Sharon and Huw didn’t really wanted to have a wedding theme but through just picking things they liked they ended up with a wedding that reflected their love of music and of London. “When we started to plan the wedding we were adamant that we were not going to have a theme but I think we ended up with a London one”, Sharon began. “It was so important to us to get married in the city that we live in and which we love and incorporating iconic features such as the routemaster bus and vintage taxi for transport just felt like the natural thing to do.”
“After we got engaged Huw and I identified what was important to us and set out to incorporate these things into our plans. We kept it basic knowing that we wanted to get married in London, ensure our guests were well fed and watered and, of course, have awesome music for the ceremony and party. If things ever seemed to be getting too complicated or stressful we went back to these basic concepts to get back on track. We were conscious not to get caught up in details that were not important to us – we had no interest in chair covers!”
“We wanted the day to feel relaxed and fun and not too formal so we endeavoured to find a venue that would facilitate this. With our love of good food and music, The Clissold Arms was perfect. We immediately fell in love with it’s homely feel, fairy lights, open kitchen, garden and of obviously ‘The Kinks room’. The fact that this wonderful venue has a place in musical history was an added bonus.”
Sharon wore a stunning dress by Phase Eight with a borrowed veil and a home made headpiece. Huw’s suit was from Reiss and the bridesmaid’s wore dresses from Warehouse. “Our budget was reasonable but we didn’t wait to go crazy and overspend on things we didn’t need to. My wedding dress was from the high street because I couldn’t bring myself to spend thousands of pounds on a dress that I would only wear once. I made our stationery myself and I found this one of the most enjoyable parts of planning. I spent some time searching the web for inspiration and I liked the rustic look of brown card and hoped that it would give our guests an impression of what we hoped the feel of the day would be.”
“We also decided to do our own flowers as we didn’t want anything too arranged and formal. I bought lots of jam jars and went to New Covent Garden Flower Market the day before the wedding. The flowers were perfect and had the rustic feel that we were looking for. However, I have to say that there were moments when arranging them that I felt that I had bitten off more than I could chew (particularly doing them the day before) and I couldn’t have done it without the help of my fantastic bridesmaids and parents.”
Suppliers
- Photography: Lydia Stamps Photography
- Ceremony Venue: The Council Chamber, Islington Town Hall
- Reception Venue: The Clissold Arms
- Bride's Dress: Phase Eight
- Hair: Pimps and Pinups
- Groom's Attire: Reiss
- Bridesmaid's Dresses: Warehouse
- Cake: The Bakery Lounge
- DJ: Disco Wed
- Bus: Time Bus
Cool couple, love the venue! Beautiful work by Lydia 🙂
Gorgeous wedding! Well done Lydia : )
Gorgeous wedding and couple. A bride after my own heart.. Chair covers and ribbons yuk! Lydia gorgeous photography!!!
Very cool wedding, cool couple and cool photos, love!
Go Lydia! Beautiful wedding!
Beautiful work!
I love this wedding and your work Lydia. Looks amazing! x
Lovely! Well done Lydia 🙂
gorgeous, love the shot of the couple holding hands….
Perfectly captured Lydia!x
YAY! Well done Lydia – amazing work lady xxxx
Wow, what a lovely wedding. The photos are stunning too!
Wow what an awesome venue. Loving the photo of the bridesmaids all together! great work Lydia.
Thanks guys, it was an awesome day, and The Clissold was a brilliant venue.
Cool couple and such a lovely wedding. Great photos Lyds Well done.
I love this wedding! The image of the couple by the blossom tree is beautiful Lydia, well done :<)
Ace wedding and LOVE that cake. Gorgeous photos Lydia! x
Fab couple and fab photos!
Love this. seriously, it’s photographs like this that really inspire me. My heart skipped a beat when I saw the dress on the bookshelf. x
What a cool theme! I am swooning over the chairs at the head table!
Cute bridesmaids dresses!
Cool wedding……
Wow! What a cool wedding and stunning images x
Bit late to the party but awesome work, Lydia! x