All Things Vintage — a Fawsley Hall Wedding in Northamptonshire

I also admire Anna and Craig’s approach to sourc­ing wed­ding sup­pli­ers. They sourced items locally and saved money that way, as well as work­ing together with fam­ily and friends to make their own acces­sories for the big day. But most of all this is a beau­ti­ful wed­ding full of smiles and laugh­ter, love and fam­ily. There’s men­tion of a gig­gling fit at the altar (love it!) in Anna’s wed­ding report which you’ll find at the end of the blog fea­ture today.

Thank you to Kent wed­ding pho­tog­ra­pher Ben­jamin Toms for shar­ing the images of this beau­ti­ful Fawsley Hall wed­ding today. And huge con­grat­u­la­tions to Anna and Craig! Enjoy! Claire xx

A beau­ti­ful Fawsley Hall wed­ding blog — Anna & Craig and all things vintage

Wed­ding venue

St. Catherine’s Church, Burbage & Fawsley Hall, Northamp­ton­shire.

Wed­ding photographer

Kent wed­ding pho­tog­ra­pher Ben­jamin Toms

Wed­ding ceremony

We mar­ried in a vil­lage church, which was cho­sen because both sets of par­ents mar­ried there. Music was sung & played by mem­bers of the fam­ily. We chose the favorite hymns of late grandparents.

Our wed­ding read­ings were cho­sen and spo­ken by the bride’s close friend. ‘Mar­riage ful­fills the dreams and love two peo­ple share’ by Glenda Wilm.

Venue styling & details

We had old fam­ily heir­looms & hand made items by fam­ily and friends mixed together with vin­tage rib­bons and flowers!

Invites & stationery

These were hand made by the bride and sis­ter. Design inspi­ra­tion came from Nina Camp­bell flow­ers and vin­tage lace with old fash­ioned stamps.

In the evening we had a disco with hours of research for that per­fect playlist!!!

What did you wear?

I wore an Enzoani Dakota lace fish­tail dress with scal­loped edge. This was teamed with a hand made belt & hand­made fore­head band (by bride & son), and peep toe 5″ bow shoes from Deben­hams cus­tomized to match my fore­head band.

…my track record on wreck­ing shoes isn’t good! I longed for Louboutins but my feet wouldn’t fit in them! Good job as my shoes from the day had to be thrown away!! Choose wisely and make sure they are comfy!

Craig wore navy tails hired from Christo­pher Scot­ney. Ivory waist­coat & cra­vat, tan brogues and belt. Vin­tage rose bud hand­made handkerchief.

Mem­o­rable moments

• Dri­ving past the steam roller approach­ing the church with dad.
• The fit of gig­gles at the altar together!
• And get­ting drunk in the car on the way and the real­iza­tion you are now married!!

Advice for other couples

Don’t drink too much and defo have a receiv­ing line…what’s half an hour if you get to speak to all your guests? This is a big regret of ours as you just don’t get time through­out the day otherwise.

More rec­om­mended wed­ding suppliers

• DIY from Hob­by­craft & eBay …it means more if you made it yourself!
• Go to local car shows and search for your per­fect car (it’s cheaper!)
• Dress from Bradgate Brides
• Flow­ers from Emma Rem­ming­ton

Sup­port your local shops on high street and town mar­kets. My beads, fab­ric & rib­bons were all bought locally.