Ellen Lewis-Williams and Samantha Lewis-Williams's Wedding in London, United Kingdom

The story of our wedding

My beautiful wife proposed in a hot air balloon while we were soaring over the Tuscan countryside in Italy - so it was always going to be hard to top that moment... but our wedding day did a pretty amazing job.

We knew we wanted to get married in the spring, so we could fill a barn with flowers and gorgeous pastel colours - and Old Luxters Barn in Henley-on-Thames (just outside of London) was the perfect venue.

We didn't know what each other were going to wear, but both ended up in stunning lace dresses that complemented the rustic feel of the day perfectly.

Our (shared) bridesmaids wore pastel skirts with lace tops, echoing the pastel colours in our flower arrangements and bouquets.

We held the ceremony inside the barn filled with fairy lights and seated our guests in a horseshoe style to make sure everyone could see every moment of our wonderful ceremony, lead by Lynn Tierney Celebrants.

We then headed to the marquee where drinks were served. We'd filled this with pastel-coloured bunting and honeycomb balls, our beautiful wedding cake made by a family friend, and a tower of donuts!