Ashridge Great Barn Wedding Photography – Charlotte and George’s DIY, Relaxed Party
Charlotte and George’s priority was to put on a good party! They wanted to ensure everyone was well fed and watered, and that they could relax on the day itself. Postponing twice due to the pandemic, these priorities were more important than ever having not seen a lot of people for 2 years! Ashridge Great Barn was the most perfect venue they could have asked for! Cat was amazing at helping them to put together their perfect day.
Along with family and friends, they did a lot of the decorations themselves. They were lucky in a sense to have the extra time to organise it all. Both fans of Excel, they brought all the planning together the month before when it was finally clear the day would go ahead at last!
Charlotte’s dress was from Monsoon. The fresh flowers were by friend, Helen, who did an amazing job! The dried table flowers, buttonholes and confetti were made by George’s mum, Sue. Carefully preserved from their original date over a year before. There were more than enough dried flowers for everyone to have their own buttonholes or flowers in their hair. So cute! Readings were poems written by George, a professional poet called Harry Baker, and friend Emma. Their friend Emily read an excerpt from Captain Corelli’s Mandolin which is one of George’s favourite books. Decorations were mostly made by Charlotte and George with a random selection of things they managed to source from Gumtree / Freecycle and Facebook Marketplace. They tried really hard not to buy anything new that they wouldn’t use again. They named the tables after notable walks they’d done together and included some interesting and useful facts about the walks, photos and a few of George’s most amusing TripAdvisor reviews – which featured in the best mans speech! Charlotte and George put together a DIY photobooth from a selection of old fancy dress bits, an iPad and a camera tripod. They used an app called mini Photobooth which was only £10 and we printed off all the photos and posted them out with our thank you cards. Having a DIY bar was George’s idea – so he organised it! They got Taw Valley beer from just a few miles down the road – where the guys also stayed the night before the wedding. Charlotte’s mum made far too much sloe gin for the cocktails. Despite their best efforts of drinking it, they took the majority back home again. Charlotte made her own cake after a practice run at Helen’s wedding in 2020. She made a three-tiered carrot cake, brownies and cupcakes and ended up having to put it together between the ceremony and meal. The carrot was honestly the best I have ever had, absolute kudos to Charlotte! Catriona and Jonathan from the Old Parlour Kitchen provided their Mediterranean / Moroccan sharing feast and three big desserts. Everybody was well fed by the end! George’s cousin made his ring – to some very exacting specifications. Charlottes was handmade by a person on Etsy to fit her engagement ring. Sir Jukebox were absolutely amazing and had the dance floor going all night!
I’m taking bookings for 2022 (limited availability), 2023 and 2024. If you are looking for a wedding photographer for your Ashridge Great Barn or Devon wedding, then please check out my portfolio or get in touch!
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