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Real Wedding: Hope & Nick's Quintessential English Wedding

Celebrating Nick & Hope and their quintessential English garden wedding. Held in the beautiful Lake District countryside, Nick and Hope celebrated their wedding surrounded by their loved ones, whilst the English weather blessed them with a perfect spring day. Read on to hear the details of their wedding day and be seriously inspired by their stunning wedding gift list.

Nick & Hope

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What was the highlight of your experience with The Wedding Present Company?

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We really enjoyed our visit to The Wedding Present Company showroom in London. It was so exciting receiving notifications of gifts when they were purchased by our friends and family, and we loved receiving the messages that our loved ones had added to the gifts, it was so special.

What were your favourite brands available at The Wedding Present Company?

Burleigh

Riedel, Burleigh and Pooky were stand out brands for us, but we loved all the brands available for our wedding gift list through The Wedding Present Company. 

Why did you choose The Wedding Present Company for your wedding list?

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We loved the thought of being able to choose wedding gifts from all of our favourite brands, instead of being restricted to just one! The variety of wedding presents allowed our friends and family to pick special wedding gifts that they also liked too.

Favourite presents

We are so excited to receive all of our wedding presents, but we're most excited the receive the kitchenware items from our gift list. We love entertaining and we are can't wait to serve yummy food on the beautiful dishes to all our loved ones who so generously bought them for us. 

Pair of tall tumblers, 35cl, Edinburgh
Royal Scot Crystal
£75.00
Tankard Jug, 568ml, Felicity, Pale Blue
Burleigh
£65.00
Octagonal Bowl, D20.5cm, Regal Peacock, Blue
Burleigh
£100.00
Icelip jug, 2.65 litre, Bar, clear
LSA International
£66.00
Pair of Bordeaux glasses, H22.5 x D9.5cm - 61cl, Vinum
Riedel
£55.00
Champagne bath, H18 x W20 x D38cm, Leather Handled, Hammered Nickel Plate
Culinary Concepts
£150.00
Pair of moscato/coupe glasses, H17 x D10.8cm - 24cl, Veritas
Riedel
£62.50
Low serving bowl, D37cm, Portobello, White
The White Company
£42.00
Rectangular dish, 32 x 28cm - 3.85 litre, Stoneware, Satin Black
Le Creuset
£62.00
Tulip vase, H18.5cm, Florabundance, Clear
Dartington Crystal
£49.00
Large table lamp - base only, H49 x W13cm, Otto, White
Pooky
£61.00
Wine coaster, 5", Plain, sterling silver
Classic Silverware
£222.00

Engagement Story

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Nick intended to propose in the Lake District, where we got married, but unfortunately, Covid put a curve ball in his plans. He therefore proposed during lockdown, at home, after cooking a beautiful supper, which was very lovely and intimate.

Theme for Your Wedding

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Ailsa Reeve Photography

We didn’t have a set theme for our special day, but we went with a spring garden marquee wedding, surrounded by flowers, which was perfect. Our colour palette was focused around sage green, neutrals and white. We just went for a traditional English wedding, and all we really wanted was for our guests to have a fun and joyful day!

We hired items from Narrative Hire but I (Hope) did the styling. I really enjoyed styling my own wedding as it meant that everything was exactly how I wanted!

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Ailsa Reeve Photography

Location

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Ailsa Reeve Photography

Our wedding was at St Mary’s Church, Kirkby Lonsdale and Underley Grange, Carnforth

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Ailsa Reeve Photography

Marquee

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Original Marquees – we actually discovered The Wedding Present Company at an open day hosted by Original Marquees! The team at Original Marquees were amazing and our traditional pole wedding marquee was everything we had hoped for.

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Flowers

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Ailsa Reeve Photography

Bluebells and Daisies did all our beautiful wedding flowers in a pallette of white and cream with lots of greenery - keeping it simple whilst also classy.

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bridal fashion

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Ailsa Reeve Photography
Ailsa Reeve Photography

My wedding dress and lace jacket were from Sassi Holford. My wedding shoes were from Emmy London and my full length veil was from The Couture Veil.

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Ailsa Reeve Photography
Ailsa Reeve Photography

Hair and Make Up

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My makeup was done by Keseme Bridal Makeup and my hair was done by Love & Hair Bridal. I couldn’t fault either of them, they did my hair and makeup exactly how I wanted!

Groom's fashion

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Nick’s morning suit was from Neal & Palmer. His waistcoat was from Favourbrook and his tie from Ferragamo

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Bridesmaids, Flower Girls & Page Boys

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Ailsa Reeve Photography

Our bridesmaids wore stunning pale blue bridesmaids dresses from Maids To Measure. Our flower girls and page boys wore outfits from Amelia Brennan. We loved their outfits and were so glad we went with them!

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Ailsa Reeve Photography

Photography

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Our wedding photographer was Ailsa Reeve Photography. She captured the essence of our wedding day perfectly

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Ailsa Reeve Photography

Wine & Cocktails

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Nyetimber Champagne, Aperol Spritz, Picante cocktails and Breakspear beer. Followed by Guigal red wine, Louis Latour white wine, and Muscat Beaumes de Venise pudding wine. All of our drinks were perfect and our guests really enjoyed them too!

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Wedding DJ

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Our DJ was Tom Lunn, and our first dance was to ‘Days Like This’ by Van Morrison, which is one of our favourite songs

Stationery

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Our stationary was from Emma Bradstreet and it perfectly matched the colour theme of the wedding!

Stand Out Moment

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Walking into the marquee to Gimme Some Lovin by Spencer Davis Group, with everyone singing along and waving their napkins in the air.

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Advice to Future Couples

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Make sure you take some time on the day to stand together and appreciate how special the day is. We did and it was the best advice we were given!!

Suppliers

Gift List: The Wedding Present Company

Photography: Ailsa Reeve Photography

Marquee: Original Marquees

Bridal Fashion: Sassi Holford, Emmy London & The Couture Veil

Flowers: Bluebells and Daisies

Hair: Love & Hair Bridal

Make Up: Keseme Bridal Makeup

Bridesmaids: Maids To Measure

Flower Girls & Page Boys: Amelia Brennan

Grooms Fashion: Neal & Palmer, Favourbrook & Ferragamo

Décor: Narrative Hire

Stationery: Emma Bradstreet Paper & Press

DJ - Tom Lunn