photos here were taken by Charlie https://bristolcontemporaryphotography.com/ and Georgia’s make up was done by https://www.ellehitchens.co.uk/ who always seems to do the make up for some of my favourite brides.