August 2014
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The wedding is still so far away, I don't feel like I can do any of the good stuff yet hence I haven't been able to update with much.
We booked the DJ, decided just to go with the in-house DJ as he obviously knows the most about the venue and he has good reviews (and I don't really get what you should look for in a DJ..
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Apart from that I have been online browsing like CRAZY. We have totally decided on a theme which I am sooooo happy about - we were originally going for a very floral, vintage, summery feel but I didn't think it would suit the venue. If we'd have ended up having the wedding at the farm then it would have been perfect but the Hall is a really grand, imposing building with a very dark staircase and large rooms.
https://www.barnabyaldrick.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/Stubton-Hall-Wedding-Photography-0032.jpg
https://www.lyndseygoddard.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/Stubton_Hall_Lindsey_Alastair_00024.jpg
I just couldn't see the whole pastel theme fitting in well there at all. I have always wanted a kind of 1920/30s style sheath dress and obviously we have the vintage wedding singer, and with the release of The Great Gatsby obviously Art Deco is pretty massive again and I have just totally fallen in love with the glamour of it all! So we'll be going very much down that route. I am much more a fan of Art Nouveau but I can't persuade Nick entirely, so it may be a little mismatch of the two styles.
https://media-cache-ak1.pinimg.com/736x/bc/52/aa/bc52aad6df03ac2b17d7cef2c1651a9e.jpg
We have desperately searched for Save the Dates but because we want magnets we've found it hard. Thinking now about just getting a printing company to make some for us.
I have fallen in love with some letter press invitations but they are just so expensive:
https://ohsobeautifulpaper.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/Lucky-Luxe-Couture-Correspondence-Gatsby-Letterpress-Wedding-Invitations2-550x366.jpg
I'm not willing to pay hundreds of pounds for something people will throw away! So we are looking at these, I think:
https://img2.etsystatic.com/014/0/6327260/il_570xN.435083466_3otw.jpg
I am joining Weight Watchers on Thursday to start the wedding diet as I'd like to lose the 2 stone I put back on this year, and once the weight starts shifting I'll go dress shopping. Oh, and did I mention I found my perfect dress online?
https://data.whicdn.com/images/65015640/large.jpg
We booked the DJ, decided just to go with the in-house DJ as he obviously knows the most about the venue and he has good reviews (and I don't really get what you should look for in a DJ..
)Apart from that I have been online browsing like CRAZY. We have totally decided on a theme which I am sooooo happy about - we were originally going for a very floral, vintage, summery feel but I didn't think it would suit the venue. If we'd have ended up having the wedding at the farm then it would have been perfect but the Hall is a really grand, imposing building with a very dark staircase and large rooms.
https://www.barnabyaldrick.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/Stubton-Hall-Wedding-Photography-0032.jpg
https://www.lyndseygoddard.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/Stubton_Hall_Lindsey_Alastair_00024.jpg
I just couldn't see the whole pastel theme fitting in well there at all. I have always wanted a kind of 1920/30s style sheath dress and obviously we have the vintage wedding singer, and with the release of The Great Gatsby obviously Art Deco is pretty massive again and I have just totally fallen in love with the glamour of it all! So we'll be going very much down that route. I am much more a fan of Art Nouveau but I can't persuade Nick entirely, so it may be a little mismatch of the two styles.
https://media-cache-ak1.pinimg.com/736x/bc/52/aa/bc52aad6df03ac2b17d7cef2c1651a9e.jpg
We have desperately searched for Save the Dates but because we want magnets we've found it hard. Thinking now about just getting a printing company to make some for us.
I have fallen in love with some letter press invitations but they are just so expensive:
https://ohsobeautifulpaper.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/Lucky-Luxe-Couture-Correspondence-Gatsby-Letterpress-Wedding-Invitations2-550x366.jpg
I'm not willing to pay hundreds of pounds for something people will throw away! So we are looking at these, I think:
https://img2.etsystatic.com/014/0/6327260/il_570xN.435083466_3otw.jpg
I am joining Weight Watchers on Thursday to start the wedding diet as I'd like to lose the 2 stone I put back on this year, and once the weight starts shifting I'll go dress shopping. Oh, and did I mention I found my perfect dress online?
https://data.whicdn.com/images/65015640/large.jpg
Well I really wanted invites similar to these:
https://www.invitationcrush.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/09/jk-art-nouveau-wedding-invitations1.jpg
And I really want quite a lot of flowers in the venue to give it a softer feel! I think a big mixture of flowers and mirrors etc will give it a nice feel.
I love this bouquet wrap:
https://bios.weddingbee.com/pics/178334/kt-bouquetwrap.jpg
And we'll be having these candelabras on the tables as they're included:
https://www.crashtaylorblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/StubtonHall048.jpg
And I'd like them on mirror trays with flowers at the base in pinks, greens and creams. Ahhhhhh I need to start buying things, I am itching!
https://www.invitationcrush.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/09/jk-art-nouveau-wedding-invitations1.jpg
And I really want quite a lot of flowers in the venue to give it a softer feel! I think a big mixture of flowers and mirrors etc will give it a nice feel.
I love this bouquet wrap:
https://bios.weddingbee.com/pics/178334/kt-bouquetwrap.jpg
And we'll be having these candelabras on the tables as they're included:
https://www.crashtaylorblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/StubtonHall048.jpg
And I'd like them on mirror trays with flowers at the base in pinks, greens and creams. Ahhhhhh I need to start buying things, I am itching!
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Ahhhh I love it - I LOOOOVE those art deco invitations, so gorgeous! You could even get some Mucha prints, frame them yourself and hang them at the venue although maybe they wouldn't allow that...and maybe I'm getting a little carried away 
I just love the glamour of that era. Something very classy about it all and fantastic hair styles and embellishments
I know Jo it's amazing isn't it? The glitz and the glamour - I need it all! I wish we lived in an era where men and women still wore hats, so glamorous.
