{"id":195193,"date":"2017-04-03T07:00:57","date_gmt":"2017-04-03T06:00:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/whimsicalwonderlandweddings.com\/?p=195193"},"modified":"2024-11-27T10:00:11","modified_gmt":"2024-11-27T10:00:11","slug":"autumn-tipi-weekend-extravaganza-wedding","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wedissimo.com\/blog\/autumn-tipi-weekend-extravaganza-wedding\/","title":{"rendered":"Autumn Tipi Weekend Extravaganza Wedding"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Autumn<\/p>\n

I’ve said it before, and I’ll say it again. You guys rock! I mean just look at today’s WWW reader real wedding as an example. A day jammed packed with gorgeous styling ideas, cool outfits and immense imagery. Let’s find out more shall we?<\/p>\n

WWW readers Chris and Kayleigh were married on the 28th October 2016 at Tissington Hall<\/a> followed by a tipi reception at Ashbourne Self Catering’s<\/a> Shinningford Farm in Derbyshire. The vision was clear from the beginning of their planning, a massive and relaxed weekend-long party with all of their nearest and dearest. Sounds pretty perfect to me! They chose an autumn date, and what an inspired choice. The colours were decadent, deep and seasonal. With blooms in burgundy, mustard and blue, which totally stole my heart. I mean just look at Kayleigh’s bouquet and flower crown, swoon!<\/p>\n

Talking of Kayleigh’s bridal look, she looked incredible. She chose to wear \u2018Patchouli\u2019 by Claire Pettibone, wore dramatic make up and Christian Louboutin heels. Chris meanwhile went for a country tweed style with a brown herringbone suit, yellow tie and brown shoes. Then there were the maids in mismatched grey dresses with yellow pashminas, which really tied them together perfectly. You’re going to be so<\/em> in love with these images WWWers.<\/p>\n

Bloom Weddings<\/a>, I cannot thank you enough for sharing these wonderful photographs.<\/p>\n

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THE PROPOSAL | 2nd August, 2013. Ugly-crying on a cliff overlooking beautiful Whitby.<\/p>\n

We arrived on a Friday afternoon, after driving through horizontal Yorkshire rain across Bront\u00eb-esque moors, and entered Whitby in blazing sunshine. Chris suggested trekking up the 199 steps to get a better view of the sunset before tea, so off we went. The view was, as always, pretty breathtaking (as was the climb\u2026), so we wandered as far as we could around the side of the church to get a better look. After a few minutes, Chris turned to me and said, \u2018You know I love you, don\u2019t you, and you know I want to spend the rest of my life with you? Well, I\u2019ve brought you here for a reason.\u2019<\/p>\n

I remember looking at him and exclaiming, \u2018But we\u2019re having fish and chips tomorrow!\u2019<\/p>\n

There was an awkward pause where Chris looked bemused, but not affronted (luckily), before he took both my hands in his, got down on one knee\u2026 (cue my ugly-crying and squeaks of, \u2018Don\u2019t do this!\u2019) and asked me to marry him. I obviously said yes \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n

THE VISION | Simple: a massive, relaxed, weekend-long party in a tipi with all the people we love most in the world.<\/p>\n

THE PLANNING PROCESS | I actually went back to uni to do my Master\u2019s a few weeks after we got engaged, so we didn\u2019t actually start planning until late 21014. This gave us two years to flesh everything out.<\/p>\n

We did everything together, which sounds madly stressful, but was actually really lovely. It meant that the wedding was \u2018us\u2019, and that was what we wanted. It was also really important to us that everything about our wedding had some special meaning to us, or connected to our families in some way.<\/p>\n

So we found a venue where we could stay with our nearest and dearest for the whole weekend, and where we were able to choose our own suppliers. As Chris and I are big real ale fans, we also wanted somewhere we\u2019d be able to crack open a couple of barrels of our favourite beers, bought from a local Nottingham brewery. Plus, we also really wanted a tipi, so the place we chose needed to have the space to accommodate one.<\/p>\n

This seems like it was a big ask, but once we decided what we wanted, it meant there were only a few places to choose from, and that really helped us make a decision.<\/p>\n

THE VENUE | We actually held the ceremony at Tissington Hall in Derbyshire, and travelled back to Shiningford Farm at Carsington for the reception. Derbyshire was a natural choice – we live in Nottingham and it\u2019s right on our doorstep, plus it\u2019s wild and beautiful. And because it\u2019s in the middle of the country, it was an easy place for our guests to get to.<\/p>\n

We fell in love with Tissington – it\u2019s so old and quirky – and we adored the library. It just felt \u2018right\u2019.<\/p>\n

Shiningford was perfect. It had enough rooms for our parents and the bridal party to stay, and there was plenty of accommodation nearby for our families and friends.<\/p>\n

