{"id":311808,"date":"2022-02-17T07:00:47","date_gmt":"2022-02-17T07:00:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/whimsicalwonderlandweddings.com\/?p=311808"},"modified":"2024-03-22T16:01:52","modified_gmt":"2024-03-22T16:01:52","slug":"rustic-christmas-wedding","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wedissimo.com\/blog\/rustic-christmas-wedding\/","title":{"rendered":"Rustic & Warm Christmas Wedding in Green & Gold"},"content":{"rendered":"

If you’re dreaming of a festive and cosy rustic Christmas wedding<\/strong>, then settle in as you are in for a real treat!<\/p>\n

We’re joined by Jade and Jack and their barn wedding held at The Granary Estates<\/a>, Cambridgeshire<\/a>. They held their wedding four days after Christmas<\/a>, in that lovely week in between Christmas and NYE and it turned out to be a gloriously romantic affair.<\/p>\n

From the personal music choices to the celestial signs and the fabulous green and gold accents, not to mention the sensational outfits, I think you will adore every little detail<\/em>.<\/p>\n

It’s wonderful to be sharing WWW wedding supplier fave, Thyme Lane Photography<\/a>‘s incredible images too. Woah!<\/p>\n

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\"Groom \"Celestial \"Rustic \"Bride<\/p>\n

Rustic Christmas Wedding<\/em><\/h2>\n

The Proposal<\/h3>\n

We were on holiday in the Dominican Republic<\/strong> in 2019 \ud83d\udda4 Jack wasn\u2019t too sure how he was going to pop the question but seized the opportunity one morning when we were on the beach watching the sunrise.<\/p>\n

I was in complete shock as he hadn\u2019t given a single hint that a proposal was in the near future. The sneaky devil! We spent the rest of the morning calling our friends and family and I will treasure that day forever<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

\"Dress \"Rustic \"Aisle \"Rustic<\/p>\n

The Vision<\/h3>\n

The Vision was to create a romantic atmosphere<\/strong> with low lighting and earthy colours. We are huge fans of music<\/strong> so we knew we needed plenty of musical entertainment throughout the day. We are also huge foodies<\/strong> so we wanted to be sure our guests always had great food and drink to enjoy.<\/p>\n

When I thought about our wedding I kept coming back to the image of a cosy, party cabin in the woods<\/strong>!<\/p>\n

\"Aisle \"Rustic \"Rustic \"Rustic \"Rustic<\/p>\n

The Ceremony & Music<\/h3>\n

We love music and one of our first bookings was a pianist<\/strong> for our wedding ceremony. We spent a long time picking songs from her repertoire also finding new ones. I walked down the aisle to Landslide by Fleetwood Mac<\/strong> (piano version).<\/p>\n

We hoped to make the ceremony feel intimate and personal. We wrote our own vows<\/strong> and had three readings from people we loved, including, lyrics from \u2018you make loving fun\u2019 Fleetwood Mac<\/strong>, an extract from The Prophet by Kahlil Gibran<\/strong> and Jack’s dad made one by piecing lots of different pieces of love advice<\/strong> from various films and songs.<\/p>\n

I grabbed hold of Jack’s arms the whole time, I didn\u2019t want to let him go.<\/p>\n

On the way out, our pianist played \u2018You\u2019re my best friend\u2019 from Queen<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

We had an amazing singer for the wedding breakfast. She had a really soulful voice, not cheesy at all which was something we found a lot with wedding singers and something we wanted to avoid. She sang some crowd-pleasers.<\/p>\n

We had a DJ and saxophonist in the evening and the sax kicked off the evening with some Baker Street by Gerry Rafferty<\/strong>. (After the first dance which was Otis Redding- for your precious love<\/strong>.)<\/p>\n

\"Aisle \"Rustic \"Rustic<\/p>\n

Budget<\/h3>\n

Originally, we wanted everything to come in at 10k. After a quick research, we realised that if we wanted the wedding of our dreams, this wouldn\u2019t be possible and so we budgeted \u00a325,000<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

\"Gold \"Gold \"Bouquet<\/p>\n

Your Outfits<\/h3>\n

Jade’s dress: I am quite a casual dresser. I like clean lines. When trying on dresses I quickly realised that lace, beading, and frills didn\u2019t feel like me. When I tried on the very simple Essense of Australia<\/strong> dress, I just felt comfortable… and it had pockets. I had Freya Rose<\/strong> shoes (Not practical as they were 4 inches high but boy, they were gorgeous!).<\/p>\n

