{"id":171802,"date":"2016-07-04T07:00:13","date_gmt":"2016-07-04T06:00:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/whimsicalwonderlandweddings.com\/?p=171802"},"modified":"2024-03-07T16:36:44","modified_gmt":"2024-03-07T16:36:44","slug":"fun-music-inspired-rustic-barn-wedding","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wedissimo.com\/blog\/fun-music-inspired-rustic-barn-wedding\/","title":{"rendered":"Fun Music Inspired Rustic Barn Wedding"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Fun<\/p>\n

Tattoos, taxidermy and music influences. Yes it’s time for Brett and Laura’s spectacular nuptials held on the 27th June 2015. They chose to hold their wedding celebrations at York Maze<\/a> to enable them to really make their day their own and filled with personality.<\/p>\n

There were smiles and fun moments throughout not to mention gorgeous hand made rustic d\u00e9cor and styling. Think hessian, brown paper and twine everywhere plus pops of blue in the attire. The maids wore long baby blue frocks, while the gents donned waistcoats and blue ties. Laura chose a short dress from Andrea Bambridge which looked just gorgeous teamed with her artificial bouquet. I especially love the tattoo sleeve favours, so FUN.<\/p>\n

Thanks so much to the absolutely brilliant York Place Studios<\/a> for sharing these divine shots with us.<\/p>\n

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THE PROPOSAL | Brett got down on one knee, as we got in our house on Christmas eve, he took me completely by surprise, and presented me with the most stunning ring and the sweetest words. I think he knew I wouldn’t have liked a fuss and I liked how he took a normal situation and turned it into an unforgettable memory.<\/p>\n

THE VISION | We wanted a day that was relaxed, fun and filled with family and friends.<\/p>\n

THE PLANNING PROCESS | We tried to keep things simple, we picked up ideas from wedding fairs, magazines and the internet. I (Laura) found that lists really helped, whereas (Brett) was more spontaneous about things. We were really lucky to have supportive family and friends who helped us throughout the process.<\/p>\n

BUDGET | We didn\u2019t have too much of a set budget. We gave ourselves 2 years to save up as much as possible, we wanted everything to be perfect. We saved by hand making things too, which really gave a personal touch.<\/p>\n

THE VENUE | We had a look at a few places but fell in love with York Maze instantly. The venue was comprised of beautiful barns and courtyards and play parks, a bouncing pillow and farm animals. It fit our vision perfectly. Plus, they gave us the absolute freedom to do whatever we wanted with the venue, along with making our own food and drinks menu. They helped with anything we needed and were there for us for everything on the day too! We had the maze for 3 days and it was totally shut off from the public. It was perfect.<\/p>\n

THE DRESS & ACCESSORIES | My dress was a gift from my wonderful mum and dad. I chose a 1950’s vintage \u2013esque dress by Andrea Bambridge in Champagne Gold, with a detachable bolero, I added an Ivory satin belt for contrast. My shoes were ‘Saffron’ from Rainbow club and I found some Freya Rose ‘Boudior Bow’ shoe clips that matched the belt. I kept the jewellery simple, and chose a diamant\u00e9 hair comb to add a little bit more sparkle.<\/p>\n

FINDING THE DRESS | I took my mum and maid of honour around wedding fairs and dress shops and I tried on all shapes and sizes, but nothing stood out. On a whim, I made an appointment at Andrea Bambridge to go by myself. I picked some dresses which I thought I would like to try on, but none of them were quite right. The staff were kind enough to bring some more across from their warehouse, as soon as the assistant brought them upstairs, I saw my dress and that was it, I tried it on straight away, it fitted really well, it had the right detailing, it was fun but glamorous, I was sold. I called my mum and arranged for her to come across for a second fitting. When I saw my mums reaction I knew it was meant to be.<\/p>\n

GROOM\u2019S ATTIRE | I (Brett) spent months trying to find something that I liked to look of and that was comfortable. We go the trousers and waist coats from Greenwoods tailors. As it was mid summer I didn\u2019t want a blazer\/ suit jacket, this turned out to be a good idea as the sun was blazing all day.<\/p>\n

THE READINGS & MUSIC | We had one reading in our ceremony, a poem about friendship, love and growing up which my maid of honour read so beautifully it was hard to hold back the tears.<\/p>\n

