Pretty Quirky & Stylish Pastel Barn Wedding | Whimsical Wonderland Weddings

Pretty Quirky & Stylish Pastel Barn Wedding | Whimsical Wonderland Weddings

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WWW readers Victoria and Adrian married on the 21 September 2013 at Preston Court, Kent. Victoria is a designer so you just know that her wedding was going to be a super stylish affair. Her own bridal look was beautiful; with her wearing Chantelle by Jenny Packham, a pretty veil and perfectly curled locks.

A pretty pastel colour scheme ran through their day, from the bountiful blooms to the tassels and bridesmaids frocks, it all looked amazing!

Huge thanks goes to Cine Reportage for their exquisite film and to Dylan Nolte for the imagery today.

THE PROPOSAL | It was the Easter weekend and we had planned take one extra day off to extend the weekend further. We spent the morning at Petersham nurseries before heading off for a walk along the Richmond River. Whilst we were walking on Petersham Meadows Adrian dropped to one knee and asked me to marry him. I was totally thrilled and totally taken by surprise. I was staring at the sky where the planes were flying low and Adrian revealed to me the second part of the surprise was that we were flying to New York that afternoon. We got the bonus of being upgraded by British Airways on the way to New York as we clearly looked like love struck teenagers heading back to where we first met.

THE VISION | To have all our family and friends in one place for the whole weekend. We wanted something that would allow us to incorporate a traditional day with a fun quirky edge. Preston Court was the first venue we saw and immediately knew it was the one.

THE PLANNING PROCESS | We started the process very clear however the wedding world of every choice possible sent us in to an indecisive spin.

BUDGET | We had a budget and we went over.

THE VENUE | Preston Court in Preston, Kent. A remarkable family home which Anna has successfully turned in to a unique wedding venue. With vintage Victorian organs, carousels, steam trains, stunning lakes, a church and a romantic island. This venue has it all!

THE DRESS & ACCESSORIES | Dress: Chantelle by Jenny Packham. Veil: Borrowed from my mothers hairdresser. Shoes: My old dancing shoes.

FINDING THE DRESS | Finding the dress was hard! Being a designer I was very particular and could never settle on one idea. When I eventually chose my dress I still wasn't sure however once I had my first fitting I totally fell in love. It was called Chantelle by Jenny Packham and worth every penny. I am still thrilled with my decision.

GROOM'S ATTIRE | My fiancé wears suits to work every day and I was concerned he wouldn't feel special on the day wearing his everyday attire. He chose a bright Navy 3 piece suit from Reiss and looked really smart. The waist coat and colour really made it extra special. He complimented this with Thomas Pink silver ties which were worn by best man, ushers and family wedding party.

THE READINGS & MUSIC | Aisle: Organ played Pachelbel's Canon/ We had one reading shared by two friends.

My brother's girlfriend is Irish with a beautiful singing voice. Whilst we were signing the register she sung / played the guitar to Amazing Grace and I can't help falling in love by Elvis.

BEAUTIFUL BRIDESMAIDS | Helen is a good friend to both Adrian and I seemed an obvious choice a long with my sister Claire. They wore matching JCrew tulle dresses in pale coral colour. Both wore silver dancing sandals from Dune.

THE FLOWERS | Our flowers were from Jane who runs her own florist shop in Whitstable. Jane did an amazing job at interpreting all my different ideas. I was very pleased with the flowers as they looked exactly as I had hoped. It had a wild English country garden feel using fresh whites, thistle blues pops of yellow and herbs. She also decorated the church with lavender pots along the aisle. It was simple but styled.

THE CAKE | Taking advantage of our creative friends I nominated my good friend Philippa Winter to make our wedding cake. Philippa was always showing me her imaginative baking skills at work and not wanting the traditional cake I knew she was the lady for the job.

The cake was a rainbow cake made up of four layers of different coloured sponges and then covered in 100's and thousands. To support the cake we had doughnut bowls with pretty flags on top. Philippa also went the extra mile and hand painted our wedding toppers.

YOUR PHOTOGRAPHER | Dylan Nolte was our amazing photographer who is one of our good friends. We always wanted a creative edge to our wedding photos and knowing how good Dylan is at every day shots we knew we could trust him to do a good job. On many occasions he went the extra mile to make sure we practised and felt comfortable in front of the camera. Dylan put together a great engagement shoot for us from Brighton Pier as well as many other events over the year.

THE DETAILS & DÉCOR | Our venue was beautiful enough so didn't require too many decorations. Being a creative person I wanted to adorn everything but my style is very much about simple detailing. On a typewriter I typed on to luggage labels the seating plan, the name tags and the menus and had these all placed just as planned.

For the main barn I bought some tassel garlands in pastel brights which I hung along the sides. In the church I added a lavender display along the aisle but apart from that I tried to leave the styling simple.

THE HONEYMOON | Sri Lanka- we spent the first 4 nights in central Sri Lanka amongst the tea plantations, staying in a colonial bungalow. The views were stunning and really romantic.

Then we travelled to the south coast where we stayed in a stunning hotel inspired by the national architect Geoffray Bawa in Tangalle. As we travelled out of peak season we were lucky enough to have our own private coconut grove lined beach.

We explored the local towns, fishing villages and visited the nearby fort town of Galle.

We ended the honeymoon in style with our own private jet flying us back to Colombo where we joined our London bound plane.

MEMORABLE MOMENTS | The day went by in a flash but the feeling we had on the last dance at the end of the night was totally overwhelming. The happiness we felt in that moment made all the hard work worth while

ADVICE FOR OTHER COUPLES | Easier said than done but don't let it take over your lives and enjoy the engagement

CREDIT WHERE CREDIT IS DUE |

Photographer | Dylan Nolte

Video | Cine Reportage

Dress | Chantelle by Jenny Packham from Miss Bush Bridal, Ripley, Surrey

Florist | Jane at Graham Greener, Whitstable

Venue | Preston Court

Caterers | Relish

Car | 1962 Ford Cortina

Oh my.

Thanks so so much to Victoria and Adrian for sharing their gorgeous wedding with us today XOXO Lou

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