{"id":543147,"date":"2015-02-28T07:00:16","date_gmt":"2015-02-28T13:00:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/junebugweddings.com\/wedding-blog\/what-junebug-loves\/?p=543147"},"modified":"2015-03-02T15:15:22","modified_gmt":"2015-03-02T21:15:22","slug":"british-armed-forces-inspired-royal-blue-wedding","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/junebugweddings.com\/wedding-blog\/british-armed-forces-inspired-royal-blue-wedding\/","title":{"rendered":"British Armed Forces Inspired Royal Blue Wedding"},"content":{"rendered":"<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC \"-\/\/W3C\/\/DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional\/\/EN\" \"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/TR\/REC-html40\/loose.dtd\">\n<html><body><p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-543155\" src=\"https:\/\/images.junebugweddings.com\/30\/a9\/30a9408e3b91c424.jpg\" alt=\"British-Armed-Forces-Inspired-Royal-Blue-Wedding (8 of 27)\" width=\"600\" height=\"401\"><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">He was her first kiss on the playground, and now they&rsquo;re husband and wife!&nbsp;Tracy and Clive&rsquo;s&nbsp;British Armed Forces inspired wedding at the&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.hrp.org.uk\/TowerOfLondon\/\" target=\"_blank\">Tower of London<\/a>&nbsp;was filled with royal blue and red colors that resembled Clive&rsquo;s uniform. Taking advantage of the historic architecture,&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.realitypaused.com\" target=\"_blank\">Butterfly Effect<\/a>&nbsp;photography captured the couple&rsquo;s breathtaking moments around the grounds.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 18pt;\"><em>The Couple:<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Tracy and Clive<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 18pt;\"><em>The Wedding:<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.hrp.org.uk\/TowerOfLondon\/\" target=\"_blank\">Tower of London<\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 18pt;\"><em>The Inspiration:<br>\n<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p><em><span class=\"il\">Clive<\/span>, being in the Armed Forces, meant that it would be a military wedding so his uniform would be what we styled the day on. My favorite colour is royal blue and (luckily) went with his uniform so the colour theme was royal blue and was linked to everything we could including the order or services, favours, bridesmaids dresses, flowers etc. <\/em><br>\n<em>The overall decor was classy without being over the top.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-543148\" src=\"https:\/\/images.junebugweddings.com\/1b\/bf\/1bbfc8eea70f1e05.jpg\" alt=\"British-Armed-Forces-Inspired-Royal-Blue-Wedding (1 of 27)\" width=\"600\" height=\"401\"><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-543149\" src=\"https:\/\/images.junebugweddings.com\/b4\/b5\/b4b5fd7214d1bb1f.jpg\" alt=\"British-Armed-Forces-Inspired-Royal-Blue-Wedding (2 of 27)\" width=\"600\" height=\"401\"><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-543150\" src=\"https:\/\/images.junebugweddings.com\/59\/30\/5930d7be01c0c724.jpg\" alt=\"British-Armed-Forces-Inspired-Royal-Blue-Wedding (3 of 27)\" width=\"600\" height=\"401\"><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-543151\" src=\"https:\/\/images.junebugweddings.com\/fb\/17\/fb175a00cf017702.jpg\" alt=\"British-Armed-Forces-Inspired-Royal-Blue-Wedding (4 of 27)\" width=\"600\" height=\"401\"><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-543152\" src=\"https:\/\/images.junebugweddings.com\/63\/cf\/63cfaa31f6e50151.jpg\" alt=\"British-Armed-Forces-Inspired-Royal-Blue-Wedding (5 of 27)\" width=\"600\" height=\"401\"><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-543153\" src=\"https:\/\/images.junebugweddings.com\/fd\/1f\/fd1f816f8a705627.jpg\" alt=\"British-Armed-Forces-Inspired-Royal-Blue-Wedding (6 of 27)\" width=\"600\" height=\"401\"><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-543154\" src=\"https:\/\/images.junebugweddings.com\/a9\/96\/a99607193ea2ddc3.jpg\" alt=\"British-Armed-Forces-Inspired-Royal-Blue-Wedding (7 of 27)\" width=\"600\" height=\"401\"><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-543156\" src=\"https:\/\/images.junebugweddings.com\/a0\/17\/a01738a7fe84c46f.jpg\" alt=\"British-Armed-Forces-Inspired-Royal-Blue-Wedding (9 of 27)\" width=\"600\" height=\"401\"><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-543157\" src=\"https:\/\/images.junebugweddings.com\/dd\/3a\/dd3ab14143f2cb9b.jpg\" alt=\"British-Armed-Forces-Inspired-Royal-Blue-Wedding (10 of 27)\" width=\"600\" height=\"401\"><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-543158\" src=\"https:\/\/images.junebugweddings.com\/b2\/40\/b2401701ce7eb71d.jpg\" alt=\"British-Armed-Forces-Inspired-Royal-Blue-Wedding (11 of 27)\" width=\"600\" height=\"401\"><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-543159\" src=\"https:\/\/images.junebugweddings.com\/20\/55\/2055ed1fc4ee077d.jpg\" alt=\"British-Armed-Forces-Inspired-Royal-Blue-Wedding (12 of 27)\" width=\"600\" height=\"401\"><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-543160\" src=\"https:\/\/images.junebugweddings.com\/ef\/c7\/efc7cf2ec738626b.jpg\" alt=\"British-Armed-Forces-Inspired-Royal-Blue-Wedding (13 of 