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My Wedding: The Thank You's
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Hi Ladies!
So I’m now officially a married woman! I had the most
amazing day with great company. I’m so grateful to everybody who came to share
my special day and so grateful for all the gifts, cards and messages of
congratulations I’ve received.
Our first selfie as a married couple! Taken in the limo!
This blog post is going to be quite long but I hope you
enjoy it,
I’ve met some great people whilst wedding planning who I’d
like to mention:
Jean from Amazingcakes by jean, she was so helpful and super friendly, we told her the kind of
thing we wanted and she built it before our eyes at our first meeting with her.
When I saw the cake on the day I was so in love with how it looked, it was
perfect in every way! Thanks so much Jean!
(Taken by me)
(Taken By Me)
(Taken by me)
Richard from White Dress Films, he’s such a friendly person
and so easy to talk too, I thoroughly enjoyed having him at my wedding, at no
point did I ever notice him filming, it was always done in such a way that will
give the perfect effect in the video, capturing people just acting natural
instead of posing for the camera, I’m so excited to see the end result. He’s
such a pro at his job, there was only ever one person for the job of filming my
video and that was Richard, thanks so much, it was great to meet you!
Natasha my photographer from Natasha Thompson Photography not
only is she an amazing wedding photographer who is absolutely amazing at what
she does, she’s also a new friend of mine. My husband works with Natasha’s
husband at work so as you can imagine it’s been really nice dealing with
friends when planning our photography. As soon as I saw Natasha’s photos on her
website I knew she was the perfect person for the job, I love her style and the
way she works. I find her work so inspirational for my own photos, you can see
a preview of our wedding photos on her website, and I’ve also included the
photos in this post.
(Taken by Natasha Thompson)
(Taken by Natasha Thompson)
(Taken by Natasha Thompson)
(Taken by Natasha Thompson)
Crown catering have been amazing every step of the way, at
the last minute we had some problems with our original caterers and Crown
Catering stepped in at last minute and they went out of their way to make our
new menu as close to our original menu as possible, catering for guests with
dietary requirements perfectly. Jess was very helpful and so professional and
listened to us and made sure our day was perfect, which it was. On the day I
couldn’t fault the service at all. Nobody ever went hungry or thirsty, we were
well looked after, everyone was super friendly and helpful. We had so many
compliments on the food, thank you so much!
Full force events done a fab job at keeping everyone entertained.
I love the online system which let me request my favourite songs for the
evening. Before the wedding I was
worried that nobody would like my taste in music but as it turned out I think
everyone it enjoyed it and the dance floor was never empty. I had a great time
so thanks so much!
Thank you to Banquet inn for providing a professional bar
service throughout our wedding reception, everyone was happy and the staff were
really friendly, thank you!
Thanks to everyone at Chippenham park for being so helpful
& friendly. We spoke to Hugo on the Friday and Saturday and he’s such a
nice guy and really helpful, my dad also commented on how friendly he was.
Chippenham park is an absolutely stunning venue, as soon as me and & Dave visited
for the first time we instantly fell in love, the gardens are so beautiful have
lots of different parts of the gardens to explore with quite a few quirky
statues dotted around. This was the best venue we could of ever chosen, I’m so
glad we discovered this amazing house :)
Tiffany from Tiffany’s flowers done an amazing job on the
bouquets, Button holes and centre pieces, so beautiful! The colours looked
absolutely amazing together and really worked well with my dainty shabby chic
themed look I was going for. The flowers looked amazing with my bridesmaid’s
dresses & floral crowns!
(Taken By Natasha Thompson)
(Taken By Me)
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Everyone at Fleur de lys bridal made me feel so welcome
while looking for the perfect dress, all the ladies have been so helpful. Julie
my seamstress was super helpful in doing a last minute alteration the day
before my wedding which was super amazing of her as thanks to her I was able to
fully enjoy wearing my dress! I really
enjoyed every visit to fleur de lys bridal, the décor is very glam and was the
perfect surrounds for dress shopping. Thank you!
