A Deliciously Elegant Marquee Wedding at Home

The over­all tone of their wed­ding day is coun­try­side charm with ele­gant touches. Genny’s wed­ding dress begins the day pris­tine and then meets a field… there’s plenty of laugh­ter with some adorable cheeky faces dur­ing the wed­ding cer­e­mony and recep­tion. The rain­drops make this one a beau­ti­ful Eng­lish wed­ding — the weather becomes a part of the day in these lovely images you’re about to see. Genny and Jon chose Bris­tol wed­ding pho­tog­ra­pher Brett Symes to pho­to­graph their mar­quee wed­ding at home — he’s fantastic.

I’ll leave you with Genny and Jon’s wed­ding report and with the images from Brett to enjoy. Have a won­der­ful morn­ing every­one! Claire x

Genny and Jon’s mar­quee wed­ding at home

I wore a Pronovias Gomera gown but I changed the belt to make it my own, a head piece and veil by Gillian Mil­lion. Jon wore a gray morn­ing suit with a light green tie.

Who pro­posed, and how?

Jon pro­posed after one son! – he got down on one knee on Prim­rose Hill, Lon­don, then we had another son and he built our fam­ily home before we finally got wed!

The wed­ding venue:

At home, in our local church and we walked back to a mar­quee in our garden.

Wed­ding pho­tog­ra­pher: Brett Symes!

How would you describe your wed­ding style? Laid back but hope­fully ele­gant!

The wed­ding recep­tion was in our gar­den, in Upham, near Winchester

What were your wed­ding highlights?

• Hav­ing our two sons as our page boys and ring bearers
• Hav­ing the rain hold off for long enough so we couls all walk back from the church
• The whole fam­ily relaxed but spe­cial feel of the day!

Mar­quee wed­ding styling and details:

Large paper Chi­nese lanterns, long tables filled with flow­ers and can­dles all keep­ing to a cream and white palette. Apart from the vibrant Choc­cy­woc­cy­doo­dah cake and the mous­taches and lips on sticks favours!

Wed­ding music and entertainment:

We had an amaz­ing singer Jodie Gray in the church who sang Amaz­ing Grace whilst we signed the reg­is­ter, she def­i­nitely kept every­one in silence and in awe by the end!

Our fab­u­lous band were Fred­die & The Free­load­ers and they were even bet­ter than we expected!

Mem­o­rable wed­ding day moments:

• See­ing our two sons bring our wed­ding rings up to us on the ring cush­ions Jon’s mom had made
• Walk­ing back from church with all our guests
• Get­ting my wed­ding dress filthy traips­ing across the fields!
• See­ing every­one we loved together

Wed­ding day advice:

• Enjoy it, it will all come together and it will be worth all the hard work a hun­dred times over!
• Take the time to thank the peo­ple who have helped you with the wed­ding in the morn­ing in case you don’t have the time later!

Genny and Jon’s rec­om­mended wed­ding suppliers:

• Green­hill mar­quees – 01962 777812 – info@greenhillevents.co.uk
• Vanilla Cater­ers were AMAZING!!!! – 01489 589275 Vanilla Gourmet Cater­ing Lim­ited, Unit E, Build­ing 9, Swan­wick Marina, Swan­wick, Southamp­ton, SO31 1ZL. info@vanillacatering.co.uk
• Fred­die & The Free­load­ers freddieandthefreeloaders@gmail.com
• Brett Symes Bris­tol wed­ding pho­tog­ra­pher 07760 130044 www.brettsymesphotography.co.uk
• Lucinda younger – amaz­ing make up artist! www.lucindayounger.co.uk