Tammy and Dan’s 1950’s Americana Wedding at The Barn at Brynich by Maria Farrelly

Tammy and Dan’s 1950’s Americana Wedding at The Barn at Brynich by Maria Farrelly

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I’ve been looking forward to sharing this wedding for AGES!

As well as running Cwtch The Bride, some of you many not realise I’m also a professional photographer. This here blog was initially a little side project for me which has now snowballed into Wales’ best wedding blog EEK! Anyhow, besides having a great team now working with me on this blog, I still photograph weddings. And the one I’m sharing with you today is flipping awesome!

I had the privilege of photographing Tammy & Dan’s 1950’s Americana style wedding last July and hand on heart, it was probably one of my all time favourites! It had everything I love about a great wedding. An awesome Welsh venue, wonderful friends and family, loads of laughter, fabulous music, drinks flowing and bucket loads of love.

So grab yourself a cuppa, get comfy and enjoy!

Oh…and before I forget… this brave couple commissioned me to return the morning after and photograph all their guests hungover (some of which hadn’t slept!). it was great fun and i’ll be sharing those images with you all tomorrow morning! don’t miss that, they are hilarious!

Lets hand you over to the beautiful bride Tammy to tell you all about her awesome wedding!

Maria x

All images by Maria Farrelly Photography

Tammy and Dan’s 1950’s Americana Wedding at The Barn at Brynich by Maria Farrelly What was your budget?

Our budget was whatever we could save over 3 years including any gift money from Christmas & birthdays, think it amounted to £20,000 which included our dream honeymoon.
It was hard work trying to be strict and save but totally worth it the end and not without a lot of help from family too! Tammy and Dan’s 1950’s Americana Wedding at The Barn at Brynich by Maria Farrelly How would you describe your wedding theme?

50’s Rock & Roll with a splash of Americana :) We love America (especially Florida) and the closest available date for the venue we wanted was 4th July – Independence Day… how could we not add some American touches to the theme :)
We had sparklers and chocolate pretzels for the favours and went all out with American style food such as hot dogs, pulled pork, sweet potatoes and waffles with syrup and ice cream for dessert. Tammy and Dan’s 1950’s Americana Wedding at The Barn at Brynich by Maria Farrelly Tammy and Dan’s 1950’s Americana Wedding at The Barn at Brynich by Maria Farrelly What was your favourite part of your wedding?

My favourite part of the wedding was walking out as Mrs Hagerty back down the aisle and halfway down realising it wasn’t a CD playing ‘All You Need Is Love’… it was a surprise full brass band booked by my father in law and to top it off one of our groomsmen Nathan was singing along with Scott on the drums who plays in a band with Dan – ‘Eric Unseen’.
The BTM Brass band sounded amazing and technically our first dance ended up being straight after the ceremony right there in the aisle.
Tammy and Dan’s 1950’s Americana Wedding at The Barn at Brynich by Maria FarrellyTammy and Dan’s 1950’s Americana Wedding at The Barn at Brynich by Maria Farrelly

Tell us about your Wedding Dress

I saw a dress in a wedding magazine that was a short 1950’s style with lace sleeves, the dress was by Ellis Bridal .
I wanted to get my dress from the same place that my best friend Kate got hers as they were always very friendly, Sentiments in Bridgend.
I heard that Sentiments had a trunk show for Ellis Bridal so booked myself an appointment.
The dress that I wanted to try on wasn’t there so I tried on a beautiful fishtail version of the dress and it just suited my curvy figure so well!
I tried on plenty of other dresses including shorter styles and as fab as they all were I knew the fishtail style was the one and still in keeping with the 50’s style.
Lots of people commented on my look being very Priscilla Presley which I was over the moon about! Tammy and Dan’s 1950’s Americana Wedding at The Barn at Brynich by Maria Farrelly Tammy and Dan’s 1950’s Americana Wedding at The Barn at Brynich by Maria Farrelly Who did you pick as your bridesmaids &/or best man and why?

We had 6 Bridesmaids and 6 Groomsmen.Tammy and Dan’s 1950’s Americana Wedding at The Barn at Brynich by Maria Farrelly All of them crazy in their own way and we loved having our best friends, sisters and brother by our side!
Tammy and Dan’s 1950’s Americana Wedding at The Barn at Brynich by Maria Farrelly Dan couldn’t choose just one best man so he had two … Carl & Rickwood, I think they are now taking bookings as compares! They really were a double act on the day and kept everyone entertained. Tammy and Dan’s 1950’s Americana Wedding at The Barn at Brynich by Maria Farrelly As for the bridesmaids they really helped me keep calm getting ready and then once their duties were done got up to their usual antics including photo bombing our professional pictures haha!

Tammy and Dan’s 1950’s Americana Wedding at The Barn at Brynich by Maria Farrelly

Why did you choose your venue?

We really wanted a barn venue, and once we saw the Barn at Brynich with its beautiful on site cottages we knew we didn’t need to look any further.
The team at Brynich were brilliant, especially Simon who really looked after us from start to finish of the wedding planning and made sure the day ran smoothly! Tammy and Dan’s 1950’s Americana Wedding at The Barn at Brynich by Maria Farrelly
Having the venue for the full weekend was perfect as we really got to make the most of spending time with the family and had plenty of help the day before with making sure everything was set up!
The sunday after the wedding was then time to unwind laugh and reflect! Oh and take morning after shots of the bridal party just for the fun of it! :) Tammy and Dan’s 1950’s Americana Wedding at The Barn at Brynich by Maria Farrelly Tell us about your photographer

Our photographer was Maria Farrelly , I was at a wedding fayre in the Millennium Centre (Cardiff) and after seeing quite a few portfolios I came across her stand and knew that I needed to book her straight away!
The work on her displays and portfolios were the exact style I was after and after speaking with Maria, she was so lovely and genuinely excited about our ideas so far!

