{"id":257330,"date":"2019-06-21T07:00:53","date_gmt":"2019-06-21T06:00:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/whimsicalwonderlandweddings.com\/?p=257330"},"modified":"2024-04-25T11:48:33","modified_gmt":"2024-04-25T10:48:33","slug":"stour-space-wedding","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wedissimo.com\/blog\/stour-space-wedding\/","title":{"rendered":"Casual & Industrial Gallery City Wedding with a Pontoon Ceremony"},"content":{"rendered":"

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We are in the capital today with Fiona and Michael who were wed on the 28th July 2018 at Stour Space in Hackney Wick, London<\/a>. I just love their casual industrial wedding<\/a> style which oozed<\/em> love and happiness all round. They incorporated a subtle green colour palette in the little details, with the bridesmaids in pretty green tulle skirts, the gents in pale green ties, a beautiful green ribbon adorning Fiona’s romantic dress and green details and decorations throughout. Talking of decoration, much of the d\u00e9cor was handmade, the ribbon rag bunting looked just marvellous as did the moon gate ceremony backdrop and the brilliant stationery design.<\/p>\n

The ceremony location was just lovely on the pontoon beside the river and their friend officiated the ceremony. Getting married legally the day before gave them the freedom to have the perfect meaningful ceremony in front of all their loved ones. They then celebrated in the bright gallery space and had their portraits in the surrounding area. There are so many lovely touches and moments, from the lush greenery bouquets to the barge transport and the fantastic first dance. What an amazing celebration!<\/p>\n

We have Anne Schwarz Photography<\/a> to thank today for sharing these incredible captures with us.<\/p>\n

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The Proposal<\/h3>\n

We were together for over 10 years, since our schooldays, when we decided to get engaged. The thing that made us decide to get married was Fiona going travelling for a few months. That time apart showed to both of us how important we are to each other. One long conversation later, shortly after Fiona arrived back home, and we had decided that we wanted to commit to being together forever in front of all of our family and friends.<\/p>\n

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The Vision<\/h3>\n

We wanted to keep the feel of the wedding quite casual, and Fiona had always liked the idea of getting married outside. We just wanted a place where everybody could relax and have a good time.<\/p>\n

\"Greenery \"Stour<\/p>\n

The Planning Process<\/h3>\n

After some vague conversations had taken us nowhere closer to having arranged a wedding, we started scheduling a weekly \u2018wedding club\u2019 for a couple of hours each time. We wanted to take all of the important decisions together so it felt like it truly belonged to both of us.<\/p>\n

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Budget<\/h3>\n

We didn\u2019t have a set figure in mind, however we both knew that we in no way wanted to get carried away. The most important things to us were getting all of our favourite people in one place with some good food, enough to drink and space to throw some shapes! Everything else outside of those things we considered completely optional and were happy to compromise on hand-made bits and pieces.<\/p>\n

\"Stour \"Stationery<\/p>\n

The Venue<\/h3>\n

We wanted something a little different and, as an architect, Fiona had some strong opinions on what kind of place we were looking for. We chose Stour Space in Hackney Wick because of the great natural lighting, the industrial feel inside the gallery and the awesome pontoon for that outdoor wedding we were looking for.<\/p>\n

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The Details & D\u00e9cor<\/h3>\n

We \u2018brought the outdoors in\u2019, with lots of greenery offsetting the hard industrial vibe of the gallery space. Again we asked friends and family for help with decoration, including Fiona and her mum spending hours tying ribbons for over 50m of hanging garland. Michael\u2019s mum made a willow hoop, decorated with more green foliage, which we used as the backdrop for the ceremony.<\/p>\n

We designed the menus, place settings and welcome sign to match our green theme, all in the same style as our invites, with Wes Anderson-inspired icons of each of our faces.<\/p>\n

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The Cake<\/h3>\n

We\u2019re not huge fans of cake, so we thought splashing out on a big cake to be a waste for us. Instead, we asked several family & friends if they could contribute something to a cake table.<\/p>\n

\"Green \"Stationery<\/p>\n

The Flowers<\/h3>\n

The decorative theme we had taken for the venue was green foliage to offset the industrial features of the venue. In keeping with this, Fiona selected all-green bouquets with matching buttonholes for the grooms party. The centrepieces were assembled by Fiona and her mum, using plants cultivated by various family members over the preceding months. Again, these were all green and potted in large recycled tins.<\/p>\n

\"Cactus \"Luggage \"Cactus \"Pot \"Industrial \"Greenery \"Barge \"Stour \"Stour \"Stour<\/p>\n

The Readings & Music<\/h3>\n

We had decided to have a very small registry-office wedding the day before, so that we had complete freedom to design our own ceremony. Our friend officiated proceedings and we had three readings. The whole ceremony was wonderfully personal, with our friend performing spectacularly in his role as celebrant and the family & friends we chose for readings doing a fantastic job.<\/p>\n

Readings:<\/p>\n