Forest Wedding – Rhiannon & Luke
Rhiannon & Luke got married in a Forest, had a “first look” before the ceremony, followed by a festival / fete themed reception with Tipi.
They got married a couple of days before their woodland wedding.
“It was quite a hectic day. Since we were doing the legal part so close to the ceremony we had a lot to do on the day. We just wore our normal clothes as we needed to go out after. I was having my hair coloured ready for the wedding and Luke needed to go down to the venue. We had the ceremony as early as possible so we went for breakfast and then went straight to the ceremony.
We had both our parents there for the ceremony. It was quite awkward and funny since we were all crammed into a tiny office and we had to say our vows. It was a bit peculiar but it made for a funny day.
I can’t say that either of us felt much different afterwards. It was obviously a very happy day but because of everything we had to do, we didn’t get much time to take in the fact that we’d just gotten married…
They decided to get legally married before their actual wedding so that they could have their perfect wedding venue…
“We really wanted to get married outdoors in the forest so we looked at venues before we even thought about the legal aspect. When we found the perfect venue they told us that the legal ceremony couldn’t be done there, so we figured that we’d just do that a couple of days before.
For us, it was more important to have the wedding in the perfect venue rather than have the legal aspect happen at the same time.”
Rhiannon got ready at home, had a wedding car take her to Field & Forest (who are sadly no longer doing weddings) where she met Luke in the woods for a quiet moment before the ceremony.
“We had a good friend who’s currently doing his training to become a pastor perform the ceremony. It was very special for him too because even though it wasn’t technically a proper ceremony it was his first wedding.”
I wondered if already being married would change how they felt on the day, but it didn’t.
“We hadn’t had time to fully process the fact that we were already married. It was still an incredibly lovely day and we see our wedding day as the day we got married rather than the day we actually got married.”
After the ceremony, they walked down the hill to the field to celebrate in the sunshine with their closest friends and family. Drinks, live music, a food truck & games!
I loved their wedding 😍
The whole day was really chilled, and they totally made it their own. They chose to have a hog roast, which people waited in line for and then helped themselves to a selection of sides & salads. Once everyone had finished eating, they had their speeches followed by crepes as the sun set. They then cut the cake, had their first dance and partied the night away.
I asked them several weeks after their wedding “if you were to go back in time, would you do the legal bit before your wedding again?” They told me they would!
“Yes, and we wouldn’t change anything. It meant that we could have everything just as we wanted it.”