A Drag Queen, A Princess Carriage & An Intimate Blackpool Wedding for £1000

Rachel Webb

Agnes Black

October 11, 2017

Hannah and Alex met at another wedding in Croatia. When it came to their own big day they wanted it to be kitsch, pseudo-Las Vegas, playful, fun and to stick to their £1000 budget! They were married in Blackpool and the day included candy floss, a fairy princess carriage, a drag queen named Crystal, games on the pier, a ride on a carousel and getting down and dirty to rave music at the waltzers!

Budget-Friendly Forest Wedding with their Reception at Home

Rachel Webb

Kayla Temple

October 10, 2017

Allana and Alex's wedding was inspired by what they didn't want. They didn't want their wedding to be like other weddings, instead they wanted a day that their guests would talk about for a long time afterwards. Their starting point was choosing the colours (black and white) and then they just ran with that!

Star Wars Inspired Summer Festival Wedding

Kat

Camera Hannah

October 8, 2017

Sarah and Lukas' summer wedding was held in a Barn in Oxfordshire. When they first met they bonded over a mutual love of Star Wars, so they added lots of Star Wars memorabilia to the day.

Saga of the Swamp Thing Wedding

Kat

River West

October 3, 2017

Kristin, an artist, and Neil, a musician, wanted their wedding theme to really reflect them. After going through a number of ideas they settled on their shared love of comic books. specifically Alan Moore's Saga of the Swamp Thing.

Handmade Wedding with Pom Poms & Gold Dinosaurs!

Kat

PBArtworks

September 29, 2017

Faith and Matt's summer wedding was full of handmade details and was inspired by their love of colour and Jurassic Park! They had lots of multi-coloured pom poms such as on the bride's Crown & Glory veil and they had their guests throwing them instead of confetti!

Vintage Family-Focused Wedding (Re-)Planned in Four Days!

Rachel Webb

Kate McCarthy

September 25, 2017

Imagine planning your whole wedding, only to have to RE-PLAN it all just four days before! Well that's exactly what happened to Chantelle and Simon's but luckily they kept their cool and still pulled off an amazing day. Less than a week to go and the couple found out their venue wasn't ready to host them. They quickly jumped into action and managed to rearrange the whole thing. The one silver lining of the unfortunate last minute venue change was that the day, that was originally going to cost £17,000, only ended up costing them just £6000!

A Cancelled Wedding & An Elopement Planned in Three Weeks

Kat

AK Expressions

September 23, 2017

Holly and Robbie originally planned a big, vegan wedding for all their loved ones. They had nearly everything booked but as they were about to start IVF they decided the pressure was getting all too much and they cancelled. They then decided to elope instead and planned it all in less than a month!

A Secret Wedding with Good Food, Tattooing & Nexflix!

Rachel Webb

The Struths

September 8, 2017

When a bride and groom meet at a tattoo studio, you just know that's going to become part of their wedding too! Sadie and Ped met when she booked him to do her first big tattoo. They were married in March and wanted their wedding to be like their best day out out together. That meant a ceremony with just the two of them, good food and getting inked!

Norse Pagan & Viking Themed Wedding

Kat

Northwest Focus Co

August 29, 2017

I am probably the only person I know not totally watching Game of Thrones but after hearing almost everyone I know raving about it, I'm determined to find some time to give it a go! I know 99% of the population are all-out obsessed right now, so when Danielle and Donovan's VIKING THEMED WEDDING landed in my inbox I knew I had to share it immediately! The best part of the whole thing? They pulled the entire wedding off for just $6000!

Crazy Cat Themed Wedding on the Isle of Man

Kat

Matt Mosur

August 21, 2017

Ruby and Lukasz hosted their cat themed wedding party in October but they were actually legally married a year earlier. "We were broke, we'd just moved countries to the Isle of Man and we just wanted to get married so we eloped and got pizza afterwards!" Ruby explained. "This time we wanted a big party to share with our loved ones."

A Collaborative & Very Musical Wedding in Ireland

Kat

Darek Novak

August 13, 2017

Linda and Derek were married in the west of Ireland, the day before their ten year anniversary. They wanted their wedding to be informal, collaborative and very musical. They had friends helping them with decor and flowers as well as performing throughout the day.

Glamorous Old Hollywood Elopement with the Bride in Black

Rachel Webb

Evangeline Lane

August 12, 2017

Stephanie and Raul met when they were only 16 and 18 when they worked together at their local K-Mart store. They started dating two years later after Stephanie asked him to be her date for her senior Winter Formal at her high school. After deciding to elope they were lucky enough to win an Instagram elopement contest run by Jessica Carrillo of Art and Soul Events and Photographer Evangeline Lane! They received complimentary photography, planning, florals, and hair and make up...How amazing!

Kitsch Robot Themed Wedding on a £5000 Budget

Kat

Ellie Grace

August 9, 2017

Charlie and Chris were married in Sheffield. The theme was robots and skulls and they had little nods to both of those things everywhere you looked. "I’m not sure many weddings have quite so many robots included!" Charlie laughed. "They’re very important to both of us so needed to be a pretty big part of the wedding.

Low Key High Happiness Budget Friendly Wedding

Kat

Assassynation

July 31, 2017

Bex and Keith wanted wedding without the fuss. They wanted it to feel like them. They had a budget of £4000 (and spent just under that!) and we were married on a Monday in Newport.

James Bond Meets Tarantino Vegas Elopement

Kat

Hannah Cohen

July 15, 2017

It's no big secret that I love Las Vegas and it's weddings! I've been four times now and I'm always desperate for an excuse to go back. On my last trip we visited and fell in love with Red Rock Canyon, which is just a 25 minute car journey away from the Strip. It has to be one of the most beautiful and dramatic landscapes I've ever seen with my own eyes so you can imagine how much I love that Jen and Mike shot their wedding day portraits there!

A Las Vegas Ceremony & A Kid’s Party Reception

Kat

Linsey Hepworth-Brown

July 11, 2017

Alix and Richard always wanted to elope to Las Vegas - so that's exactly what they did! They were married with just their parent's there then went on honeymoon driving around Route 1. When they returned back to the UK they had a huge party for all their friends and family which the bride described as "an eclectic kids party for adults."

A Celebration of Manchester

Kat

Mike Plunkett

July 6, 2017

Jo and Gareth wanted to celebrate Manchester with their wedding. So they picked two iconic Manchester venues and had local music and poetry performances. They also only used suppliers based in the city.

Bohemian & Industrial Wedding in Michigan with a $900 Budget!

Rachel Webb

The Inner Light

June 15, 2017

Ally and Jeff wanted their wedding to really reflect who they are so they chose a bohemian industrial theme. They wanted the styling to be pretty and light but with rough edges. Their wedding budget was just $900, and they saved money by enlisting the help of family and friends where possible.

Dark & Moody San Francisco Elopement

Kat

Lilly Red

June 9, 2017

Oh my goodness, I have the most beautiful elopement to share with you today! Valentina and Lorenzo were married in San Francisco in November. They didn't have their ceremony photographed, nor did they have a reception, but they hired Lilly Red to take some beautiful wedding day portraits. They planned the elopement in just one month too!

How to Find a Plus Size Wedding Dress for Under £150

Kat

May 29, 2017

For many brides, the dress shopping experience is one of the most exciting times of planning a wedding. Getting together with a gaggle of girlfriends, swooning over all the pretties hanging on the rails, experiencing that magical moment when you find 'the one' and (hopefully) making everyone cry! Brides have been buying their wedding dresses this way for a very long time, hell I even did it, and I loved every moment.