Big Boho Happiness Love

Kelly xx

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‘The best day ever, absolutely brilliant fun. Anything that went wrong could not stop the day from being perfect and filled with love and laughter’

Carly and James were married on 4th May at St Thomas of Canterbury Church, Mayfield East Sussex and The Great Barn in Rolvenden, Kent. ‘We knew straight away that we wanted a barn wedding not too far from London and after seeing quite a few we fell in love with the location and character of the Great Barn. The church is in the village where James grew up and his mum still attends there every Sunday. There was a 45 minute drive between the two so we figured it was just about close enough to do both. We had 100 guests and it took a year and a half to plan’

How they met
We met through friends and have been together for 5 and a half years.

The proposal
James organised a surprise weekend away in Windsor, we stayed in a gorgeous hotel overlooking the castle. In the evening we went for dinner with all the romantic clichés (overlooking the river, sunset, violin music), James got down on one knee and started giggling and that was it. We spent the rest of the night trying and struggling to get phone signal to tell our parents.

Why did you choose your photographer?
I read so many magazines and blogs and kept narrowing down shortlists from images I liked. I must have contacted several dozen photographers but Jacqui was the first and only that we met. We loved that her images were colourful and relaxed as we didn’t want anything too formal. Talking to her about wedding bugbears we realised she was on our wavelength and we could trust her to capture our day exactly as we wanted.

The dress
My dress was bought at Pronovias on Bond Street. My hairband was by Jenny Packham, bolero from Etsy, veil from eBay, shoes from Kurt Geiger and jewellery was a gift from my lovely mum.

The suit and bridesmaids
James wore a 3 piece blue suit from Reiss. He looked amazing! He accessorised it with a personalised vintage pocketwatch, Hugo Boss tie, Pied a Terre boots and very jazzy socks. The bridesmaids all looked absolutely stunning. They wore light blue prom dresses from Debenhams which we had tailored to fit them, with silver shoes which I customised with blue bows to match the dresses and freshwater pearl bracelets that I gave them as a thank you gift.

Theme or colour scheme
The theme was rustic pretty with a bit of sparkle in keeping with the venue and hopefully reflected us as a couple. The colours were baby blue, baby pink and white (this was stuck to religiously including the car and sweetie buffet!!)

Flowers 
All my favourites! Pink peonies, blue hydrangea, sweet avalanche roses, white lisianthus and lots and lots of gypsophila. We had lots of compliments about the flowers, they were stunning.

Food
We had canapes followed by a posh barbeque with 4 types of meat and salad. The food was delicious and served grazing style so they just kept bringing out more and more, followed by amazing profiteroles. We also made bags of pretzels for the bus between the venues and a cheese buffet, popcorn and candyfloss in the evening. There was no danger of anyone getting hungry at our wedding! We hoped this might soak up some of the booze but that didn’t really work!

Entertainment
We had garden games, table football and a photobooth in the evening. We also had a fantastic band called the Rockpins. They even offered to learn a song for us and probably weren’t expecting us to request Girls Aloud but they did a brilliant version.

Personal /DIY touches / Decoration
• We made over 100 tissue paper pompoms
• 150 meters of bunting
• Striped and polka dot table runners
• fairy lights everywhere
• Centrepieces made from various containers collected over the past year
• A sweetie buffet displayed in a vintage dresser.
• I designed and made the invites myself, they took forever and the final version involved components sourced from 12 different suppliers!
• We invented a cocktail for the reception drinks called “Golden Delicious” which was made using apple juice from the orchard at the Great Barn.
• The favours were a real labour of love, we gave our guests homemade sloe gin and decanted into individual bottles, their name tags were made from salt dough and attached to the favours.
• We also had cigars for the guys and flip flops for the girls for party time.
• We made our table plan out of a vintage suitcase
• Made lots of little signs dotted about.
• We should also give a big shout out to the bridesmaids for their help with the bunting as it was an epic task!
(We’re now looking to hire out some of the decorations that we bought and made)

Special moments
So many highlights throughout the day! Walking down the aisle and seeing everyone we know there. The comedy of my garter flying off as I sat down at the front of the church. James crying as he said his vows. The journey from the church to the barn in our amazing Cadillac. Doing our “entrance” before dinner to whoops and cheers from everyone. Best man Dave discovering a comic timing ability none of us knew he possessed. Having an impromptu last dance as everyone gathered around us in a circle and the confetti machine finally went off which we hired for the first dance but didn’t work.

Biggest surprise
James’ dad drove over to the hotel where I was getting ready to deliver a gift of a necklace from James. It also rained just as I was leaving to go to the church but we had a gorgeous sunset – it just shows no matter how meticulously you plan you can’t possibly control everything.

