“Don’t mind us, we’re just here crying! We absolutely adore EVERY SINGLE PICTURE. You’ve really captured our High Wards wedding perfectly and caught some lovely moments we didn’t see or don’t remember (ahem, jäger bombs). Can we do it all again please?”
Ermergerd Clare + Andy’s High Wards wedding was the absolute BIZNAZ! But then, we knew it would be. Clare + Andy are two of the nicest goddam folks you could meet. They really wanted a super relaxed day, with a venue they could book for the entire weekend to make the most of the time with their friends and family. With Andy having fond memories of Loch Lomond as a child, having a High Wards wedding was an absolute shoe in. Set in an RSPB Nature Reserve and nestled in amongst beautiful rolling hills it really is a wee slice of heaven!
Clare organises quite a few events with her job, but megad was she a fountain of knowledge when we asked her for any tips about planning their wedding…from getting newly married friends to check over their spreadsheets in case they had missed anything, to using tools like Bridebook, she was an absolute machine :D
It’s hard to write about this wedding without putting down pages of info – so we’re going to sum it up like so…
Mexican Hugs
Family Guy Quotes (Oh Peter)
Granny Pants
Drunken Hugs + Kisses
Epic Dance-moves
There! That just about covers it…
We’re always telling couples to trust their gut, and book folks they actually like as people – whether they’ve booked us or not haha! But obvs like, why wouldn’t you book us eh? We are HILARIOUS. Anyway, we digress. We were over the moon that Clare spoke to us about the very topic of picking your wedding day suppliers;
“We didn’t expect to get to know our suppliers as well as we did before the wedding. It’s just a day after all, right? Wrong! It’s so important to have a good relationship with your suppliers, and we had a bloody dream team! We booked every single person because we chatted to them and thought “yep, we’d like to be friends with you” and I think that’s a pretty good way to make sure you have a brilliant day, surrounded by people who get you and make you laugh. Also, every single one of our suppliers were recommended by either a friend or by each other and that’s another good way to make sure you get a good bunch of insanely talented, like-minded people that will make your day completely awesome.”
C+A’s Wedding Team // High Wards Estate, the awesome Claire the Humanist, our super talented friends Eleven Six Films, MacGregor & MacDuff, Sofia Tolli, TFNC London, our crazy good mate Cat Robertson MUA, Star Hair Design & Beauty, Loch Lomond Weddings & Events, 3D Cakes, Tom McGuire & The Brassholes, Jonathan Graham – Piper, Arta String Quartet, Ivory Tower
We asked Clare; If you could go back and give your newly engaged self any advice for your High Wards wedding, what would it be?
“1. Get yourself a dream team, people you want to be friends with, cos they are ace, and just so nice to spend time with!
2. Your life will be so much easier once you decide that you can’t DIY everything and it won’t actually save you any money.
3. You will not regret a single penny you spend. You will regret not having ace photographers and videographers to capture the whole day!
4. Do a Mexican hug in the middle of your ceremony. Yes, it’s a bit weird and people will have to touch but it breaks the ice and you’ll sob and feel all the feels once you get the photos back, especially of family members having a wee hug! Just lovely.
5. If your band release an album and have a gig in France the night before your wedding and drive back overnight, they will get there on time and they will be EXCELLENT. Don’t worry about anything you can’t change!
6. A good friend told me “You get to a certain point in planning, where you’ve done everything you can to make sure people have a good time, and if they don’t, that’s all on them and nothing to do with you!”
7. Your humanist wedding will be fantastic. Find a humanist (Claire the Humanist) who won’t just read out what you give them, but will get to know you as a couple and will write the most wonderful, funny, personal and perfect ceremony that is just beyond all of your expectations. Oh, and don’t leave your homework for your humanist too late, or she’ll swear at you via your videographers.
8. If you want six bridemaids, have six bridesmaids. If you want five tiers of cake, have five tiers of cake. You do you.”
So with all that being said, if you can’t wait to marry the love of your life, pick your own dream team of suppliers and boogy the night away with your best people we’d goddam LOVE to hear from you. So what you waitin’ for? Shoot us a message here!