Bride in Phillipa Lepley applique wedding dress with groom for glass marquee wedding reception.

Phillipa Lepley Applique Dress

Photography by Harry Michael Photography

Happy new year! There's only one way to start off 2023 and it's with epic wedding inspiration. Starting with Ashleigh's bespoke Phillipa Lepley applique wedding dress! Just beautiful! Plus, with Recommended suppliers, Harry Michael Photography, capturing the day and Jennifer Louise Weddings planning it, you know it's going to be amazing. Ashleigh & Dan opted for an English country garden wedding at Ashleigh's family home with a stunning glass marquee reception. The couple also had a four-tier wedding cake from Recommended supplier, Terre et Lune Cake Design, and used Recommended supplier, The Wedding Shop, for their gift list.

Phillipa Lepley applique wedding dress for at home wedding

Don’t sweat the small stuff, if things go wrong - and they will - you won’t even realise as you’ll be too busy enjoying the day!  Also, get a Jennifer (our planner), she made all our ideas and wants possible and pulled it all together in the most seamless, magical way.

Ashleigh & Dan

Bride and groom stand at the altar for their outdoor civil wedding ceremony

Bridesmaids in blue flora dresses help the bride get into her Phillipa Lepley applique wedding dress

Bride and groom share their first kiss as a married couple with guests clapping

Bride and groom look lovingly at each other for their English country garden wedding

Bride reads a personal letter on the morning of her wedding as she gets ready

White wedding flowers decorating the outdoor civil wedding ceremony

Pretty white and pink wedding flower for English country garden style wedding

Classic and traditional white wedding bouquet

Bridesmaids in white and blue floral dresses help the bride with finishing touches as she gets ready for her wedding

Bride in Phillipa Lepley wedding dress with the bridesmaids in blue floral dresses with white flower bouquets

Bride and groom walk back down he aisle as a married couple with white confetti

White and pink rose wedding flower columns

Bridesmaids in white and blue floral dresses holding hands walking down the aisle for the wedding

Father of the bride in a black and white suit with a satin brown tie walks the bride in an applique wedding dress down the aisle

Bridesmaids holding hands in white and blue floral dresses walk down the aisle together

Bride and groom hold hands for their outdoor civil ceremony for their English country garden style wedding

Father of the bride shakes the groom's hand at the end of the aisle with the bride on his arm

Ashleigh's family home dressed for their English country garden style wedding with an outdoor ceremony

Bride and groom have a confetti exit from their ceremony

Groom, groomsmen and page boys in blue suits, bridesmaids in blue floral dresses and the bride in a bespoke Phillipa Lepley wedding dress

Phillipa Lepley Applique Dress

Ashleigh's dress was a bespoke Phillipa Lepley dress that took over ten fittings to get perfect! Walking down the aisle in her applique gown and seeing all their loved ones was such a special feeling for Ashleigh! Especially as she did it to a string quartet playing 'Wildest Dreams' by Taylor Swift.  Another favourite moment was just after the first dance. Dan isn’t a keen dancer but the couple went to lessons for six months and pulled it off. The roaring cheers of their friends and family made it all worth it. Ashleigh’s mum did a reading during the outdoor ceremony, which encapsulated the couple's reasons for marriage. She read Union by Robert Fulghum, taken from the book, From Beginning to End: The Rituals of Our Lives.

Glass Marquee

The most special thing about Ashleigh & Dan's wedding day was having it at Ashleigh’s family home - no one has had a wedding there before which made it unique! The overall vibe they wanted was an enchanted English country garden wedding. The couple wanted to incorporate as much of the garden as possible into the day with an outdoor ceremony, and a gorgeous glass marquee to let in all of the natural light. They decorated the marquee with chandelier installations. Recommended supplier, Virginia's Vintage Hire provided the tables and the fire pit. It made for the perfect venue with Recommended supplier, Sensation Band (a 14-piece band), playing for a big party in the evening!

Glass marquee with chandelier installations with pink and white rose flowers, and long wooden banquet tables

Bride and groom pour champagne over their champagne tower decor

Glass marquee with long wooden banquet tables and chairs, pink and white pretty flowers with chandelier installations

Bride and groom embrace in front of mini pool in next to their glass marquee reception

Classic wedding table plan with a sketch of the couple's favourite mountain range in South Africa

Floral arrangements of hydrangea for simple table setting with the tables named after mountain ranges in South Africa

Pool area with candles in lanterns, pink and white flowers, and glass marquee reception area for at home wedding

Bride in applique Phillipa Lepley wedding dress with the groom in blue three piece suit at their glass marquee reception

Pink and white wedding flower arrangements with taper candles on wooden banquet tables

Pink and white wedding flowers, gold cutlery, pink napkins for a classic tablescape in a glass marquee

Bride and groom walk into their wedding reception

Bride and groom walk holding hands with the bride in a bespoke Phillipa Lepley wedding dress

Pale pastel wedding flower decor for English country garden style wedding in a glass marquee reception

Bride in Phillipa Lepley applqiey wedding dress with groom in three piece blue suit walking in their glass marquee reception with chandelier installation

Bride and groom stand holding hands as the wedding guests clap and applaud

Bride and groom stand in front of the bride's family home for their stay at home wedding

Groom in a blue three piece suit with a patterned tie standing with the bride in a Phillipa Lepley wedding dress

Pink taper candle with pastel hydrangea wedding flower arrangement for simple tablescape on a wooden banquet table

Wedding guests stand up as the groom delivers his wedding speech holding a microphone

Blue Flower Bridesmaid Dresses

The blue flower bridesmaid dresses are so unique and make the perfect choice for a gorgeous outdoor summer ceremony. Ashleigh & Dan tried to include special and unique moments all throughout their day. They had his & her cocktails, an epic champagne tower, and Dan's brother supplied the wine from his restaurant. To celebrate their hometowns, they had tables named after their favourite mountain range in South Africa and pinch pots for their wedding favours, which were brought over by a friend in South Africa who handmade them!

Bride dances with her bridesmaids holding hands in blue and white floral dresses

Two wedding guests lift up another guest on their shoulders

Bride and groom share their first dance together

Bride and groom share a kiss on the dancefloor surrounded by their guests

Groom dips the bride low for their first dance after having dance lessons

Four tier pastel water colour effect wedding cake with pink and purple pastel flowers with gold flakes

Two bridesmaids in blue and white floral dresses read out their speeches for the wedding reception

Bride dances with wedding guests fr the reception in a glass marquee

Wedding guests gather for the wedding band playing at the glasshouse marquee reception with chandelier decorations

Bride in a strapless sweetheart Phillipa Lepley wedding dress doing her first dance

Bride in floral appliqué wedding dress from Phillipa Lepley hugging her bridesmaids in blue floral dresses

Wedding guest and bridesmaid dance with the bride during the reception

Want to bring the outside in? A glass marquee is such a good way to do so!

Jennifer Louise, our planner, was a tremendous help with finding suppliers - as we were at home, everything had to be supplied externally, from generators to porta-loos! We also used Rock My Wedding and The National Wedding Industry Awards to get inspiration.

Ashleigh & Dan

A Phillipa Lepley wedding dress will certainly never steer you wrong. For some more wedding dress inspiration, check out our roundup of lace wedding dresses. Feeling persuaded to host your own marquee wedding reception? We've got some marquee wedding ideas just for you!