Chloe and Joby also styled their wedding with various wooden signs, a hand-painted order of the day and a ‘find your seat’ sign decorated with eucalyptus leaves and fairylights. They provided some personalised activity packs for the children and grey blankets featuring brown rustic-style tags stamped with their newly married name and wedding date. “We also provided pairs of blue flip flops for when our guests needed to relax and dance!” The couple treated their guests to canapés which included fish and chip cones, courgette fritters and vegan options of chip cones and fritters. Their chosen starters were chickpea falafel, roasted squash soup or butter-steamed Cornish sole and the main dishes were roast beef, chicken or a root vegetable roast. “Everyone loved the catering, especially the summer berry mess, triple chocolate devil’s food cake and crispy banana fritters for dessert,” Chloe explains. “During the evening, we provided pasties and cake and plenty of prosecco for the toasts. We placed cocktail jugs of Cornish Spritz on each table instead of wine.” LOOKING THE PART Chloe wore the dress called Kameron teamed with the Itala top both by wedding dress designer Catherine Deane. “I fell in love with it and felt that it suited me and the wedding day that we had planned,” she says. “During the day, I wore the dress with the top which I had altered so it fitted snug around my waist. I teamed it with a simple and elegant long veil and a pair of beautiful diamond halo drop earrings that matched my engagement ring. During the evening, I removed the top and added a sparkly belt ready to party! I also wore a diamond halo necklace that Joby gave me as a gift on the morning of our wedding along with a heartfelt letter that he wrote for me.” Joby and the groomsmen wore blue tweed three-piece suits. “They got so many compliments and looked so smart,” Chloe says. “The suits were slim-fit styles which I had to talk Joby into trying on because he doesn’t usually feel comfortable in slim-fit clothing, but he liked it and looked so handsome! He rented it for the wedding but loved it so much that I purchased it for his birthday soon after the wedding!” The couple’s bridesmaids wore beautiful pale blue floor-length dresses and all felt comfortable in them. “I wore my hair half-up and half-down so our bridesmaids all had beautiful up-dos,” Chloe explains. TIME TO CELEBRATE Chloe and Joby chose Classical Strings to play during their outdoor ceremony. “It was a last-minute decision and we were both extremely happy that we booked the musicians because it created such a romantic atmosphere,” Chloe tells us. “I walked down the aisle to Eric Clapton’s Wonderful Tonight and Taylor Swift’s Wildest Dream was played whilst as we signed the register followed by All You Need is Love by the Beatles as we walked back down the aisle together as newlyweds.” During the welcome drinks, Chloe and Joby hired the singer Mike from Crown Entertainment to entertain their guests. “His voice was incredible and the atmosphere was so relaxed. We also had a coconut shy and a selection of outdoor garden games including giant Connect 4, hook-a-duck and Jenga. For the evening entertainment, we had a photo booth that printed the pictures instantly. It was so much fun and was used a lot by us and our guests who loved the mini boomerang videos! Our DJ was fantastic and played the right type of music to get our guests on the dancefloor!” “Performing our first dance was a highlight for me because we had practised it a couple of times beforehand and were a bit nervous but it was wonderful to have a few precious moments with my new wife.” – Jody REAL WEDDINGS 41
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