{"id":322289,"date":"2022-08-03T07:00:06","date_gmt":"2022-08-03T06:00:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/whimsicalwonderlandweddings.com\/?p=322289"},"modified":"2024-11-27T10:43:37","modified_gmt":"2024-11-27T10:43:37","slug":"weekend-glamping-wedding","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wedissimo.com\/blog\/weekend-glamping-wedding\/","title":{"rendered":"Beautiful DIY Easter Weekend Glamping Wedding"},"content":{"rendered":"

Natalie and Dom opted for a weekend glamping wedding<\/strong> extravaganza, over the Easter weekend no less. Their celebrations ran from Thursday to Monday with a whole host of fun times and it sounded epic<\/em>!<\/p>\n

Their day was very much so a DIY affair with a relaxed atmosphere. Think dried wedding flowers, twinkling fairy lights, rustic wedding cake and the most stylish of outfits. All the fun was held at Ash Barton Estate<\/a> in Devon<\/a>. PS. Do also look out for a fun surprise at the end of the night as well as gorgeous bridesmaid dresses from WWW wedding supplier Rewritten<\/a>!<\/p>\n

I can’t thank Grace Elizabeth<\/a> enough for sharing with us these joy-filled and beautiful images of a super weekend wedding.<\/p>\n

\"Weekend\"Bridal \"Bridal \"Embroidered \"Hay<\/p>\n

Weekend Glamping Wedding<\/em><\/h2>\n

The Proposal<\/h3>\n

Dom proposed on Natalie\u2019s birthday during covid<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

With celebrations being limited Dom wanted to bring all of Natalie\u2019s family and friends together. So he asked people to record a video message<\/strong> wishing her a happy birthday and then put them together knowing that at the end he would do a message and ask Natalie to marry him.<\/p>\n

Then at the end of the video, a montage of photos\/videos of all of our memories together<\/strong> were played to Natalie\u2019s favourite song \u2018Always a woman to me\u2019.<\/p>\n

The Vision<\/h3>\n

The main thing for us was for things to be as stress-free as possible<\/strong> and to get to spend as much time as possible with the people we care about.<\/p>\n

We knew it would be the first big celebration for many post-covid, so we wanted to commemorate this and make it one big weekend celebration<\/strong>, which is why Ash Barton was the perfect venue.<\/p>\n

We wanted things to be relaxed and this translated into rustic themes<\/strong> such as dried flowers, pastel colours and personal mementoes. We knew we wanted a venue where things could be a real team effort, with friends and family all chipping in with drying flowers for confetti, designing cups, making the cake and bouquets etc.<\/p>\n

The Venue<\/h3>\n

We chose the wonderful Ash Barton Estate<\/strong> in Braunton. We wanted a place that could facilitate all guests to stay on-site for the weekend and plenty of activities to keep people entertained (yes, they have a games barn).<\/p>\n

We loved that it was a DIY venue<\/strong> so we could make it exactly how we wanted. It is in a wonderful location, in the middle of nowhere allowing no curfew for the avid dancers, but close enough to drive 10 minutes to the beach and nearby towns.<\/p>\n

The venue was a weekend hire venue so we had access from Thursday midday to Monday morning<\/strong> across the Easter bank holiday weekend, which allowed an evening for just family, a pizza and quiz night, the big wedding day with an easter egg hunt and a hungover day with a trip to the beach and BBQ.<\/p>\n

\"Milk \"Groom \"Groom \"Bride \"Dried \"Dress \"Dried \"Weekend \"Dress \"Dried\"Weekend \"Groom \"Weekend \"Weekend \"Weekend<\/p>\n

The Ceremony & Music<\/h3>\n

We choose to get legally married the Thursday before the wedding, at Ash Barton\u2019s sister venue, The Arches, with only immediate family in attendance. The main reason for this, was because we knew we wanted a celebrant-led ceremony<\/strong> to tell our love story, and Bex The Celebrant absolutely smashed it!<\/p>\n

We were so lucky, the sun came out and was absolutely shining, so we were able to have our ceremony outdoors<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

Sam Dowden performed our ceremony and canape music. It was so nice having live music and he created such a nice atmosphere.<\/p>\n