Chloe and Joby met while working as mental health nurses in 2012. “We got to know each other during a night out in Truro,” Chloe tells us. “We started dating and were together for a few years before going our separate ways. We then bumped into each other again in 2018 and the spark was undeniable so things developed from there.” The couple became engaged on Perranporth Beach in Cornwall. “We had planned to go to the beach for the day and took a mini tapas picnic with us,” Chloe says. “We enjoyed a walk across the dunes and just as we spotted the sea, Joby reached into his bag, got down on one knee and asked me to marry him! It was a wonderful moment.” SETTING THE SCENE Knightor Winery was the only venue that Chloe and Joby visited and both fell in love with it straight away. “We wanted an intimate and laid-back wedding with our closest loved ones and felt this special venue was a perfect size and looked so beautiful,” Chloe says. “We decided on a dusky blue and grey theme so we hung white lace, blue and hessian bunting from the beams and displayed mini crates that my dad had varnished brimming with succulents on the window sills which looked great.” The couple wanted plenty of wild foliage and flowers with pops of blue in their arrangements at their ceremony and reception. “We got married outside under an arbour where we had a stunning flower archway that was moved into the courtyard after the ceremony,” Chloe tells us. “We had four meadows within the arbour that were later placed in front of the top table. Myself, our bridesmaids and flowergirl held stunning bouquets and Joby, the groomsmen, our fathers and our usher all wore coordinating buttonholes while our mothers each had a magnet corsage.” The couple’s cake was also decorated with foliage and blue details. “We had a stunning three-tier semi-naked cake with two chocolate tiers and a salted caramel layer. It tasted delicious and worked beautifully with our rustic theme,” Chloe says. “Our cake topper was wooden peg dolls made to look like me, Joby, our pug Milo and our cats, Henry and Maisie and is one of my favourite keepsakes from the day!” The couple chose coloured glass bottles filled with eucalyptus leaves and single-stem foliage as their centrepieces. “Each table was decorated with soft blue cheesecloth table runners, glass jars filled with fairylights and hessian covers,” Chloe describes. “Our top table featured a wooden ‘Mr and Mrs Plant’ sign. We had rustic-inspired place names made from mini wooden tree logs and wooden table numbers. Our favours were pin badges that we had designed especially to represent us in a quirky way - we were so happy with them!” “Joby gave an amazing and heartfelt wedding speech, he did an amazing job.We often talk about the day and there’s nothing that we would change.The ceremony was my favourite part because it was so beautiful.” – Chloe REAL WEDDINGS 39
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