A Rainy Day Port Lympne Reserve Wedding & MWL Bride

Aimée and Ollie married at Port Lympne Hotel & Reserve in Kent in October. They’ve visited this lovely nature reserve for years, so selecting it for his or her marriage ceremony got here very naturally and meant they may share their love of this particular location too.

Talented Aimée deliberate the marriage herself, flexing her expertise as a marriage planner. As founding father of marriage ceremony planning enterprise, One Oake, her organisational expertise and a spotlight to element stored every part operating easily. The day was effortlessly styled in pale greens and impartial tones too; florals have been created by Love My Dress really helpful provider, Rosie Obeney Flowers, who elevated the areas on the reserve and stored the preparations seasonal and refined. Guests wearing black tie and Aimée wore the stylish and lengthy sleeved ‘Winter’ robe by MWL Bride.

It rained, but it surely didn’t matter one tiny bit – the bride, groom and visitors embraced the English climate with cute brollies and a splendidly relaxed environment filled with pleasure and celebration.

Thank you a lot Aimée for permitting us to share your valuable day. And reader – get pleasure from!

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We visited Port Lympne for Ollie’s birthday again in 2018 and knew that we needed to return. We didn’t know they did weddings at that time but it surely was a spot that we frequently talked about going again to.

So as quickly as we have been engaged and noticed not solely did they maintain weddings, they have been opening two new gorgeous areas we thought it might be the right venue for us and our visitors ,and someplace that was already particular to us. 

I needed to go all the way down to the ceremony with my mother and father and sister, sitting within the taxi with them chatting about how excited and nervous all of us have been, is a core reminiscence for me of the day. Such a particular second.     

My dad walked me down the aisle, and because it was an extended aisle we chatted about what was about to occur and laughed concerning the rain, whereas attempting to maintain the umbrella over my head! Also had the beautiful Natalie of Louise Perry Weddings making my snort holding my practice all whereas attempting to maintain my heels sinking within the grass! It made me much more calm and removed any nerves. 

I walked down the aisle to an acoustic model of ‘Simply the best’ me and Ollie love the track so I needed to incorporate it for the ceremony however in a extra laid again fashion and I believe it labored rather well! 

Our ceremony was officiated by Kim Taylforth – an expensive household buddy who has identified me and my household for a very long time. It was additional particular to have somebody who we knew personally officiate our ceremony and allowed us so as to add one other private contact to our day. She did an exquisite job!

As we had our authorized ceremony the yr earlier than, we determined to do our personal vows for the marriage. We each made a choice of guarantees which have been private and likewise a bit humorous, comparable to one in all my guarantees was  ‘I promise to always back you up when you think you are right, unless of course I know I’m proper’ or ‘ I promise to not say ‘its just a game’ when his rugby staff loses’ which obtained a blended reception! 

We obtained our rings from COO. They had a very nice choice of rings to select from alongside from actually useful employees and an exquisite studio for us to look by means of all of the potential choices.

 D&A Studio was our photographer, and we selected them as a result of they’re superb! Dan completely nailed our photographs, and I couldn’t be happier!

I used to be anxious what they’d come out like as a result of unhealthy climate, however you wouldn’t even comprehend it was raining. I’ve labored with Dan a few occasions earlier than and knew he would do an unimaginable job however he additionally makes you are feeling so relaxed in entrance of the digicam, he actually captured the day so properly. Neither of us love being in entrance of the digicam however Dan put us each relaxed and made every part really feel actually pure. 

We met on Tinder in August 2015, we dated for six years earlier than getting engaged on a cruise with my household on our sixth anniversary. Long story brief, I ruined the deliberate proposal by saying I didn’t wish to go up into a personal journey on the North Star viewing platform on the boat, as I assumed I used to be saving Ollie from happening it as he’s scared of heights! So mentioned I didn’t wish to go on it to avoid wasting him from saying it to my household.

Turns out he had deliberate it with the ship employees to have a personal cabin! In the top he proposed in our room and it was truthfully good and simply what I might have needed anyway.

We had a authorized ceremony two years later, adopted by our marriage ceremony a yr later. We held the authorized ceremony a yr to the day earlier than hand to verify a few of our older kin have been capable of see us get married. 

