Indie Woodland Animal Inspired Barn Wedding | Whimsical Wonderland Weddings

Indie Woodland Animal Inspired Barn Wedding | Whimsical Wonderland Weddings

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I so love an individual creative couple who pour their heart and soul into their wedding.

WWW readers Todd and Frankie tied the knot on the 12 th April 2014 at Bruisyard Barn in Suffolk. They had a vegetarian menu for all of the guests and décor inspired by woodland animals, with sweet woodland animal place settings.

Frankie looked gorgeous with her statement glasses, wavy hair, boho dress, Rock n Rose hairpiece and Tatty Devine earrings. While Todd donned an amazing skull jacket by Alexander McQueen and had braces underneath for a quirky edge. Such an effortlessly cool couple.

Thanks goes to Rebecca Prigmore Photography for sharing these brilliant photographs.

THE PROPOSAL | We were sat on the sofa having just got back from visiting family, he said he had something for me and there never seemed to be the right moment but now was, he got down on one knee and asked me to marry him! It was perfect, just us in our little house with our cat Indi running around!

THE VISION | We wanted a really relaxed day with a woodlandy theme. My main concern was that everyone enjoyed themselves and that the day reflected us. We had an all vegetarian hot buffet for dinner as we are both veggies and didn't want to be limited on what food we could eat on the day. I think the food surprised a lot of meat eaters there as it was so tasty!

THE PLANNING PROCESS | We had about 20 months to plan the wedding. I was incredibly lucky to have such amazing girls around me to help with all the organising and planning. Todd was there for all the big decisions and left the finer details to me!

THE VENUE | We got married and had our reception in Bruisyard Barn in Suffolk. With huge windows overlooking the countryside and the lovely high ceilings made it an ideal setting for us.

THE DRESS & ACCESSORIES | I had originally bought a preloved 'proper' wedding dress. It was beautiful but the more I thought about it, the more I realised it wasn't me. I found my dress in a little shop on my way to town one day. I loved the simplicity of it. I knew I would be able to move, breath and be comfortable all day in it. I had the sweetheart neckline cut in and added the sash to match Todd's tie and my MOH dress. My headpiece was from Rock n Rose and my shoes were from the Vivienne Westwood and Melissa collaboration. My earring was a Pegasus wing from Tatty Devine. Todd bought it for me as a wedding gift and had it delivered to my room the morning of the wedding.

GROOM'S ATTIRE | Todd spent his whole budget for attire on an Alexander McQueen jacket! It was black and covered in teeny tiny skulls. He then added black skinny braces and Tatty Devine Groom cufflinks.

THE READINGS & MUSIC | My Mum and Todd's Dad both did readings during the ceremony. I walked in to a string quartet version of Alexi Murdoch's 'Wait'. We signed the register to 'Home' by Edward Sharpe and the Magnetic Zeros, walked back up the aisle to 'All I want is you' by Barry Louis Polisar and had our first dance to 'Sea of Love' by Cat Power.

BEAUTIFUL BRIDESMAIDS | Todd's sister Faye was a bridesmaid and her little girl Ruby was our flower girl. I also had my sister Holly, my friend from university, who has been friends with Todd for years, Katy and Lucy who Todd jokes spends so much time with us that it's like he's gained two wives!

THE FLOWERS | I had my flowers made by Myrtle and Mint in Ipswich. I wanted my bouquet to be very soft and look like it had just been loosely gathered. The bridesmaids had baby breath that I made into bouquets the night before.

THE CAKE | Todd's mum is a very good baker and she baked and decorated all 3 of our wedding cakes.

YOUR PHOTOGRAPHER | Our photographer was the lovely Rebecca Prigmore. She blended completely into the day and made our formal shots as painless as possible! She caught some really lovely moments and was an absolute pleasure to have at our wedding.

THE DETAILS & DECOR | We had a full size skeleton holding our order of the day, huge round balloons and a light canopy in our reception and ceremony room. In the dining room we had pom-poms hanging from the beams and each member of the wedding party had a woodland animal as their place setting. These were incorporated into the invites and all the stationery for the day. The seating plan was a piece of my old school art table and each person had a key which contained their name and table. A lot of the decorations were inspired by our tattoos. Each table had old cameras on them as Todd and I meet while studying photography at university.

THE HONEYMOON | We had a few days away in Cornwall just after the wedding and we are looking forward to a week in the sunshine over the summer.

MEMORABLE MOMENTS | The ceremony was an amazing moment, knowing that we were married was just lovely. One of the highlights of the day has to be the film Lucy and her partner Curt filmed and put together. It was a complete surprise to us! They had interview our closest friends and family and asked for funny stories and words of advice. It bought tears to many eyes and lots and lots of laughter!

ADVICE FOR OTHER COUPLES | Do what makes you happy! We didn't follow tradition and we had an amazing day. Make sure the day represents you, that's why everyone is there. My advice for brides would also be wear something you feel confident and happy in. It makes such a huge difference.

CREDIT WHERE CREDIT IS DUE |

Photography | Rebecca Prigmore Photography

Stationery |L ucy Selina Hall - our very talented MOH who did all of our wedding stationery.

Florist | Myrtle and Mint

Beautiful Headpieces | Rock n Rose

Jewellery | Tatty Devine

Just wonderful.

Thanks so much to Todd and Frankie for sharing their amazing wedding story with us today XOXO Lou

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