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Showing posts with label #homemadewedding. Show all posts
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Monday, 24 June 2013
2012 in Pictures.
Wedded Bliss. How it came together.
English festivals are a huge part of our lives and
both believe there is nothing better than the feeling of being outdoors
with people you love. We both feel a strong sense to the freedom you
feel outdoors and love nothing more than being in a field dancing the
night away (normally in the rain).
Sam and I first met at Glastonbury festival and at that time we were both in very different times in our lives so nothing more than a smile occurred. A few years later that all changed when I had moved to London and chose to go out for some drinks with my brother and his friends, when I arrived Sam was there, fate pulled us back together and we have never looked back since. Glastonbury holds such great importance to us both (Sam informed me after he proposed he was going to propose at Glastonbury but was scared of losing the ring) therefore we knew it had to be part of the theme we chose when planning and organizing our wedding, traditional went out the window and Sam and Claire entered it.
Ruffled blog became an addiction for me (I even caught Sam taking sneaky looks) and got so much inspiration from the weddings featured on the site. We decided getting married outdoors was what we wanted, sadly we soon found out that you need to be married in a licensed venue in England, therefore that idea was out. It was important for us to get married in England and somewhere which means something to us. Newcastle upon Tyne is my home and we have both enjoyed visiting and heading to Northumberland on country walks and farmhouse cafes. We came across High House Farm Brewery on a whim and instantly decided we had to have part of our day here, after much consideration we chose the ‘after’ part would be held at this venue and the ceremony would beheld elsewhere.
My Mum works at Newcastle Civic Centre and took us there to look at the staircase, although it wasn’t outside we both fell in love with the grandness of it and both felt a feeling that it was the right place to say I do. With both venues chosen it was time to get designing.
Bunting had to be part of the decoration; I adore bunting and wanted a real vintage feel to the day. My Mum and Gran handmade 546 pennants for the bunting, they stitched and ironed each one to make sure it was perfect and would flow in the wind. When they were put up in the barn I felt a glow in my heart and could see how right it was to have the bunting, the barn looked amazing and so unbelievably pretty. Sam’s Mum found the hearts in a little garden centre shop, we felt they added an extra touch and loved the way they hung down giving the barn an extra decorative touch.
Our table names were again cut and stitched by my Mum and Gran (my stepdad cutting the luggage tags out). Our favours were acorns, when thinking of our favours we knew that they are meant to resemble growth and strength, we felt the acorn showed this and again was something involved in the outdoor world. We wrote a special verse attached to the acorn, so people could understand the meaning of why we felt the acorn should be our favour.
‘A little acorn has the ability to grow into a big oak tree, we hope you keep it safe and remember each year the strength the acorn has, just like the love we hold for each other’
My advice for all brides would be to plan early; I did not feel stressed leading up to the wedding more excited and enjoying planning such a fun day. I could see nearer the date if my planning had not been carried out early then the stress levels would have been high. Sam was actively involved in all the planning, he was a perfect help and made the whole thing easier by having an opinion and supporting me with ideas. It was our day and therefore I feel the most important thing is you plan it together, it has to be what you both want and a day you will both remember.
We wanted the whole day to be personal and related to us, with that I felt It was important not only Sam to do a speech that I did one too. I wanted to tell him how much I loved him and give thanks to people who had supported me in my life.
My best women also did a speech which meant so much, there two women I hold so close to me and hearing there kind words moved me and made me smile greatly.
My Mum gave me away, she is my life and my rock and there was no one else I would have rather had by my side.
Our save the date cards were taken in a photo booth in Budapest, we loved the idea of sending everyone a small reminder with some photos we loved. We also hired a photo booth for the evening, it went down a treat and everyone was in line waiting for their chance to take home another memory of the day.
Both our outfits were from high street shops, we decided that we didn’t feel the need to spend a lot of money when you can find such beautiful clothes without the expensive price tag. I knew I wanted something floaty and fitting but a dress that felt like me and not something I would feel uncomfortable in. A good friend, who designs wedding jewellery made my hair band; again I wanted it to be personal and everyone to be involved in the making of the day.
Our photographer Jack is a good friend who works in the photo industry, other weddings I have been too I have felt the camera to be intrusive and didn’t like the fact a stranger was taking such intimate photo’s. With some gentle persuasion Jack agreed and it was the best idea ever as he did a wonderful job and captured the day perfectly.
True Romance is my most favourite film and I believe the most romantic love story, Sam always says the main theme music from it makes him think of us, straight away I knew that was to be the music played as I walked into the civic centre.
We played Blur Tender for our signing the register song, we are both huge blur fans and love the words to the song, and we felt it apt for this part of day.
