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Alice and Nick’s glam boho barn wedding was decorated with sage green, lilac, apricot and white touches

Images courtesy of MT Studio Photography

Alice and Nick met while studying at Loughborough University. “I was attracted to Nick’s playful personality,” Alice tells us. “His dashing good looks helped too!” Nick was attracted to Alice’s cheeky smile and positive attitude. “I was smitten with Alice and told my friends she was the one from the start,” he says.

Nick had wanted to propose on Alice’s birthday during a surprise trip to the Amalfi Coast but unfortunately, it coincided with the lockdown. “Nick held on to the ring and took me to Italy six months later and popped the question up a mountain in the Dolomites which was perfect,” Alice says.

Here, Alice tells us about their beautiful barn wedding at Tythe in Oxfordshire which was decorated with pops of pastel colours.

We were struck by the staggering beauty of Tythe. The wedding barn features wooden beams, high ceilings, romantic lighting and beautiful grounds - it was everything we’d dreamt of. Every detail was so well thought out and the staff had the answer to all of our questions.

The ceremony was a surreal and wonderful time. Standing in front of our loved ones and vowing to love each other forever felt very special

“Our venue manager, Tori, did an outstanding job and we felt like she went above and beyond to make our day special. When she greeted Alice at 9 am, she was thoughtfully wearing a hair bow in the colours of Alice’s family tartan which was a nice touch.” - Nick

During our led a singalong to Stand by Me and What a Wonderful World. the

We felt overwhelmed with joy and love on our wedding day. We expected it to be a grand, romantic and epic affair but we underestimated how much fun we would have!

We had a Scottish bagpiper playing during the throwing of the ‘confetti’ to celebrate my Scottish heritage and instead of confetti, our guests threw rice as they do traditionally in the Philippines to celebrate Nick’s background – we found rice stuck to everything for days afterwards!

My mum, Shona, is Scottish so she made a Scottish tablet for our wedding favours. They were boxed and tied with her family tartan which is a navy, green and yellow mix that worked with our colour scheme.

As centrepieces, we had foliage draped across white chiffon on the tables.

We chose flowers which had meaning to us. We opted for white freesias which my parents had chosen for their own wedding day and olive branches as a nod to us getting engaged in Italy. We started the process with no knowledge of flowers but our florist, Jem, taught us so much. I especially loved the big blousy peonies!

As we share a love of travel, we displayed a large map with pins and string pointing to some of the places we’ve visited together as our table plan. My dad, Nigel, wrote the place names in calligraphy which included Manila, Uberlândia in Brazil and Rome. Nick’s mum, Candy, made our wedding stationery.

In keeping with our bohemian theme, we chose a naked cake dressed with fruit and icing sugar.

We had photographs of our parents and grandparents’ weddings featured in ornate frames on display in the barn.

We incorporated Nick’s Filipino heritage by giving our guests hand fans. We also created a sweetie cart with treats from the Philippines.

We thanked our wedding party for the help they’d given us in planning our special day by displaying photographs of all of the preparation on a wooden pallet. A lot of our wedding items were homemade by our friends and family members of whom we are very proud.

We served a tomato and goat’s curd salad to start, pork roast for the main course and pavlova for dessert. We had so many compliments about the food from our guests!

We loved the option of the self-carve for our main course. We dressed our chosen carvers up as chefs which was great fun!

I wore a dress called Brielle by Madi Lane. I think this style suited our glamorous bohemian theme. Eve at Wedding Frox did a wonderful job! She listened to me when I told her what our wedding would be like and how I wanted to feel and reflected this in the style of dress she chose for me - it was perfect!

Our bridesmaids wore full-length sage green dresses in floaty fabrics. It was lucky that they all ended up loving the same style of dress! Their posies, and my beautiful bridal bouquet, were tied with trailing pastel ribbons.

I accessorised my bridal dress with a pair of pearl drop earrings, a fingertip veil and a gorgeous handmade headpiece.

During our evening reception, we had the brilliant Festival Sons band perform. Our guests loved them and the dancefloor was packed!

The team at Tythe supplied some great garden games, especially Aunt Sally which is a traditional Oxfordshire game a bit like a coconut shy - it was a huge hit with our guests and also gave us some hilarious photos!

The Dream Team

Photographer, MT Studio Photography, https://mtstudio.co.uk | Venue, Tythe, 01869 321 442, www.thetythebarn.co.uk | Catering,

Absolute Taste Ltd, 01869 226 670, www.absolutetaste.com | Wedding dress, Wedding Frox, 01483 276 766, www.weddingfrox.co.uk

| Veil, Lace & Favour, 01892 667 571, www.laceandfavour.com | Headpiece, Eden b. Studio, 07707 295607, www.edenbstudio.com | Wedding rings, A&S Jeweller, 020 7242 7978, www.aandsjewellers.co.uk | Bridesmaid’s dresses, Not Another Boring Bridesmaid Dress, https://nabbd.co.uk | Hair, Rachael Capocci Oxfordshire Bridal Hair & Makeup, www.instagram.com/oxfordshirebridalhairandmakeup

| Make-up, Make-up by Katy, 07738 462 444, https://makeupbykaty.com | Suits, Hawes & Curtis, www.hawesandcurtis.co.uk

| Cake,

Cake by Rachel, 01608 684 980, www.cakebyrachel.co.uk | Florist, The Flower Shed Oxford, 07951 844 677, www.theflowershedoxford. co.uk | Band, Festival Sons, 0800 564 2240, www.tailored-entertainment.com | Pianist, Tim Croston, 07944 320 374, http://timcroston.co.uk