Nicholi and Jean-Rae married at Die Stoor in South Africa and chose a beautiful Italian-inspired, rustic winter wedding theme for their day.
Real Weddings
Real weddings are a great way of getting ideas for your own big day. In this section you can read the wedding stories of real couples to find out how they put everything together to create their dream day. Be inspired by stunning pictures of a huge range of different styles and themes from real weddings in the UK and abroad, from relaxed festival style weddings to luxury affairs.
For even more ideas don't forget to check out our Styled Wedding Shoots category.
An Enchanting, Tolkien-Inspired Wedding
Chandré and Mark created such enchanting wedding styling for their incredible Tolkien-inspired wedding at Simondium Country Lodge
A Rustic DIY Wedding in a Cow Shed
Sarah and Jim’s cow shed wedding was a work of love, and the styling details really fitted the country, rustic vibe they hoped to achieve.
A ‘Lonkerfest’ Festival Wedding at Colehayes Park
This ‘Lonkerfest’ festival wedding at Colehayes Park is totally awesome! Amy and Chris certainly know how to style a wedding and throw a party.
A Beautiful Elopement in Santorini
This elopement in Santorini is simple, stylish and romantic, and shows that you don’t necessarily need all the bells and whistles when you get married.
An Opulent Wedding at Centre for the Book, South Africa
The incredible Edwardian library building, Centre for the Book, provided an amazing backdrop for Marina and Milan’s opulent wedding.
A Rustic Themed Wedding at the Titanic Hotel Liverpool
Emma and Chris chose the fabulous Titanic Hotel in Liverpool for their rustic themed wedding reception and party — and wow, what a celebration it was!
A Relaxed Urban Warehouse Wedding in Melbourne
Gather and Tailor in Melbourne was the perfect backdrop for Brent and Georgia’s relaxed warehouse wedding, and gave them a fabulous blank canvas to style.
A Cool ‘Wedstock’ Festival Wedding in an Orchard
Alice and Ben’s ‘Wedstock’ festival wedding is so colourful, unique and fun, with details including origami birds, pom poms, chair ribbons and fun signs.
A Rustic, Handmade Wedding in a Dairy Barn
Robyn and Whitney chose Yandina Station in Queensland, Australia, for their rustic, handmade wedding, enjoying a fabulous reception in the dairy barn.
A Culcreuch Castle Hotel Wedding with Natural Styling
Maureen and Pieter’s natural wedding styling really suited the surroundings of their spectacular Scottish wedding at Culcreuch Castle Hotel.
A Kings Weston House Wedding with Handmade Touches
Hollie and Jimmy wanted to create an an informal feel for their Kings Weston House wedding, and used decorations they’d collected to add handmade touches.
A Relaxed Festival Wedding on an Alpaca Farm
Kelsey and Matt tied the knot at Jalbrook Estate in Australia, a charming alpaca farm, and it was the perfect setting for their relaxed festival wedding.
A Fun and Romantic Wedding at The Green Cornwall
Sera and Francesca’s beautiful wedding at The Green Cornwall, which included an intimate handfasting ceremony and lots of music.
A Rustic Wedding at Quantock Lakes
Quantock Lakes in Somerset provided the most serene setting for Thomas and Natalie’s beautiful wedding, with the couple choosing a rustic theme for their wedding styling.
A Rustic Country Wedding with Wooden Details
Rivervale Barn was the perfect backdrop for Laura and Deane’s rustic, country style wedding, where their fabulous wooden decor they made was one of the main talking points of the day.
A Relaxed Winter Wedding in a Pub
The Alma Inn, a quaint, intimate country pub with roaring fires and rustic charm, was an amazing setting for Jade and Danny’s informal winter wedding.
A Colourful Wedding in Antigua, Guatemala
Sindy and Carlos’s colourful wedding at La Merced and Hotel Casa Blanca is full of Guatemalan culture. So vibrant and fun — just fabulous!
A Colourful Wedding at The Bickley
A Lego Movie inspired wedding cake, a poodle wearing a bow tie, and bridesmaids wearing the most beautiful flock-patterned skirts; this wedding is COOL!
An ‘I’ll Love You Till the End’ Wedding at Bridwell
This wedding has so many incredible personal touches, with Hannah and Michael taking inspiration from woodlands and eerie, romantic settings to create beautiful wedding styling.
A Quintessentially English Scaplen’s Court Wedding
A wedding that has a Ferrero Rocher table plan certainly gets our approval! A wedding with fish and chips straight from the chippy… massive bonus points!
A Colourful Vintage Wedding at Sledmere House
Warning: this is NOT your average wedding — this is much cooler! April and James created an incredible colourful vintage wedding at Sledmere House.
An On the 7th Wedding
Sophie and Kyle married on the 7th (of January) in a place called ‘On the 7th’ — perfect or what? It was the ideal setting for this stylish wedding.
A Wedding at The Grounds of Alexandria
Kirstie and Emilio’s wedding at The Grounds of Alexandria is super cool, super stylish, super relaxed and best of all, super fun!
A Handmade, Vintage Styled Wedding in Lancashire
Jessica and Antony had a clear vision of how they wanted their wedding day, and they created the most beautiful vintage styled wedding.
A Colourful, Mexican Themed Wedding at Tohono Chul Park
This Mexican themed wedding in the Arizona desert is totally amazing and unique, with colourful, handmade details and pretty little Mexican touches.
An ‘Anything Goes’ Aircraft Hangar Wedding
Everything about Gab and Cory’s fabulous aircraft hangar wedding is fun, and they really put their hearts, souls and personalities into making their day so fabulous.
An Intimate Forest Wedding in the Czech Republic
Jitka and Honza’s chose to marry under the falling autumn leaves in an intimate forest wedding, with just their daughter, best man and wedding photographer there.
A Chic Warehouse Wedding in Sydney
Shannon and David had an extraordinary wedding ceremony with their friends and family in the forest, followed by a relaxed reception in a cool warehouse venue.
A Tutbury Castle Wedding with a Medieval Handfasting Ceremony
Victoria and Dane’s Tutbury Castle wedding included a Medieval handfasting ceremony and lots of cute handmade items to express their love of vintage.