When Sam and I got together he informed me he had never watched Juno, it being one of my favourite films I made him watch it straight away, from there he fell in love with the soundtrack. We always talk of the main song from it being so beautiful and describing love in a very beautiful way, therefore with this we knew when we became man and wife we would leave to ‘All I want is you’. As we left and the song started playing all our guests started clapping, it was a really special moment.
First Dance: Albion - Babyshambles
We wrote our own vows and felt again it was so important for them to be personal to us:
Finally I have found a place into which I fit perfectly safely and securely with no doubts. No fears, no sadness, no tears, this place is filled with happiness and laughter, yet it is peaceful enough to allow me the freedom to live my life and be myself. This wonderful place which I never believed really existed I have found finally, inside your arms, inside your heart, inside your love.
And when we gave our rings to each other we added something important to us that we do for each other:
Samuel I give you this ring as a sign of my everlasting promise, I vow to cherish you, respect you, tame your curly hair, leave love letters in your lunch box and love you deeply till my body can love no more. May this ring remind us of this amazing day, this special moment and our forever together
Claire I give you this ring as a sign of my everlasting promise, I vow to cherish you, respect you, make you warm toasty fires on cold nights, always use the teapot when I make you a cup of and love you deeply till my body can love no more. May this ring remind us of this amazing day, this special moment and our forever together
Our rings were our both our grandma’s and my great grans wedding bands, we had them melted down and made into two new rings. We felt this meant so much as they are still with us and there rings being used to bound a new marriage.
The craspedia (billy ball) flower was one of the first things I decided on, found on ruffled I fell in love with this flower and needed it in my wedding day, with Sam agreeing he liked the flower I contacted my local florist and she made it her mission to track the yellow headed flower down. The poise’s and button holes were all made with the craspedia and Penny from Katherine’s did the most amazing job, when they arrived I was so happy with how they looked and were exactly how I wanted them to be.
I wanted my bridesmaids in a 50’s feel but also something they were comfortable and happy in, because both girls have different features I decided to put them in different colours. I think they both looked adorable and the petticoat finished the dress off.
Sam’s Mum made our muddy chocolate cake and surprised us with the top being us two in our tent.
Like every festival the night ended with camping in a muddy field, this way we could all be together and wake up with sore heads and big smiles together.
When Sam and I were married I became Mrs Claire Austin, as a gift Sam bought me a rose called Claire Austin, a perfect gift from my perfect husband.
Sam and I first met at Glastonbury festival and at that time we were both in very different times in our lives so nothing more than a smile occurred. A few years later that all changed when I had moved to London and chose to go out for some drinks with my brother and his friends, when I arrived Sam was there, fate pulled us back together and we have never looked back since. Glastonbury holds such great importance to us both (Sam informed me after he proposed he was going to propose at Glastonbury but was scared of losing the ring) therefore we knew it had to be part of the theme we chose when planning and organizing our wedding, traditional went out the window and Sam and Claire entered it.
Ruffled blog became an addiction for me (I even caught Sam taking sneaky looks) and got so much inspiration from the weddings featured on the site. We decided getting married outdoors was what we wanted, sadly we soon found out that you need to be married in a licensed venue in England, therefore that idea was out. It was important for us to get married in England and somewhere which means something to us. Newcastle upon Tyne is my home and we have both enjoyed visiting and heading to Northumberland on country walks and farmhouse cafes. We came across High House Farm Brewery on a whim and instantly decided we had to have part of our day here, after much consideration we chose the ‘after’ part would be held at this venue and the ceremony would beheld elsewhere.
My Mum works at Newcastle Civic Centre and took us there to look at the staircase, although it wasn’t outside we both fell in love with the grandness of it and both felt a feeling that it was the right place to say I do. With both venues chosen it was time to get designing.
Bunting had to be part of the decoration; I adore bunting and wanted a real vintage feel to the day. My Mum and Gran handmade 546 pennants for the bunting, they stitched and ironed each one to make sure it was perfect and would flow in the wind. When they were put up in the barn I felt a glow in my heart and could see how right it was to have the bunting, the barn looked amazing and so unbelievably pretty. Sam’s Mum found the hearts in a little garden centre shop, we felt they added an extra touch and loved the way they hung down giving the barn an extra decorative touch.
Our table names were again cut and stitched by my Mum and Gran (my stepdad cutting the luggage tags out). Our favours were acorns, when thinking of our favours we knew that they are meant to resemble growth and strength, we felt the acorn showed this and again was something involved in the outdoor world. We wrote a special verse attached to the acorn, so people could understand the meaning of why we felt the acorn should be our favour.
