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Real Bride Spotlight: Becca


 So here we go, our first Vicki’s Real Bride Spotlight of the Month for 2025!! This is one of our lovely autumn brides from 2024, Becca. It was an absolute pleasure helping Becca find her perfect wedding dress, she gave us countless moments where we sat back and said, ‘this is why we do what we do.’ So we can’t wait for her to share her bridal journey with you.


As always, let's start at the beginning, how did he propose? 

Jack and I absolutely love the Lake District, so we took a trip up there in September 2022, and I was so unwell! Jack had an idea in his head of where/when in the trip he wanted to propose, but me being ill did make him a bit nervous of how it would play out . We did a walk from Crummock Water to the top of Rannerdale Knotts and back and at the top of the Knotts, he pulled out my gorgeous ring and made me his fiancé! We were blessed with the most gorgeous weather and scenery for such a special occasion, and we were the only 2 up there! We stayed up there for a few hours, soaking it all in and FaceTiming our mums. We love the Lakes so much that our table plan was a homemade map of the lakes, with each table name being a lake we’ve visited!


That sounds idyllic, and the photos are stunning. Next, where, and when was your Big Day?

We got married on the 11th October 2024 at The Old Kent Barn, Folkestone, with the most perfect Autumnal day! Clear blue sky, crisp breeze and beautiful orange leaves on the trees.


We love The Old Kent Barn, what theme did you go for?

We are Autumnal people through and through, so of course we had to go for deep reds, greens, some beautiful dusky pinks, and the autumn colours ran through all our stationery too in our Save the Dates, Invites and venue signage.




Stunning! We do love an autumnal wedding here at Vicki’s Bridal Boutique. Next up, what is one piece of advice you would give any bride at the start of her bridal journey.  


I think my piece of advice would be, please don’t get swallowed up by what social media tells you your wedding planning journey should be like! Many times I got upset thinking we weren’t having the picture-perfect journey like you see a lot of couples online having, ours was stressful, sometimes financially tight, loooong, but it was OUR journey, and so wonderfully unlike those glimpses of perfect on the internet, and it came together like the most beautiful puzzle at the end!









My goddess, what amazingly honest advice! We love it. Now our favourite bit, tell us about your dress shopping. 

Oh my goodness, the dress journey! It was everything I’d ever dreamed of, I felt like a princess every time I tried on a dress.  I think I tried about 4 shops? Goodness knows how many dresses, and I always took my mum and my best friend bridesmaids with me, the perfect companions! The best shop experience by far was with Vicki’s with Megan & Hannah, hence the reason I had to go back a second time when I did say yes to Lillibeth. She was a strapless, lacy, swooshy dream and I felt like a million bucks - my mums and my bridesmaids reactions told me we’d found the one, plus the way I felt wearing her! Just dreamy.


And you certainly did look like a princess in Lillibeth. So on to ‘The Big Day’ itself, what was a highlight from the day? 

I can’t pick one highlight from our magical day! So there is a couple… the weather for starters! The week before our day was showing gusty winds and heavy rain, but it kept clearing ever so slightly day by day, and the day itself was just the most perfect autumnal day that we’d always dreamed of! Clear blue skies, a chill in the air and all the orange glow.  Next was my mum walking me down the aisle to my Husband-to-be, such a pinch me moment and just an immense feeling of “we made it”! Such a treasured moment not just for Jack and I but also for my dear Ma. Lastly, we have the ‘Survivors Photo’ taken by our DJ just as the final song of the night was finishing - this was everyone who’d spent the whole day right to the end with us - all our favourites, some family and some of our bestest friends. We did exactly what we’d said from the beginning of our wedding planning journey, threw an EPIC party.



Amazing! We have loved hearing all out your day, our last question is whats your favourite moment captured by photographer or guest? 

To try and find one favourite photo from the best day of our lives was so hard, but we managed to settle on this photo taken by one of our family members, Laura F-B, of our first dance! For us, it’s the beautiful colours, the way my dress looks from the back, Jack looking so happy and some of our friends looking at us with so much love - it’s just a photo that makes us smile so much



Beautiful! Thank you so much for sharing your special day with us, we are so honored to have helped supply part of yours and Jacks Big Day, and We wish you a lifetime of happiness together. 





Seamstress: @nicolaleverington

Suits: Lapels

Photobooth: @temptationtowers

Wedding Suppliers of the year 2024


This year we have had the pleasure to meet with, work with and add to our growing list of Vicki's friends aka our recommended wedding suppliers. Here are just a few of the wedding vendors that are ready to sprinkle their magic on your wedding day.



First up The Wedding Dress Surgeons, these lovely ladies are arguably our best friends! We work so closely with them to ensure that our Vicki's Bride dress fits them perfectly with their amazing seamstress work. When they are not with us most Wednesdays in the boutique, they can be found in their home studio in Maidstone.


