Today’s wedding is a great example of letting a little wedding budget go a long way! And it shows that you don’t need a stash of cash to create a beautiful and memorable  wedding day. Being smart with your budget and drawing in talents from your friends and family can really make your wedding day super personal as well as cost effective. Pip and Alex embarked upon a fair few handmade projects for their wedding day and brought in some new wedding traditions that personally I think should be seen more often…….Cake cutting during the ceremony!! Yes please! All the guests doing shots once the bride and groom say I do, great idea! However the thing that really steals the show, is Pip and Alex’s French bull dog, How cute! Big thanks to Barnaby Aldrick for capturing the day for us. A deeply personal celebration of us; everything and everyone we love. We had our french bulldog as our ring-bearer, our wedding cake made by my sister, ceremony tequila shots, incredible live music, surprise poems and non-stop dancing.

Pip and Alex were married on 27th August 2023 at Crimple in Harrogate. ‘We had a tight budget, so we knew from the outset that traditional wedding venues who charge £5000+ just to rent the space were out of the question for us. This challenged us to think creatively about the type of venue that would work for us. We were so naive at the beginning; thinking a tipi in a field would be a budget-friendly option? only to discover the hi...