(By Natasha Thompson)
(By Natasha Thompson)
I was lucky enough to win 25 sweet cones from Altered Image
for my favours at my reception so I bought extra’s so everyone had a sweet cone
and they went down well with everyone, the kids loved them and they looked
really nice on the tables, really impressive! The kids especially loved them!
The pink ribbons looked really cute, thanks so much Steph!
I knew from day one that I wanted to look different to the
traditional bride look, I loved the idea of floral crowns so I got in contact
with Crown & Glory and asked about custom design crowns and Sophie was
amazing and helping me out with design ideas, I couldn’t be happier with my
crown, it’s exactly what I had in mind, I can’t put into words how perfect it
is, Thank you so so so much! My bridesmaids also had crowns from Crown &
Glory and they loved them as much as I loved mine. They really made my vintage
theme come together; the crowns looked amazing with dresses and couldn't be
happier with the end result.
(Taken By Natasha Thompson)
(Taken By Me)
Massive thanks to my sister and chief bridesmaid from ElemHair for cutting and curling my hair for my wedding day. My sister and her fiancé
Justin (daves best man) own the salon together so massive thank you for letting
me have my nails and hair done for free, I really appreciate it, you have set
up a great business and I’m so proud of both of you, it’s grown so much in just
a year, I hope it keeps on growing. Thanks so much for squeezing me in on the
Friday when I had to run to the bridal shop at short notice, I really
appreciate it! Both myself and dave loved our hair on the day. My hair was perfect
and exactly how I imagined it. Karen done a fantastic job of my nails, advising
me on colours, I’m glad I took her advice as I absolutely the colour of my
nails right now, so thanks so much Karen!
(Taken By Lisa)
Huge thanks to Karen from Not On The High street who done a
wonderful job with supplying our save the date cards, invites, order of service
& table plan. We highly recommend her, she offered us a fantastic service
with fast delivery, we had exactly what we wanted and she was a pleasure to
work with!
Massive thanks to Karen again for doing my make up as well
as my nails. At the trial she really listened to us and gave us exactly what we
wanted, she wasn’t afraid to be dramatic and use plenty of eyeliner to make our
eyes dark like we wanted. I wanted to stay clear of the natural look and I’m
super happy with the end result. I love how my makeup looks in the photos; it’s
exactly what I wanted, thanks so much!
(Taken By Me)
(Taken By Me)
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I’ve always loved limo’s and I knew I always wanted a black
stretch limo for my wedding. Essex Limos have been amazing and attentive. On
the day the most stunning black limo pulled up outside my house, it looked
absolutely amazing I can’t even put it into words, the driver Kevin was so friendly
and very professional. I felt amazing driving from the church to the venue in
this stunning car while sipping on champagne. He was also very helpful by
letting us store a few things in the boot for us until we got to the venue. I’ll
be hiring a Limo from Essex Limo’s for my mum’s birthday next year!
(i'll add a photo once I get one of my limo!)
Also wanted to say a massive thanks to all my family and friends who took some really nice photos and video of our wedding-I really love this video Garreth (My sisters fiance's brother) from garrethevans.co.uk made for us :)
Last but not least, I want to say a MASSIVE thank you to
Reverend Alan Partridge from St Mary’s church, every step of the way he’s been
there to help us out and offer us advice for our new life together, I particularly
enjoyed marriage in mind, I found it really useful. I also really enjoyed the
Sunday services, everyone at St Mary’s were so friendly and welcoming, I’ve
never met such a friendly bunch of people. I love how passionate Alan was
throughout the ceremony, I never felt like the ceremony was rushed, everyone thoroughly
enjoyed the ceremony and commented on how smoothly everything went. The
organist and bell ringers done a fantastic job and the flowers looked amazing,
thank you so much for agreeing to conduct our wedding ceremony! It’s an honour
to have been married by you.
(Taken By Friends)
(Taken By Friends)
(Taken By Family)
Thanks to my amazing, beautiful and stunning flower girls & Bridesmaids and thanks to the very handsome grooms men :)
(Taken By Natasha Thompson)
(Taken By Family)
And of course thank you to my amazing new husband :)
I'll be putting more photo's up very soon with more about the actual day-I can't wait to share my professional pictures & Video by Natasha & Richard,
Thanks for reading!
