An Autumn Wedding at Eden Barn in Cumbria Bursting with British Grown Wedding Flowers

Samantha and Dean’s beautiful Autumn wedding took place on 12th September 2021 at Eden Barn at Little Musgrave, Cumbria.

The bride is one half of Tweedle design, so flowers were always going to play an important role on her wedding day. She opted for all-British grown, seasonal Autumn flowers, lovingly grown and supplied by British flower farmers, Field & Bloom and Yorkshire Petals.

The couple were inspired by their collection of vintage, pre-loved and up=cycled items when styling their day and Samantha wore a beautiful Made With Love Bridal. The wonderful Jules Barron, Love My Dress recommended North Yorkshire wedding photographer, captured these gorgeous images.

Enjoy!

Accessories

I wore the Margot hair comb in ivory and gold by Eden b. Studio and my gold Adara hoop earrings were from my very good friend, Louise at Olive & Elba.

My ‘something blue’ was a silver Pandora ring with a central blue stone that previously belonged to my Auntie who had sadly passed prior to our wedding day. It was nice to feel like I could hold a part of her there on our wedding day.

I wore my favourite perfume, by Penhaligon’s. The cute but elegant style of the bottle drew me in to begin with, the little pink velvet bow matched the velvet on my Sophie Webster wedding shoes, but then also with a musky scent that I loved and was a little different for me, was exactly what I wanted to have a specific and different scent that would always remind me of our special day.

I also loved that I could get my bottle engraved with our wedding date, a special keepsake.

The Carla Dress by Made With Love Bridal

I found The Aisle in Ilkley whilst searching for stockists of Made With Love Bridal and what a beautiful boutique it is. Katie was so helpful with picking out a few from their range to try along with a couple of others from other designers but she also helped me feel comfortable and at ease throughout the experience.

She was friendly and welcoming with what can feel like a strange but exciting time and I can’t thank them enough for helping me find my perfect dress. I would recommend them to all new brides!

My dress was altered by the lovely Louise at The Bobbin in Ilkley, whom had been highly recommended by Katie at The Aisle as they often work closely with them and their Made With Love Dresses.

Luckily, I didn’t need too much altering but she was able to turn my dress around in a short space of time before our day.

I found Made With Love after trying on numerous traditional styled dresses and deciding that I was actually seeking something a little different in detail, whilst also comfortable that I would only feel like “me” in. With its handmade 3D floral lace detailing that I loved the most, it still held a luxury feel and it made me feel like I was in a fairytale (especially with my added tulle wings) on our wedding day!

I wore the Made With Love tulle wings.

My business partner and bridesmaid Erika, I can’t thank enough, as all the designs were kept a surprise up until the day, all of which were left in her more than capable hands!

I also opted for personalised, trailing, velvet ribbons to tie off my bouquet from Ribbon & Thyme. I had them embroidered with song lyrics from Arctic Monkeys without knowing at the time that that would end up also being our first dance song.

One big surprise arrangement as well on the entrance beams to the barn filled with roses, amaranthus, rudbeckia, dahlia and a heap of fresh scented foliage to create a statement  – something I didn’t see until we were waiting underneath it, getting ready to walk down the aisle!

Photography by Jules

We were sold with Jules Barron’s relaxed style of photography as soon as we found her website. The idea that she would capture all of those moments from our day and less of the posed traditional shots was just what we wanted and it was the icing on the cake to find out that she was just the loveliest person ever as well.

She was supportive throughout the whole process of our planning and felt like a friend on the run up, on the day and now after. Our images are just beautiful and she has given us so many memories back of our day, we couldn’t recommend her enough to others!

How They Met

We met in the classroom back in 2005 as we both studied A Level Human Biology and then made it official at the beginning of 2006. We got engaged on a very early morning in February 2017 on Heron Island, Australia, after getting up and strolling the beach to see if any turtles had been up to lay eggs overnight.

Whilst sat on the beach watching the world go by, right after being surprised at the sharks swimming past us, Dean proposed. By the time we were married in 2021 we had been engaged for 4 and a half years and together for 15 and half years.

Favourite Moments

It’s so hard to pick one particular favourite moment from what was entirely our favourite day! But the sparkler send off we did later in the day once the sun had dropped outside the barn was up there on the list, it felt like we were marking the celebration that we were now finally married but it was also a bit of fun and the time for marking the start of the evening celebrations and the real party to begin!

Planning in a Pandemic

As a wedding supplier myself, and one half of Tweedle Floral Design, I could really understand what our couples were going through over the last couple of years, as we were right there with them trying to plan our own wedding. Postponing our date from September 2020 to September 2021 wasn’t easy, but we kept with the positive perspective that it was the best decision for us and everything was to work itself out in the end if we were patient.

We’d been together nearly 16 years by the time we were married and so it was so important for us to have those people our relationship had grown around, right there to celebrate with us!

We were lucky in that all but one of our suppliers could move dates with us and with the one supplier we lost we actually ended up being able to book someone else that we’d loved originally who didn’t have our first date available but had our second!

We have no regrets because everything happens for a reason and we understood that we had to ride the same wave that everyone else around us was on. It was just important to keep communicating with everyone involved, suppliers and guests, so that everyone was kept in the loop and on the same page with plans.

In the long run it meant that we had an extra year to think about our ideas, what extra things we wanted to add to our day with having an extra year to save and when the day finally came around ourselves and all of our guests appreciated being there to celebrate so much more.

Every moment of our day was more than we could have ever imagined, the wait no longer mattered and the September sun was shining for us. No not everything was exactly as it was planned and that really didn’t matter because in the end, we could have everyone there with us to celebrate!

Evening & Dancing

We danced to the Arctic Monkeys’ ‘Baby I’m Yours’ for our first dance and Mardy Bum, also by the Arctic Monkeys, which was also the last song of the night.

We have seen Arctic Monkeys a few times together over the years and as a band they were releasing some of their best music at the time we got together. We both love their music!

Our DJ was David at Dancing in the Dark and we hired a vintage photobooth via Boothomatic.