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A very warm welcome to Gruff and Nia and their gorgeous Henblas County Park<\/a> wedding held in North Wales<\/a>. They had a real rollercoaster when it came to planning their day.<\/p>\n

They had to change their wedding plans twice, once due to the pandemic and then due to their original venue cancelling their booking. So within 7 days, they rearranged their day to be held at Henblas County Park. Wow! What troopers. I love their laid back attitude and positive approach to the challenges they faced.<\/p>\n

And, let’s face it, their day was all just beautiful too! With a burnt orange<\/a> colour scheme complete with gorgeous blooms, velvet winter bridesmaid dresses<\/a> and an epic confetti moment.  Not forgetting that Gruff and Nia both looked totally stunning too!<\/p>\n

Love Luella<\/a> thank you so much for sharing these simply splendid images with us. Enjoy every single capture below.<\/p>\n

\"Henblas\n\"Bride \"Bride \"Bridesmaid<\/p>\n

Henblas Country Park Wedding<\/em><\/h2>\n

The Proposal<\/h3>\n

Gruff proposed last February, after 4 and a half years together.<\/p>\n

We went for a lovely meal to Plas Dinas, a luxury Country House (which was a little out of character for Gruff \u2013 I should have realised something was up!) before coming home, where we changed into our PJ\u2019s and settled in front of the fire where he got down on one knee<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

We had recently moved into our home after a big renovation project, so it was the perfect spot! I had also been for a spa day with the girls that day, and had some Prosecco brought to our table by a mystery man on the phone!<\/p>\n

What Gruff hadn’t realised was that we were at the Spa celebrating my friend Annie\u2019s birthday, and we\u2019d had quite the laugh wondering who was Annie\u2019s mystery man! Oops! The proposal was perfect, and we left the following day on a road trip to South Wales, the Cotswolds and London – to find the perfect ring!<\/p>\n

The Vision<\/h3>\n

Well, the initial vision and reality were two very different things \u2013 but we wouldn\u2019t have it any other way!<\/p>\n

When we got engaged last February, I went full steam ahead to arrange a wonderful ceremony in an ancient church with no electricity, and a silk cloth marquee on Gruff\u2019s home farm for 160 people in August 2021.<\/p>\n

However, as Covid took hold, the big wedding felt so far away, and we both felt constantly disheartened that it wasn\u2019t going to be the \u201cdream wedding\u201d that we had imagined.<\/p>\n

One evening in October, we got this crazy idea of embracing the Covid constrictions, and get married in 6 weeks time<\/strong>! We didn\u2019t want to wait the whole 15 months, to get married in a half-empty marquee \u2013 so, we went for it! The not knowing and the uncertainty was too much \u2013 we just wanted to get married, with our closest friends and family, and not let Covid ruin our wedding!<\/p>\n

\u2026however, the saga continues \u2013 a week prior to the wedding, our venue cancelled, but having organised the wedding in 6 weeks \u2013 we weren\u2019t going to let that ruin it! That night, we rang Heather at Henblas, and she and her husband Matt made our dreams come true \u2013 in 7 days<\/strong>!!!<\/p>\n

Budget<\/h3>\n

Our \u201coriginal wedding\u201d was heading towards the \u00a325k mark, but our micro wedding was around \u00a316k<\/strong>, and that was including a wonderful weekend stay for our guests at the amazing Henblas, which is something that we would have never been able to do for our original wedding.<\/p>\n

The Venue<\/h3>\n

Henblas Country Park<\/strong>, an absolute dream location, and dream owners!<\/p>\n

\"Groom \"Henblas \"Groom \"Bride<\/p>\n

Your Outfits<\/h3>\n

I wore the Cavanagh dress by Wtoo by Watters<\/strong>, it was the first dress that I tried, and the first shop I went into which was the wonderful Silk Loft, in Y Felinheli, North Wales.<\/p>\n

