The celebration of a lifetime — a wedding in pictures

Faye and Wayne’s spring wed­ding is a deli­cious com­bi­na­tion of Eng­lish ele­gance and sophis­ti­ca­tion. Their con­tem­po­rary and fun wed­ding theme teams styl­ish acces­sories in choco­late brown colour tones with just the right dash of sparkle and a stun­ning bouquet.

Wayne and Faye’s fun, con­tem­po­rary wed­ding day!

The happy cou­ple were mar­ried at St Marys Parish church in Hilton in Der­byshire in March. The main weather was windy — which meant bril­liant fun with Faye’s veil and some out­stand­ing pho­tos from wed­ding pho­tog­ra­pher Chris Han­ley.

The recep­tion was at one of Hand Picked Hotels fan­tas­tic wed­ding venues, the Priest House on the river at Cas­tle Don­ning­ton on the Der­byshire / Notts border.

This is a wed­ding to make you smile and wish you were there. A wed­ding with every­thing you’d want on your big day: play­ful moments, romance, glam­our and that oh so Eng­lish sense of sophis­ti­ca­tion.

The exquis­ite details, beau­ti­fully photographed…

The most ele­gant of con­tem­po­rary wed­ding flow­ers: white calla lilies

Wayne — con­fi­dent, happy and look­ing great: the mod­ern bride­groom to a T.

Rais­ing a glass to the wed­ding venue (lit­er­ally — nice!)

Bride Faye is beau­ti­ful. She looks so com­posed, to her fin­ger­tips! I love this moment of calm and seren­ity before the day begins. Part of being a bride is rel­ish­ing the moment; play­ing the role you’ve looked for­ward to for so long — and tak­ing the time to absolutely LOVE every sec­ond of the experience!

The coolest of wed­ding cars — clas­sic Eng­lish style

A gor­geous Eng­lish clas­sic — the wed­ding car is a Mor­ris Minor, pol­ished up to the nines and look­ing fan­tas­tic. Beats a Rolls Royce for me every time.

Cap­tur­ing every sec­ond of the adven­ture… Faye’s swept into the church on the breeze! Just time for a few last minute adjust­ments (and don’t you just love how this gor­geous bride keeps smiling!)

These are the moments that stay with you: the wind blow­ing a gale as you stand out­side the church, the veil wrapped around your face, Dad’s smile and the laughter…

…and the solem­nity of the church ser­vice, the beauty of your vows, the wed­ding ring on your fin­ger. The light in this photo is a lovely mys­tery: can­dles, magic?

This bit is magic. A pea­cock but­ter­fly set­tles to wit­ness the sig­na­tures in the church register.

The wed­ding recep­tion is at Hand­picked Hotels’ Priest House in Der­byshire. It’s a gor­geous wed­ding venue dat­ing back a thou­sand years, and the orig­i­nal water wheels were men­tioned in the Domes­day book — so for a wed­ding venue with a mean­ing­ful his­tory, Priest House Hotel is outstanding.

Fun and con­tem­po­rary lux­ury wed­ding pho­tog­ra­phy at its best!

These are the pic­tures I really love — the ones that cap­ture the spirit of cel­e­bra­tion in a wed­ding. Faye and Wayne’s friends and fam­ily really enjoy being a part of the pho­tos — and it looks like so much fun!

There’s no deny­ing that Wayne is over the moon to be mar­ried! And how fab to have such great friends to cel­e­brate with.

The girls also know how to party! Faye and her best friends and fam­ily strike a pose and those smiles are won­der­ful. (Lov­ing the pur­ples as well ladies — you ALL look amazing!!!)

Wed­ding details — sophis­ti­cated choco­late tones and sparkle

Get Faye and Wayne’s wed­ding day look with a dash of gold, a sprin­kle of sparkle and plenty of lush choco­late brown colours…

Beau­ti­fully crafted tags at the wed­ding break­fast are cour­tesy of Not­ting­hamshire based Tilly­boo Events, who spe­cialise in wed­ding plan­ning and venue styling — promis­ing “lim­it­less cre­ativ­ity that cel­e­brates your unique sense of style” — and deliv­er­ing it so well.

Under­stated ele­gance, shine and sparkle on the top table. The votives are a won­der­fully choco­latey colour — I love these!

A nice wed­ding table plan: indi­vid­ual tables printed and dec­o­rated with a 5mm choco­late rib­bon tie — sim­ply arranged on a table at the entrance to the wed­ding break­fast room. A nice alter­na­tive to the tra­di­tional wed­ding table plan board.

Some con­tem­po­rary chic wed­ding images…

Wayne and Faye take a lit­tle time before the wed­ding break­fast to have these stun­ning pic­tures taken. I love the con­trast of light and dark, the soft shad­ows of trees on the wall and most of all those happy, relaxed smiles.

The pas­sion in this pic­ture is stun­ning — as is the image itself of course — by one of the UK’s finest wed­ding photographers.

Cap­tur­ing the essence of this his­toric wed­ding venue — in the foot­steps of many a roman­tic cou­ple over the last mil­len­nium. The per­fect pic­ture to end on, I thought!

I hope you’ve enjoyed see­ing Faye and Wayne’s wed­ding pho­tos. Chris Han­ley Pho­tog­ra­phy is a favourite of mine as I’m sure all Eng­lish Wed­ding reg­u­lars will know! I love the mix­ture of styl­ish and strik­ing fash­ion images, with those bril­liant group shots with friends and family.

They’re a lit­tle dif­fer­ent — I’d love to know which are your favourites too…