27)\" width=\"600\" height=\"401\"><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-543162\" src=\"https:\/\/images.junebugweddings.com\/6a\/bc\/6abc6f098a201a98.jpg\" alt=\"British-Armed-Forces-Inspired-Royal-Blue-Wedding (15 of 27)\" width=\"600\" height=\"397\"><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-543163\" src=\"https:\/\/images.junebugweddings.com\/70\/e6\/70e695535fc3aaf5.jpg\" alt=\"British-Armed-Forces-Inspired-Royal-Blue-Wedding (16 of 27)\" width=\"600\" height=\"397\"><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-543164\" src=\"https:\/\/images.junebugweddings.com\/34\/8f\/348fa0c7b1fd1ebb.jpg\" alt=\"British-Armed-Forces-Inspired-Royal-Blue-Wedding (17 of 27)\" width=\"600\" height=\"440\"><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-543165\" src=\"https:\/\/images.junebugweddings.com\/29\/c9\/29c921ece596b1a6.jpg\" alt=\"British-Armed-Forces-Inspired-Royal-Blue-Wedding (18 of 27)\" width=\"600\" height=\"398\"><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-543166\" src=\"https:\/\/images.junebugweddings.com\/b6\/7c\/b67cc5c423adc544.jpg\" alt=\"British-Armed-Forces-Inspired-Royal-Blue-Wedding (19 of 27)\" width=\"600\" height=\"397\"><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-543167\" src=\"https:\/\/images.junebugweddings.com\/d8\/57\/d857ba586772262a.jpg\" alt=\"British-Armed-Forces-Inspired-Royal-Blue-Wedding (20 of 27)\" width=\"600\" height=\"397\"><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-543168\" src=\"https:\/\/images.junebugweddings.com\/c5\/df\/c5df008afc0b907c.jpg\" alt=\"British-Armed-Forces-Inspired-Royal-Blue-Wedding (21 of 27)\" width=\"600\" height=\"397\"><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-543169\" src=\"https:\/\/images.junebugweddings.com\/69\/7c\/697c3e5541fa82b4.jpg\" alt=\"British-Armed-Forces-Inspired-Royal-Blue-Wedding (22 of 27)\" width=\"600\" height=\"397\"><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-543171\" src=\"https:\/\/images.junebugweddings.com\/49\/da\/49da081a5905c25f.jpg\" alt=\"British-Armed-Forces-Inspired-Royal-Blue-Wedding (23 of 27)\" width=\"600\" height=\"397\"><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-543172\" src=\"https:\/\/images.junebugweddings.com\/0a\/d9\/0ad97464f0ef1936.jpg\" alt=\"British-Armed-Forces-Inspired-Royal-Blue-Wedding (24 of 27)\" width=\"600\" height=\"397\"><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-543173\" src=\"https:\/\/images.junebugweddings.com\/8d\/6e\/8d6ec20a5ffebf5e.jpg\" alt=\"British-Armed-Forces-Inspired-Royal-Blue-Wedding (25 of 27)\" width=\"600\" height=\"398\"><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-543174\" src=\"https:\/\/images.junebugweddings.com\/df\/d2\/dfd23a3c1c3dabb5.jpg\" alt=\"British-Armed-Forces-Inspired-Royal-Blue-Wedding (26 of 27)\" width=\"600\" height=\"398\"><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-543175\" src=\"https:\/\/images.junebugweddings.com\/51\/b6\/51b6f2f55ab6a9f6.jpg\" alt=\"British-Armed-Forces-Inspired-Royal-Blue-Wedding (27 of 27)\" width=\"600\" height=\"397\"><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 18pt;\"><em>The Moments:<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p><em>For me, there were 2 favorite moments. Getting ready was great fun and the perfect start to the best day of my life shared with my mum, 2 sisters, best friend and future mother-in-law. Next was walking down the aisle towards <span class=\"il\">Clive<\/span>. I had no nerves, worries or hesitations. Just pure happiness, excitement and fulfillment. <\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>For <span class=\"il\">Clive<\/span>, it was on P.S. Elizabethan (our reception boat) when we took a bottle of champagne on to the front of the boat and had a &lsquo;5 minute timeout&rsquo; where we looked back at our guests enjoying the party, popped the champagne and looked out at a moonlight London.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 18pt;\"><em>The Couple Recommends:<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p><em>I would 100% recommend our AMAZING photographers. They were FANTASTIC from beginning to end. They did everything we asked and it was like having close friends sharing our day with us. <\/em><br>\n<em>Also, The Bride in St Albans where I got my wedding dress from. They were so friendly and helpful and made the whole experience wonderful.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 18pt;\"><em>The Wedding Team:<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Photography &ndash;&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.realitypaused.com\" target=\"_blank\">Butterfly Effect<\/a><br>\nCeremony Venue &ndash;&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.hrp.org.uk\/TowerOfLondon\/\" target=\"_blank\">Tower of London<\/a><br>\nReception Venue &ndash;&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.thamesluxurycharters.co.uk\/elizabethan\" target=\"_blank\">P.S The Elizabethan<\/a><br>\nFloral Design &ndash;&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.flowerstation.co.uk\" target=\"_blank\">FlowerStation<\/a><br>\nCake &ndash;&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.epiccakes.co.uk\" target=\"_blank\">Epic Cakes<\/a><br>\nLive Music &ndash;&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.booklive.co.uk\/band\/inferno-party-band\" target=\"_blank\">Inferno