Ideas for Your Rustic Countryside Wedding Day

We’re talk­ing deli­cious blue corn­flow­ers and big white daisy bou­quets. There are dinky lit­tle jam jars with rib­bon and flow­ers. I love the wed­ding signs, the rus­tic wed­ding post box, heart dec­o­ra­tions and ice cream selec­tion: Mmm… break­fast! (it’s OK, I live by the sea­side. We’re allowed to do that here.)

Sarah and Nathan’s wed­ding day has two sides. The details are sweet and easy to recre­ate for your own wed­ding — with lots of impact and a really fresh, vibrant coun­try­side wed­ding feel. But the moments between the bride and groom are mag­i­cal as well: the lit­tle glances and big smiles are what a wed­ding day is all about. Gor­geous. Enjoy!

Thank you to beau­ti­ful bride Sarah for the wed­ding report below. Wed­ding pho­tog­ra­phy is by Pea­green Pho­tog­ra­phy, Oxford­shire

Sarah and Nathan’s rus­tic, coun­try­side wed­ding day

Who pro­posed, and how? Nathan pro­posed over a cham­pagne pic­nic in Oxford botan­i­cal gardens

Wed­ding venue: Tythe Barn

Wed­ding pho­tog­ra­pher:  Pea­green Pho­tog­ra­phy (Simon Dackombe)

How would you describe your wed­ding style? A sim­ple rus­tic / coun­try style wed­ding, nice and relaxed

The wed­ding cer­e­mony: lots of tears! We were lucky to have an out­side wed­ding in the beau­ti­ful August sun­shine, which is what we envis­aged the minute we saw the venue

Reli­gious or civil? Civil

Which read­ings did you choose?  On your Wed­ding Day, The One and Sarah also wrote a poem about her and Nathan’s rela­tion­ship

The wed­ding reception:

What were your high­lights? Speeches, ice creams, gar­den games, the photo booth and every­one on the dance floor in the evening

Venue styling and details:  Coun­try style, jam jars, rib­bons, corn­flow­ers, daisies, hearts and a sweetshop

Music and enter­tain­ment: string duet, Olympic quiz and top trumps dur­ing din­ner and a fan­tas­tic DJ in the evening

What did you wear? Sarah wore an ivory dress and veil from Angel­ica Bridal in Isling­ton. Nathan and the grooms­men hired morn­ing suits from Moss Bros

Mem­o­rable moments:  Every part of the day makes us smile. The most mem­o­rable moments were the fan­tas­tic speeches and the very emo­tional read­ing from Nathan’s Mum which left every­one in tears!

Wed­ding day advice:

• Plan every­thing in advance so that dur­ing the days before and the Wed­ding Day itself you can con­cen­trate on relax­ing and enjoy­ing yourself.
• Make sure you ask your sup­pli­ers as many ques­tions as you need to. They are used to it and it will make you feel more con­fi­dent on your wed­ding morn­ing that every­thing will go to plan!

Rec­om­mended wed­ding suppliers:

We were so lucky to have such won­der­ful local providers help­ing us on the day.

• We owe Simon many thanks for tak­ing such lovely pho­tos and being a great sup­port on the day. www.peagreenphotography.co.uk
• Emma Tay­lor at Jamie Oliver’s Fab­u­lous Feasts
• Amanda at the Flow­er­shop, Deddington
• Angel­ica Bridal www.angelicabridal.co.uk
• Cheryl at Athena Wed­ding Creations
• The staff at the Tythe Barn were absolutely fab­u­lous from start to fin­ish and we are so grate­ful to them for help­ing us to cre­ate such a spe­cial day