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Amy and Fraser's wonderful winter wedding at exclusive use wedding venue Ellingham Hall in Northumberland

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Amy and Fraser met at university in Aberdeen and since then have travelled the world from their original family homes in Scotland and Northumberland.

Nowadays they live in Calgary in Canada, so organising a wedding from thousands of mles away was never going to be easy - but thanks to the internet and some great organisational skills - they did it - in style!

Amy had seen a wedding that I had photographed for Liz and Steve at Ellingham Hall, a beautiful exclusive use wedding venue in Northumberland last year on my BLOG and e-mailed to to ask some questions. Once I had done that she was determined, on the basis of my wedding blog and my website that she wanted me to be a small but important part of her wedding at Ellingham Hall!

Fraser and Amy visited Northumberland in September - and we met for the first time and got on really well, and I met with her mum too. We e-mailed each other a few more times, and last Saturday, finally was the date for the BIG day at Ellingham Hall.

It was a gray overcast day, drizzling rain and there was fog too on the roads as I made my way though Newcastle and then headed up the A1 past Alnwick, but once I was in the beautiful Ellingham Hall, all decked out with Christmas trees and decorations and open roaring fires, I was transported to a much nicer place!

The service was short and sweet - with lots of laughs and immediately after the ceremony we headed straight outside as there was only about 10 minutes of daylight left and we knew we wanted to get a good group shot of everyone together.

After that was a relaxing hour or two with canapes and drinks before heading into the main hall, decked out with candles and decorations for our dinner and speeches before chilling out for a while in the reception room and the main lounge as the ceilidh band set up.

Then Fraser and Amy surprised us all by putting on their cowboy boots for their first dance and Fraser donned a wonderful stetson which made him look so handsome for their first dance!

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A great day for everyone!

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Nicola's wedding in Durham

Victoria at The Crab and Lobster

Lynn's wedding at Lindisfarne Castle

Kate's wedding at Langley Castle

Winter sun reflected in the sign at Ellingham Hall in Northumberland, England.

Louise at Jesmond Dene House Hotel

Amy's wedding at Ellingham Hall

Karen's wedding at Crathorne Hall

Natalie's wedding at Gisborough Hall

Rachel's wedding at Headlam Hall

Shelley's wedding at Langley Castle

Amy relaxes with her closest friends at Ellingham Hall as she gets ready for her ceremont in Northumberland after travelling from Canada

Lucy's wedding at Seaham Hall

Catherine's wedding at Crathorne Hall

Rhoanne's wedding at Headlam Hall

Gill's wedding at Bowes and Teesdale

Kerry's wedding at Tynemouth

Leila's at Sunderland Glass Centre

SEE LIZ'S WEDDING AT ELLINGHAM HALL, HERE

MORE DETAILS ABOUT ELLINGHAM HALL, HERE

Amy and Fraser from Calgary, Canada, take their wedding vows at Ellingham Hall in Northumberland in December.

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Catherine's wedding at Tynemouth

Amy and Fraser grab a few minutes in the fading light during their December wedding at Ellingham Hall

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Jag's wedding at Hardwick Hall

Charlotte's wedding at Tynemouth

Kay's wedding at Ramside Hall

Elizabeth's wedding at Rockliffe Hall

Caroline's wedding at Wynyard Hall

Charlotte's marquee wedding at home

Sarah and David at Beamish Park Hotel

Debra and Liam at Quayside Exchange

The main hall at Ellingham Hall illuminated with candles and ready for a winter wedding

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Fay and Nick at The Crab and Lobster

Jayne and Stephen's marquee wedding

Anna and Neil at Beamish Hall

Guests applause the speeches and (below) Amy and Fraser from Calgary in Canada don their cowboy boots and stetson for their first dance!

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.... and some lovely weddings from previous years ....from Tontine Restaurant North Yorkshire, The Crab and Lobster near Thirsk, Crathorne Hall, Langley Castle, Redworth Hall, Guyzance Hall, Doxford Hall, Judges Country House Hotel, Slaley Hall, Close House Hotel, Tall Trees Yarm, Hardwick Hall, Dissington Hall, Rockliffe Hall Chillingham Castle and Beamish Hall

Amy at Redworth

Liz at Ellingham

Jenni at Judges

Nina at Stokesley

Asian Weddings

Kelsey at Crab Manor

Ingrid at Langley

Jo & Jez at Crathorne

Tall Trees Yarm

Lucy at Matfen Hall

Lindsey at Dissington

Beamish Hall

Deborah at Crathorne

Crab and Lobster

Nicola at Hardwicke

Teedah at Slaley

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