Tipi weddings really are something special and knowing Vicky & Nick, I knew it would be the most awesome day!  I met these guys a few years ago, when I photographed Vicky’s sister’s wedding.  With a magnificent tipi set up in the farmland at home, the wedding was going to be rustic style, unique and personal to them.

I met them a few weeks before for a pre- wedding shoot at their Warwickshire farm.  It was a gorgeous sunny day! Vicky & Nick bought along their nephew and pony (I know, so fun!!) and we had a great afternoon. We wandered around their home grounds and just had a laugh!  I get so excited when a wedding such as this one has been planned.  I absolutely love turning up on the day to see their vision and dreams turn in to a beautiful reality. There really is nothing like walking into a wedding Tipi. They are so magnificent and look so beautiful when dressed for the wedding.

Wedding day!

 After a church ceremony in Claverdon, Warwickshire,  guests made their way back to the farm where drinks were served in the beautiful home gardens. The beauty of an outdoor, home tipi wedding is that it is so chilled and relaxed.  There was such a great atmosphere and I know how much it meant to Vicky and Nick to have their wedding at a place that means so much to them, surrounded by all their favourite people!

 Vicky & Nick put tonnes of love and hard work into decorating the tipi and bringing their own touches into their day to make it so personal to them.  The giant tipi’s have so much space and opportunity to transform them into anything within your own creativity and imagination.  Vicky and Nick decorated their tipi with a rustic twist, with beautiful wild flowers, wood slices and hundreds of twinkling lights.  It was an emotional day, especially when it came to speeches.  So full of love, laughter and lots of tears.

 The dance floor rocked and the live band had everyone dancing and having a blast. Tipi weddings have such a fab vibe and this one was no exception.  A perk of having a home wedding?  The party doesn’t have to stop!! I have no idea what time these guys partied on till but I’m sure it was long into the night (ok- probably morning!) It was an amazing wedding to be part of and very special to have photographed two wonderful weddings from one family.

 

 

 

bride with bridesmaids laughing and chatting during bridal prep

 

 

 

bride and sister hugging during bridal prep

 

 

 

bridesmaid having her hair done during bridal prep

 

 

 

bride hugging her dad during bridal prep

 

 

 

bride hugging little girl during bridal prep

 

 

 

Claverdon church

 

 

 

guests waiting outside claverdon church

 

 

 

groom greeting guests before church wedding

 

 

 

bride arriving at church, about to get out of wedding car

 

 

 

proud dad smiling at his daughter as they get ready to enter church wedding

 

 

 

groom looking back at the aisle to watch bride entering church

 

 

 

guests laughing during church wedding

 

 

 

Father of the bride giving daughters hand in marriage

 

 

 

bride and groom first kiss as husband and wife, church wedding ceremony

 

 

 

bride and groom at the alter, looking at their wedding rings as they sign the register

 

 

 

bride and groom laughing during wedding ceremony

 

 

 

guests lining up outside church to throw confetti

 

 

 

mother of the bride waiting to throw confetti

 

 

 

bride and groom laughing as confetti is thrown

 

 

 

confetti run, bride and groom

 

 

 

tipi set up for farm wedding

 

 

 

garden drinks reception at tipi wedding

 

 

 

guest hugging bride after wedding

 

 

 

groom hugging friend during wedding reception

 

 

 

guests chatting to bride at tipi wedding reception

 

 

 

guests greeting bride at wedding reception

 

 

 

guests congratulating bride at tipi wedding reception

 

 

 

groom kissing friend at tipi wedding

 

 

 

guests laughing with bride at tipi wedding

 

 

 

shoes on grass, taken off at wedding reception

 

 

 

page boy saying cheers at wedding

 

 

 

attractor and hay bales, tipi wedding details

 

 

 

page boy cuddling dog during wedding reception

 

 

 

wedding details on table for wedding breakfast

 

 

 

bride and groom cuddling and rubbing noses

 

 

 

bride and groom cuddling for couple portraits

 

 

 

groom pulling funny face during wedding speech

 

 

 

guest at tipi wedding listening to speeches

 

 

 

girls lying on the floor tucked up in a blanket during wedding breakfast

 

 

 

guests laughing during tipi wedding speeches

 

 

 

guests laughing during wedding speech

 

 

 

bride giving speech at her wedding

 

 

 

bride crying whilst giving wedding speech

 

 

 

bridesmaid crying during wedding speech

 

 

 

best man giving speech and laughing

 

 

 

guests cheering after speeches at tipi wedding

 

 

 

bride hugging bridesmaid at wedding

 

 

 

bride and groom kissing in gardens at tipi wedding

 

 

 

bride and groom dancing at their tipi wedding

 

 

 

girls dancing at tipi wedding

 

 

 

guests dancing at tipi wedding, warwickshire

 

 

 

guests dancing at tipi wedding

 

 

 

 

 

 

guests dancing at wedding with ties round their heads

 

 

 

Bride dancing on the dancefloor at wedding

 

 

 

Bride and groom cutting wedding cake, tipi wedding

 

 

 

tipi wedding, bride and guests dancing on dancefloor