Proper Weddings: Jo and Guney

We fell in love with Jo and Guney the moment we met them.  Not only were they megalolz, but it turned out they are about as obsessed with dogs as we are.

They were getting married in July 2015 at Clissold House (our neck of the woods, at the time) and it turned out Guney was mates with an old family friend of Charlie's.

Oh, how it was all meant to be!

When Jo and her mum came to A Most Curious Wedding Fair in March, she had been considering replacing her veil after the ceremony with a crown of cream, white and blush flowers but wasn't quite sure.  Charlie and I were wearing flower crowns at the time and gave one to Jo to try on.  Jo's mum cried tears of pride and joy, Jo welled up, Charlie and I beamed, and the decision was made. 

And of course there had to be a flower crown for their beloved niece.



Jo and Guney wanted a relaxed affair - nothing too 'weddingy'.  Just a big ole party.  

They dreamt of colourful, loose, fun and natural wedding flowers with a wild, unstructured, English Garden look. They didn't want anything too vintage or country kitsch.  

And they loved the idea of lots of foliage to echo the backdrop of the beautiful Clissold Park.

For Jo's bouquet, she asked for a ‘just picked’, natural, loose look of colourful flowers with lots of green foliage.  

She loves peonies, daisies and roses and wanted to include freesias in her bouquet as her they are her mum's favourite. We chose the Mandarin variety for their incredible smell and orange brightness.



We also added purple clematis with it's deep green foliage into the mix for the English Garden feel, as well as astrantia and scabious.

Guney and his fellas had mismatched buttonholes, tied with colourful twine, while the mums had slightly more floral corsages with, of course, freesias.

The staircase and mantlepiece of the beautiful 18th Century mansion were garlanded with a mix of foliage and bright flowers, and jars of peonies, freesia, daisies, clematis and lisianthus decorated the tables.

It looked like the most perfect London - garden wedding, and as Jo and Guney hoped, a cracking knees up!

Photos by the absolutely marvellous, dreamy and super talented Claudia Rose Carter.

And be sure to check out this wedding on the excellent nuptials blog Love My Dress.