Small but perfectly formed' was the concept behind Anjela and Mark's wedding, so the couple invited a group of family and close friends (50 in total) to an intimate but lavish celebration. Guests were asked to wear understated but stylish attire, and everyone's outfit fitted the bill perfectly.

Anjela and Mark and their immediate family had stayed at the castle the night before enjoying a pre-wedding dinner and so had a relaxed start to the day with Mark greeting guests with morning coffee and champagne before the civil ceremony and Anjela making her preparations upstairs. When she emerged, wearing an ivory wild silk dress and silk organza coat, she looked stunning. She carried a posy of red, pink, orange, yellow and purple roses, and these colours were picked up by the groom, best man, the bride's father and the ushers, who each wore a tie in one of the hues, plus a buttonhole to match. As Anjela's seven-year-old bridesmaid, jodie, didn't want to wear a dress, they agreed that she should wear a smart navy suit and carry a small posy of red, pink and yellow roses. After the civil ceremony in the drawing room, at which Anjela's school friend, Lucy Whitefield, gave a moving reading of Elizabeth Barratt Browning's poem How do I love thee, the party made their procession to the castle's chapel for the wedding blessing by Reverend David Weeks.

Their vows completed, the newlyweds joined their guests in the courtyard for more champagne, before sitting down to a sumptuous wedding breakfast - each female guest finding a favour of a small posy of roses in the wedding's signature hot, jewelled colours at her place setting. At 6pm, after the couple had cut the cake ( a clever parcel design of three tiers wrapped with icing 'ribbon' which was created by family friend Cindy Bailey) they eventually made their exit. 'The timing throughout the whole day was perfect,' says Anjela, 'which made it so relaxed and stress-free that we could enjoy ourselves as if we were simply guests.'