A Very Personal Wedding, Our Way! Callum and Leanne

I know you’ll love today’s wed­ding blog — it’s spe­cial because Leanne and Cal­lum had a very per­sonal wed­ding. I always ask cou­ples to describe their wed­ding style, and their answer was sweet and sim­ple: “our own!”

The images are by reportage wed­ding pho­tog­ra­pher Adam Riley. My huge thanks to Adam, and to Leanne and Cal­lum for shar­ing your wed­ding story with us today. Con­grat­u­la­tions to an amaz­ing cou­ple! Every­one — enjoy! Claire xxx

Wed­ding venue:

Cripps Barn, Glouces­ter­shire

Wed­ding photographer:

Adam Riley, Cheshire doc­u­men­tary wed­ding photographer

A lit­tle about the wed­ding ceremony:

We got mar­ried at the venue in front of a huge stone hearth sur­rounded by plants grown by our friend James, includ­ing giant sun­flow­ers in pots, grasses and wild flow­ers. The cer­e­mony itself was short but mean­ing­ful… just the way we wanted it.

Invi­ta­tions and recep­tion stationery:

We designed these our­selves with some tech­ni­cal help from my brother. Unknow­ingly the color that we chose for the font was the same color that we ended up choos­ing for the brides­maids’ dresses.

Wed­ding music and entertainment:

We hired a fan­tas­tic French accor­dion­ist to play for the guests out­side the venue before and after the cer­e­mony. Every­one seemed to love it and cre­ated a really nice feel­ing. Our friend Al played the music dur­ing the cer­e­mony and then car­ried on into the night with some hand-picked North­ern Soul, 80’s clas­sics and trop­i­cal disco hits that got every­one up on their feet!

What did you wear?

Leanne: sec­ond hand dress, hand­made hair comb and my Mum’s neck­lace that she wore on her wed­ding day

Cal­lum: Suit from Reiss, tan coloured shoes, knit­ted navy straight tie bought online

Mem­o­rable wed­ding day moments: All of it!

Wed­ding day advice:

Stay calm and enjoy every sec­ond because it goes so fast.

Rec­om­mended wed­ding suppliers:

• Adam Riley Pho­tog­ra­phy (fantastic!)
• Anna Tyler cakes — wed­ding cake
• Ivory Flow­ers Clifton, Bris­tol (bou­quets for bride and brides­maid and buttonholes)
• Mikes Mor­ris Minor Wed­ding Car Hire
• John Slater accordionist