Pink, White And Full Of Light.

Pink, White And Full Of Light.

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We've got such a pretty wedding for you lovelies this morning. The Flower Appreciation Society did Liz proud with a beautiful array of pink blooms and the Bridal party look very pretty in pink too.

In fact, this whole wedding just reminds me why pink is the BEST colour.

In true London style, Liz and Chris transported their wedding guests from the ceremony venue to the reception in big red buses. Each guest was given a mini bottle of champagne and a bag of popcorn for the road. Don't you just love that idea?

And I think Groom Chris definitely wins the award for 'person most excited by confetti EVER.'

Enjoy the fun, the huge smiles and of course, all of the pink pretty...

Liz The Bride: We fell in love with Loft Studios immediately and when we found out how flexible they were - you can pretty much do anything you want to the place - that sealed the deal for us. And they're licensed until 6am!

In terms of a colour scheme, we wanted it to be very simple and neutral- light pinks and whites, which would look beautiful against the brick walls of the Loft.

For favours we had little jars of honey from the New Forest - me trying to bring a small part of my home to this London setting. My Father keeps bees so the honey was from a local source near his hives. We made the jars look pretty and rustic with some gorgeous stickers supplied by Russet and Gray and some very colourful material, which we tied around the top with some twine.

The Flower Appreciation Society did our flowers, they use beautiful English flowers that they hand pick from the local market and are extremely adept at creating striking bouquets and beautiful table vases.

We chose Stoke Newington Town Hall for the ceremony as we love the art deco building and also adore nearby Clissold Park. We were very lucky with the weather and so were able to have our photos taken in the park afterwards.

Chris' Mother chose a beautiful piece to sing, "Plaisir d'Amour" during the signing of the registrar and my oldest school friend Tara accompanied her on the flute. That made it very personal to us having them involved.

Chris also decided that he would write a poem, which one of his ushers read on the day. This was a really special moment as no one knew Chris had written it (we said it was By Anonymous on the program). By the end it was obvious he had written it for me - I think there were quite a few tears during this!

The reception started on the buses for me - as the ceremony and reception venues were on opposite sides of London, we had the problem of how to get everyone from one to the other. The solution: two big red London buses! The journey took around 45 minutes, so we gave every guest their own mini bottle of champagne and a bag of popcorn as refreshments for the journey.

We wanted our guests to have as much fun as possible so we brought in a table tennis table, table football, an ice cream tricycle and we hired a photo booth from Say Fromage which was a huge highlight for all!

We had a fabulous band to play to us throughout the evening- we really wanted a band from day one as this has always been our favourite part of the night at other weddings! You just can't beat a live performance- everyone loved it!

We also had a DJ playing when they had finished into the early hours of the morning; Chris and I spent a long time working out a playlist of all our favourite songs.

Food is very important to us- it really is our favourite thing, so picking a caterer that could supply wonderful food was essential. The decision was very easy though - as soon as we met with Alex from The Social Pantry and tasted their food we knew they were perfect for us.

Our first dance was very special. We were both very nervous about dancing in front of all our friends and family and initially we had no intention of doing one. But then my nieces told us they would love to sing us a song at the wedding, and we had a brainwave. If they were to sing the song for our first dance, the guests would partly be looking at them singing and the attention wouldn't be completely on us!

We all decided on Ho Hey by The Lumineers and the girls sang it beautifully with the band. It made it much easier knowing they were up there with us too - it was such a great moment and I am so glad we did it.

Our advice would be don't stress and take in as many moments as you can. Everyone you love is there and they are all so happy for you so there is no need to be nervous or worried- and definitely have a first dance!

As soon as we met Kate and Kev of Depict Photography, we knew we wanted them to capture our big day. We especially loved how they used film for their beautiful photos. They were both very relaxed but clearly very focused and we loved how excited they were about our wedding too! On the day it was lovely having Kate at the hotel with us while we were getting ready, she fitted in perfectly and helped me relax on quite a few occasions!


Photography by Depict
Dress Louise Selby | Shoes Kurt Geiger | Bridesmaids Reiss and John Lewis | Hair & Make Up The Painted Lady | Groom Paul Smith | Stationery Russet And Gray | Venue Loft Studios | Caterers Social Pantry | Florist The Flower Appreciation Society | DJ Eight Tray Music | Decor Vowed & Amazed | Photo Booth Say Fromage | Bus Hire Ensign Bus Hire

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