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Emily Rose Hamilton

WPC Real Wedding: Emily & Matt's Autumnal Cotswolds Wedding

Join us as we celebrate Emily and Matt's Autumnal black-tie wedding, held in the heart of The Cotswolds. When the bride works at the UK’s largest wedding planning app, you know it's going to be an exceptional wedding - full of detail, glorious autumnal sunshine and the best suppliers in the industry. Join us as Emily relives the magic of their day, and opens her little black book of suppliers.

emily and matt

Emily Rose Hamilton
Emily Rose Hamilton

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

Emily Rose Hamilton

The gorgeous notes that our friends and families left with their generous presents. It was so much fun getting the notifications when a gift was bought from our gift list, and that personal note made it even more special. 

Emily Rose Hamilton

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

Le Creuset

We both completely love Le Creuset, and we are also very excited to have picks from Issy Granger, Pooky and Oka. Not to mention our Sophie Conran for Portmeirion crockery set!

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

Emily Rose Hamilton

We loved the fixed option that was available exclusively with The Wedding Present Company. We didn't feel comfortable with guests pouring love into choosing a gift and then it not being fulfilled. 

Emily Rose Hamilton

Have you had your presents delivered? How was your delivery day?

Yes! It's so wonderful, like Christmas but way, way better. It feels like the real beginning of our marriage together and the start of our future together. 

Emily Rose Hamilton

Favourite Presents

Butlers tray and stand, H72 x W55 x D40cm, Aldsworth, spruce wood
Garden Trading
£95.00
Shade, 30cm, Straight empire, Teal with Inky Black Tape
Pooky
£55.00
'Mr & Mrs' Set of 2 Espresso Cups, 70ml
Keith Brymer Jones
£27.00
Glass Carafe, 950ml, Pom, Blue
Issy Granger
£65.00
Water Glass, Set of 4, 300ml, Pom, Blue
Issy Granger
£80.00
Butter Dish, Stoneware, Bamboo Green
Le Creuset
£42.00
Wine Rack, Farringdon 42 Bottle, Steel
Garden Trading
£120.00
Whitewashed Tray, D50cm, Oversized Round, White
The White Company
£50.00
Set of 6 liqueur glasses, 80ml, Stars, Crystal
The Vintage List
£78.00
Serving bowl, 29 x 8cm, Cabbage, Green
Bordallo Pinheiro
£61.00
Set of 4 dinner plates, 28cm, Ceramics, White
Sophie Conran for Portmeirion
£74.00
Saucepans, Set of 3, Stainless Steel Tri-Ply
Proware
£157.00
Rechargeable digital instant read thermometer, Black
ProQ
£26.00
Mbata Candlestick, Small, H20cm, Antique Brass
Nkuku
£25.00
Hurricane lamp, H30 x D20cm, Glass
OKA
£50.00
Fondue set, cream
KitchenCraft
£77.50
Wine bottle holder, H19 x W26 x D16cm, Octopus, aluminium
Culinary Concepts
£100.00

Engagement Story

Emily Rose Hamilton

We got engaged in August 2021 in Brighton, at the Artist Residence Hotel. Matt and I have been together for a long time, so he was still determined to surprise me when he asked. I'm admittedly pretty difficult to surprise... He had booked us a couple of staycations: the second of which was at a very expensive, lovely hotel in The Cotswolds. I was confident he would ask then. He caught me off guard and asked me in our pyjamas at 8am with our morning coffee in Brighton a few weekends' before. He took our dog Frank out for a morning walk along the seafront just beforehand, practised what he would say on Frank and then calmly returned and presented my dream, dream ring. Matt was determined for his proposal to be reflective of our favourite, everyday moments together and it was perfect. We immediately went and got more coffee on the beach and called our parents.

Theme for Your Wedding

Emily Rose Hamilton

For the theme of the wedding, we wanted to go Black Tie. Refined, autumnal vibes matched with a relaxed and intimate atmosphere that just felt very, very us. 

How you did you find your key suppliers, and why did you choose them?

Emily Rose Hamilton

I am very lucky to work at Bridebook, the UK's number 1 wedding planning app, so I had lots of tips and pointers! We stumbled across our venue on the way to The Cotswolds trip! We had lunch at The Rectory and fell in love. Our other suppliers I found on Bridebook, Instagram and TikTok. 

Emily Rose Hamilton

Location

Emily Rose Hamilton
Emily Rose Hamilton

The Rectory Hotel, The Cotswolds. It was perfect - full of Cotswolds charm and allowed us to have all aspects of our celebration in one place. 