I did shop around, mostly for the experience, but my mind kept going back to that very first dress, and so I thought \u2013 she must be the one! When I got back to the Silk Loft I had all the feels, and she was just as wonderful as I remembered, and said yes to the dress!<\/p>\n

To be honest, our wonderful Plan C wedding would never have happened without Katie, Silk Loft\u2019s Owner \u2013 she was my first port of call once we had the mad idea of cancelling the big wedding, as there was no way I was compromising on the dress \u2013 and she made it happen!<\/p>\n

Gruff\u2019s suit was a Next 3 piece<\/strong>, he was adamant in finding a very deep dark blue suit (that looks black in nearly all of the photos!), and it was a bonus finding it in Next as there were plenty of options for all the best men too! He wore a beige polka dot tie, which tied in lovely with the bridesmaid\u2019s burnt orange dresses.<\/p>\n

\"Bouquet \"Bride \"Henblas \"Henblas \"Henblas \"Henblas<\/p>\n

The Ceremony & Music<\/h3>\n

I walked into a song called \u201cMynyddoedd<\/strong>\u201d (Mountains in Welsh) by Lleuwen Steffan, it\u2019s both Gruff and I\u2019s favourite song as the mountains of Eryri are where we spent many dates (including getting a bit lost in a blizzard on our second date \u2013 that was an intense second date!), and also where we said \u201cDw i\u2019n caru chdi!\u201d for the first time.<\/p>\n

We also played many songs from Lleuwen during the ceremony and whilst signing the register, her music is heavenly. Angharad the bridesmaid also did a reading which was very special to us. I took my mother\u2019s arm on our way in and having 28 of our closest friends and family there to witness our wedding was a truly special moment.<\/p>\n

Your Photographer & Filmmaker<\/h3>\n

Tash Jones – @loveluella \u2013 Even though Tash wasn\u2019t our original photographer, for many adequate reasons our original photographer couldn\u2019t make the new date and suggested that we might like Tash\u2019s work!<\/p>\n

And right she was! We instantly loved Tash\u2019s work and were delighted that she was available on the day, and we couldn\u2019t be happier with the outcome. Having a micro wedding also meant that we had a little bit of extra time to let it all sink in, and Tash caught it all in her photos. When we had our first glimpse of the photos \u2013 we were in awe<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

\"Henblas \"Henblas \"Henblas \"Henblas \"Henblas \"Velvet \"Henblas \"Henblas \"Henblas \"Bride \"Henblas \"Bride \"Henblas \"Groom \"Groom \"Velvet \"Velvet \"Velvet \"Velvet \"Velvet \"Two<\/p>\n

The Styling & Decor<\/h3>\n

Flowers and decorations<\/strong> were the handy work of Rebecca from Ivy Pip and Rose who helped us coordinate all the colours for the displays and the candles with my bouquet.<\/p>\n

I love Rebecca\u2019s style, and she helped us with our decision making as we could trust her knowledge and insight into getting everything perfect.<\/p>\n

The cake<\/strong> was made by Maria Jones, a lady from my hometown who my Mam recommended and it was lovely.<\/p>\n

All signs and table decorations<\/strong> were made by myself using Papier \u2013 as well as a few handwritten scribbles on the Order of Service as we had to change venue, and the registrar that week!<\/p>\n

\"Barn \"Centrepiece \"Henblas \"Bouquet \"Bouquet \"Henblas \"Henblas \"Henblas \"Henblas \"Henblas \"Henblas \"Henblas \"Centrepiece \"Henblas \"Henblas \"Henblas \"Henblas<\/p>\n

The Honeymoon<\/h3>\n

Honeymoon pending\u2026! Due to Covid, we\u2019re yet to have a honeymoon, however, we will be combing our honeymoon with a babymoon as a few weeks after the wedding, I fell pregnant! We\u2019re expecting our little bambino in October and couldn\u2019t be happier<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

Memorable Moments<\/h3>\n