Sarah and David held their civil ceremony on Sunday 29th May 2011 at the popular venue The Pavilion at Branston Golf and Country Club based in Burton Upon Trent, Staffordshire.
We met Sara after a local wedding fayre where we had been exhibiting some months beforehand. Sara at first had been very unsure about whether to go ahead and have her wedding day filmed. After several months and watching one of our demo DVDs she decided along with her mum that she would come back and see us. We still had the date free so they came over to visit and booked that afternoon. We were delighted to say the least. We didn’t get to meet David until the actual wedding day as we had been liaising with Sara and her parents beforehand. On the day the weather was a little touch and go but thankfully the rain seemed to hold off. We arrived at The Pavilion an hour before the ceremony start time and were most surprised to see David already there. I remember saying to David on our arrival, “you’re very keen”! He wasn’t the only either as Sara too arrived around 15 minutes early and had to have a little drive and a wait until all the guests had been seated in the room. The wedding ceremony took place in the Chatsworth Suite overlooking the golf course. Both were very nervous until after the ceremony had finished.
Sara looked fabulous in her San Patrick gown of ivory taffeta with ruched bodice and delicate ruffles to the skirt and chapel length train. Sara complimented her look with a mid length veil with ivory trimming and a delicate crystal tiara and necklace. She had opted for a simple yet elegant bouquet of cream roses. Sara’s bridesmaids wore organza floor length dresses in gold and had smaller posey cream rose bouquets. David and his groomsmen all more dark brown morning suites with champagne coloured cravats, ivory and gold waistcoats and finished off with a cream rose buttonhole.
Sara and David chose the lovely Jackie Stubbs as their photographer and it was really nice to work with her again as we’d not worked with her since 2009!
Sam the wedding host and her team ensured that things were running on time and that service was given efficiently to all the guests. One thing I will say about Sam is shes does great job and always kept us and Jackie Stubbs very well informed as the day went on making sure that we were ready for everything! It’s been a pleasure working alongside of Sam at The Pavilion!
After the ceremony is was out into the gardens for photographs before we and Jackie took the happy couple off for their more romantic shots on their own. After the photos, Sara and David went for a short car ride in the lovely Beauford to spend some time together alone. During this time, we took the opportunity to film some candid shots of guests and the table decorations. The main table decor were mini antique bird cages filled with gerberas and other pretty creamy flowers, each topped off with a white sparkly butterfly. The favours were mini flower like biscuits encased in beautiful triangular box finished in brown with trimming. Sara and David had opted for a four tier layered cake covered in creamy white icing with sugar crafted roses added for decoration and finished off with brown ribbon trimming.
The colour scheme of the day was shades of brown with the theme having a little element of football incorporated into the day. David as we later found out was a Man Utd supporter and each table, yes, wait for it, was named after past Man Utd players. It was at Sara and David’s wedding that I managed to fully test out my new DSLR and lens for filming some truly excellent footage. It might only be a little camera but boy the video quality is outstanding! Before the wedding breakfast there was a short receiving line for guests to then take their seats in the largest of the Chatsworth suites. The speeches were all so nice and and personal with David’s speech in particular that he had written had delivered it more as a poem – it was heartfelt, I believe across the room and at times very emotional. Emotional speeches really pull at my heart strings and I do find myself sometimes welling up, am I woman after all and one who adores weddings!
After the speeches our filming concluded and it was time for us to go home. A little surprise for the evening guests that would be arriving later on, as Sara and David had had another cake made but this time it was an iced mini football pitch with character cake toppers representing Sara and David sporting of course, red football shirts. They even had numbers and names on the back – it was so sweet and very different!
Again with so many screenshots to chose from, here are various one captured throughout the day:-
Congratulations Sara and David and we hope you had an great honeymoon!
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