‘A little acorn has the ability to grow into a big oak tree, we hope you keep it safe and remember each year the strength the acorn has, just like the love we hold for each other’
My advice for all brides would be to plan early; I did not feel stressed leading up to the wedding more excited and enjoying planning such a fun day. I could see nearer the date if my planning had not been carried out early then the stress levels would have been high. Sam was actively involved in all the planning, he was a perfect help and made the whole thing easier by having an opinion and supporting me with ideas. It was our day and therefore I feel the most important thing is you plan it together, it has to be what you both want and a day you will both remember.
We wanted the whole day to be personal and related to us, with that I felt It was important not only Sam to do a speech that I did one too. I wanted to tell him how much I loved him and give thanks to people who had supported me in my life.
My best women also did a speech which meant so much, there two women I hold so close to me and hearing there kind words moved me and made me smile greatly.
My Mum gave me away, she is my life and my rock and there was no one else I would have rather had by my side.
Our save the date cards were taken in a photo booth in Budapest, we loved the idea of sending everyone a small reminder with some photos we loved. We also hired a photo booth for the evening, it went down a treat and everyone was in line waiting for their chance to take home another memory of the day.
Both our outfits were from high street shops, we decided that we didn’t feel the need to spend a lot of money when you can find such beautiful clothes without the expensive price tag. I knew I wanted something floaty and fitting but a dress that felt like me and not something I would feel uncomfortable in. A good friend, who designs wedding jewellery made my hair band; again I wanted it to be personal and everyone to be involved in the making of the day.
Our photographer Jack is a good friend who works in the photo industry, other weddings I have been too I have felt the camera to be intrusive and didn’t like the fact a stranger was taking such intimate photo’s. With some gentle persuasion Jack agreed and it was the best idea ever as he did a wonderful job and captured the day perfectly.
True Romance is my most favourite film and I believe the most romantic love story, Sam always says the main theme music from it makes him think of us, straight away I knew that was to be the music played as I walked into the civic centre.
We played Blur Tender for our signing the register song, we are both huge blur fans and love the words to the song, and we felt it apt for this part of day.
When Sam and I got together he informed me he had never watched Juno, it being one of my favourite films I made him watch it straight away, from there he fell in love with the soundtrack. We always talk of the main song from it being so beautiful and describing love in a very beautiful way, therefore with this we knew when we became man and wife we would leave to ‘All I want is you’. As we left and the song started playing all our guests started clapping, it was a really special moment.
First Dance: Albion - Babyshambles
We wrote our own vows and felt again it was so important for them to be personal to us:
Finally I have found a place into which I fit perfectly safely and securely with no doubts. No fears, no sadness, no tears, this place is filled with happiness and laughter, yet it is peaceful enough to allow me the freedom to live my life and be myself. This wonderful place which I never believed really existed I have found finally, inside your arms, inside your heart, inside your love.
And when we gave our rings to each other we added something important to us that we do for each other:
Samuel I give you this ring as a sign of my everlasting promise, I vow to cherish you, respect you, tame your curly hair, leave love letters in your lunch box and love you deeply till my body can love no more. May this ring remind us of this amazing day, this special moment and our forever together
Claire I give you this ring as a sign of my everlasting promise, I vow to cherish you, respect you, make you warm toasty fires on cold nights, always use the teapot when I make you a cup of and love you deeply till my body can love no more. May this ring remind us of this amazing day, this special moment and our forever together
Our rings were our both our grandma’s and my great grans wedding bands, we had them melted down and made into two new rings. We felt this meant so much as they are still with us and there rings being used to bound a new marriage.
The craspedia (billy ball) flower was one of the first things I decided on, found on ruffled I fell in love with this flower and needed it in my wedding day, with Sam agreeing he liked the flower I contacted my local florist and she made it her mission to track the yellow headed flower down. The poise’s and button holes were all made with the craspedia and Penny from Katherine’s did the most amazing job, when they arrived I was so happy with how they looked and were exactly how I wanted them to be.
I wanted my bridesmaids in a 50’s feel but also something they were comfortable and happy in, because both girls have different features I decided to put them in different colours. I think they both looked adorable and the petticoat finished the dress off.
Sam’s Mum made our muddy chocolate cake and surprised us with the top being us two in our tent.
Like every festival the night ended with camping in a muddy field, this way we could all be together and wake up with sore heads and big smiles together.
When Sam and I were married I became Mrs Claire Austin, as a gift Sam bought me a rose called Claire Austin, a perfect gift from my perfect husband.
Frosted Hearts and Finding our Way.
We made an emergency dash to Newcastle at the weekend to get
stuck into some final wedding preparations. We had jars to frost and
wood to paint and cut, all ready for the day, so this weekend turned
into a busy one of sorting and organising. Seeing it all come together
is an amazing feeling and knowing that every part is something special
to us means the whole day feels so personal and special.