Plus, it had a gorgeous outdoor space for the tipi and we could stay there all weekend!<\/p>\n

THE DRESS & ACCESSORIES | My wedding gown was \u2018Patchouli\u2019 from Claire Pettibone\u2019s Romantique collection.<\/p>\n

I decided against a veil as it just wasn\u2019t me, so I accessorised with a simple flower crown and a pair of Louboutins (eeeep!), which later became a pair of sparkly high-top Converse.<\/p>\n

I also wore some very old and very dear jewellery – a fork bracelet Chris made me when we first started going out almost 13 years ago and which I\u2019ve worn everyday since, alongside a gold and garnet ring of his nan\u2019s and some closely-matching garnet earrings.<\/p>\n

FINDING THE DRESS | I didn\u2019t really want to look like a bride, and I\u2019ve never really been a girly girl, so the thought of trying on endless wedding dresses scared me a little.<\/p>\n

I did a bit of research beforehand, and the more I looked (on Pinterest, natch) the more I fell in love with Claire Pettibone\u2019s designs. They\u2019re so elegant, ethereal and not too bridal. Just what I was after! She\u2019s created some truly stunning dresses, but in the end I kept coming back to Patchouli from her Romantique collection.<\/p>\n

I found a shop in Nottingham which stocked her designs, including Patchouli, and made an appointment. I tried on three dresses, all of which were beautiful, but just not\u2026 me. Then it was Patchouli\u2019s turn. As soon as I tried her on, I knew she was for me, and when I left the changing room, my mam – who did very well not to cry throughout the whole process(!) – loved it too!<\/p>\n

GROOM\u2019S ATTIRE | Chris always knew he wanted to get married in tweed. Not only is it super stylish and all the groomsmen loved the idea of wearing it, it was also a nod back to my time at uni in Edinburgh.<\/p>\n

He chose a gorgeous brown herringbone three-piece tweed suit from Walker Slater, which he wore with a crisp white shirt, sunflower-yellow fabric tie from Asos and his trusty brown Loakes. Oh, and a Paul Smith pocket square – he needed a bit of Nottingham in there somewhere! He looked so handsome \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n

THE READINGS & MUSIC | We deliberated over the readings for ages. I\u2019m a big reader (I even have \u2018Reader, I married him\u2019 from Jane Eyre engraved on the inside of my wedding ring) and so we wanted our readings to be beautiful but meaningful.<\/p>\n

In the end, we went with Sonnet 116 (Let me not to the marriage of true minds…) by William Shakespeare, and Boy, Girl, Flower, Bicycle by M K Joseph, which reminded us so much of when we first got together.<\/p>\n

As for music, I walked down the aisle to The Imperial March from The Empire Strikes Back (which apparently had everyone in fits of laughter!); we signed the register to Arrival of the Birds by The Cinematic Orchestra; we had photographs taken to Turtle by Bonobo; and we exited as husband and wife to Autumn by Vivaldi (recomposed by Max Richter).<\/p>\n

BEAUTIFUL BRIDESMAIDS | My four best girls in the world were my bridesmaids, and my cousin Lauren was my beautiful maid of honour.<\/p>\n

It was really important to Chris and I that the bridesmaids (and groomsmen and dads!) felt comfortable and happy in their swanky wedding get-up, and we weren\u2019t concerned with everyone being matchy-matchy as long as they felt a million dollars. So in the end, we asked them to choose their own suits and dresses.<\/p>\n

I mentioned to the girls that I\u2019d had visions of grey, and they all chose the most amazing dresses and looked absolutely beautiful on the day. As part of their gifts, we gave them all a sunflower-yellow shawl to wear (which weirdly and quite accidentally matched the groomsmen\u2019s ties), which brought out the colours in their bouquets really nicely.<\/p>\n

THE FLOWERS | Our show-stopping flowers were arranged by the amazingly talented Marianne from Frances & Rose.<\/p>\n

They use all locally grown, seasonal flowers fresh from their Peak District plot and create the most incredible bouquets.<\/p>\n

Marianne was an absolute delight to work with, and very accommodating. Not only did she take our super-vague ideas (\u2018Autumn tied together\u2026\u2019) and create something fantastic, she also swaddled Nottingham lace around the stems of my bouquet and my cousin\u2019s.<\/p>\n

Marianne also carefully wrapped my beloved grandmother\u2019s pearl necklace around the stems of my flowers and pinned them in place with my grandfather\u2019s Russian convoy medal, which meant they could be with me all day too. This meant a lot to me as neither of them are with us any more. I adored my bouquet as soon as I saw it.<\/p>\n

Marianne also made my lovely flower crown, the buttonholes, bridesmaids\u2019 bouquets and two gorgeous corsages for our mothers.<\/p>\n

