Annabel and Samuel's summer soiree wedding has festival vibes by the bucketload. Their ceremony was held at a folly (yes an actual FOLLY!!) surrounded by a corn field; honestly you don't get more of a statement venue than that. And that's not all; the groom's brother conducted the service (how's that for keeping it in the family) as beaming friends and family watched from hay bales as the pair kissed under a floral arch.

Just heavenly.

And then it was transport by tractor where bridesmaids, bride and groom chugged back to the reception where a Calypso bar, an Ibiza lounge and games area awaited them.

It's clear that Annabel and Samuel thought of EVERYTHING to make their guests truly comfortable on their big day and having looked at the photos it shows. Every single person is smiling from ear to ear and folks that's really all it's about.

Take it away Annabel...

Annabel The Bride: For my dress I ended up going to a bespoke wedding dressmaker, Dana Bolton, who is based in Muswell Hill in London. I tried the shops and found lots that were lovely, but none were completely perfect, so I designed one combining all their best features. Dana was on the same page as me throughout and she did such a beautiful job.

I had bridesmaids from one year old to thirty one, so ended up with three different styles of dress. We linked them by putting the younger girls in white dresses with sashes that matched the older bridesmaids and they all looked to die for (especially the one year old!).

It was an easy choice to have the wedding reception in the garden of my family home where I grew up, as it's so beautiful there. However, we had to think about where to have the ceremony, as we didn't fancy a church wedding. In the end we took a massive gamble on the weather and had it outside at a beautiful little folie in some fields just down the road from the reception. It completely paid off as we were so incredibly lucky with the weather. We kept it rustic with hay bales for seats, big white festival flags in the fields, flowers and an ivy arch behind us.

Because the ceremony location wasn't licensed for weddings we did the legal part in a registry office a couple of days before, which meant we could have free reign over the ceremony. We wrote our own vows, my brother in law took the ceremony, friends and family did a reading, poem and prayer, and at the end we all sang 'Cant take my eyes off you'! It worked so well - personal, emotional and lots of fun.

For our wedding transport we managed to persuade a very kind local farmer to lend us an old vintage tractor that pulled a trailer, which we decorated and put an old sofa and a load of beanbags in. On the way back to the reception we had about fifteen of us all piled in! It was great to have something that all the young bridesmaids and ushers could enjoy together with us.

Back at the reception we had set up lots of different areas around the garden; we had a calypso bar with a rum punch bowl, an orchard with lots of games like giant jenga, a chill out area and a photobooth with costumes.

Together with friends and family we did lots of DIY decorations, which obviously saved money, but meant we had really unique and personal things. We made bunting, ribbon decorations, signs, hung hearts and ribbons from all the trees and did our own flowers. Instead of a wedding cake some of the family made over a hundred cupcakes and on the day everyone decorated one. The effect when they were all done was brilliant!

For entertainment, a friend played the piano in the afternoon (we're lucky enough to have very talented friends!) and after dinner we had a 50's rockabilly band ' The Hound Dogs '. These were absolutely fantastic, playing so many classics that appealed to all the generations.

After the speeches we gave everyone a pair of these amazing glasses that turn every light into a heart. With them on we watched fireworks with Buble's 'Feeling Good' blasting out! Definitely a highlight!

We are so lucky to have so many fabulous people in our lives that helped make the day amazing. We definitely couldn't have done it without them! Thanks also to the caterers and to the brilliant photographer Michael from ' My Beautiful Bride ' whose photos speak for themselves.

Photography by My Beautiful Bride
Marquee County Marquees | Dress Dana Bolton | Groom's outfit Duchamp | Band The Hound Dogs From Function Central | Photo Booth Uber Booths | Bridesmaid dresses Dessy and Alfred Sung | Flower girls Monsoon.

Key Words Alfred Sung, County Marquees, Dana Bolton, Dessy, Duchamp Groomswear, Functional Central, Monsoon, My Beautiful Bride Wedding Photography, Sarah Hollowell Catering, The Hound Dogs, Uber Booths.