Your Gloucestershire and Wiltshire Wedding- Page number 35 - October/November 2021 (Issue 29)

J enny and James met through mutual friends sixteen years ago. “Four months after meeting one another, I moved into the same street as Jenny by chance,” James tells us. “We dated for a short while before moving in together. My sense of humour was obviously the attraction!” The couple became engaged during a surprise proposal over dinner. “I asked Jenny to marry me on her 30 th birthday,” James tells us. “We ended up tying the knot a few yards away from where I proposed!” SETTING THE SCENE “The church where we said our vows is stunning!” The couple tells us. “It’s so tiny and quaint, overlooking one of the five Golden Valleys in Stroud. We decided on a marquee reception to celebrate with our loved ones complete with a children’s annexe full of fun activities.” The couple styled their reception with plenty of creative touches. “Our table plan was pretty pots of lavender with multiple name sticks placed in each one,” they describe. “Every pot had the table number written on it and on each table was an embroidered number displayed in oval frames.” They chose Stephen King books, empty gin bottles filled with LED fairylights and teacups brimming with lavender as their centrepieces. “Our favours were bottles of homemade sloe gin and blackberry jam that finished each setting perfectly.” The couple chose a four-tier wedding cake with the top layer being a fruit cake, the second one a carrot cake, REAL WEDDINGS 35