Tom and Angel's Wedding in Lewes, East Sussex

Pelham House was our dream wedding venue, it is a beautiful period house in the centre of historic Lewes, a market town in Sussex. It is an exclusive wedding venue, with a stunning art deco-inspired interior, accommodation, catering and coordination all on-site.

The theme for our wedding was festive glamour, we wanted a subtle nod to Christmas. We opted for a colour palette that reflected the winter vibe, deep burgundy, forest green, and blush pinks with accents of gold. Scenting our wedding was important to us, aroma plays a big part in our memories. We used our favourite scent Winter by White Company, we had candles and room spray, the venue smelt like a Christmas dream.

Our florals were in keeping with our colour palette and were wild and free-flowing, the neutral ceremony room was given an uplift by the pops of colour in the asymmetric arch and the four floral meadows adorning the aisle. We had beautiful centrepieces in gold vessels at the wedding breakfast and for the long-top table we had bud vases. We utilised our florals from the ceremony and they were placed by the cake and our top table. I had a winter bouquet with our colour palette and a velvet ribbon finished it off, the bridesmaids had foliage only so their deep burgundy dresses stood out.

We wanted lots of candlelight throughout the venue, we opted for pillar candles in hurricane vases, scented tea lights in mirror gold holders and tapered candles in glass chimneys at the wedding breakfast. The tables were accented by gold cutlery, blush pink runners and deep burgundy linen, along with our gold framed table names, in the theme of winter florals. For favours, we decided to donate to a charity close to our hearts. We had burgundy and gold foil cards made, along with pin badges - this added a very personal touch to our day.

Our cake was three delicious layers consisting of Vanilla & Lotus, Raspberry & White Chocolate and Cinnamon and Pecan topped with burgundy buttercream, white chocolate ganache and decorated with gold leaf and a cascade of florals.

We wanted a fun energy and for our guests to be entertained, especially in the evening. We opted for a Gold Sequin Photobooth, Audio Guestbook, Star Lit Dancefloor, Band and Sparklers. These helped to get the party started! After our cake-cutting and first dance I changed out of my wedding dress into a sparkly Nadine Merabi jumpsuit and danced the night away.

There is no real favourite moment for us, the whole day from start to finish was a dream come true. We cried, we laughed, and we partied with our favourite people until the lights came on, hand in hand as husband and wife!