Featured Supplier - Do Events and Weddings

I love working with other fabulous local suppliers and as you may have noticed I  have a small list of suppliers I recommend in my "Blink Photography Loves... section" on this blog.  These are people I have worked with before and whom I would have no hesitation booking for my own wedding (well if I wasn't already married obviously!).  

Today I wanted to feature the lovely Caroline who runs Do Events and Weddings.  I photographed Caroline's own wedding a few years ago at the fabulous Clandon Park.

If you are wondering why you might want to use a wedding planner, Caroline has written a great piece explaining the benefits.  Apparently the average wedding now takes over 250 hours (eeek!) to organise, which explains why more and more couples are turning to wedding planners to help.

Please click on the below to link to Caroline's helpful post:-

Orleans House Gallery & The Bingham Hotel, Richmond - Wedding Photography

Holly & James' wedding was a wedding of firsts for me... It was not only my first wedding of the year, but my first wedding with the ceremony held at Orleans House Gallery and my first wedding reception at the Bingham Hotel in Richmond.  I'm kind of a bit in love with both venue to be honest!

Orleans House Gallery is simply stunning, with the ceremony held in the beautiful, baroque Octagonal room which was apparently build in 1721 for Queen Caroline, wife of George II.  There are plenty of huge windows which give beautiful lighting and even cherubs over the doors!  

Back at the Bingham, Holly & James braved the REALLY cold day and had some photographs taken by the Thames with Richmond Bridge in the background.  Their wedding breakfast was set up in the Garden Room and I loved their use of book covers as table names, which was apparently a last minute choice, but a great idea!

I also loved Holly's unusual wedding dress which was covered in tiny sequins and matched her sparkly Jimmy Choos!  Gotta love a bit of sparkle :)

Here are a few favourites from the day...

Nonsuch Mansion, Cheam Wedding - Sarah & Sean

What was not to love about Sarah and Sean's wedding at the gorgeous Nonsuch Mansion, set in Nonsuch Park, near Cheam?

There was the fabulous makeup by Kaz Fernando, Make Up artist of the year in the Wedding Industry awards, the flowers were by Pippa Craigen, Claygate Flower House, the Teacups and Roses were by Amelia Barnes at Vintage Floral Teas and that dress, with polka dots and pockets (I did squeal a bit when I saw it!) was by Ivy and Aster and bought at Frou Frou Bridal Boutique .  Quite possibly the best Photo Booth ever was by The Mighty Booth (and those guys were great fun!).  

Then there was the weather (perfect since your wondering), the venue (one of my absolute favourites & with thanks to lovely Lucy for looking after me!). And then there was Sean and Sarah, who insisted they were not photogenic, but as you can see by these images really are!