Your East Midlands Wedding - Feb/Mar 2020 (Issue 36)

30 J asmine and Robert first met in 2014 at a Derbyshire festival through mutual friends where they created amazing memories as a group, spending their time laughing and having fun. After the trip, the pair got talking on social media. Jasmine says, “We talked for a few days then he asked me if I fancied going out some time, to be honest, I wasn’t overly interested but my mum persuaded me to give it a chance.” For their first date, the pair set off to the cinema and afterwards grabbed some drinks, where they spoke for hours about shared interests such as music, history and travel. Four years later on a family holiday in Benalmadena, Rob decided to surprise Jasmine during a walk when he got down on one knee. Jasmine recalls this moment saying, “I couldn’t speak or breathe! I was going to say ‘no’ as a joke but realised it was not the time. He asked me if it was a ‘yes’, which I nodded my head to as I couldn’t find the words!” SETTING THE SCENE After such an amazing holiday the pair set off to a wedding fayre at Cressbrook Hall and discovered the venue was perfect for them. Jasmine says, “We stepped outside and the views were the selling point as it was breathtaking. Set in the middle of a valley all you could see was greenery. We did have some doubts about whether it would be big enough or not but on the day it was perfect and felt like a second home.” It was important to the couple that Rob’s dad and friend Jen Lynn Davies, who both lost their battle to cancer, were remembered. Jasmine says, “Instead of favours we had pin badges from Nottingham Hospitals Charity, which we donated to on our guests' behalf.” Both were treated at this hospital and on the back of the table names, guests found a paragraph explaining this lovely gesture. The table plan was attached to an old- fashioned mirror with flowers, ribbon and lovebirds on one side to match, which created a beautiful look. Each table was named after places the couple had visited together such as Shanghai, Beijing and Jamaica and the place names matched the colour. Talking about her stunning bouquet, Jasmine says, “It mimicked a similar style to what my mum and my grandma had when they got married – I had pink and white roses with gypsophila and white calla lilies with mint green ribbon. This trailed into a teardrop-shape bouquet.” For food, guests had the choice of either prawn cocktail or tomato soup for starters and either roast chicken or roast lamb for main, with a hog roast on offer in the evening. The four-tier cake was made up of flavours including chocolate and Baileys, red velvet and strawberry and prosecco.