Livvy in Sassi Holford for her Intimate Marquee Wedding on the Family Farm in Somerset | Love My Dress® – Wedding Inspiration Daily

Primary lecturers, Livvy and Seb tied the knot on 14th August 2021 within the backyard of Livvy’s household farm in Somerset.

This charming and chic black tie wedding ceremony took inspiration from the 1920’s and 1930’s.  Livvy wore a robe by Sassi Holford which she discovered at Sassi’s Taunton Branch and her maids wore Maids to Measure. Both vogue manufacturers are Love My Dress advisable suppliers and one can find them and extra great suppliers listed in our wedding ceremony listing.

These stunning pictures had been captured by fantastic artwork wedding ceremony photographer, Liz Baker. Enjoy!

Bridal Beauty

Our hair was by Alyson Aplin. She is a detailed household pal and has been part of all of our household weddings. Alyson did a tremendous job of eight individuals’s hair on the day and saved so calm even when time was towards us. She created a wonderful classic coiffure that stayed in all day. The bridesmaids had numerous updos.

Our make-up was by Tracey Gidley who’s a neighborhood make-up artist. She listened to precisely what I wished and created a wonderful look. She was actually calm and pleasant on the morning and I might positively suggest her.

I beloved the fitted side of the silk bodice and the lengthy sleeves which teemed with layers of sunshine tulle. Seb at all times stated I might have a gown that ‘swished’ and he was bang on. I beloved how the gown moved and it regarded stunning in a few of our sundown photographs. It was an actual second after I had put all the things on, regarded within the mirror and realised I used to be really getting married.

With assist from Kristine at Sassi Holford Taunton, I settled on a single teer mushy tulle veil from The Couture Veil It went effectively with the headpiece and had a classic really feel to it.

Shoes & Accessories

My footwear had been Rainbow Club Morgan Satin Court Shoes, Ivory, fromJohn Lewis.

I discovered my headpiece on-line at Rachel Chaprunne. I’ve at all times beloved the Twenties and 30s so knew I wished a nod to this period inside the wedding ceremony. This was mirrored in my headpiece and it was fantastically made and cozy to put on. Rachel responded to my emails actually shortly and created a easy, classic headpiece which got here fantastically introduced and was pretty to put on.

I wished to maintain all the things easy because the gown was so fantastically easy so I didn’t put on many equipment settle for for an emerald ring gifted to me by my Grandmother.

The Groom

Seb sore a black tuxedo waistcoat from Suit Supply, a dinner shirt from M&S and black monk footwear from Dune. Seb additionally wore a Hugo Boss watch that I purchased him for his thirtieth birthday and his grandad’s cufflinks.

Seb had his traditional mini trailered down for the marriage day which we used to journey from the church again to the reception. I went to the church in a traditional Rolls Royce that was owned by a household pal.

Flowers

The flowers had been very private to us and we felt lucky that they had been organized by household. Flowers had been organized by our mums, Rachel and Joanne, and my cousin Julie and pal Sarah. I’ve at all times beloved the 1920’s and 1930’s so there was a nod to this by way of feathers and pampas grass.

Julie and Sarah created stunning bouquets, desk decorations and silver trumpet vases. Julie included pink hydrangeas from my Gran’s backyard and we selected darkish crimson and purple blooms together with black baccara roses and antirrhinums. My love of bygone eras was mirrored within the palm leaves, pampas grass and white peacock feathers.

Both of our mums created stunning church flowers and milk churns utilizing wild flowers discovered within the hedgerows and the flowers above. Seb additionally made wood planters which had been planted up by Rachel and contained stunning trailing vegetation.

Photography

We selected Liz Baker to {photograph} our wedding ceremony, due to the fantastic artwork model of her pictures and her use of movie. We beloved the standard of the movie photographs she takes and the lightness of her photographs. Liz was very approachable and useful when making selections about our wedding ceremony, particularly with the modifications that Covid introduced. I might positively suggest her.

