Photo: Sophie van der Perre and Jonathan West1/21Our wedding took place at the most beautiful estate in the Cotswolds, England. I always wanted to get married in the English countryside because it is where I grew up. It was very romantic and truly felt like a fairy tale.
Photo: Sophie van der Perre and Jonathan West2/21The entrance to our make-believe village where the guests slept in big, beautiful safari tents.
Photo: Sophie van der Perre and Jonathan West3/21Since Thomas and I are both big sport lovers, we hosted a cricket game on the estate during the wedding weekend and everybody dressed in traditional cricket whites.
Photo: Sophie van der Perre and Jonathan West4/21High fives on the cricket field during an exciting match.
Photo: Sophie van der Perre and Jonathan West5/21On the first day of the weekend, we organized a hunt and sent everyone into the woods wearing festive outfits to play riddles and games.
Photo: Sophie van der Perre and Jonathan West6/21After the hunting game, we had a delicious dinner and everyone sat on straw bales. Afterwards, we built a big bonfire.
Photo: Sophie van der Perre and Jonathan West7/21A very special walk to the chapel with my sister Bobbie, who was my maid of honor.
Photo: Sophie van der Perre and Jonathan West8/21My dear friend Jan Taminiau designed my dress and I created the tiara myself.
Photo: Sophie van der Perre and Jonathan West9/21We were married in a little stone chapel on the property. It was a very special and intimate setting.
Photo: Sophie van der Perre and Jonathan West10/21Some of the flowers at our wedding were brought in from the Netherlands where we live, but most of them were foraged from the estate grounds.
Photo: Sophie van der Perre and Jonathan West11/21Our ceremony included speeches from our parents along with wonderful, soulful music and our own personally written vows.
Photo: Sophie van der Perre and Jonathan West12/21Just married!
Photo: Sophie van der Perre and Jonathan West13/21Thomas and I walking through a shower of roses and friends, celebrating our love after the ceremony.
Photo: Sophie van der Perre and Jonathan West14/21Our two little children, Charlie and Balthazar, played a very special role at our wedding.
Photo: Sophie van der Perre and Jonathan West15/21The amazing “Bug Bar” served the best drinks during the wedding, each cocktail was matching the different themes we had.
Photo: Sophie van der Perre and Jonathan West16/21The dinner took place in this amazing tent, beautifully decorated by my dear friends at The Wunderkammer.
Photo: Sophie van der Perre and Jonathan West17/21During a delicious five-course dinner, close friends made great speeches that resulted in both tears and laughter at the same time.
Photo: Sophie van der Perre and Jonathan West18/21At night, the garden had this fairy-tale look with lights illuminating the path to the tents.
Photo: Sophie van der Perre and Jonathan West19/21A little party never killed anybody!
Photo: Sophie van der Perre and Jonathan West20/21Since Thomas and I both love to dance, we danced until the sun came up.
Photo: Sophie van der Perre and Jonathan West21/21All of our guests slept in large tents with double beds.
