Tom Ravenshear

Mia and Dan are two exceptional people, and their wedding day was certainly one to match. In the deepest darkest part of France there is the most amazing place called Chateau La Durante, and for weeks the rain had been falling. But on their day, the sun shone, as did their friends – most of whom stayed in one of the many rooms in the beautiful house. Very happy days in a very happy place – Thank you Mia and Dan for letting me be part of your day..

Nicky and Ben certainly know how to put on a great wedding. Its difficult to describe exactly how much fun this day was. There relaxed approach to the whole weekend was a major factor, as was the handmade nature of the day, and all their amazing friends. Add in some glorious summer sunshine in the South of Spain and you are ready to go. Their venue was the stunning Casa La Siesta, whos resident cook make the most amazing paella, and all the details were designed by Nicky (herself a textile designer) and her equally talented sister Lucy, of Lucy Says I Do (the most amazing wedding stationery). Ben played his part too, adding a very large dose of strutting on the dance floor, and eventually with the help of best men and ushers trying their best to make the whole wedding look like a Dolce & Gabbana advert..! But if you are planning a wedding, the one thing that you must do, as inspired by these guys and i have to admit was the highlight of my wedding year – do a routine for a first dance. Their was epic and involved most of their family. Happy times, with some amazing people….

2013 has been an utterly amazing year, and I can honestly say that from the very beginning until the very end I have not stopped giggling. I have met some inspiring people, seen some truly amazing things (mostly on the dance floor), been to some fabulous places and had some great times. Some things that will always stay with me from this year are this;- Planning a dance routing for the fist dance totally rocks (you know who you are);  the song Get Lucky gets a bit annoying after a while; I hope I never see a streaker at a wedding again (!); Picking wild flowers on the morning of your wedding is way cool;  the weather over here is both brilliant and rubbish. Heres to all of you who’s wedding I was so lucky to be at in 2013, it was a pleasure and I can honestly say – you all drink way too much….!!

Here is a selection of some of my favourite pictures and moments from the year, and a huge thanks to my assistant Andy who occasionally joined me on our travels, enjoy, and here’s to 2014…

It seems like summer was ages ago now with all this wintry weather, but nothing feels more summery that this lovely wedding in Enfield. Jude and Ricky virtually made the whole wedding themselves, they found a field by a lake, added a tent or two, a few games, a bar made by Ricky and a large dose of sunshine. Thank you so much Jude and Ricky for being so great and having me as part of your day – it was a blast..

Its been a mega busy last few months, so I thought I would share a few images of what I have been up to recently…