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Hey, hey… it’s halfway to the weekend! Is anyone saying I do this week? I’d love to hear all about your big day. I’ll be playing bridesmaid for my friends Charlotte and Matt this Saturday, and it’ll be lovely to take off my professional wedding blogger hat and just get stuck into the festivities. People always ask if my job in the industry now spoils celebrations for me (the thinking being that I’ll have seen it all), and the answer is certainly not! I adore a good wedding. Each is different, each is beautiful. It’s the individuals and their friends and family who make a wedding day special, alongside all those carefully chosen little details and personal touches.
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This afternoon we join Laura and Phil for their gorgeous celebration at one of my favourite West Yorkshire venues (and one that I have the privilege of working with twice a year at our Brides Up North Luxury Wedding Exhibitions), Nostell Priory. With images by Brides Up North Featured Supplier Peter Boyd Photography.
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Laura says: We got engaged in June 2011. We were on holiday in Frigiliana in Spain. Phil had booked a gorgeous private villa and he proposed on the balcony on the first evening
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We were married on 27th April 2013 at the beautiful Nostell Priory in Wakefield. We looked at a number of hotels and although the reception rooms were lovely, we were underwhelmed with the ceremony rooms, and that is the most important part of the day after all! The Top Hall at Nostell definitely had the wow factor and we loved the exclusivity of the venue.
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We chose a colour scheme of aubergine and ivory, with lots of lace and ribbon and flowers.
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Our florist was Flowers by Camilla Jane, and they arrangements were perfect. The bridal bouquet was a hand tied arrangement with a cottage garden feel with dusky pink roses, ivy, carnations, peonies and gypsophila.
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I wore a beautiful Augusta Jones gown from Brides of York of French ivory lace over silk with a lace bolero.
I added a tulle two tiered veil embellished with crystals and a headdress by Halo & Co.
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My bridal shoes were from Rachel Simpson Shoes and are highly recommend – not only beautiful but comfortable all day!
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My bridesmaid wore a floor length empire line gown in chiffon from JJ’s House in grape purple and we also had a flower girl who looked very cute in a Monsoon ivory and chiffon and lace dress.
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The bridal party travelled to the venue in an ivory 1961 Austin Princess provided by Paul Wright at Chauffer Services Yorkshire.
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Dine were our exclusive caterers at Nostell and event manager Danielle did a fantastic job on the day.
Phil is a big fan of real ales so Dine kindly arranged to have Timothy Taylor Landlord on cask available. It went down very well!
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Our wedding photographers were Peter and Kelly from Peter Boyd Photography, the snaps so far are great so I can’t wait for our album!
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To add a personal touch I hand knitted hearts for name places and made toys for the kids. I also made all the stationery and table plans which were a match to our invitations.
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Our cake was made by Heather Fawcett, a family friend. We had a fruit cake for the top two tiers, decorated with handmade purple roses. We also had a selection of vanilla cupcakes with vanilla frosting and chocolate brownie cupcakes with white chocolate frosting. Very yummy!
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We had the Blues Armada, a live jazz and swing band for the evening reception and they were fantastic and really made our day. Luke Cannon the lead vocalist for the Blues Armada also supplied the music for the wedding breakfast, playing piano accompanied by a saxophonist.
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For the wedding night we stayed at Oulton Hall in Leeds, very luxurious and the staff were very friendly and helpful. We stayed an extra night at Oulton Hall before heading off to a cottage in Pickering for a mini-moon. We are in the process of booking a holiday to China in June which will be our ‘proper’ honeymoon.
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Phil is still whinging about missing out on the canapés so his top tip for other Brides Up North is to make sure you sample all your food! Everything goes by so quickly I would say make sure you spend a few minutes with your groom just taking everything in. It’s such an amazing experience being surrounded by everyone who loves you and watching them have a great time.
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Congratulations Laura & Phil!
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Brides Up North UK Wedding Blog – Images © 2013 Peter Boyd Photography
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