Amy & Jamie

Classic RomanceRustic & Handcrafted
Written By Miss Sammie

Welcome to the wedding of Amy & Jamie at Calke Abbey

A Spring Soiree

We always think that being a wedding photographer must be a pretty special profession; spending your working day with couples celebrating their love for each other and being surrounded by joy and romance! They are also in a unique position where they experience every aspect of the entire day. From the excitement and nerves of a bride getting ready to first dances and bouquet throws, the photographer is there, snapping away, throughout the lot. And it is because of this, that we always love to get the low-down on a wedding from their point of view. 

So for Amy & Jamie’s wedding, we just had to ask Hannah and Ben, the dream-team behind of the lens of HBA Photography, to give us their account of this perfectly pretty Spring soiree.

 
 

Gallery

 

Eye Candy

Venue

The day featured an old vintage Routemaster bus to take everyone from the church to Calke Abbey, Tosh’s Troughs filled with bottles of beer for the reception, picnic boxes for starters, fish ‘n’ chips for main and pretty little jars filled with a delicious Eton Mess for pud. If that isn’t a recipe for a good time, we don’t know what is…

Vibe

As if the day couldn’t get any better….then a Glitter Bar turned up. Everyone was covered in glitter by the end of the night – even Ben had a beard full!”

Wow, it sounds like they all had an absolute blast at the beautiful Calke Abbey – thanks so much Ben and Hannah for sharing.

The Need to Know

VENUE

Calke Abbey

LOCATION

Derbyshire

CEREMONY

100

BREAKFAST

100

RECEPTION

100

DRESS

Alexandra Anne

FLOWERS

Avant Garden

CAKE

Sweet table

PHOTOGRAPHER

HBA Photography

 

“As if the day couldn’t get any better….then a Glitter Bar turned up.”

 

Directory

 
 

Meet the Suppliers

PHOTOGRAPHER HBA PHOTOGRAPHY

VENUE CALKE ABBEY

BRIDAL SHOP ALEXANDRA ANNE BRIDAL

STATIONERY & FAVOURS ROSEPRESS

CEILING DRESSING FABRIC THEATRE

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