{"id":335659,"date":"2023-02-20T07:00:54","date_gmt":"2023-02-20T07:00:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/whimsicalwonderlandweddings.com\/?p=335659"},"modified":"2023-09-04T11:49:31","modified_gmt":"2023-09-04T10:49:31","slug":"kent-village-hall-wedding","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wedissimo.com\/blog\/kent-village-hall-wedding\/","title":{"rendered":"Magical & Enchanting Homemade Autumn Village Hall Wedding"},"content":{"rendered":"

Matt and Chloe’s autumn Kent village hall wedding<\/strong> is a total and utter dream! With a reception held at Penshurst Village Hall, complete with a church ceremony.<\/p>\n

If you are DIYing your day, be ready to feel super inspired by the homemade sequin bridesmaid dresses, the crafted faux flower wedding arch<\/a> and all the hand-arranged table flowers. Plus much much<\/em> more.<\/p>\n

From the forest portraits to the sensational outfits, magical fairy lighting and stunning florals, you will adore their day.<\/p>\n

Holly Rose Weddings<\/a> thank you ever so much for sharing with us these sensational images.<\/p>\n

\"Custom \"Morning<\/p>\n

Kent Village Hall Wedding<\/h2>\n

The Proposal<\/h3>\n

We met on tinder in November 2017, got engaged within 10 months, and were married exactly 22 months later.<\/p>\n

Matt proposed on 5th September 2018, we had a day trip planned to Brighton<\/strong> for his birthday to do all of our favourite things. Eat at our favourite pub, spend time on the pier and even play glow in the dark crazy golf. We don\u2019t live too far from the city, and so we visit often and it\u2019s become our special place.<\/p>\n

On the day, we took a walk along the beach after lunch and Matt chose a secluded spot on the beach<\/strong> to get down on one knee. Even though Chloe tried her hardest to disrupt these well-laid plans by insisting on getting a bag of candy floss and having very sticky fingers. Matt had a speech all prepared and managed to get through nearly all of it without crying!<\/p>\n

Matt had already chosen the ring all on his own, an emerald set between 2 diamonds and it was just perfect.<\/p>\n

The Vision<\/h3>\n

Handmade, rustic. A traditional church service followed by a very non-traditional reception, including all of our favourite things such as pick a mix and crazy golf.<\/p>\n

\"Bouquet \"Bouquet \"Bride \"Bridal\"Groom \"Unplugged \"Autumn<\/p>\n

The Planning Process<\/h3>\n

We knew before we got engaged the date and the venues that we wanted, and as soon as that was secured, we set about planning the rest. We only had a year to plan<\/strong>, and so we made decisions quickly.<\/p>\n

We visited a traditional wedding fair and quickly realised it wasn\u2019t for us! In the early days, we booked the big things, Holly as our photographer, the MGB for our car, the cake from Debbie, and everything else we worked through as we thought of it. We didn\u2019t consult lots of planning lists, and we thought of our own ideas and made them a reality.<\/p>\n

We know we wanted a handmade wedding<\/strong> and decided to do a lot of the decorations ourselves. This meant that in the lead-up to our wedding, we spent a lot of time DIY-ing, making things such as a fake flower arch, which was 7 feet tall and had 840 fake flowers attached to it. The making was a real family affair with both Matt\u2019s parents and Chloe\u2019s parents getting involved and helping out.<\/p>\n

Because we did so much ourselves and had a village hall reception<\/strong>, we spent the day before with both our families setting up and decorating the hall. A much bigger task than we anticipated.<\/p>\n

Budget<\/h3>\n

Although we didn\u2019t have a strict budget, we wanted to spend in certain areas on the things that were important to us and gave us those extra little details. We didn\u2019t total up how much we spent in the end, but it was around \u00a315k<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

\"Bride \"Kent \"Kent<\/p>\n

The Venue<\/h3>\n

We chose to get married at St Denys\u2019 church, Rotherfield, as this is where Chloe\u2019s parents had got married, and Chloe was christened.<\/p>\n

We had our reception at Penshurst village hall<\/strong>, and chose this because Matt grew up near here, and it\u2019s a beautiful Tudor hall.<\/p>\n

The Readings & Music<\/h3>\n

We had 3 readings in church:<\/p>\n