A Cosy, Candlelit Country Wedding in Northamptonshire — Fi and Tom

With con­grat­u­la­tions to Fi and Tom, and a big thank you for shar­ing your wed­ding story with us all on Eng­lish Wed­ding Blog today. Thanks also to Northamp­ton­shire wed­ding pho­tog­ra­pher Aaron Col­lett for sub­mit­ting the wed­ding for a fea­ture. How could I pos­si­bly say no? This is right up my street, and the pho­tos are beau­ti­ful. You’ll find the wed­ding story about halfway down the page. Enjoy! Claire xxx

Wed­ding venue:

The Saracen’s Head, Lit­tle Brington

Wed­ding photographer:

Northamp­ton­shire wed­ding pho­tog­ra­pher Aaron Col­lett www.aaroncollettphotography.co.uk

A lit­tle about the wed­ding ceremony:

Inti­mate and sim­ple. We chose 2 read­ings to be read by a close friend and my aunty – they were very per­sonal to us and really res­onated with our guests. They were ‘One Day’ an extract from Charles Dick­ens’ Great Expec­ta­tions, & ‘The Future,’ By Emma Salmon

Tell us a lit­tle about your wed­ding venue styling and details:

We always knew we wanted to marry at The Saracen’s Head – the food is amaz­ing and we wanted a cosy and relaxed atmos­phere. We were also able to dec­o­rate the venue our­selves which was a good thing as I had a lot of ideas of how I wanted it to be!

Invi­ta­tions and recep­tion stationery:

Our invi­ta­tions were designed by our good friend Dom Wether­all – and we did all the recep­tion sta­tionery our­selves, using stamps and draft­ing help from Dad with his neat handwriting!

We also made quizzes for all our guests to com­plete – ques­tions about love, their most mem­o­rable bits of the day, future wed­ding advice etc.

Wed­ding music and entertainment:

We hired a friend to DJ for us – we knew we wanted to do lots of danc­ing and celebrating.

What did you wear?

I found my dress on Preloved and it was exactly what I wanted… with a few alter­ations and a dry clean it was perfect.

I wore my sister-in-law’s wed­ding veil which was my ‘some­thing bor­rowed’. It seemed fit­ting that it was part of her last out­fit as an Adams and it was part of my first, as an Adams.

I’m really not fussed with shoes and knew I didn’t want to wear heels and so set­tled for some sparkly bow shoes which were in the sale at New Look.

I wore my Grandma’s sap­phire ring which was my some­thing ‘old and blue’.

Tom’s suit was ordered online, with a tie and pocket square from Reiss.

Mem­o­rable wed­ding day moments:

• Being alone with my Mum and putting my dress on
• Wait­ing out­side the cer­e­mony room with my brides­maids and Dad – strange mix­ture of emo­tions and it was lovely to share the moment with them
• The speeches
• Spend­ing time with Tom on our own – a rare few moments!

Wed­ding day advice:

To remem­ber the rea­son why you’re get­ting mar­ried and not to stress the small stuff! Easy to say in hind­sight but on the day, so many of our guests said how much the cer­e­mony and venue was “us” which is exactly what we wanted.

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