Your Devon and Cornwall Wedding - January/February 2021 (Issue 29)

27  REAL WEDDINGS J ess and Ted met at university. “Ted joined the mixed netball team where I was already a member and our relationship blossomed from there!” Jess tells us. “We’re now usually found playing or coaching dodgeball across the country, and we run a dodgeball club together.” The couple became engaged during an intimate proposal at home. “We had talked about getting married but wanted to wait until we could afford a wedding before getting engaged,” Jess tells us. “Ted ordered a ring that he thought would arrive in time for a trip that we were taking to South Africa last year but it didn’t so he asked me to marry him at home instead.” SETTING THE SCENE The couple had originally planned a big wedding for May 2020 which couldn't go ahead because of the Covid-19 restrictions. "When we knew that this had to be cancelled, the most important thing to us both was getting married as soon as possible without feeling like we were compromising," Jess says. "We were searching for an intimate elopement venue with accommodation on-site and a beautiful setting for photos and came across Ever After which ticked all of these boxes and more. We enquired about it in July and booked our wedding for September!" Because it was just the two of them, the styling on the day was arranged by “We are just so pleased that we were able to get married in such a beautiful setting that we forgot about the current situation worldwide.” - Jess and Ted