Advice
• Everything takes longer than you think – making bunting is fun for about an hour!
• Don’t worry if you don’t have time to finish things as nobody notices details that aren’t there except for you.
• On the day all that you will notice is the love that you feel for your new husband and family and friends that are there to share the special day with you.
• Remember that everyone will have an opinion on what you should and shouldn’t do – it’s just because people want to be involved.
• Pick a couple of aspects of the day that are important to you and splurge on them and save money elsewhere.
• Oh, and give your bridesmaids a hard deadline to be ready by – we were 20 minutes late to the church!!

Supplier Shout Outs

• Photographer – Jacqui McSweeney
• Caterer – Red Rasperry 
• Florist – Highgate Florist 
• Hotel – The Bell Ticeburst 
• Hairdresser - Kasia Fortuna 
• Make-up – Harriet Rainbow 
• Car – Rye Classics
• Bus – Red Route Buses 

For more information on Jacqui’s work go to:

www.jmcsweeneyphotography.co.uk
www.jmcsweeneyphotography.co.uk/blog
jacqui@jmcsweeneyphotography.co.uk
FACEBOOK
@jacquimacphoto

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Big Boho Happiness Love

Kelly xx

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Jaye has been kind enough to tell us a bit more about the couple and the wedding……….

We loved shooting this wedding, Nicky and Dave are a super fun and relaxed couple, which made the day so much easier for us! They got married in the amazing Newton Hall, which is a relatively new venue which opened up a year ago and is super quirky and fun with loads of ‘surprise’ details around the venue (like a tree covered in birdhouses). Dave restores Vintage VW’s which was the basis of their engagement shoot  and Nicky works with Special Needs Children. Everything about the wedding was amazing, we had such a fun day, but my favorite parts were the outdoor ceremony, as well as the bridal portraits which we did out at the beach near Newton Hall, a beautiful spot and we got some great shots of Nicky and Dave. Their band was fabulous,  like going to a gig. They partied super hard and Nicky even got down on the dance floor in her Ian Stuart dress! A great wedding that we will remember for a long time.

Supplier Shout Outs

• Venue – Newton Hall
• Dress Shop Mimi Toko
• Dress – Ian Stuart Dress 
• Hair – (Ashley)  Hair by Y Salon
• Custom Brooch Bouquets – Friend Amie
• Cupcakes – Dreamworld cakes
• Wedding Band – Warning Tones
• Photography – Tux and Tales

Fore more information on Jaye and Matt’s work go to

www.tuxandtalesphoto.co.uk
www.tuxandtalesphoto.co.uk/blog/
Jaye@tuxandtalesphoto.co.uk
FACEBOOK
TWITTER
Tel / Txt: 07590410102

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Big Boho Happiness Love

Kelly xx

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This week  I am holiday, enjoying a lovely break in Cornwall with Nik, but while I’m away I thought it would be a good time to give a shout out for my regular Monday DIY Post.

As regular readers will know every Monday afternoon I post a DIY tutorial and have been doing so for quite some time now. I have had regular contributes to the blog, while others come along and dipped in and dipped out. Some tutorials have come from suppliers, some from DIY bloggers, while others have come from brides.
All the past DIY Tutorials can be found HERE 

Now if your a regular reader of the blog you will know all this already, so why do I need you? Well I am now looking for new contributors to the blog, new DIY fans who can offer regular or one of tutorials to be shared with the Boho readers.
Are you a wedding supplier who has some DIY tips to share with my readers? Are you a bride or groom wanting to share your DIY projects with other like minded DIY brides? Are you a DIY Blogger or crafter looking for a platform to showcase your blog and your ideas?
If any of these are you then you need to get in contact.

I am Looking for:

Any DIY tutorials that are wedding related, these can be ♥ stationery ♥ favours ♥ decoration ♥ flowers ♥ gifts ♥ as well as house related items ♥ recipes ♥ outfits ♥ and hair and make up tutorials.

All I ask is:

• Each Tutorial has clear step by step instructions, including a list of ‘ingredients’ and a clear ‘to do’ list
• Along with the instructions I will need clear step by step photos, including a beginning, middle and end product. These don’t necessarily need to be professional, but they need to be of a good enough standard to use on the blog. If you haven’t taken the photos yourself I will need the photographers details to credit them.
• If you are a supplier or blogger or run your own crafting business I will need your full website/facebook/twiter details and a mini bio to add to the bottom of the post.

To get in contact email me at kelly@boho-weddings.com. Please don’t send me the complete tutorial on first contact, just a brief introduction and an idea of the tutorial, or tutorials you have in mind and how often you think you can submit work.

As I mentioned I am currently on holiday, so you will get an out of office if you email this week, but I will make sure I reply to everyone when I get back on 24th June.

Thanks so much

Kelly xx

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