We have had so many ideas that we have wanted to bring into the day from all different places that we love and mean something to us. There is a festival esk theme going on and anyone that knows us will know our love for festivals, with flag installations, special flowers, specific music, teapots and bunting it really has been a full time job planning, preparing and sourcing all we want and need. Were nearly there now though, we just hope everyone enjoys the day and takes pleasure from the time we have put it to making it personal to us but more importantly enjoyable for our guests.
Ordered a feast of cheese of these http://www.mons-cheese.co.uk/ cant wait to feast on this through the evening celebrations.
We have had so many ideas that we have wanted to bring into the day from all different places that we love and mean something to us. There is a festival esk theme going on and anyone that knows us will know our love for festivals, with flag installations, special flowers, specific music, teapots and bunting it really has been a full time job planning, preparing and sourcing all we want and need. Were nearly there now though, we just hope everyone enjoys the day and takes pleasure from the time we have put it to making it personal to us but more importantly enjoyable for our guests.
Ordered a feast of cheese of these http://www.mons-cheese.co.uk/ cant wait to feast on this through the evening celebrations.
Flying High.
The sewing machine had retired and the sweat shop had closed
then Sam wanted some flags made… Yesterday was made up of stitching,
sowing and playing with pretty colours. The wedding is so close now and
still lots of DIY crafting to be done. Its so exciting to have such a
homemade feel to the wedding, i hope our guests enjoy it as much as we
(Mum and Gran) have enjoyed making everything.
The picture below is a sneak preview of the flags in store for the big day <3
The picture below is a sneak preview of the flags in store for the big day <3
RSVP.
Well its bee a little while….
The title of the blog today is what feels is inside my head all the time. Its lack the big letters are bold and saying hello at every minute. I feel this has been the most stressful part, im not sure why im feeling so ick i guess its just working final numbers out and ordering everything we need.
Our invites are all done and so pleased with them, thanks to the amazing Amy Dover http://www.amydover.com/Home.html for her time and creativity. We felt it really represented the wedding vibes using a good friend to be part of the whole wedding process.
The title of the blog today is what feels is inside my head all the time. Its lack the big letters are bold and saying hello at every minute. I feel this has been the most stressful part, im not sure why im feeling so ick i guess its just working final numbers out and ordering everything we need.
Our invites are all done and so pleased with them, thanks to the amazing Amy Dover http://www.amydover.com/Home.html for her time and creativity. We felt it really represented the wedding vibes using a good friend to be part of the whole wedding process.
Pennant Production
I decided it was time to take a venture back North to get
involved with the wedding workshop. Moomin and Gran have been stitching
and measuring for weeks now and I felt really left out of the home made
feel I wanted my wedding to be - I really wanted to feel like I had
participated in making the feel of the day so after a phone call with
Moomin and a train ticket booked I was on my way to doing that.
The weekend was been spent making pennants for the bunting, there are
so many amazing fabrics it was exciting looking through them all and
imagining them being the main feature of our wedding day.
Pennants a plenty - 505 completed.
Met with the florist - so many pretty flower ideas.
Our Italian honeymoon is booked and can’t wait to venture to the exciting towns we have chosen to stay in.
We have been discussing the business and designing the website - the plan is to not buy the trailer until next year (after the wedding) but we thought it would be good to get the ‘admin’ side out of the way so when we buy the trailer we can concentrate on that.
Beautiful Amy is designing our logo and came up with some really lovely designs.
We love this wise owl.
The happy hen adverts are mocking me, after realising we were maybe feeding the chucks an unhealthy diet (who thought too many vegetables would be bad?) we have put them on a strict diet of layer pellets and oyster shells. still no eggs :-( we have been building an extension to give them more space as the nights are coming earlier which means less free range time in the garden for them.
Another amazing weekend of relaxing time’s and perfect planning.
Nesting
A riot start to the week of nastiness and violence. Good to see Brixton does not dwell on bad times for too long.
More planning for the wedding has been taking place, little purchases, lots of lovliness.
a little bit of something involved in the day.
Nesting
Samuel and I decided it was time to extend from the two of us and introduce a pet to the home (or the back garden). Seeing as its still not time for an adorable pug we decided on hen’s, with this Maisy, Murphy and Matilda were born. Our beautiful friend Donna informed us she lived next to a farmer and picked us three adorable Bantams, so with a little venture to Hertfordshire we became 5.
More planning for the wedding has been taking place, little purchases, lots of lovliness.
a little bit of something involved in the day.
Nesting
Samuel and I decided it was time to extend from the two of us and introduce a pet to the home (or the back garden). Seeing as its still not time for an adorable pug we decided on hen’s, with this Maisy, Murphy and Matilda were born. Our beautiful friend Donna informed us she lived next to a farmer and picked us three adorable Bantams, so with a little venture to Hertfordshire we became 5.
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