THE CAKE | Our cake was a three tier naked Victoria sponge cake with a trail of individually handmade sugar flowers. Pretty damn epic! And it was scrummy too!<\/p>\n

It was made by a friend of my mam\u2019s, and we couldn\u2019t be happier – it was everything we wanted it to be!<\/p>\n

We also had a dessert table, and lots of our guests made cakes and goodies for everyone to share. It went down a treat!<\/p>\n

YOUR PHOTOGRAPHER | The incredible Chris and Anii of Bloom Weddings. We really can\u2019t recommend these guys enough!<\/p>\n

We decided really early on that one of the most important things about our day was amazing photographers, and Bloom Weddings were perfect.<\/p>\n

We were super nervous and super awkward in front of the camera, so we decided to have an engagement shoot. Chris and Anii were great – they were really fun to work with, have fantastic taste in TV shows, and really put us at ease. Plus, they take the most gorgeous photos! So when it came to the wedding, we were really relaxed and happy in front of the camera. And we couldn\u2019t be happier with the images!<\/p>\n

THE DETAILS & D\u00c9COR | Chris and I have been together forever (during uni, after uni, before Chris moved to Nottingham…), and have spent much of our relationship travelling up and down the country on trains to visit each other. So we decided that our tables should be named after all the railway stations we\u2019d travelled through to see each other, and our table plan should be a massive map of the UK. Easy!<\/p>\n

Our best man, Al, is a very gifted graphic designer, and very kindly offered to design all of our wedding stationery for us as a wedding gift. He created everything from the save the date cards to the invites, table names and little replica train ticket place settings, and it was amazing! He even created a logo for us too \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n

As the tables in the tipi were so narrow, we didn\u2019t want to have too much cluttering them up, so we went for really simple decorations: just flowers in a jam jar on each table. Chris\u2019s mum arranged them for us, and they just finished off the settings.<\/p>\n

Gingham bunting, which we borrowed from our friends who got married a few years ago, hung above the tables, and Chris made all the signs himself (with a little help from me, of course). We also used my grandfather\u2019s old navy kit bag as a present bag. We just wrapped a big red ribbon around it to give it a festive feel. It was so lovely to include it on the day. And our guest book – well, guest poster – what else can we say???<\/p>\n

As with everything we organised, it was important to us to give favours that meant something to us personally. In the end, we chose to give money to the Alzheimer’s Society, in honour of Chris\u2019s nan and two of my great uncles, and gave everyone a little sparkly forget-me-not favour. We were really touched when we noticed that everyone was wearing them. It was a really lovely thing.<\/p>\n

But really, the tipi didn\u2019t need much decorating – it was festooned with fairy lights and a glitterball, so we just added little bits here and there to fancy it up.<\/p>\n

THE HONEYMOON | We spent the week after our wedding at Scale Hill at Loweswater in the Lake District – a gift from our parents. It was somewhere I used to visit as a child, so it meant a lot to go back and share it with my new husband.<\/p>\n

Then later this year, we\u2019re off on a three week inter-railing tour of north-west Europe and Scandinavia!<\/p>\n

MEMORABLE MOMENTS | Kayleigh: the few moments me and my mam had, just the two of us, while she helped me into my dress; driving through Ashbourne in dad\u2019s car on the way to the ceremony and waving at all the bemused people (dad gets really travel sick so drove us there while the bridesmaids and my mam travelled behind in the wedding car); seeing Chris in his suit for the first time; saying our vows; the speeches.<\/p>\n

Chris: bacon sandwiches with the groomsmen; welcoming the guests; waiting for Kayleigh to walk down the aisle; struggling to get Kayleigh\u2019s ring on; the drive back to Shiningford in the wedding car and going through a ford; the night time photos.<\/p>\n

ADVICE FOR OTHER COUPLES | Everyone says it, but take time to take stock. Spend some time together just watching your guests have fun.<\/p>\n

Also, eat the food and drink the drinks! Dance, dance, dance! Relax and have fun. And above all, book an amazing photographer!<\/p>\n

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

Photography | Bloom Weddings<\/a><\/p>\n

Flowers | Frances & Rose<\/a><\/p>\n

MUA | Rochelle O\u2019Brien<\/a><\/p>\n

Suit | Walker Slater<\/a><\/p>\n

Venue | Ashbourne Self Catering<\/a><\/p>\n

Ceremony | Tissington Hall<\/a><\/p>\n

Tipi | Peaktipis<\/p>\n

Car | Cupid Carriages<\/a><\/p>\n

Hair | Victoria Rose Hair Design<\/p>\n

Dress | Claire Pettibone<\/a><\/p>\n

Oh my. How utterly beautiful.<\/p>\n

Chris and Kayleigh, thank you both so very much for sharing your wedding here at WWW xo Lou<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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