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I know the venue for this afternoon’s Real Wedding well, having styled some gorgeous bridal shoots there and also acted as bridesmaid at my best friend Rachel’s wedding (which you can see by clicking here), so when Rachael and Chris (another Rachael!) sent me their images – courtesy of Hynes Photography – and told me that they were aiming to have a modern and elegant celebration. I knew that their big day would be just that.
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Rachael says: We got engaged at Christmas on a trip to London five months after having our first child Charlie, and were married on 27th October 2012 at Rockliffe Hall in Darlington.
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We choose Rockliffe Hall cause it was just perfect for us: modern, elegant, high quality and we had been to lots of weddings but none of them at Rockliffe. We wanted the wedding to be glamorous and romantic to compliment our choice of venue.
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My dress was a diamond white, sweetheart neck line, beautiful big dress from Poppy Bridal in Darlington. I loved it soon as i tried it on.
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We chose a colour scheme of deep red magenta and white, and my four bridesmaids were stunning in a long fishtail dresses from Marks & Spencer.
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Chris and the groomsmen wore grey lightweight tails from Affleck & Moffat in Darlington. They looked really smart. Charlie, my son, and Finley, my nephew, had really cute suits matching the bridesmaids.
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I carried a bouquet of calla lilies with a hint of pink running through them, very simple but stunning. Our flowers were from Flower House at Hartburn, Stockton.
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It might sound strange, but we stayed over together the night before the wedding in the same room! We had an amazing spa experience and bottle of Champagne together the night before and had breakfast in our room on the morning of the wedding. Unconventional, but perfect for us.
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Our entertainment was the Wildcats of Kilkenny – a big knees up! I didn’t stop dancing the whole night (not even for the evening buffet!) it was so much fun and everyone in the room was up doing the Irish jig! The wedding was intentionally very sophisticated during the day, with a big party at night! Perfect.
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We chose to have cupcakes with a beautiful butterfly design on them rather than a traditional wedding cake. Our cupcake tower was by Clare’s Cake Shack, Stockton.
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We didn’t go far on our honeymoon, we had a week in Center Parcs in Nottingham with our son Charlie and then the two of us went off to London for a few days on our own.
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My top tip for Brides Up North would be don’t panic about anything, just relax and everything will happen. It was the best day of my life and I wish that we could do it all over again!
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Congratulations Rachael & Chris!
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