Not only do I love the whole soft filled-with-love glow that Liz and Laurence’s wedding seems to exude but you’ve got to hand it to them for all the do-it-yourself pretty that went into creating this utterly peachy Big Day.

Oh and some of the most original and gorgeous favours I have ever seen……LOVE.

An In-House Baker

My mum made the cakes, three layers strawberry, chocolate and lemon Madeira cake and my good friend zoe mannering handmade each individual icing flower (each individual one took 40 minutes!!!) We loved the idea of having as many things hand made by our friends and family as possible!

An Abundance Of Florals

We decorated the entire venue ourselves (thank goodness I had 5 bridesmaids) we picked wheat from a local field and lavender from a local farm. We tied ribbon and buckles round random jam jars that we had collected for months and filled them with wheat and lavender. We also took flowers from all the bridesmaids mums gardens and filled the ceremony room with lots and lots of vases! I loved this look and it was on a total budget but had a really dramatic effect.

A Fruity Number

Borrowed blue press did all our stationery and favours. We went for a beautiful little ribboned box with a note written on the box saying ‘Laurence & Liz the perfect pear’ inside the antique box was an ordainment pear to hang up as a decoration when you get home. Borrowed blue were fantastic and so helpful when it came to coming up with ideas to suit our theme, we couldn’t have asked for more from them.

Breaking The Ice

Laurence came up without a fab idea of naming the tables after cocktails and then popping a jug of the relevant cocktail on each table, this went down REALLY well with the guests and was a great ice breaker.

Creative Talent

My photographer was Jay Rowden, i had worked with him at ITV when he was a creative there and knew instantly of his talent in photography! We were over the moon when he agreed to shoot our wedding and ecstatic over the results, we really couldn’t have asked for more! We really didn’t want the traditional line up approach which suited jay down to the ground, he’s got a real artistic eye for capturing the detail.

Making The Night

We had a DJ – Graham McManus and a live band The Kingsdown Band, both were unbelievable and totally without doubt made the night!

The Way You Look Tonight

For our first dance we went for the Tony Bennett version of the way you look tonight, played live by the kingsdown band which was amazing!

Make The Preparation Fun

What I really loved about our day was the amount of friends we had involved, from spending the entire day before decorate the venue to cake baking and dress making it was truly individual….no one will ever have the same as us!

My biggest tip would be always ask yourself can I do it myself, if the answer is yes they why not give it a try! We had sooooo much fun preparing for it all!

Did you not just love the PEACH?!

With thanks to Liz, Laurence and Jay Rowden for sharing the W-day lovely with Rock My Wedding.

Big Glowing Love

Charlotte xxx

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