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Welcome to Hollie and Sam’s funfair festival wedding<\/strong> extravaganza! They were wed in an outdoor ceremony at Horsley Hale Farm<\/a> in Cambridgeshire<\/a> followed by a tipi<\/a> reception.<\/p>\n

One of the most awesome things about their day I love? It has to be the epic Ferris Wheel<\/em>, which I am certain guests must have enjoyed so much. There was of course the most gorgeous boho styling, wonderful stationery, super sweet cakes and seriously amazing outfits too. In fact, there’s so much to wax lyrical about that I just can’t cover it all!<\/p>\n

WWW wedding supplier fave, Thyme Lane Photography<\/a>, captured the whole day in their stunning signature style. Wowwee.<\/p>\n

\"Funfair \"Tipi \"Table<\/p>\n

Funfair Festival Wedding<\/h2>\n

The Proposal<\/h3>\n

It was on an epic road trip, one of the world\u2019s most iconic ones that we got engaged.<\/p>\n

After two years of saving hard, we had set off on a dream trip to complete Route 66 in America<\/strong>, covering 3,400 miles in just 17 days! Halfway through our trip on the 13th of October 2019 we reached William\u2019s Arizona where I managed to convince Sam to do a helicopter ride around the Grand Canyon<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

It was the absolute highlight of the trip\u2026until\u2026 we took a tour in a hummer<\/strong> around the edge of the canyon, where we stopped to take in the view at sunset, Sam got down on one knee and proposed! The location was truly spectacular!<\/p>\n

This trip of a lifetime will always hold a very special place in our hearts. We knew we had to feature an element of this trip on our wedding day! We decided to feature the states<\/strong> we visited as table names<\/a> for our seating plan<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The Vision<\/h3>\n

We love adventure, nature, and the idea of an outdoor wedding. We wanted our wedding to be as relaxed and fun<\/strong> as possible with all our loved ones in one place! Something we felt very strongly about from the off was that we wanted our wedding to truly represent us as a couple and to do things our way!<\/p>\n

Hollie \u2013 Being a Designer, I had a clear vision of how I wanted everything to look and feel. And being a very creative person, I really wanted to try and do as much as possible myself<\/strong> as well as use some of our wonderful friends and family\u2019s talents! I am very lucky to of married Sam who always completely supports my crazy ideas!<\/p>\n

This totally meant that so many parts of our wedding were completely suited to US and what we love!<\/p>\n

Budget<\/h3>\n

We will admit we went very over our original budget\u2026.COVID definitely meant we managed to save a lot more than we initially anticipated. Along the way of planning we discovered there was certain things we really didn\u2019t want to compromise<\/strong> on so ended up spending more than we originally planned.<\/p>\n

\"Groom \"Funfair \"Bridal \"Funfair \"Funfair<\/p>\n

The Venue<\/h3>\n

We visited Horsley Hale<\/strong> in January 2020 on a cold and rainy day, We were only there for a matter of 10mins before we both looked at each other and said this is where we are getting married! We absolutely LOVED everything Horsley had to offer, and that we would have exclusive hire from Friday to Sunday of the grounds and glamping.<\/p>\n

The idea of our close loved ones being able to stay with us for the whole weekend<\/strong>, and that people could bring their own tents and campervans was great. We also loved the idea of our guests relaxing, enjoying the outdoors, gathered around the firepit as the sun went down on the evening of our wedding reception.<\/p>\n

The empty party paddock was what really excited us the most, as that meant we could do WHATEVER we wanted!!! Planning every single element of our festival wedding<\/a> was a dream come true for us and an experience we really enjoyed! It meant we could make everything from our reception to the catering, d\u00e9cor, ceremony, and schedule of the day completely bespoke to us.<\/p>\n

I have always been a lover of boho and nature<\/strong> so instantly gravitated to this theme and it worked so perfectly with the venue. When we first visited Horsley Hale we knew instantly that we wanted a tipi at our wedding and Stuart put us in contact with Lisa at Magical Tipis and the boho festival wedding idea was born.<\/p>\n

Our most favourite feature was that we were also allowed to have our fur babies<\/strong> Winston and Wilfred at our ceremony!<\/p>\n

\"Welcome \"Dog \"Funfair \"Rainy \"Peacock \"Ceremony \"Funfair<\/p>\n

The Ceremony & Music<\/h3>\n

We didn’t get our ceremony by the lake as the weather had other plans! What\u2019s a festival without a little rain\u2026 Instead, we had the most beautiful ceremony under the trees<\/strong> that was just PERFECT and was totally meant to be.<\/p>\n

Jamie Walker our wonderful celebrant created the most perfect ceremony for us. We had so many comments from our family and friends about how it was so personal and really told our story<\/strong>! Everyone experienced the love, laughter and emotion with us and it was everything we could have hoped for.<\/p>\n

This was one of the things we initially were so worried about as we hate being centre of attention but with Jamie’s experience, she made us feel like we were in our own little ‘LOVE’ bubble at the front and our nerves just melted away!!<\/p>\n