Your Gloucestershire and Wiltshire Wedding- April/May 2020 (Issue 20)

REAL WEDDINGS 21  L isa-Marie and Marc met on board the P&O cruise ship called Oceana when they were both working as photographers. “We were friends at first,” Lisa tells us, “and I thought he was the funniest person ever!” After only two weeks of knowing each other, Marc was enticing the passengers to have their photographs taken and sending them over to Lisa telling them that she was his future wife! “He had actually met my family before we became a couple at the dock in Southampton,” Lisa explains. “My dad recognised him from my Facebook profile and went over to speak to him. My sister excitedly told me later that they had met him and said how great he was and that I must marry him!” The couple became engaged during a surprise proposal on a family holiday over Christmas. “Marc suggested that we both go on a walk together for some alone time and to exchange presents so we walked a few miles to a local duck pond where I handed him his one,” Lisa tells us. “For mine, he got down on one knee and popped the question! I couldn't contain my excitement, I was so happy!” SETTING THE SCENE We both wanted our ceremony and venue to be in one location and both loved the idea of a rustic barn backdrop,” Lisa tells us. “Wellington Barn ticked all of these boxes, plus it was in our price range and the décor was just right.” The couple worked with the interior to create their woodland forest theme. “Our table plan was presented in a large gold frame decorated with plastic foliage Lisa-Marie Halliday, 26, married Marc Sharman, 26, on 9 th June 2019 at Wellington Barn, Calne, Wiltshire. Wellington Barn in Calne, Wiltshire, was the ideal backdrop for Lisa and Marc's woodland forest theme Images courtesy of Rachel Lilly Photography SNAP happy