OUR KENTISH CEREMONY
MARRIED AT THE FERRY HOUSE
HARTY , ISLE OF SHEPPEY FOR HELEN CRITCHER AND CHRIS HOLMES IT WAS FOURTH TIME LUCKY WHEN THEY WERE FINALLY ABLE TO SAY I DO , BUT THEIR PERFECT DAY WAS WORTH THE WAIT
Photography by : Julia and You
THE VENUE After getting engaged in 2017 , we were actually supposed to get married at another venue in 2020 but after I fell pregnant we realised it was a little out of our price range . As soon as we walked into The Ferry House , we knew it was the one ! It felt very ‘ us ’; it just had a really nice , chilled , relaxed atmosphere .
Unfortunately before we were able to finally say ‘ I do ’ our wedding date changed a further two times , so for us it was fourth time lucky !
THE DRESS I knew exactly what style and designer I wanted for my dress , and although some people commented that I didn ’ t choose a dress they thought I would , my Pronovias gown was 100 % what I was looking for - something with long sleeves , lace and that pulled me in at the waist .
THE CEREMONY One of my favourite moments from our ceremony was when our eldest son walked down the aisle with his cousin ( who was four ) and then kissed my dress when I got to the top of the aisle , which you can just see captured on our wedding video .
THE MUSIC Leonie , whose stage name is Blame Jones , was part of a band back in 2016 and sang at my friend ’ s wedding . As soon as I heard her sing You ’ ve Got The Love I knew I wanted her to sing at our wedding .
A year later we got engaged , and we booked her band . However , we learned that they were breaking up and our wedding was going to be one of their last - and then Covid hit . When the date got rescheduled , the band was no more - I was genuinely so gutted .
I reached out to Leonie on Instagram and we kept in touch , but I wasn ’ t ever sure if I was going to be able to book her . Then , she started playing with some other bands , one being NeoRoots . I loved their sound and booked them for our wedding . Leonie also agreed to sing our walking down the aisle song as well .
A bout of the flu meant on the week of our wedding Leonie ended up on voice rest , but thankfully as I entered I heard her singing , which was a huge relief !
THE PHOTOGRAPHY Julia and You was another supplier I had wanted for as long as I could remember . She did my old work colleague ’ s wedding in 2016 and I loved the photos so much . She wasn ’ t available for our original date but thankfully when we rearranged she was free and we could book her .
We also chose to have a videographer - Russell Kent-Nicholls . His work is insane !
THE HIGHLIGHT I think walking down the aisle and seeing everyone ’ s faces beaming back at you , so happy we had finally gotten to our day , meant the world to me .
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