{"id":176004,"date":"2016-08-25T07:00:07","date_gmt":"2016-08-25T06:00:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/whimsicalwonderlandweddings.com\/?p=176004"},"modified":"2023-09-06T10:22:08","modified_gmt":"2023-09-06T09:22:08","slug":"furtho-manor-buckinghamshire-rustic-white-tipi-farm-wedding","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wedissimo.com\/blog\/furtho-manor-buckinghamshire-rustic-white-tipi-farm-wedding\/","title":{"rendered":"Rustic White Tipi Farm Wedding"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Rustic<\/p>\n

How happy are this pair? These two certainly get the award for most movie like romantic proposal (I’ll keep it a surprise for the report below) and groom Julian had a vision of his bride’s dress straight away. Oh how right he was.<\/p>\n

Georgina and Julian were married on the 1st<\/sup> August 2015 following a registry office ceremony the day before. They had a really personal ceremony conducted by a friend in a unused Church in the grounds of Furtho Manor Farm<\/a> in Buckinghamshire. They then proceeded to hold their reception there too in a beautiful tipi, which are always just so magical. Alongside their nearest and dearest they DIY’d much of the fun d\u00e9cor and details including the stationery, cake and rustic signs.<\/p>\n

Julian told Georgina he’d love to see her in a short frock and low and behold that was just the style she fell for, didn’t she look a beauty? The gents looked really dapper in their chinos, braces, and ties while the bridesmaids wore white. So very gorgeous.<\/p>\n

Ania Ames<\/a>, thank you so much for sharing these delightful photographs with us.<\/p>\n

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THE PROPOSAL | Julian proposed to me over the speaker on our flight to Australia to visit my sister. He got the air hostess to call out my seat number and call me up to the front of the plane then proposed. Although very romantic, it was 2 hours into a 16 hour flight so after a few champagnes and lots of congratulations it was very strange sitting watching separate films for the rest of the flight. I had to wait until our stopover in Hong Kong to call everyone and tell them.<\/p>\n

He was very nervous and worried I would find or see the ring when we went through customs that he went to a different counter but I was so excited about the trip that I didn\u2019t notice. We got a congratulations from the pilot and all of the airhostesses but unfortunately the flight was full so no upgrade.<\/p>\n

THE VISION | Julian is a plumber so no a big fan of very formal occasions so we wanted to keep it as relaxed as possible. We wanted to have as much outdoor space a possible (risky in the UK).<\/p>\n

While we were in Australia we researched different ideas and found tipis which we fell in love with. Unfortunately this restricted the venue as we needed a big outdoor space but wanted to do everything else ourselves.<\/p>\n

We finally found Furtho Manor Farm, they had a barn where they hosted weddings normally but were happy to hire the land out to us and give us the freedom to so pretty much what we wanted. There was also a lovely (but unused) church on in the grounds. It was the perfect setting with the lake and lots of wildlife.<\/p>\n

From there we kept a vintage theme throughout the planning and did all of the extra bits, decorating etc. ourselves.<\/p>\n

The only problems was the church was not licensed to hold weddings. So to also keep it informal, we decided to get married with just family at the registry office the day before. This allowed us to have the type of ceremony at the church in the grounds that we wanted. A very close friend officiated the ceremony and we had readings, poems and words from close friends and family. We read our own vows and made promises to each other. The church has no electricity so although we had music all of the decoration was candles and flowers.<\/p>\n

We wanted the rest of the day to be relaxed and informal so we went out to the tipis and had arrival beers and pimms and kind of let the rest of the day flow how it naturally went.<\/p>\n

THE PLANNING PROCESS | We were both really involved in the planning, as we did most of it ourselves it did take a lot of planning. My brother in law did the table centres, my sister made the wedding cakes in the tea cups, Julian made all of the signage and I made all of the name places, table plans and extras. On the Friday all of the bridesmaids and ushers helped set everything up. It was a lovely sunny day so we just took our time with a few beers that was also a great day.<\/p>\n

We had about 18 months to save and plan everything so we both really enjoyed putting all the personal touches together to make it our own.<\/p>\n

Having the tipi setting and the field meant we could pretty much do what we wanted.<\/p>\n

The ushers and groom camped the night before and I stayed at a holiday villa down the road. A lot of our guests also camped the night of the wedding in an adjacent field so as you can imagine the party went on into the early hours.<\/p>\n

BUDGET | We spent approximately \u00a315k in the end but a lot of that budget went on the cost of the tipis.<\/p>\n

THE VENUE | Furtho Manor Farm<\/p>\n

THE DRESS & ACCESSORIES | My dress was from Windsor Brides in Windsor. It was an off the shoulder detailed short dress. As we were practically in a field I didn\u2019t want a long dress and Julian has always said he would love to see me in a short wedding dress. When I was looking I would never have chosen a short dress but I tried one on to see and fell in love with it.<\/p>\n