Jack’s suit: originally we wanted Jack in a dark green velvet jacket but it was very hard to find and we didn\u2019t have the budget for a custom. So we made the trip to Aristocracy in London<\/strong> where he purchased a black tux with a silver detailed lapel.<\/p>\n

\"Groom \"Groom \"Rustic \"Dress<\/p>\n

The Venue<\/h3>\n

11th time the charm! We looked at a lot of venues but nothing seemed to fit perfectly until we found The Granary Estates<\/strong>. It offered the aesthetic we wanted, plenty of indoor space without it feeling like the guests would be too spread out, an accommodating (and so lovely!) team and a bit of onsite accommodation.<\/p>\n

It was love at first sight for us.<\/p>\n

\"Bouquet \"Rustic \"Rustic \"Rustic \"Rustic<\/p>\n

Your Photographer<\/h3>\n

I was quite picky with photographers. We wanted documentary-style photos as we are not people who are comfortable in front of the camera! When I saw Thyme Lane<\/strong>, I fell in love immediately. Their style matched my romantic, low lighting vision and Noemi made us feel comfortable right away.<\/p>\n

\"Dress \"Rustic \"Rustic \"Rustic \"Rustic \"Rustic \"Rustic \"Rustic \"Rustic \"Barn \"Barn \"Centrepiece<\/p>\n

The Styling & Decor<\/h3>\n

We saved money on decoration. It was not one of our high priority areas. We thought that the candles, fairy lights and enormous Christmas tree<\/strong> would provide enough decoration. Therefore, we didn\u2019t go overboard on flowers.<\/p>\n

The bridal party had beautiful bouquets<\/strong> that matched the table centrepieces<\/strong>. They were made up of a mixture of fresh and dried flowers. Our colour theme was champagne, cream, copper and green<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

We had a lot of fun with the signs<\/strong>, we had an amazing supplier who hand-painted all of them. We loved the celestial theme as I imagined them representing the dark, winter night sky outside of our romantic cabin. The table names<\/strong> were all named after some of our favourite album titles, even the seating plan was named after a Cher song. The dessert table was named after Def Leppards \u2018pour some sugar on me\u2019.
\nOur welcome sign had a quote from the poem The Raven, as this our new surname. They were perfect.<\/p>\n

We didn\u2019t do much DIY as we didn\u2019t have much decor but we did make up some Mama Juana (national drink of dominican republic) shots<\/strong> for the groom’s speech. We bought a bulk of macarons<\/strong> and hand wrote our guests names on them as name places.<\/p>\n

We decided not to have a cake as we are not big fans. Instead, we went for a krispy kreme tower<\/strong>, accompanied by some gorgeous brownies and cupcakes. I have a real sweet tooth so a dessert table was needed from the start!<\/p>\n

\"Rustic \"Mini \"Place \"Celestial \"Barn<\/p>\n

The Honeymoon<\/h3>\n

We are all set to travel to the USA<\/strong> in May. We will start in San Fran, hire a car and make our way through Carmel, Santa Barbara, Los Angeles and end up in Las Vegas for a final blowout. We wanted something active that provided us plenty of opportunities to eat good food and listen to some great music.<\/p>\n

\"Place \"Greenery \"Barn \"Celestial \"Barn \"Table \"Greenery \"Celestial<\/p>\n

Memorable Moments<\/h3>\n

We had a singer for our wedding breakfast and we asked her to learn one of our favourite songs – simply the best by Noah Reid<\/strong> (schitts creek). When she started playing that song, Jack and I had a real moment. We were together, in a room full of people we loved, eating food, drinking wine and listening to an amazing artist sing our favourite song. It was beautiful.<\/p>\n

The whole ceremony<\/strong>! It was intimate and romantic. We had created our own vows and it felt very personal.<\/p>\n

\"Rustic \"Dessert \"Celestial \"Dessert \"Cupcakes \"Rustic \"Rustic<\/p>\n

Advice For couples<\/h3>\n

Spend time together<\/strong>!! Jack and I were trying to mingle with guests but it meant we were not together in the evening as much as we would have liked.<\/p>\n

And eat the food<\/strong>! I was so overwhelmed I hardly ate anything!<\/p>\n

\"Confetti \"Rustic<\/p>\n

Oh so beautiful!<\/p>\n

Jade and Jack a massive thank you for sharing your fantastically rustic Christmas wedding with us.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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