Party Band<\/a><br>\nVideography &ndash;&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.ifilmhd.co.uk\" target=\"_blank\">Andrew Whiteside<\/a><br>\nInvitations &ndash;&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.pureinvitation.co.uk\" target=\"_blank\">Pure Invitations<\/a><br>\nMakeup Artist &ndash;&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.beautycall.co.uk\" target=\"_blank\">Caitlin Scott<\/a><br>\nHair Styling &ndash;&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.beautycall.co.uk\" target=\"_blank\">Caitlin Scott<\/a><br>\nWedding Dress &ndash;&nbsp;Sassi Holford&rsquo;s Isobel from <a href=\"http:\/\/www.the-bride.co.uk\" target=\"_blank\">The Bride<\/a><br>\nBridal Accessories &ndash;&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.the-bride.co.uk\" target=\"_blank\">The Bride<\/a><br>\nBridesmaids&rsquo; Apparel &ndash;&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.dessy.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Dessy<\/a><br>\nGroomsmen&rsquo;s Apparel &ndash;&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.mossbroshire.co.uk\" target=\"_blank\">Moss Boss<\/a><br>\nRings &ndash;&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.musson.com.au\" target=\"_blank\">Musson Jewellers<\/a><br>\nFavors &ndash;&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.etsy.com\/market\/let_love_brew\" target=\"_blank\">Tea bag pouches<\/a><\/p>\n<p>A huge thank you to&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.realitypaused.com\" target=\"_blank\">Butterfly Effect<\/a>&nbsp;for sharing&nbsp;Tracy and Clive&rsquo;s royal blue wedding! Looking for more historic venue inspiration? Check out this <a href=\"http:\/\/junebugweddings.com\/wedding-blog\/what-junebug-loves\/british-inspired-new-orleans-wedding\/\" target=\"_blank\">British inspired New Orleans wedding<\/a> and this <a href=\"http:\/\/junebugweddings.com\/wedding-blog\/what-junebug-loves\/beautiful-italian-castle-wedding\/\" target=\"_blank\">beautiful Italian castle wedding<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/junebugweddings.com\/wedding-blog\/what-junebug-loves\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/xoxoJackie4.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"xoxo\" src=\"https:\/\/static.junebugweddings.com\/blog\/xoxo\/xo-jackie.png\" alt=\"xoxoJackie\" width=\"101\" height=\"47\"><\/a><\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>He was her first kiss on the playground, and now they&rsquo;re husband and wife!&nbsp;Tracy and Clive&rsquo;s&nbsp;British Armed Forces inspired wedding at the&nbsp;Tower of London&nbsp;was filled with royal blue and red colors that resembled Clive&rsquo;s uniform. Taking advantage of the historic architecture,&nbsp;Butterfly Effect&nbsp;photography captured the couple&rsquo;s breathtaking moments around the grounds. The Couple: Tracy and Clive The Wedding: Tower of London The Inspiration: Clive, being in the Armed Forces, meant that it would be a military [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":17,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"kia_subtitle":"","footnotes":"","_wpscppro_dont_share_socialmedia":false,"_wpscppro_custom_social_share_image":0,"_facebook_share_type":"","_twitter_share_type":"","_linkedin_share_type":"","_pinterest_share_type":"","_linkedin_share_type_page":"","_instagram_share_type":"","_medium_share_type":"","_threads_share_type":"","_google_business_share_type":"","_selected_social_profile":[],"_wpsp_enable_custom_social_template":false,"_wpsp_social_scheduling":{"enabled":false,"datetime":null,"platforms":[],"status":"template_only","dateOption":"today","timeOption":"now","customDays":"","customHours":"","customDate":"","customTime":"","schedulingType":"absolute"},"_wpsp_active_default_template":true},"categories":[1052,1226,1083,1227,1306,1005],"tags":[1107,1103,1113],"class_list":["post-543147","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-best-wedding-photography","category-england-wedding","category-historic-venue-wedding","category-london-wedding","category-military-wedding","category-real-weddings","tag-bright-red","tag-light-blue","tag-white"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/junebugweddings.com\/wedding-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/543147","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/junebugweddings.com\/wedding-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/junebugweddings.com\/wedding-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/junebugweddings.com\/wedding-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/17"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/junebugweddings.com\/wedding-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=543147"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/junebugweddings.com\/wedding-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/543147\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/junebugweddings.com\/wedding-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=543147"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/junebugweddings.com\/wedding-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=543147"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/junebugweddings.com\/wedding-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=543147"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}