Flowers

Emily Rose Hamilton
Emily Rose Hamilton

Our wonderful flowers were done by Ellie Frances Flowers. The colour palette reflected the stunning autumn tones and we couldn't have been happier. 

Bridal Fashion

Emily Rose Hamilton
Emily Rose Hamilton
Emily Rose Hamilton

Bespoke Jesus Peiro from Miss Bush Bridal. I wore white silk Manolo Blahniks and a cathedral-length, simple, slim veil from Clover London. I wore a silk headband from MaxMara Bridal.

Later, I changed into a super fun Jane & Tash number after our first dance, and then into some white high-top Converse for proper dancing, with a silk hair bow from Gigi & Olive

Emily Rose Hamilton

Groom's Fashion

Emily Rose Hamilton
Emily Rose Hamilton

Matt wore a suit and black velvet jacket from Suit Supply and shoes from Loake. He changed into a fun pink velvet jacket from Moss Bros in the evening! 

Emily Rose Hamilton

Hair & Make Up

Emily Rose Hamilton
Emily Rose Hamilton

Juta Zorubiene did my hair, and Jennifer Oliver did my makeup. 

Bridesmaids

Emily Rose Hamilton

My bridesmaids all wore shades of green and dresses that they chose themselves, mostly from ASOS

Emily Rose Hamilton

Caterer

Emily Rose Hamilton
Emily Rose Hamilton

Our Caterer was The Rectory Hotel. We are HUGE foodies so having good food was very important. Our cake from The Vanilla Pod Bakery was completely outstanding and even had a gluten-free layer for me!

Emily Rose Hamilton

Wine & Cocktails

Emily Rose Hamilton
Emily Rose Hamilton

We served Crémant for our reception and toasts instead of Champagne as we prefer it. We had Puglian wine with our meal as we were going to Puglia on our honeymoon the next day.

Emily Rose Hamilton

Photographer & Videographer

Emily Rose Hamilton
Emily Rose Hamilton

Emily Rose Hamilton was our photographer and Baxter and Ted was our videographer. We also had a fantastic artist Aaron Jacob Jones (Event Illustrator) who did live portraits of our guests. Alongside this, we also had a Waterfall Photobooth which was so much fun and a no-regret, last minute decision! We also had an Audio Guestbook to remember all the memories at our wedding.

Emily Rose Hamilton
Emily Rose Hamilton

Music

Emily Rose Hamilton

Clique band from Entertainment Nation. We had our first dance to L-O-V-E by Nat King Cole.

Emily Rose Hamilton

Wedding Planner

Emily Rose Hamilton

I planned the wedding myself, but we also had the BRILLIANT Georgina Rose Events as our on the day coordinator.  

Emily Rose Hamilton

Stationery

Emily Rose Hamilton

Strawberry Sorbet for invitations, then Papier for Save the Dates and on the day stationery.

Emily Rose Hamilton

Stand out moments

Emily Rose Hamilton

Getting ready to walk down the aisle with my bridesmaids and dad. I'll never forget that. Walking into our wedding breakfast with napkins flying and just feeling like we were in a dream. Our entire ceremony, it was so personal. We wrote our own vows, which was so special. Breakfast the next day in the hotel feeling so loved and on cloud nine. Getting our photo preview a few days later by the pool in Puglia and feeling SO lucky!

Emily Rose Hamilton
Emily Rose Hamilton

Advice To Future Couples

Emily Rose Hamilton
Emily Rose Hamilton

Someone said to me during our planning that your wedding is the best party you will ever go to with your friends, your family, and your choices. Try to keep hold of that and if you're able to, do things your way. My favourite thing our guests said to us on the day was that it felt SO Emily and Matt, and that was just the best compliment. 

Emily Rose Hamilton

Suppliers

Gift List: The Wedding Present Company

Planning: Bridebook

Photographer: Emily Rose Hamilton

Bridal Fashion: Miss Bush Bridal, Jane and Tash, Clover, MaxMara, Gigi & Olive , Manolo Blahnik

Grooms Fashion: Suit Supply , Moss Bros , Loake

Bridesmaids: ASOS

Hair & Makeup: Juta Zorubiene , Jennifer Oliver

Videographer: Baxter and Ted

Coodinator: Georgia Rose Events

Stationery: PapierStrawberry Sorbet

Florist: Ellie Frances Flowers

Artist: Event illustrator

Catering: The Rectory Hotel , Vanilla Pod Bakery

Photobooth: Waterfall Photobooth

Guest Book: Audio Guest Book

Emily Rose Hamilton