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Real Dream Weddings... Max and Geoff at Ham Polo Club, Richmond

Maxine and Geoff's beautiful wedding at the Ham Polo Club in Richmond, Surrey was full of gorgeous designer touches and romantic details.

My close friend and hairdresser Martin Balestri from Coombeside Hair Studio's in Kingston, Surrey styled my hair..he was incredibly nervous - we had two sessions beforehand neither of which went well. Other brides should take heart.. I was incredibly worried as I had been ill earlier in the year and my hair had got very thin. I usually have very straight hair but had decided to put some curl into it to give it body..not easy with dead straight hair the curls kept falling out! I wasn't sure how Geoff would react to the change. However on the day it all went perfectly, much to both Martin's and my own relief. We took the tongs and hair spray to the ceremony but thankfully did not need to use them. My close friend Nicky and I went to Selfridges and met with a fabulous make-up artist who showed me how to manage my eye make-up on the day - it all worked brilliantly on the day. My make-up was almost all by mac. Everything was simple and elegant, ivory for the tables, white covers for the chairs with ivory chiffon bows, cream and white flowers everywhere and lots of candles. We had the flute quartet playing fabulous music - a mix of classical music and well known Gershwin, Cole Porter tunes. I wanted a different feel in each of the three areas in the venue with twinkly lights and candles - all very romantic. The ceremony was held in the main club room, chairs were set up with an aisle down the middle for us to make our entrance and exit and the registrar managed the ceremony between the topiary trees with the candles around us. There was no table between us throughout the civil service to keep it intimate and personal.
Maxine was thrilled with her florist "Yvonne excelled, she really did exceed and not just meet my expectations the flowers were all fabulous - my bouquet was perfect - a combination of calla lilly's and roses etc.. cascading down gently with ivy - around 2.5 feet". Everyone..including Angela Stone told me to look at the bridesmaids dresses in BHS. In all honesty I never thought for a second they would have what I wanted for the girls on the day - Saskia aged 5, Lara aged 3 and Katie aged 2. We found the most gorgeous ivory butterfly dresses - the girls loved them, Katie had a slightly different design, same range and we added some ivory fairy wings..we finished with white stockings, ivory satin shoes and ivory butterfly hair bands..another great find by Nicky! The girls had flower baskets decorated with ivy full of ivory rose petals - decorated by Yvonne at Friendly Triffids. It was complicated to try to arrange fittings - Lara lives in Bristol and Katie in New York - her dress was flown to her literally FIRST CLASS to ensure it was not damaged. We found the most gorgeous ivory butterfly dresses - the girls loved them, Katie had a slightly different design, same range and we added some ivory fairy wings..we finished with white stockings, ivory satin shoes and ivory butterfly hair bands..another great find by Nicky!
The girls had flower baskets decorated with ivy full of ivory rose petals - decorated by Yvonne at Friendly Triffids. It was complicated to try to arrange fittings - The dress is ivory chiffon with a beautiful satin contrast on the boning detail and the bust. It has a very simple and elegant skirt with a very structured and glamorous corset style top with wide halter neck straps - very Hollywood glamour without the jacket. It was finished with a beautiful jacket in satin. The detail on the corset was fabulous and it is bridal! It was complicated to try to arrange fittings - Lara lives in Bristol and Katie in New York - her dress was flown to her literally FIRST CLASS to ensure it was not damaged.
Maxine wanted to keep the tables very simple, but elegant and chose all ivory, complemented by beautiful flowers, tea lights and simple glassware. "We chose simple name places and beautiful menu's to match the invites. We did not have favours as they made the table too fussy, instead we bought and wrapped gifts for the children and placed them at the tables so they could entertain themselves through dinner - this worked really well and all the children felt special and involved not just the bridesmaids. The chairs were covered with ivory chair covers and had the ivory chiffon bows" The final result was intimate and very pretty and stylish" Every flower was unblemished and the arrangements were made to perfection - the flowers were absolutely stunning and set the venue off perfectly - they looked opulent but elegant at the same time - very luxurious. An Ivory tower of white Belgian chocolate hand crafted by the chocolatiers at Chocckywoccydoodah - with cherubs and flowers - it was stunning and tasted great - it was filled with chocolate sponge and Belgium truffle - it was wonderful
An Ivory tower of white Belgian chocolate hand crafted by the chocolatiers at Chocckywoccydoodah - with cherubs and flowers - it was stunning and tasted great - it was filled with chocolate sponge and Belgium truffle - it was wonderful There were lots of wonderful moments "The moment Geoff looked at me and told me I had taken his breath away, Sharing our vows and our first dance. Geoff had chosen You are so beautiful by Joe Cocker - Perfect!"
Maxine and Geoff's beautiful wedding at the Ham Polo Club in Richmond, Surrey, full of gorgeous designer touches and romantic details was not without it's moments of excitement - the father of one the bridesmaids had an emergency operation an hour before the wedding!

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DETAILS:
Bride: Max Hayward
Groom: Geoff Snell
Location:Ham Polo Club, Richmond
Date: 07-Oct-06
Photographer: Images ©Moments Captured

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