County Brides Magazine 2021/22

Lily Rose dressed our venue with
amazing flowers and floating
candles, including a flower
arch to frame the view of the
lake during our ceremony, and
Hipswing provided lighting
around the beams and waterfall
lighting on the back wall. Both
of which just emphasised the
beauty of the venue we had
chosen and made it our own.
"We trusted their expertise and
ended up with amazing photos."
We found an incredible photographer in Declan West,
who along with Chris, just felt like bonus guests on the
day. They made us feel at ease as two people that
aren’t very good at the intimate photos. We trusted
their expertise and ended up with amazing photos
that captures us and summed up our relationship to
a tee, as well as some incredible drone videos.
The day couldn’t have gone more perfectly despite the
changes. We were looked after so well by the venue, Yioda,
Annette and the rest of the Top Table team, who between
them all guided us through the build-up, including the
ever-changing restrictions, and coordinated the whole day
smoothly - if anything didn’t go to plan, we had no idea!
Spending the morning getting ready with my bridesmaids
and Mum, was really special and started the day off
perfectly. The sun came out and the ceremony started
with our 1-year-old niece bounding up the aisle as our
flower girl with Rupert playing the piano. The nerves
(and emotions) with everything that had led up to
that one day kicked in for me when my Dad arrived to
walk me up the aisle. But getting to the top of the aisle
and seeing Matt there, just made everything better.
The speeches that followed our incredible meal by Matt, his
best man and my Dad were so special. They had everyone
laughing and crying with the beautiful words spoken.
After the speeches, my sister Felicity, who was my maid
of honour, and her
partner John surprised
us with an incredible
video full of messages
of the people there
and those we couldn’t
have there on the day,
including my friend
all the way over in
New Zealand. It’s
safe to say there were
a lot of tears! They
had also created a
book full of messages
and pictures from
everyone so we had
amazing keepsakes
that we never would
have had with a
“normal” wedding.
Like I’m sure every
other bride and groom,
we didn’t want the
day to end, and we’d
love to go back and
do it all again! Our
day, that was forced
to be different to our
original plan, ended up
being even better than
expected and one that
we will cherish forever.
"Thank you for making
our day so special"
CAKE
Kerris’ Bespoke Cakes
www.kerrisbespokecakes.co.uk
CATERERS
Top Table Weddings & Events
www.top-table.co.uk
DRESS
Fairytale Brides
www.fairytalebridesltd.co.uk
FLORIST
Lily Rose Events
www.lilyroseevents.co.uk
MENSWEAR
Moss Bros
www.moss.co.uk
PHOTOGRAPHER
Declan West Photography
www.declanwestphotography.co.uk
VENUE
Sandhole Oak Barn
www.sandholeoakbarnweddings.co.uk
114 County Brides 2021/22