Every now and then, a wedding comes along that epitomises the perfect English summer wedding. Karina and Mat's glorious July day at Hamswell House near Bath was that wedding for us last year.
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Planned meticulously by wedding planner Freya Jane and captured by photographer Helen Cawte, this was a truly beautiful family wedding. The bride and her Mum came to my home in the Cotswolds to plan the flowers with me ahead of the day and we settled on a soft and harmonious blend of creams, pinks, pale blues and purples, with garden roses and clematis as the focal flowers.
The bridesmaids wore pale blue print short dresses whilst the groom and groomsmen were mid blue suits were ideal for the wall to wall sunshine we were experiencing for a change.
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Love Notes
"A massive thank you to Corky and Prine being absolutely incredible florists on our wedding day. From the moment Mum and I met you, we knew we had our flowers in safe hands! You truly got our vision and we have had so many compliments about the beautiful ceremony flowers, the arch and marquee foliage and the outside trees. Helen's fabulous photos have allowed me to take in all the details and it really was beautiful. Thank you to your wonderful team who worked so hard on the lead up to the wedding and on the day."
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Karina and Mat
Hamswell House
The Wedding Flowers
The ceremony took place on the front lawn under an ancient lime tree with a floral arch backdrop, an aisle of meadows and an installation of baskets filled with flowers. The reception took place in the marquee and we covered the Edison board lights with foliage and suspended cute seagrass lampshades to them. Table centrepieces were surrounded by light blue candles and each place setting had a dusky blue knotted napkin.
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The ceremony floral arch was painstakingly relocated to the marquee to surround a multi tier cake with suagrcraft flowers that replicated the real ones. This manoeuvre was not for the faint hearted but we pulled it off and the result was simply breaktaking.
The Team
Wedding Planner: @weddingsbyfreyajane
Photographer: @helencawtephotography
Venue: @hamswellhouse
Floral Design: @corkyandprince
Cake designer @cakedaydreams
MUA @melissaoldridge
Stationery: @dove_and_lace
Caterers: @queenandwhippet
Music: @boujeemusiclive
Table ware: @theluxecollectionuk and @blacksaucertableware
Photobooth: @flashfoxbooth
Napkins: @theknottednapkinco
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