Weddings can be such fun for dressing the little people up, don’t you think? Dare I say the little people almost steal the show in this pretty Spring-time celebration, but not quite - bride Anna looks delicious in her Eco-luxe wedding dress by designer Minna.
Anna, a Rights Manager at Channel 4 married James, the Director of an Investor Relations Agency, on 19 April this year at Islington Town Hall Council Chambers, followed by a reception at the London Canal Museum. Their day was such a beautiful, colour-filled Spring celebration, but oh my, look at the children’s outfits!
“We just wanted our wedding to look and feel full of happiness. I tried to have a basic colour palate of grey and yellow, and embrace the London wedding thing, but really just stuck to stuff I liked. It was important that it felt personal to us - we really didn’t want that corporate wedding venue feel. I do think the fact out wedding was held on Easter Saturday also helped guide our style choices.”
Photography Copyright (c) 2014, Richmond Pictures

“We got engaged after five years - James seized the initiative one drunken evening having been waiting for an opportune moment, but realised that there was no likelihood of being one anytime soon as we were both going through very busy spells. He already had the ring hidden in his sock drawer and proposed at the bottom of our bed.
I know it wasn’t on a beach in the Caribbean ,but I couldn’t have asked for a proposal which was more ‘us’. We got married 11 months later."

"The London Canal Museum was the first place we found that was a quirky fun venue, but also didn’t make us use overpriced catering or charge corkage. Plus we could arrive there on a boat!
My Maid of Honour, Alix, had been married a few years previously and she and her Aunties plus Mum had made metres of homemade bunting, and we got to borrow it on our wedding day. We decorated the rest of the venue with a mix of flowers, vintage finds, and the requisite Ikea purchases. We also made a giant piñata for our guests to ‘feed’ with our wed-libs. We are going to crack it open on our first anniversary!"

"We travelled on the canal boat My Fair Lady to the reception venue. It was such a fun and unusual way to get there!"


“James and I met in a pub called The Bedford in Balham. I was working as a nanny at the time, and had had a pretty full on day so went to the pub with my sister, and I looked horrific! James introduced himself as Juergen the Norwegian hairdresser, and I fell madly in love – I was mildly disappointed later when I realised I wouldn’t be getting my highlights done for free!”

“We did the flowers for the venue etc ourselves. I, my Mum and my sisters went to Covent Garden flower market a few days before the wedding. My Maid of Honour Alix arranged the flowers in the venue’s back room the day before the wedding. The bouquets for myself and the bridesmaids, and the posies for the little flower girls were all done by Hattie Fox at That Flower Shop."

I really do love that Anna chose to wear an ethically produced dress by Minna. Every dress is hand embellished and made from sustainable, organic, recycled and locally produced textiles. You can read more about Minna gowns here.
“Minna was the first place I went to look for wedding dresses. I personally couldn’t bring myself to spend the amount of money that many people suggested wedding dresses should cost. Minna had these beautiful dresses, made from ethically sourced material, at a much more reasonable price. I fell in love with their studio – up in the eaves of an old church in Brixton. It is really worth a visit, just for the experience!
The Vera dress was the last one I tried on. I had originally dismissed it as I so wanted to get the Valerie dress. My sister snuck it back into the pile and as soon as I tried it on I loved it!”

Anna's shoes were by Rachel Simpson - a purchase she made via the brilliant online wedding shoe boutique, Arabesque. I love how the peach shade adds to the pretty Spring time hues of this wedding.



“My bridesmaids each chose a different yellow dress from various high street shops. I wanted them to feel comfortable so let them choose the dress themselves.
The bridesmaids hair accessories were all made by my very talented friend Tea Lautala Graham, who doesn’t yet have an Etsy shop but I keep telling her to get one! The girls also all wore a bee necklace which I bought them as a thank you for being my bridesmaids - from Wedding In A Teacup."





“The amazing Karina and Tom from Richmond Pictures were our photographers. I still can’t quite fathom how they managed to get some of the shots they did. They are so talented and bloomin’ lovely!”
