The images were very kindly shared by wedding photographer Simon Kemp from Hyde End Photography. I loved the images and the style of the day – there are lots and lots of lovely wedding ideas here for you! Beautiful bride Caroline sent me the best wedding report too – so I’ll leave the writing to her (she’s brilliant – she won’t witter on like I do…)






She gave an entertaining address – an account of the 24 hours running up to our wedding. It transpired that the holders of the key to the church safe had gone on holiday and Mary was unable to get the legal marriage documents out… which could have resulted in cancellation of the wedding!
Needless to say, they managed to crack the safe in the end, but Mary and my Stepdad had been up at all hours during the night (think Da Vinci Code, but swap the glittering streets of Paris for the dark country lanes of deepest Cambridgeshire, infiltrating the Louvre with tripping over the cat whilst tip-toeing through the kitchen). Somehow Bern managed not to let on to the rest of us what was going on. We were all preoccupied with mere trifles such as the table plan and the weather…







After the service Adam and I walked back to Mum’s house with all our friends and family following close behind. The sun shone for drinks and canapés in Mum and Bern’s immaculate, bunting-bedecked garden. No hedge, wall or tree was safe from the metres and metres of bunting that my Mum and Nana slaved over for weeks.












My most memorable wedding day moment?

Walking out of the church, hand-in-hand, to the clapping and cheering of our family and friends.







What advice would I share with English Wedding blog readers?
Don’t put too much pressure on yourself to make the perfect day. Take one thing at a time, and it will all come together. You won’t realise until afterwards, but on the day you couldn’t care less about the details – it all goes by so quickly you won’t even notice! As Mary told us, repeatedly, ‘Whatever happens, you will leave the church married.’ Granted, she said that before the church safe incident…



Caroline and Adam’s recommended wedding suppliers
Simon Kemp of Hyde End Studios, of course, for the fantastic photos. I couldn’t have hoped for better photography, he really captured the feel of the day. To Simon we are very grateful.
Flowers by Nicola at Event Flowers who took a sketchy description of my ideas for the bouquets, table decorations and church flowers and brought them to life.
Olivia Yabsley who supplied the vintage crockery which she had collected for her own wedding.
Elgoods Brewery, Wisbech for their fine ale.
Cake icing by Debbie at The Icing On The Cake, Kendal, Cumbria.
All Undercover who supplied the marquee.
We cannot recommend our caterers.”
Thank you…
Thank you to Caroline and Adam for featuring on English Wedding blog. A really lovely couple, and I’m sure you’ll agree Caroline’s a really beautiful bride with a talent for sharing her story! Many congratulations and best wishes to both of you! xx
Thank you to wedding photographer Simon Kemp for sharing the images of this beautiful wedding day with us all. Find out more about this talented Berkshire wedding photographer at www.hyde-end.com
Wedding Photo Booth (Reading & Berkshire)
I absolutely have to share Simon’s wedding photo booth with you too. When he first contacted me, it was with a view to sharing his photo booth images on the blog. Being a greedy wedding blogger I had to have a real wedding feature instead! But I urge you to have a look at the wedding photo booth page on his website.
It’s a hundred times better (and cheaper) than having a regular sized passport style photobooth set up for you with a box of wigs, glasses and hats, and a lot bigger than the standard cupboard type booth. Most importantly of all Simon is there photographing everyone personally rather than relying on an automatic button that your guests can push!
Now this all sounds very sophisticated… but it doesn’t mean your wedding guests can’t be cheeky, naughty, a little filthy and exceptionally creative in Simon’s wedding photo booth. Have a look! (It’s safe for work, pretty much – unless the boss can actually see your screen…)
hyde-end.com/photobooth
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