Music wise we had quite a variety.<\/p>\n

For our ceremony we wanted something delicate yet romantic. I had always had my aunty Marie in mind, she is a talented harpist and singer and has played at many weddings before. She was wonderful and gave us lots of advise throughout the planning process. She played the harp so beautifully and created her own arrangement of ‘Somewhere over the rainbow<\/em>‘ for me to walk down the aisle too.<\/p>\n

For the wedding breakfast we created a playlist of our favourite songs to play in the background, which we still listen to now.<\/p>\n

After food we decided to liven things up with Four Shadows, who played an acoustic set outside for people to relax in the sunshine to.<\/p>\n

For our reception we had our friend’s function band Hit Creek, who kindly introduced our first dance. They got everyone on the dance floor straight away and kept them there all night!<\/p>\n

BEAUTIFUL BRIDESMAIDS | I had four gorgeous and very helpful bridesmaids.<\/p>\n

I wanted them to have involvement in what they would be wearing on the day and with their hair and make up, and I appreciated their input as it was one less thing to think about. I found the bridesmaids dresses at Eloise’s Secret Closet.<\/p>\n

THE FLOWERS | We chose to have artificial flowers, one because of Brett’s pollen allergy and two we got to give them as gifts to our guests afterwards. We found Janine and her mum at ElloFlower, who created beautiful arrangements and provided lots of inspiration.<\/p>\n

Another bonus to having artificial flowers is that I have decorated our home with them now and I can look at my bouquet every day.<\/p>\n

THE CAKE | We are not fans of traditional wedding cake, so when we visited wedding fairs we tried to test as many different flavours as we could, we felt like cake connoisseurs by the time we found Lorraine at Swirlysweet. In the end we chose our favourite flavours, lemon drizzle, carrot cake and Victoria sponge. It was finished with a white chocolate ganache and fondant icing and it tasted amazing. The decoration was simplistic and had some sugar iced flowers and hessian wrapped round.<\/p>\n

We bought a large sawn tree stump to use as the cake stand, which fit in with our rustic theme, and we still use it now for decoration in our home.<\/p>\n

YOUR PHOTOGRAPHER | We hunted tirelessly trying to find the right photographers\/videographers to capture our special day, and we thought we were at a loss as no one seemed to match the style we were looking for. Then my husband came across York Place Studios and we were so excited, we were blown away by their portfolio and booked a meeting with them straight away. The photographs re-told the story of our special day so perfectly, capturing moments naturally whilst incorporating all the emotions and the atmosphere.<\/p>\n

THE DETAILS & D\u00c9COR | This was one of the most important aspects for us as we really wanted to inject our personalities into the theme of the wedding. We are both very passionate about music, I (Laura) handmade all of our confetti cones out of sheet music that I used to sing from, and as Brett collects taxidermy we had taxidermy decorations dotted around the venue. For the favours we put in a thank you note with sweets and a tattoo sleeve for our guests to reflect Brett’s job in the tattoo industry. It went down a treat, and looked great on the photographs.<\/p>\n

THE HONEYMOON | We had a pretty adventurous honeymoon. We spent 3 weeks in Southern Thailand, travelling around different towns and trekking through the jungle. We finished it off by spending a week in Bali, on our last night we took a night time elephant safari and finished with a lovely 3 course meal listening to the wildlife.<\/p>\n

MEMORABLE MOMENTS | There were so many moments that stood out to us the list could go on forever. We feel so fortunate and thankful that we have these memories to cherish of our special day and of all our family and friends.<\/p>\n

ADVICE FOR OTHER COUPLES | Make it your own, and enjoy every moment!<\/p>\n

CREDIT WHERE CREDIT IS DUE |<\/p>\n

Photography and video | York Place Studios<\/a><\/p>\n

Venue\/catering | York Maze<\/a><\/p>\n

Brides dress | Andrea Bambridge<\/p>\n

Groom and groomsmen suits | Greenwoods<\/p>\n

Owl display | Eagle Eye Falconry<\/p>\n

Music | Music by Marie, Party Band York, Fours Shadows Theatre<\/p>\n

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Just amazing!<\/p>\n

Brett and Laura, thanks so much to you both for sharing your fantastic wedding story on WWW xo Lou<\/p>\n

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