I also wore some pearl earrings given to me by a very close friend and Vivian Westwood red jelly shoes which were so comfortable I kept them on all day and night.<\/p>\n

FINDING THE DRESS | I went looking with my mum and older sister and we had 2 days. I must admit got a bit disheartened in the first few shops, they all seemed very similar and nothing stood out as \u2018the one\u2019. Julian has made me promise I would at least try a short dress on but I was convinced that wasn\u2019t what I wanted.<\/p>\n

On the second day and the 2nd<\/sup> to last shop my mum saw a short dress and I had tried it on and fell in love with it. Just to be sure I went to the last appointment and typically found another really unusual backless long dress that I also loved……. so we went for a glass of wine to discuss. I was nervous about picking a short dress and if I could pull it off but in the end it went so well with the setting I\u2019m really glad I did. And Julian was so amazed when I walked down the aisle the first thing he said was I can\u2019t believe you chose a short dress.<\/p>\n

GROOM\u2019S ATTIRE | Julian definitely didn\u2019t want to wear a suit as he is not a particularly formal person. So he opted for cream chinos, braces and a bow tie, which he learnt to tie via you tube the night before the wedding! He also had a tweed waist coat to set him out from the ushers. He said he felt comfortable all day and not to hot as it was August.<\/p>\n

THE READINGS & MUSIC | My sister read a poem we found at my grandads house after he died called the \u2018art of marriage\u2019, my grandma and grandad were married for over 50 years. My grandad was going to deliver a prayer but unfortunately he died before the wedding so my auntie Margaret stepped in a delivered a prayer for us. And our friend and wife of the best man also read us a lovely poem.<\/p>\n

Our close friend Jake officiated the ceremony and added his own humour and advice for our future.<\/p>\n

I walked down the aisle to an acoustic version of Panama\u2019s \u2018so into you\u2019 and we walked out of the church to their upbeat version of the same song.<\/p>\n

BEAUTIFUL BRIDESMAIDS | I had 7 adult bridesmaids and Julian\u2019s god daughter. A friend of a friend made the dresses as I couldn\u2019t find anything I liked and wanted them in the same colour as me.<\/p>\n

THE FLOWERS | The flowers were quite wild, keeping in theme with the rest of the decoration flowers with thistles and white roses as well.<\/p>\n

THE CAKE | We didn\u2019t have a traditional cake, myself and my sister collected tea cups and saucers from second hand shops throughout the planning and with the help of a friend Ruth she made melt in the middle chocolate cakes in the cups and decorated them with mint leaves and strawberries. A pretty big task to make 100 of them.<\/p>\n

YOUR PHOTOGRAPHER | Ania Ames Photography<\/p>\n

Could not have asked for a better photographer she really managed to capture our personalities and the wedding vision. I was over the moon when she sent the photos over.<\/p>\n

THE DETAILS & D\u00c9COR | D\u00e9cor was very vintage tea party some things really matched but it all worked together. Lots of while flowers and rustic extras.<\/p>\n

The arrival drinks were served in jam jars which I collected and decorated with personalised labels. The boys got a choice of bottled beers from barrels filled with Ice.<\/p>\n

Another friend make us giant G & J Sign\u2019s that lit up at night and we hung lanterns in the trees. We also had fire touches for added light in the evening.<\/p>\n

THE HONEYMOON | Koh Pi Pi in Thailand.<\/p>\n

MEMORABLE MOMENTS | The whole day was amazing and just how we pictured it to be. But saying out vows in the church in front of our friends and family was amazing.<\/p>\n

Also all three of the speeches were great personal and funny.<\/p>\n

It was also nice because of the amount of setting up needed it felt like the wedding went on for 3 days.<\/p>\n

ADVICE FOR OTHER COUPLES | Doing it yourself gives you a different and personalised wedding but make sure you have enough time and helpers as it takes a lot of planning. You forget the little things that all add up like salt and pepper etc who will introduce the speeches things you take for granted that a hotel or venue would do.<\/p>\n

It\u2019s also not cheaper doing it all yourself but it does allow you to spend the money on what you want rather than picking a option from a set list.<\/p>\n

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

Photographer | Ania Ames Photography<\/a><\/p>\n

Venue | Furtho Manor Farm<\/a><\/p>\n

Tipi | Stunning Tents<\/a> – from arranging the tents to setting them up everyone we dealt with were fantastic<\/p>\n

The band we used were a local band called donut and they were great. Got everyone up and dancing and evolved everyone.<\/p>\n

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So very magical, I love this celebration.<\/p>\n

Thanks so very much to Georgina and Julian for sharing their wedding story with us xo Lou<\/p>\n

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