Ollie employed a 3 piece black tuxedo from Dapper Chaps Formal put on.  As our canine couldn’t be with us on the day my sister gave Ollie some socks with our canine face on and our marriage ceremony date as slightly nod to her and so she was there in a roundabout way on the day.  

For the reception, I needed to maintain the desk centerpieces smaller in order that visitors may nonetheless see one another and chat throughout the desk. So every visitor desk had a footed bowl centerpiece with greenery ,cream and white florals. We then had a sweetheart desk with the meadows from the ceremony surrounding us on the ground and bud vases and  sage inexperienced taper candles on the desk. I cherished the entire flowers a lot and Rosie did an unimaginable job, I had full belief in her and was cherished every part she created. 

Candles have been a non negotiable for me as I really like to make use of candles at house so needed to have them within the marriage ceremony. We have inexperienced taper candles on the desk and the dotted round pillar candles in tall hurricane vases round our sweetheart desk and the desk plan. They added a lot to the environment and one thing that actually elevated the house. 

We employed the candle covers and holders by means of Black Saucers, an excellent firm to work with and have been actually native to the venue which was a large plus! 

We needed to do one thing actually particular with a guestbook that wasn’t simply writing in a ebook that may be shoved in a cabinet someplace. So we selected to have a ‘wine guestbook’ This consisted of three wine bins with the dates of our 5^th,10^th and 15^th anniversary on them. We then requested our visitors to put in writing messages on playing cards and put them into the bins for us to open the bottle of wine and skim the playing cards on the corresponding anniversary. 

I needed to raise the tables and usher in our personal linen and napkins which I employed from Northfields. We selected to have the Natural assortment in ‘Straw’ for each the napkins and all of the tables. It actually complimented the house so properly and gave it a heat and texture that we wouldn’t have gotten with the traditional linen. @northfieldslinenhire

I really like calligraphy and actually needed to incorporate it in our marriage ceremony, I had been on a course with Heather of Leigh Calligraphy to try to do my very own stationery however didn’t wish to threat it so enlisted her assist! She created our place playing cards, particular person menus, desk names, visitor ebook signage and my favorite piece our material desk plan. This wasn’t one thing she normally creates however we labored collectively to make it occur and I’m so glad we did, it was a speaking level and one in all my favorite options of the day. 

All the stationery was on pure paper which actually added a beautiful texture to the tables. Everyone commented on how beautiful the stationery was and I’m nonetheless obsessive about it now. 

We additionally obtained some drinks napkins printed from Zazzle with our canine Peppa on them saying ‘drinks on me’ as one other approach of getting her with us.

As a delicate nod to the venue and the placement we have been in, our place identify holders have been little gold animals from Etsy that we positioned every visitors place card into. They weren’t alleged to be a favour however everybody cherished them they ended up preserving them. 

Our drinks reception singer was Dale Ali – one other buddy of the household who did probably the most unimaginable job and was so particular having him there.

This track was particular because it’s a track we’ve got cherished for a very long time and it’s what I walked down the aisle to in our authorized marriage ceremony the yr earlier than so has form of turn into ‘our wedding song’

Don’t get too caught up within the tiny particulars, your visitors received’t discover if one thing isn’t ‘perfect,’ however they’ll at all times keep in mind how loved-up and joyful you seemed. The day goes by in a blur, so take little pauses collectively to essentially soak all of it in. Most importantly, do what feels best for you as a pair, slightly than worrying about traditions or expectations. At the top of the day, it’s one lovely chapter in your love story, so let it’s joyful, enjoyable, and uniquely yours

Don’t fear concerning the climate! I clearly actually didn’t need rain, I buried the sausage and did a number of different previous wives tales the night time earlier than and it nonetheless chucked it down. There is nothing you are able to do about it, as quickly as I used to be in my costume and on my solution to the ceremony I didn’t care I simply needed to get on with the day and worrying wasn’t going to vary something. It additionally oddly made the day extra memorable for the visitors as all of them snort at remembering the ‘wet and wild’ safari experience! Remember ‘a wet knot is harder to untie’.

We had a honeymoon fund with our journey agent (Route Trip USA) who deliberate our honeymoon. So visitors have been capable of contribute in direction of this and it went straight towards our journey. Great expertise and a really easy course of. 

My solely remorse is that I want I’d let go of my costume practice!! I used to be so anxious about it getting soiled because it had rained however I actually don’t know why it wasn’t like I used to be going to put on it once more! 

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