Liz and Ming's elegant London wedding with it's pretty pastel hues is brightening up my day no end. I'm a sucker for endless glass vessels filled with flowers and the pair have used this design idea to perfection. Their reception space looks so pretty and welcoming. Liz's floral lace gown reflects this Spring like theme, as do the bridesmaids in their soft lilac tone dresses.
And while the whole day was beautifully elegant, it also looked like tremendous fun, with beaming grins on everyone's faces. Frances Sales is a master at capturing the joy and it's such a pleasure to share it with you too...and not only that, but we also have the dreamy film from Blue Ridge Weddings as well!
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The Bride
Liz the Bride: My gown was from a boutique in Singapore called Silhouette The Atelier. It was a small boutique situated in the heart of Singapore which I happened to stumble across when I was visiting family back home. I wanted a sleek gown with a floral lace embroidery. What I loved about the boutique was that I had the chance to work closely with the tailors to design my gown to exactly how I wanted it to be.
The Groom
Ming chose Alexandra Wood as she was recommended to him and she had great reviews online. She does really wonderful bespoke suits and her style really suited what Ming was looking for.
The Venue
Ming and I both wanted a Spring/Summer wedding and with that a garden wedding. When we found Morden Hall, it was perfect! It had a beautiful garden as the backdrop of an amazing house with lots of different rooms filled with comfortable couches and space that we thought would be perfect for guests to mingle in and our older guests to lounge in. Not only was the venue beautiful, but the staff over at Morden Hall were brilliant and incredibly experienced in throwing weddings. Our wedding event coordinator from Morden Hall - Amber, knew everything about weddings from all cultures! She was warm, organised and really made you feel at ease during the every stressful months and weeks leading up to the big day. On the day itself Amber and her team really made our wedding reception absolutely seamless.
The Styling
As we wanted a Spring wedding we thought that the colour scheme of whites, coral and pale peach and pinks would look very simple and elegant against bright green foliage that would bring life and a laid back feel to the decor. For our wedding stationery we had the ever so talented Katie from Oh Squirrel. She does the most amazing menu wraps using beautiful floral fabrics. They tied it perfectly with the spring wedding theme that I was going for.
The Flowers
Roses are a wedding must, and given that our wedding was in May, peonies were a definite. I felt that the combination of the 2 gave a soft elegant look to our flower arrangements. Our flowers were done by the wonderful Flowers by Kirsty.
The Wedding Party
In keeping with the pale pastel colour theme, the bridesmaids dresses were a pale lavender colour. These dresses by TNFC were found on ASOS. Beautiful, sleek and so flattering on all my bridesmaids! The groomsmen suits were from Moss Bros. - chosen by Ming and his groomsmen as they offered a good range of very nice suits at decent prices.
The Ceremony
The wedding ceremony itself took place in the church where Ming and I attend. All Souls Church was a fantastic backdrop for the wedding. Ming and I also had very talented friends who sang during the service and who also gave the sermon during the wedding - this put a very special touch on the whole day.
The Entertainment
We had a string quartet (Anything Goes) playing during the drinks reception which created a fantastic ambience to the day. For our band we went with Ear Candy who were fantastic as well! Their repertoire was amazing and they even specially learnt ' You are the best thing' by Ray Lamontagne for our first dance. Our guests really loved dancing to the songs they played and they were a massive hit! Last but not least, no wedding is complete without a photobooth. A sure crowd pleaser, our photo booth was from a company called Booth star.
The Food
Our food was done by Galloping Gourmet. They provided all the reception drinks, canapés and the wedding breakfast. I cannot recommend them enough! The food was INCREDIBLE and the service that they provided was second to none. I cannot find a single criticism to make. All our guests commented on how great the food was. They are also very flexible and easy to work with in catering for all our guests different dietary needs. Our wedding cake was done by Kristina from Cakes By KB. She was fantastic to work with, and her cakes were incredible! We had a chocolate cake with a raspberry cream cheese filling, covered with a white-chocolate frosting.
The Images & Film
For our photographer Ming and I were really blown away by the photos that Frances had taken. From all the other wedding photographers that we were browsing through on google, Frances's photos really stood out to us. She has a wonderful ability to capture what I thought were the best parts of each wedding so beautifully. We got to know her better during our engagement shoot and she really put us at ease and was really fun to work with. We too resorted to google when we were looking for a videographer. Again Blue Ridge Weddings really stood out to us. Their videos tell the most romantic stories of each couples wedding day. We loved how they tastefully incorporate music into their shots and they also had a drone and was able to do some amazing shots with that!