Sarah and Jack first crossed paths in 2017. “I began frequenting the rugby club where my best friend Amy worked,” says Sarah. “Jack played rugby at the time and I then started working at the club myself. It was love at first sight. Jack asked me on a date and then to be his girlfriend five days later. I loved everything about Jack, not just his amazing eyes and the fact he was tall but his nature. Jack is a protector and a provider and I found it so attractive.” Jack popped the question in October 2022. “I had a feeling it was coming – little clues like people telling me I should get nude nails and not the nail art I would normally get,” shares the bride. “He had planned for us to go to Beadnell Coast in Northumberland with our dog Bubba, so I had assumed that is where he would do it. The day before, I had had a terrible day at work, so he suggested that we get some takeaway pizzas, take the dog for a walk and eat them out of the boot whilst watching the sunset. I was in a terrible mood and changed the plans 100 times. We eventually got out of the car and started to walk Bubba on the moors near our home. Before we had even gotten 10 meters, Jack got down on one knee and asked me to marry him. Just me, him and Bubba.” SETTING THE SCENE “I believe Storrs Hall is arguably one of the most stunning venues on Lake Windermere and it offers exclusive use on a weekend,” explains Sarah. “I loved that I didn’t know anyone personally who had been married there. We went to view it a week after the engagement and booked it two weeks later. We wanted a lot of flowers, which Brackens of Bowness provided, and as both the ceremony and reception were at the same venue, we knew we could reuse them throughout the day. The venue has stunning views of the lake from every angle, so we didn’t want to have too many decorations and take away from the reason we chose the venue. “For our favours, we created poems for each of our guests and Victoria from Victoria’s Paperie Design printed them onto an arched card, which we had used on the invitations and the onthe-day stationery,” adds the bride. “We also had matchboxes for our guests to take home. Most of our friends and family stayed at the venue with us for the full weekend, so in each room we provided a newspaper, which I designed. Alongside the newspaper were little hangover kits with everything you would expect in one, such as plasters, chewing gum, toothbrushes, vitamin C tablets and eye masks. We also had fans for all of the women that had our wedding branding on them.” For the centrepieces, the couple reused some of the flowers from their ceremony. “To add dimension and tie in the theme, our wedding stylist, Stories Of Events, suggested adding some nude-coloured tapered candles,” reveals Sarah. “Our florist, Kevin from Brackens of Bowness, was fantastic. We met before I had bought my wedding dress and we had decided on all white roses and peonies with a lot of greenery throughout. After I said yes to my dress, I sent Kevin a photo of the dress and we both decided adding some nude quicksand roses would complement the gown and tie in with the theme a lot better. When I look back, it really added a lot more dimension to the flowers, which I loved. I knew I wanted a lot of flowers in the wedding and specifically got married in June in the hope that I would get peony season.” For their big day cake, Sarah took inspiration from her accessories. “I knew I wanted to wear pearl drop earrings and have pearl accents or accessories in my hair,” remembers Sarah. “I wasn’t sure how else to tie in the pearls on the wedding day until we met with Mel from Bramble & Wild Bakery. Mel had 31 REAL WEDDINGS
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