Ocean Kave Wedding Photography – Hayley and Mikes Dog Friendly Micro Wedding
Lockdown cancelled Hayley and Mike’s original wedding plans in May. They still wanted to get married in 2020 and didn’t mind compromising on certain things. COVID cases were reducing in July so they went ahead planning a small summer wedding. In order to keep everyone safe, they had to reduce numbers substantially and just have their parents, nan, siblings and their partners.
Hayley and Mike got married in a beautiful, intimate ceremony on the 15th September 2020 at Ocean Kave. After the ceremony they had a lovely cream tea in the barn there. This was arranged literally a few days before the wedding as government restrictions had just been lifted.
In the end, it didn’t feel like they compromised on their wedding at all. Their family stayed safe and they got married which was the end goal. Hayley and Mike are happy they can enjoy the rest of their married life together. After the hard year it meant a lot for them to be able to spend quality time with close family.
Twigs Flowers in Pilton, Barnstaple did their amazing flowers! As Hayley and Mike are in South Devon and they are in North Devon, Hayley sent pictures of what we were looking for by email and picked them up on the morning of the wedding. Originally they had planned to tie some flowers to the gazebo and have an outdoor wedding, however due to the weather the flowers were placed on the table inside the Kave, which was beautiful.Katie Dent at Best Day Ever supplied the flower wall inside the Kave. The rest of the decoration was carried out by Ocean Kave.Hayley, her mum and sister did their own hair and make-up between them. Hayley had originally planned to have someone do this professionally, however they chose to do it themselves to stay as safe as possible. They all did a brilliant job! Jonida Ripani on Etsy created Hayleys headpiece; handmade and sent from Italy!Badgley Mischka’s wedding dress Ariel with a detachable train was the dress for Hayley after trying many! One1Bridal in Cardiff was the only place where she was able to try on this dress and order it. It wasn’t even a new collection, it was from their 2017 collection, but Hayley just loved it so much!
Hayley was not able to find anyone to alter her wedding dress and so her poor mum had to do it! They unpicked the whole layer of lace at the bottom of the dress so that her mum could take the dress up. Once she had cut the bottom of the dress she had to hand-stitch the lace back onto the bottom of the dress. Her mum also had to take it in at the sides which involved more unpicking!Mike’s suit was nearly as complicated as shopping for Hayley’s dress. They decided on a black suit but the majority of the suit shops didn’t have any. Most of the sales people would say ‘you can’t wear a black suit to a wedding’. Eventually they found one online and they were glad they stuck with the colour black as it really stands out in the photos.Mutts and Marriage on Etsy supplied Baloos dashing outfit! Hayley couldn’t believe the detail that had gone into it.Ocean Kave beautifully styled the barn so they didn’t have to do a thing. Their pretty wedding cake was by Daisy Cakes in Cockington.The mist was so thick that the usual sea views of the venue were blocked out. Hayley and Mike were great sports when I suggested we go for a walk to find the sea, having no idea where or how far it was! It was well worth it when we got there, and I love the atmosphere of the mist!
I’m taking both small and big bookings for 2021, 2022 and 2023 so if you are looking for a wedding photographer, then please check out my portfolio or get in touch! As always, please feel free to share!
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