Congratulations if you have just got engaged during the festive season; exciting times ahead! If you are looking for weddings full of ideas to, ‘ahem’, copy, then you are going to love this fabulous West Stoke Farm wedding. Everything in this wedding is fun; from the camper van and hand-draw map invitations, to the ‘fizz on the field’ with all the guests wearing top hats and tails… and we don’t me the traditional version!

Philip and Hannah created the most amazing wedding. We hope you enjoy browsing through the fab pictures, taken by Honeydew Moments.

Wedding guest on space hopper

A Wedding We’d Like to Go To

“We had a brilliant wedding day. We didn’t want to get sucked into having a day full of the ‘right’ stuff, so instead we decided to have the wedding we’d most like to go to. It took a lot of hard work and effort, but it was so much fun. We haven’t laughed (or cried) that much in years!

Invitation to West Stoke Farm wedding

Map wedding invitation

Wedding dress hanging in window

Blue bridal shoes

Earrings

Silver bridal clutch bag

Birdcage veil

Bracelet

Everything DIY

“We made everything ourselves, from the wedding invitations, to the tails, to the place names. We used a lot of brown paper and card, red and white string, textured paper and rubber stamps. The invitations were little maps a friend had drawn sealed with wax in mini brown paper envelopes. It was great fun making everything exactly the way we wanted, and it had a lovely rustic feel to it.”

Sheet music confetti

Flower basket

Bride looking at herself in mirror

Bridesmaid fastening bride's dress

Bride smiling Bridal updo with flowers

A Serious Affair

“I arrived at the church in our beloved T25 camper van. Our church service was fairly formal because we wanted the actual marriage bit to be a serious affair. Actor friends did readings, and our sister-in-law sang throughout the signing of the register, making it even more special.”

Guests putting ribbons on wedding camper van

Bride and bridesmaids blue shoes

Twyford church

Twyfold 1878

Wedding order of service

Bride wearing birdcage veil

Groom waiting in church for bride

Bride and groom smiling at altar

Bride and groomr eading in church

Newly married bride and groom leaving church

Bride and groom at door of church

Bride and groom with bridesmaids

Bride and groom with groomsmen

Bride and groom outside church

Wedding confetti shot outside Twyford church

Fizz on the Field

“We managed to keep the West Stoke Farm wedding celebrations a secret from nearly everyone attending. Everyone was therefore quite surprised to find themselves split into teams to compete in “Fizz on the Field” wearing Top Hats and Tails. It was so much fun, and everyone loosened up and got involved!

Bride and groom holding hands in front of wall

Bride and groom kissing

Bride and groom smiling together

Groom's brown shoes

Bride and groom walking barefoot down path

Fizz on the Field sign

Welcome sign at West Stoke Farm wedding

“We served home-made canapés in picnic baskets on the field as everyone competed in the games. Each team had a basket full of little brown boxes of home-made treats, napkins, bubbles, and blankets to sit on.

“The main meal was a Hog Roast followed by home-made summer puddings in little jars. Throughout the night we had a room full of French cheese, hams, sausages etc that people could help themselves to. We also had a self-service bar area with locally brewed beer, little snack bags, and wine in ice buckets.”

Wheelbarrow full of booze

Picnic basket

Wedding guests wearing tails

Picnic food boxes

Coloured top hat

Brilliant Friends

“The barn looked lovely thanks to our brilliant team of friends and family who spent the day before setting up in the rain. A family friend did our beautiful flowers, the speeches had everyone in tears, and the band were brilliant.

Wedding tables in barn at West Stoke Farm wedding

Family photos on barn wall

Childhood photos of bride and groom

Wedding guest book chalkboard sign

Stay kissable mints

Wedding dance floor rules

Booze chalkboard sign

Wine

Tankards

Basket or bar snacks

Lemonade sign

Thank you card

Bride tag

“The cheese cake also looked fantastic. We drove to France in the camper van and bought the wheels of cheese, along with all the table wine and fizz. One of our friends made the brilliant giraffe cake toppers, and another spent the wedding morning sewing together redcurrants and collecting ivy to decorate the cake.

Cheese stack wedding cake

Team leader envelope

Wedding guest reading game rules

Welly wanging game at West Stoke Farm wedding

Space hopper race at West Stoke Farm wedding

Wedding guest on space hopper

Bouquet catching game at West Stoke Farm wedding

Bouquet catching game at West Stoke Farm wedding

Hugging

Fancy dress race at West Stoke Farm wedding

“Our West Stoke Farm wedding was such a fun day with so many great friends from all over the world. We just couldn’t stop grinning.”

Friends with arms around each other

Trophies for wedding games

People in fancy dress drinking

Bride and groom in field at West Stoke Farm wedding

Groom kissing bride on the shoulder

Bride and groom laughing together in field

Photography: Honeydew Moments

Wedding Dress: Suzanne Neville

Shoes: Rachel Simpson

Suits: River Island

Bridesmaid Dresses: Monsoon

Flowers: Arranged by a family friend using lots of gypsophila

Cake: DIY cheese stack cake

Catering: Home-made canapés on the field, hog roast main meal with home-made summer puddings, and evening food of French cheese, hams, sausages etc,

Stationery: DIY, with map invitations drawn by a friend of the couple

Transport: Couple’s T25 camper van