Michelle and Chris met through mutual friends in June 2006. “We attended a group meal at Pizza Express in Salisbury where we couldn’t stop looking at each other,” Michelle tells us. “Chris proposed in August 2011 over dinner in Pizza Hut. He wanted to ask me in the same pizza restaurant where we had met but it was fully booked so he had to improvise! It was a complete surprise and I cried happy tears,” Michelle says. SETTING THE SCENE The couple chose Bowood hotel, spa and golf resort in Calne, Wiltshire, as their wedding venue. “I started researching venues online and the first one I came across was Bowood and it was love at first sight,” Michelle explains. “When we visited, the gardens, lake and grounds are what attracted us and we decided it was worth waiting the couple of months it took for the outdoor ceremony area to be licenced because we wanted an al fresco wedding.” The couple chose a pretty-in-pink and soft-blue colour theme to style their day. Their bouquets and table arrangement created for their sweetheart top table contained fresh flowers that set the theme. “We had a welcome message, table plan “Our photographer, Simon, is also a friend who did such a fantastic job on the day and during the lead-up to our wedding.We really couldn’t have asked for more.” − Michelle and Chris REAL WEDDINGS 23
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