A Rustic Wedding from Exeter Castle… Just Beautiful!

Today’s wed­ding is beau­ti­ful, with lovely details and ideas for your own day. Beth and Matt describe their wed­ding style as ‘relaxed, sim­ple and rus­tic’ — I’d say it’s perfect.

I loved the images of chil­dren play­ing which first caught my eye on wed­ding pho­tog­ra­pher Lucy Turn­bull’s blog — there are some won­der­ful moments here and I hope you’ll indulge me for shar­ing so many pho­tos of the younger guests — I just thought they had a mag­i­cal quality.

Enough of me — time to hand over to Beth and Matt to share their story, with pho­tos by the lovely Lucy Turn­bull Pho­tog­ra­phy. Enjoy!

Beth and Matt’s rus­tic Exeter wedding

Today’s cou­ple are Mat Kelly & Beth Kelly (nee Cowman)

Who pro­posed, and how? Mat pro­posed at Exeter Quay on Beth’s Birth­day (6th August 2011)

Wed­ding venue: St Michael & All Angels Church, Pin­hoe, Exeter & Wed­ding Recep­tion at Exeter Castle

Wed­ding pho­tog­ra­pher: Lucy Turn­bull Photography

How would you describe your wed­ding style? Relaxed, Sim­ple & Rustic

The wed­ding ceremony:

Reli­gious or civil? Religious

Which read­ings did you choose?

• The Art of a Good Mar­riage, Wil­fred Arlan Peterson
• The Vel­veteen Rab­bit, Margery Williams

(more on both of these wed­ding read­ings here: http://english-wedding.com/wedding-planning/get-grounded/meaningful-wedding-readings/)

The wed­ding reception:

What were your wed­ding high­lights? Wed­ding Ser­vice & Speeches

Wed­ding venue styling and details:

The wed­ding venue was a blank can­vas so we kept it simple.

• Flow­ers — Pink and white with lots of green­ery (Hydrangeas, Roses and Gyp­sophila) in sil­ver tins & buckets
• A vari­ety of home­made bunting grey, green, pink and cream.
• Sweet table and fin­ger print tree instead of a guest book
• Gar­den games
• Tealights scat­tered around the venue for the evening
• Home­made hearts hung around the venue which were given out as favours at the end of the night.

Wed­ding music and enter­tain­ment: Lloyd Hur­rell (Acoustic Guitar/Singer) & Yourperfectnight.co.uk (Disco)

What did you wear?

Bride: Ben­jamin Roberts dress & Dessy shoes

Groom: Moss Bros Suit Tra­di­tional Tails & Oliver Sweeney Shoes

Mem­o­rable wed­ding day moments: Wed­ding speeches & First Dance

Wed­ding day advice:

Stay together through­out the day so you share the same memories.

Rec­om­mended wed­ding suppliers:

• Lucy Turn­bull Pho­tog­ra­phy http://www.lucyturnbull.co.uk/
• Dart­moor Kitchens – Cater­ing http://www.dartmoorkitchen.com/
• Event Bars South West– Bar http://www.eventbarssw.co.uk/
• Yore Cakes http://www.yorecakes.co.uk/
• Lloyd Hur­rell Music https://www.facebook.com/LloydHurrellMusic
• Nicola Pet­titt — Hair & Makeup http://www.nicolapettitt.com/
• Polka Dot Jew­ellery, Exeter — Rings http://www.polkadotgallery.com