A Wedding By Candlelight.

A Wedding By Candlelight.

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Icy blue, white and silver make this morning's wedding a very chic affair. Combine this colour scheme with bucket loads of candles and forest-green foliage and I'm literally in wedding heaven.

Fiona and Kuki married at Brympton House, a venue I hadn't come across before, but certainly one I won't forget in a hurry. Grand and imposing, but full of heart and soul...and it turns out it's often used for filming fabulous period dramas and movies.

I love Fiona's anemone bouquet and the Bridesmaids and flower girls look particularly lovely in ivory and lilac, with fur wraps to keep them warm.

Fiona also chose to customise her Annasul Y gown with sleeves, finding the most beautiful beaded French lace she could to do the job. The result is seriously swoon worthy.

Fiona The Bride: I wanted a vintage yet romantic and glamorous dress so went for a heavily beaded dress with a lot of detail and found some beautiful beaded French lace to make the sleeves. I had a very plain veil so as not to take away from the detail of scalloped beaded detail on the bottom of the dress. As I wasn't having an up-do, I went for quite detailed earrings and hair comb and had matching pearl and crystal comb and earrings.

Jonathan wanted a bespoke tailored 3 piece suit for himself and his best men. They chose a dark blue colour and a dark red satin lining with dark red stitching on the button holes. Jonathan chose a Paul Smith tie in dark blue with embroidered stars for something a bit different than the polka dot ties of the best men, groomsmen and ushers.

We wanted a country house where we had exclusive use for the weekend and our family and Bridal party could stay together. Brympton House was perfect because it has so many different rooms for each part of the weekend. We had a dinner on the Friday night in the beautiful salon for 50 people, the ceremony was in the adjoining Castle House which was very church-like so perfect for creating a candle lit wedding atmosphere, the wedding breakfast was in the beautiful ballroom for 190 people and then we went to the Orangery for the evening event. The added bonus was that the venue opened the library bar from 2am until the wee hours for those hardcore party guests!

Ellie at Tie The Knot is the resident stylist and did an amazing job in creating the look we wanted - a candle lit sparkly vintage feel. Emily the resident florist created a romantic winter look using gypsophila in the ceremony and large hanging gypsophilia balls in the ballroom and large white amaryllis in the Great Hall. The statement flowers for the bridal party were white and blue anemone whichever were used in the bouquets and buttonholes.

Although we had a civil ceremony we wanted it to be as church like as possible and the staggered height pillared candles in the windows and long wooden paws created this feel. We wanted to create a happy relaxed and lighthearted atmosphere in the ceremony to set the mood for the day so in contrast to the grand English country house surroundings we had a steel band play before the ceremony and in the drinks reception. We also chose funny lighthearted readings from Winnie The Pooh which the guests loved.

As we had a steel band during the day we didn't want another band in the evening so had a DJ for the whole evening. As getting everyone up on the dance floor and keeping everyone there until 2am (which we did) was very important to us, we met with our DJ Zac Peters beforehand and created a very detailed playlist to make sure we had music we both loved but also so there was something for everyone of all ages.

Coming from Irish and Sri Lankan families we wanted a fusion of South Asian and European food. We met with our caterer Jane Parker and designed the menu together. We wanted our tables to be as relaxed and sociable as possible so opted for dishes to be set in the middle of the table and shared.The menu was a spiced carrot and lentil soup with onion bhajis to start, followed a choice of Indian fish pie, tandoori lamb chops or vegetable curry, with a ginger creme brûlée for dessert.

Having amazing photographs of the day so we could remember everything and recreate the mood of the wedding was very important to us. We were thrilled to find Chris Barber whose shots are very natural yet artistically styled at the same time. The photographs capture every moment beautifully throughout the day.


Photography by Chris Barber
Dress Annasul Y & Lusan Mandongus | Jewellery Luxe Deluxe | Shoes Rachel Simpson | Bridesmaids Coast | Flowergirls Monsoon | Venue Brympton House| Florist Emily at Brympton Flowers | Decor & Styling Tie The Knot | Groom Dress 2 Kill | Catering Jane Parker

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