Creative Bridal Hair run by the Hannah based in Tenterden, she offers beautiful bridal hair on your big day, offering trails beforehand to make sure it's perfect.







Next up, A Touch of Kent. Run by Sam and Kate offering stunning floristry and venue styling. You can see their handy work pride of place in the boutique window, as this year they created our beautiful flower cloud install. Which we are obsessed with!!



Little Wedding Warehouse, our favourite people to collaborate with when it comes to styled shoots.

Roxy's vision to create something extraordinary blows us away every time. And when it comes to furniture and prop higher, they are your go to.





Fox Red Celebrant, Georgina is the celebrant to bring your ceremony to life, ensuring that your love story is told to the fullest and is happy to add whatever personal touch wish from singing '2 become 1' by the Spice Girls to celebratory 'I Do' shots.





Now, when it comes to sweet treats, we just love Petula Cakes. She knows not everyone is after the big traditional wedding cake, so her dessert boards topped with a mini wedding cake are the best of both worlds.






The very talented, Tom Keenan done an incredible job of photographing our new Vicki's Home earlier this year, and we couldn't be happier with the photos. We had such a lovely afternoon working with him, the perfect energy for when you are a little out of comfort zone.




Sarah Bennet is ready with all your Make-up needs, creating a beautifully natural wedding looks. She is the perfect make-up artist if you are looking for a bridal look that isn't too heavy but still feel elegant. Sarah will work with you, having a trail beforehand, to make sure you feel stunning.


All said and done, is run by the lovely Helen in Tenterden, creating the most amazing wax melts and candles, which are delighted to share with our Vicki's Brides.


2n6 Sweets, is also a fellow Tenterden small business run by Sarah. She is our favourite sweet lady, supplying our brides and us with sweet treats. She can cater for you'll your sweetie needs for your big day, from favours to sweet displays.


I J Avenue, makes the most exquisite pearl jewellery, perfect for a modern day keep sake. With the ability to work with her to create something bespoke to you. Megan has had the loveliest time working with Iwona herself to create her wedding jewellery for next year.


Last not least a shout-out to our amazing suppliers Ellis Bridals, Kelsey Rose, Freda Bennet, Kate Fearnley, The Perfect Bridal Company, The Bobby Pin and Tulle & Flo.


We can't wait to continue tow work closes with these amazing wedding suppliers and hopefully meet more along the way in2025!

Welcome to our New Home

This summer was the most exciting yet here at Vicki’s Bridal Boutique as we entered our next chapter and moved into our new home, Unit 1 The Cellars, 3-5 High street, Tenterden, Kent. 

Yep! That's right, we haven’t moved far, in fact just over the road. And yes the walk over with the mirror was nail-biting but more on that later! 


Finding a new home has been something that has been on our Vicki’s wish list for a while. We loved the space we created at 1 East Cross, but as the business grew and so did our collections, we were slowly outgrowing our first home. But like anything in life and business, it’s all about timing and a lot of ‘what is meant to be will be’ a moto we both live by. And this summer everything aligned, and we started the move to Vicki’s next chapter. 


Closing the boutique was not an option this summer, so for 3 weeks we worked on setting up the new space in between appointments, making sure our brides were still our number one priority. After some long hours, helping hands, a few tears and a lot of scrubbing paint off ourselves, we got there and on Saturday 10th August we welcomed our brides to our new home, ready to make memories. 


We have made a conscious effort to make sure we kept the same vibes we created from the start, a place that welcomes our brides and allows them to make it their safe space. Though the outside might not be pink any more, don’t worry, inside we are still a sea of pink. The moment we got the keys, these walls were covered in our Vicki’s hues of pink, and you know what, it started to feel like home. Our new showroom offers us more space for our gorgeous British bridal gowns and to grow our collections. We have brought our stage with us, making sure our brides still have their moment to take centre stage and not forgetting our big mirror. Which luckily we had some helping hands to carry across the road - which was nerve ranking to say the least but did slightly resemble the Chuckle Brothers!! (if you know, you know!) We have been able to give Grandma Vicki’s dress her own pride of place for all to see, something that means so much to all our family, as she is and always will be our muse. 



The Cellars have also allowed us to offer a bridal suite, giving our brides a space to unpack everything that comes with wedding dress shopping. Something that our brides so far have loved. We have also added a bridesmaid suite into the mix, which gives a fun space for the bridal squad to play dress up with our Multiway Bridesmaid Dresses. The corridor offers a designated area to display our gorgeous Veils and Accessories. 


It’s safe to say that our new happy place has opened the doors to many exciting opportunities, and we can not wait to make many more memories here with each bride that walks through our doors, and hopefully we might be able to help find their dream wedding dress and sign our Vicki’s wall of fame. 



To book an appointment at Vicki’s Bridal Boutique, just head to our website. www.vickisbridalboutique.co.uk



Love

Hannah & Megan

xx











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