Tammy and Dan’s 1950’s Americana Wedding at The Barn at Brynich by Maria Farrelly I think after the venue, Maria was the next big tick off the list as it was so important to us that we had a great photographer. We are so happy with how the pictures turned out! Every moment was captured!

Tammy and Dan’s 1950’s Americana Wedding at The Barn at Brynich by Maria Farrelly Tammy and Dan’s 1950’s Americana Wedding at The Barn at Brynich by Maria Farrelly How did the proposal happen?

Dan took me to Cardiff bay to where he had asked me out 5 years prior, he was so nervous and I was just thinking about what steak I was going to have in Cafe Rouge… then he popped the question! I was over the moon and ended up too overwhelmed to eat my food! Tammy and Dan’s 1950’s Americana Wedding at The Barn at Brynich by Maria Farrelly The following week we jetted off to Venice which was absolutely amazing! No cars from the moment we got off the plane, it was just fascinating.

Any DIY stories/tutorials you’d like to share?

As we both love music we had an idea for a lyric aisle backdrop to hang from the ceiling to the floor and with flowers either side.
It would have been too expensive to have real flowers but thanks to ebay there’s always an option to re-create a similar look cheaper.
The end result looked fab! Tammy and Dan’s 1950’s Americana Wedding at The Barn at Brynich by Maria Farrelly I also made my own american style menu with vintage pictures of celebrities stuffing their faces! The idea just popped into my head and it may have taken me a couple of hours to create it but it looked fun and quirky on the tables. Tammy and Dan’s 1950’s Americana Wedding at The Barn at Brynich by Maria Farrelly
We bought lots of sparklers on ebay and then used a template on Pinterest to print out and use as sparkler tags. Its definitely worth seeing what you can find online if you are trying to stick to a budget as all these little things could add up!

What was your first dance & why?

Our first dance song was Elvis Presley ‘Can’t Help Falling In Love’… its one of our favourite songs and we didn’t want anything too modern.
Even though its a slow tempo song, everyone loved to join in swaying around the dance floor and singing the song at the top of their voices :) Tammy and Dan’s 1950’s Americana Wedding at The Barn at Brynich by Maria Farrelly In hindsight, was there anything you would have done differently?

I do wish we had more video footage of the day but our budget couldn’t have stretched any further.
We have had a few video’s sent to us of the brass band surprise, our first dance and lots of our friends at the end of the night singing in the tipi around the campfire so we will be putting it all together and make our own video mixed in with some of the amazing photo’s we have from the day.

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Do you have any advice for future couples?

As much as I love Pinterest, try to remember what is unique to you as a couple and how you can incorporate it in to your day.
The little things really do pay off!
Once all the handwork has been done upfront, when it comes to the actual day… what’s done is done and what isn’t, you just need to forget about!
The most important thing is getting married with all your loved one’s surrounding you. Tammy and Dan’s 1950’s Americana Wedding at The Barn at Brynich by Maria Farrelly I had bought a lovely personalised cake topper but when we were decorating the tipi the day prior it had gotten lost… still haven’t found it to this day so I am glad I didn’t spend any time stressing out about it on the wedding day.

What’s the best piece of marriage advice you received?

Never go to sleep without resolving an argument :) Tammy and Dan’s 1950’s Americana Wedding at The Barn at Brynich by Maria Farrelly What was your favourite thing about planning a wedding?

Our favourite thing of planning the wedding was shopping for the last bits and pieces like table decor, balloons, bunting and sweets! Tammy and Dan’s 1950’s Americana Wedding at The Barn at Brynich by Maria Farrelly

The Suppliers

Photographer: Maria Farrelly
Ceremony Venue: The Barn at Brynich
Reception Venue: Wedding Tipi (Placed at Barn at Brynich)
Bride’s Dress: Sentiments Bridal
Bride’s Shoes: Schuh
Bride’s Headpiece: Veil by EnVogue and Flower Crown by The Flower Shop
Bride’s Jewellery: wedding ring handmade from Etsy
Groom’s Outfit: Next and Mrs Bowtie
Bridesmaid’s Dresses: JJ’s House (online)
Cake: By my bridesmaid’s aunty :)
Flowers: The Flower shop Hay On Wye inc my flower crown
Hair: Bella’s Hair Boutique – Styled by Jess Davies (A friend)
Make Up: Amy at Dollybirds Beauty
Band: Jammy and the dodgers – go see them at The Brewhouse
DJ: None – We hired a jukebox
Stationery: Be Our Guest (Etsy)
Caterers: Five Star Chef
Any Reception Decor/Props: Bunting & Balloons – Not on the high street/hobbycraft , favours – ebay , pretzels – Holland & Barrett
Other:Ceremony Band – BTM Brass Band

Our Wedding Album

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I normally photograph weddings on my own but last year, Abbie assisted me for more experience and she was an absolute dream. Thanks Abbie xxx

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