Morning lovelies! I get so, so excited to share these real weddings with you and today I have a corker! Claire & Toby had a down to earth, Cornish seaside wedding with DIY details and all accented by Claire’s favourite colour, yellow. Their nuptials were undertaken at Lusty Glaze in Cornwall and this part of the world has a very special meaning to our lovely couple…
Since we first met in 2007 we’ve been going to cornwall on holiday every year, it’s a place close to our heart, and Toby proposed at Porthcurno in june 2010.
© 2012 Keith Riley Photography
We sat at minack theatre watching the basking sharks and climbed down to the beach, after some time enjoying the sunshine Toby asked me to rock climb round to the secluded beach as the tide was still in. To my surprise, once we finally managed to climb round {after me moaning and getting rather wet from the sea} Toby got down on one knee and asked me to marry him. I said yes and ran straight into the sea and dived in, not really understanding what just happened. We love being by the sea and it was somewhere I always wanted to get married.
I first found the dress when browsing the web to look for inspiration, the first time I saw it I fell in love and in that moment I knew it was the dress I wanted, even before trying it on! I wanted to keep the dress simple and something I would be comfortable in all day. After trying on various dresses before, I knew I wanted something light. I wanted the laid back, summery theme to continue through the venue, dress and day.
I live in flip flops so I knew I didn’t want to spend too much money on shoes. I knew as soon as I said I DO I would chuck them off and put on my flip flops.
We wanted something causual to decorate the venue, something that reflected us as a couple and nothing too staged and extreme. As Yellow is my favourite colour, we chose this colour and accessorised the venue with pretty lanterns and shells!
Lusty Glaze provided our catering in the form of a BBQ. A 3 course sit down meal was just not us, and we wanted something different, so a bbq was a fantastic idea. Beach, bbq and beer… why not. We had a range of Cornish pasties in the evening. Guests loved it.
If I could impart any words of wisdom for future brides? The day goes too quickly, so make sure the photographers you chose capture every special moment. Having both Keith and Neda present, working together was a god send as they took pictures from different perspectives and each had their own style. Make the most of the day.
With us doing as much as possible ourselves we felt more rewarded after the wedding as we had more input and the little things that made it special like the candy bar, flowers, cake, wooden hearts were all done by us or family, which made us even prouder of what we achieved. Getting hands on is great for someone creative.
Awww you guys! What a sweet, sweet wedding you look sooooo happy! I love that you totally did it your way and Claire your proposal reaction was awesome!
Massive thanks to Keith and Neda for sharing these gorgeous images too, and lovelies… if you want to leave some blog lovin’ for Claire and Toby I’m sure they’d be chuffed to bits.
WEDDING AWESOMENESS CREDITS >>>>>>>
Photographer: Keith Riley Photography
Venue: Lusty Glaze
Brides…
Dress: Rococo Couture, Melbourne, Derbyshire {Dessy Destination Range}
Accessories: Glitzy Secret
Shoes: Roxy
Grooms…
Suit: Ted Baker
Bridemaids…Dresses: House of Frasier, Monsoon
Hair & Make-up: Emma from Beautique, The Retreat
Florist: Locally sourced
Cake: Step Mum
Catering: Lusty Glaze
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Squee! More weddings should have pockets and beaches involved. Amazing! x
I concur :) XxX
Great pics :)
Managed to get some fantastic shots despite the weather and love the fact the bride got in the sea with her dress… makes for a great pic.
Well done guys.. beautiful :) xoxo
What a sweet celebration. Love how personal this wedding was to the couple, a really lovely and happy day and how romantic is a wedding by the sea?! X
Thanks so much for your lovely comment Nicola :) XxX
Thanks for featuring Toby and Claire’s wedding Sonia, and thanks for the lovely comments – it’s a pleasure to see our work on here:) x
Thanks so much for sharing this lovely wedding with the WTW blog! XxX
Beautiful and bright wedding, the photos at the beach are so cool!
I love the natural simplicity of this wedding and hats off to the bride for both Rocking and Trashing the Dress on the actual wedding day! Good girl – the sign of a truly chilled out bride :)
You’ve gotta love a wedding dress with pockets! XxX
Looks like an amazing wedding.
We are thinking of lusty glaze for a wedding. Do you have any tips? Was it easy planning a wedding in cornwall when you didn’t live there?
It really looks like you had a great day :)
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