Kayleigh and Craig met at Plymouth University, where they were introduced by a mutual friend. “Craig popped the question one evening after work,” Kayleigh tells us. “We went for a walk in the sunshine with our French bulldog, Hugo, along our favourite beach in Saunton where he asked me to marry him.” It was important for the couple to have a church ceremony. “We were lucky that one of our favourite villages, Appledore, was where I grew up, so we were able to get married in St Mary’s, Appledore,” Kayleigh explains. “It’s a stunning, quaint church with views across the village of Instow. During our ceremony, we had our dear friend Bex play the musical piece Clair de Lune by Claude Debussy on the violin as I walked down the aisle.” For their evening party, Kayleigh and Craig wanted a laid-back vibe with a natural ambience, so they chose a beautiful barn located in North Devon, where they live. “It was surrounded by picturesque fields and views of Bishop’s Tawton,” they tell us. Neutral colours were chosen for the theme because the couple wanted something that in years to come would still look classic and sophisticated in the photographs. “Our flowers were simple yet elegant, with 100 white roses placed in various mix-and-match bud vases along the centre of the tables,” Kayleigh says. “The bouquets were created with sweet peas, peonies and white roses. We also had elegant white hydrangeas for the pew ends.” The couple collected brass candlesticks from antique shops, which held beautiful white candles finished with thin black bows. “We made our seating plan using a gold antique mirror, which I hand-wrote the names for,” Kayleigh says. “We didn’t want traditional favours that get left behind, so the place name holders were all Polaroid pictures of our loved ones, which they could take away with them. We tried to find all of the guests’ old wedding photos, or a special memory with one of us.” Kayleigh and Craig wanted a family-style meal, so they chose to have a grazing platter running down the centre of the tables. “I come from a large “Seeing all of our loved ones gathered together in one place was so special. It doesn’t happen often in your life, so we were really taking it all in.” - Kayleigh and Craig 26
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