23 comments
What a beautiful day. You look absolutely amazing too. I'm glad your day went well and may you and your husband live happily ever after x
ReplyDeleteYay! Once again, massive congratulations! You looked absolutely gorgeous and I'm glad everything went off without a hitch :) Now you've got the rest of your lovely photos and the video to look forward to, and the honeymoon of course! EXCITING! :D
ReplyDeleteCongratulations!! :)
ReplyDeleteLooks like it was such a perfect day, and your dress was breathtaking and super elegant.
Hope everything is awesome, and thanks for the comment ;)
Amanda
www.somethingfashion.es
Awww Sammy congratulations! You look soooo happy. The dress looks amazing on you and that cake.... I hope you've saved me a slice :D lol only kidding. The photos are great :)
ReplyDeleteYazmin xx
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Congrats! what a lovely picture and decoration :D
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Congratulations lovely lady! These photos are all gorgeous and it sounds like you had such an amazing day, the whole wedding looks like it was beautiful :)
ReplyDeleteLove Holly x
www.pamperpreenperfect.blogspot.co.uk
Congratulations :) looks like a beautiful day!! Love your floral crown x
ReplyDeleteOh my goodness I really enjoyed reading this post! the photos are just beautiful, totes loving your lace dress and the little sweetie cones! great idea. Also, you kind of look like Lady Gaga? haha
ReplyDeleteCongrats!
Emma | The Fashion Six
Thanks for the kind comment :) You're not the first person to tell me I look like Lady Gaga, I'm a huge fan so it's a massive compliment :D
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Sammy you look so beautiful, looks like all your planning and hard work organising paid off. You both look very happy many congratulations Lucy x
ReplyDeleteYou look stunning and I love your dress! These pics are beautiful and it looks like such a beautiful wedding!
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Everything looks perfect!
ReplyDeleteCongratulations! :)
-Ru
LOVESICKLILAC
Congratulations you look so beautiful, I'm getting married in September :)
ReplyDeletexx
www.forevermissvanity.com
Congratulation love! You look stunning... Your floral crown is amazing! I think I'm going to wear flowers/flower crown in my hair for my wedding later this year so I'll be sure to check out Crown and Glory.
ReplyDeletex
Oh man, I couldn't watch the whole video as it was making me way to emotional. I got to the point where you were hugging and did a cheeky peck on the lips and that was it, I'm balling. WEEEHHH.
ReplyDeleteThe video and the photos are beautiful, sounds like the perfect day, I'm really happy for you both.
I'm going to go and pull myself together now.
Corinne x
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Congratulations darling. Check out MY LOOKBOOK
ReplyDeleteLouisa Moje
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Congratulations, love the lace!
ReplyDeleteEmma Louise Layla x
Absolutely beautiful post of your most happy day. You look breathtakingly gorgeous from headdress to heels xx This was also such a lovely read, since I don't know anything about planning a wedding or how many people it takes to arrange party like that. I wish you all the best, long lives together - filled with love and laughter. You seem like the sweetest couple ! x
ReplyDeleteExtra credit to your photographer! Love her work :)
Satu
Wow such beautiful photos and your dress truly is gorgeous :') just breathtaking I adore all the lace detailing, I also love the cake and it sounds like you had a brilliant time :) a huge congrats to you both!! xx
ReplyDeletewww.krystelcouture.com
Wow your wedding looks perfect, everything (especially you!) is beautiful. x
ReplyDeleteLeanne - A Slice of My Life
Big congratulations to you, you both look gorgeous!
ReplyDeleteCongratulations to you both. You all looked so beautiful x
ReplyDeleteAww congrats lovely! Love your dress, you look amazing! I have that perfume too :). Hope you had a truly magical day. I'm getting married this Sept - blogging about it too - gemsi2011.blogspot.com. Can't wait, so excited!
ReplyDeleteGem x
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