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that dress is amazing! 
I'd love something like that, it's really classy 
venue looks great and I love your theme too
I'd love something like that, it's really classy venue looks great and I love your theme too
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Reading about your wedding plans makes me want to have a temper tantrum and cry about how it isn't fair and your wedding is better than my wedding 
Seriously though I love everything about it! The venue is just surreal. The dark rooms are amazing. It's so rare that a stately home is done up inside well, and looks modern and traditional at the same time. Adore the theme too, also a total sucker for flapper/deco/20s and 30s themes.
Where's the dress from? It looks a lot like Eden but is it?
Seriously though I love everything about it! The venue is just surreal. The dark rooms are amazing. It's so rare that a stately home is done up inside well, and looks modern and traditional at the same time. Adore the theme too, also a total sucker for flapper/deco/20s and 30s themes.
Where's the dress from? It looks a lot like Eden but is it?
Thanks foquita!
Aww thanks emy! Honestly though your wedding is amazing - I wish I had your attention to detail! Plus you have a gorgeous venue and you get to stay there which is amazing. I hope the weather is nice on our day as our venue has beautiful grounds and a big lake.
The dress is by a Spanish designer called Rosa Clara, the whole collection is absolutely stunning and typically difficult to source in the UK (I think they have one stockist and I don't think they have that particular dress). Considering cheap flights to Barcelona!
Aww thanks emy! Honestly though your wedding is amazing - I wish I had your attention to detail! Plus you have a gorgeous venue and you get to stay there which is amazing. I hope the weather is nice on our day as our venue has beautiful grounds and a big lake.
The dress is by a Spanish designer called Rosa Clara, the whole collection is absolutely stunning and typically difficult to source in the UK (I think they have one stockist and I don't think they have that particular dress). Considering cheap flights to Barcelona!
Thanks Rose!
Well we are not 100% on the menu yet as we're both vegetarian and having to serve meat isn't something I would do ideally but I know I have to. At the moment we've gone for soups to start, followed by the chicken dish on the 'Lovely' menu below, because I think most people like chicken (don't they?) and I refuse to serve lamb. I'm not sure though so any help is appreciated!
https://www.stubtonhall.co.uk/downloads/stubton_hall_menus_2012.pdf
At the drinks reception there will be Pimms, beers, Prosecco or elderflower cordial, wine with the wedding breakfast and Prosecco for the toast. In the evening we've chosen a rustic buffet which is basically breads, pates, meats, cheeses and humous etc.. that way I thought at least people can have things to pick at!
Also we can pay £150 extra and they will set up a cocktail bar serving 6 cocktails of our choosing for £6 each. I think it's quite a good price but not sure whether it's worth it or not. What do you guys think?!
Well we are not 100% on the menu yet as we're both vegetarian and having to serve meat isn't something I would do ideally but I know I have to. At the moment we've gone for soups to start, followed by the chicken dish on the 'Lovely' menu below, because I think most people like chicken (don't they?) and I refuse to serve lamb. I'm not sure though so any help is appreciated!
https://www.stubtonhall.co.uk/downloads/stubton_hall_menus_2012.pdf
At the drinks reception there will be Pimms, beers, Prosecco or elderflower cordial, wine with the wedding breakfast and Prosecco for the toast. In the evening we've chosen a rustic buffet which is basically breads, pates, meats, cheeses and humous etc.. that way I thought at least people can have things to pick at!
Also we can pay £150 extra and they will set up a cocktail bar serving 6 cocktails of our choosing for £6 each. I think it's quite a good price but not sure whether it's worth it or not. What do you guys think?!
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If you're not comfortable serving meat then don't! At the wedding of a vegetarian I would absolutely not expect to be served meat, plus there are so many nice vegetarian dishes that it'll hardly be a salad you'll be serving them! But yeah, I think chicken is a safe meat to go for!
The cocktails would add that extra little bit of TGG, but your wedding won't exactly be boring without them! Will guests have to pay for them?
The cocktails would add that extra little bit of TGG, but your wedding won't exactly be boring without them! Will guests have to pay for them?
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I think if your not comfortably with meat then you dont HAVE to have it?
I love my meat, but if i knew the couple whose wedding i was going to were vegetarian and didnt want meat i wouldnt be bothered by it?
Also i LOVE the idea of cocktails, but then i do love cocktails in general and i think theyre quite glamorous x
I love my meat, but if i knew the couple whose wedding i was going to were vegetarian and didnt want meat i wouldnt be bothered by it?
Also i LOVE the idea of cocktails, but then i do love cocktails in general and i think theyre quite glamorous x
Ahh thanks girls! It feels totally wrong to serve meat (I'm a lifelong vege) but I think Nick wants to serve it as he has a lot of older family who would be outraged by a vege meal I am really torn on it. Lou we don't have any freedom over menu options really and the vegetarian option we've gone for is a vegetable wellington en croute as I know most people will like it!
Yeah guests have to pay for all evening drinks after the toast. Cocktails would be £6 each which I don't think is that expensive really! Might go for it now you all think it's a good idea.
Not sure whether we have to pick them from a list, but we would really like them to serve Singapore Slings as we drank a lot of them in Bali and they are AMAZING!
I am really torn on it. Lou we don't have any freedom over menu options really and the vegetarian option we've gone for is a vegetable wellington en croute as I know most people will like it!Yeah guests have to pay for all evening drinks after the toast. Cocktails would be £6 each which I don't think is that expensive really! Might go for it now you all think it's a good idea.
Not sure whether we have to pick them from a list, but we would really like them to serve Singapore Slings as we drank a lot of them in Bali and they are AMAZING!