The high quality and elegance of the photographs we’ve from the day are stunning and we’ll actually treasure them.

How They Met

We first met while finding out in London. At the time, I travelled up each week to London from Somerset and Seb travelled down from Hertfordshire. We laughed all week on a course and simply grew to become good pals. We each knew we’d see one another once more. In the months that adopted, we met up in London as typically as doable and infrequently simply walked round chatting. It has change into a very particular place for us.

After two years, we received engaged. Seb had deliberate a time out in London. St Paul’s Cathedral has at all times been a particular place to us. We walked round and as much as the Whispering Gallery. We then made our approach to the Dome on the high. When it was simply the 2 of us up there, Seb proposed. It was a particular second with simply the 2 of us in such a particular location.

We beloved having a small, intimate wedding ceremony because it allowed us to spend time with all of our visitors. Everyone appeared pleased, relaxed and it felt actually particular, even magical at instances. Planning a backyard wedding ceremony was a threat although, because the climate may be so unpredictable however because it turned out the climate was stunning. People spent loads of time outdoors within the sunshine and shaded by the apple bushes.

On the Sunday, we held one other get collectively within the marquee and backyard for these relations who didn’t attend on the Saturday. We held a 3rd small backyard celebration again at our home in Hertfordshire for these pals that didn’t journey all the way down to Somerset. Unfortunately Covid made it unattainable for a few of my pals to journey from overseas to the marriage which was a tragic a part of the preparations.

Bridesmaids

Choosing bridesmaids attire was troublesome as we couldn’t get collectively resulting from Covid so relied rather a lot on on-line retailers. I’m actually grateful to the ladies who had been actually understanding and all regarded stunning in Maids to Measure ‘Charlotte’ in floaty cream soda.

Our three nieces had been flower ladies and wore ‘Matilda’ and ‘Betsy’ from UK Flowergirl Boutique, in ivory. This firm had been extremely environment friendly and the attire had been prime quality and fairly priced. Our three nephews had been web page boys and wore shirts, braces and shorts from Next.

Reception

We selected this venue because it shared many pleased reminiscences for me rising up and in addition offered that small, intimate household wedding ceremony setting that we wished.

We wished mild in all places so the backyard was stuffed with fairy lights, lanterns and candles particularly within the apple bushes. We had a transparent roof marquee provided by Abbas Marquees, who had been unbelievable. I can’t suggest James and his crew extremely sufficient. They had been so versatile with the modifications and care a lot about providing you with the day you need.

We would extremely suggest Kit and Kee Catering; the meals was superb and the crew who catered for us had been enjoyable, variety and useful. Our cake was made by Katrina Martin of Sweet Pea Bakes. Katrina was superb and gave us a lot of sensible concepts. She was actually versatile and environment friendly in setting all the things up. We selected a 3 tier cake consisting of layers of lemon and blackberry, bakewell and chocolate, hazelnut sponge. Katrina adorned it with gold leaf and iced roses together with roses made by my aunt Helen. We would extremely suggest Katrina. The desserts had been scrumptious and fantastically adorned.

Our wedding ceremony invitations, orders of service and menus had been created by my good pal Leanne Madge. These had been then printed by Ken at Dragonfly Digital who was cheap, environment friendly and accommodating. We would extremely suggest him. Our wood desk names had been made by Seb’s pal Trudie.

Our wedding ceremony favours had been kindly created by Seb’s mum. She took cuttings from our spider plant to supply a present for every of our visitors.

Evening & Dancing

Due to the small dimension of the marriage, our unique band Soul Solutions had been unable to carry out. The band had been superb although and so variety. We would extremely suggest them.  Last minute we discovered a DJ advisable by a pal who was nice.

Our first dance was to Wouldn’t It Be Nice by The Beach Boys. We selected this music as on our ‘Would Have Been Wedding Day’ our household and pals shared a video with us they’d created with all our household and pals singing alongside to it.