Daisy and Ed met in their final year at Loughborough University in 2016. “During our time at university, we had lived close by to one another and had heard of each other through mutual friends but did not meet properly until our final year,” Daisy tells us. “When we did meet, we instantly hit it off as friends first, and then we started dating a few months later.” Ed proposed to Daisy on 25th September 2022 at Durdle Door in Dorset. “I’d always wanted to visit the iconic Durdle Door for the beautiful views of the Jurassic Coast and Ed knew that I wanted to be proposed to somewhere picturesque,” Daisy explains. “We visited one morning and even though it was foggy and we could hardly see the view, Ed persevered to find a secluded space to pop the question. He stood behind me and said can I ask you a question to which I turned around and saw the ring. It was a complete surprise and I said ‘yes’ through my happy tears!” SETTING THE SCENE Daisy had previously visited Danesfield House Hotel and Spa for work Christmas parties and knew it would be the venue for her wedding one day. “It’s so beautiful and every part of the hotel offers a photo opportunity,” Daisy tells us. “Having hotel rooms on-site for our guests was important to us and we loved the fact that the property has such a good reputation. The outside terrace and grounds are so pretty and we loved the Grand Hall and the romantic Versailles Suite, with its chandeliers and pale pink walls, where our ceremony, wedding breakfast and evening reception were held.” Daisy arrived at the hotel in a silver-grey Jaguar Mk2 decorated with white ribbons which were then used for the couple’s photographs after the ceremony. The couple’s flowers set their blush pink and powder blue colour theme. “Our beautiful bouquets, buttonholes and corsages included ranunculus, forget-me-not, muscari, delphinium, spirea, lilac, sweet pea, tulip, narcissi, anemone, viburnum and plenty of textured foliage,” Daisy says. “Our centrepieces were gold urns filled with these flower varieties placed alongside gold candlesticks with long powder blue tapered dinner candles that we also styled on the fireplace in the Versailles Suite during the day.” Daisy designed the light pink and blue watercolour table plan, place names and table names that featured speckles of gold, and the couple gifted their guests gingerbread biscuits as favours handmade by Ed’s mother, Alison. “They were iced in light pink, blue and “The part that stood out the most for me was when the doors opened to the ceremony room and I saw Ed standing at the end of the aisle with a huge grin on his face. I couldn’t stop smiling.” – Daisy 31 REAL WEDDINGS
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