Sam and Andy had always wanted a small
intimate wedding. Their idea was to spend wonderful quality time with
their nearest and dearest whilst they celebrated their marriage. Well they
certainly achieved that, their wedding had such an amazingly special atmosphere to it!
May I introduce you to Sam with her brilliant parents, Leslie and Duncan, who as you can see were ready for wedding preparation action.
Leslie and Duncan have a really lovely group of friends, who have clearly been a very important part of Sam's life. Here is Ann helping with afternoon tea set up.
It turns out that Sam is a women of many talents!! Here she is making her own bouquets....
which looked fantastic!
This is the amazing cake that she also made herself!!
Here we have the groom, Andy, doing his bit. Andy and his mum, Liz, put up the photo strings.
How cute were they as little things!
It turns out that Leslie is also a dab hand with flowers, she put together all of the table centres.
Didn't she do well! The Freesias smelt so wonderful.
That was just the start of the flowers!
Here is Claire from Amaryllis adding the finishing touches to the fabulous staircase arrangement.
She also did these gorgeous mantle piece garlands and...
the display behind the ceremony table. Claire is so hard working, her flowers take hours and you can really see why, beautiful!
With the house all ready, it was time to welcome guests up to Bliss lounge for afternoon tea. Leslie, Sam's mum, had baked the most amazing selection of cakes, each of which had its very own label.
The label photo shoot looked fun!
The cakes were delicious (I was 'forced' to try some, which didn't take much persuasion as they were scrummy!)
The afternoon tea was such a fantastic start to the wedding weekend, adding to the relaxed atmosphere. Then off to the King's Arm's private upstairs dining room for dinner, perfect!
The morning of the wedding, the girls got ready in Bliss apartment, with the help of the hair and makeup team from Colorseum, Bideford.
After a relaxing walk to the beach, Andy met with the best man (Alex) and his father in law to be (Duncan), to put on buttonholes. What a handsome bunch!
Duncan nervously waited outside Sam's door before he saw her for the first time in her beautiful dress....an emotional moment!
She looked so gorgeous!
They made their entrance across the terrace into the ballroom.....
where their nearest and dearest were waiting.
After a very intimate and special ceremony, it was onto the terrace for drinks and canapes, where the sun was now shining, whoop, whoop!
Scones and bubbles, yum! The Wisteria in bloom is really magnificent in Spring...
and so are the Bluebells. This is one of my favourite times of year, the woods are completely magical!
Here are Sam and Andy emerging from having photos amongst the Bluebells with their lovely photographer, Rebecca Roundhill. We can't wait to see the official photos, if the amazing engagement photo shoot at Putsborough beach is anything to go by!
Speeches were in the Italian garden with the sun shining, MC'd by Kate, the both beautiful and funny bridesmaid (Sam and Kate have been best friends since they were little).
Speeches were in the Italian garden with the sun shining, MC'd by Kate, the both beautiful and funny bridesmaid (Sam and Kate have been best friends since they were little).
So then in for dinner, with 29 guests the ballroom was set up with one large oblong table. This gave a great atmosphere where people could chat across to each other.
In between courses, guests filled out their 'notes to the bride and groom'.
Another lovely idea!
There was a surprise treat during coffee, Victoria, the best man's partner sang. She is a professional singer, so it was a nice surprise. In fact it was more than nice, it was both amazing and moving, with not a dry eye left in the house afterwards!! Well done Victoria!!
The cake really was fab!
Then the first dance kicked off the evening celebrations.
Sam and Andy had made a photo booth out of the cherub settle.
How cool was this cherub!
Somehow the dressing up things made it onto the dance floor....
Leslie!?!
Congratulations Mr and Mrs Bassingthwaighte, I have loved being part of your wedding journey, you are a very special and wonderful couple and we wish you every happiness in your adventures through life together!