Jen and Rob’s Perfect Wedding Day in Torquay
Jen and Rob Haggis celebrated their beautiful spring wedding at St John the Baptist Church in Shiphay followed by a reception in the Spanish Barn at Torre Abbey. Local photographer Will Reddaway was on hand to capture the day.
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he bride wore a lace Kitty Chen dress that she with lots of friends and family helping, which meant had found at a wedding fair in London, together it wasn’t a chore for anyone. Jen’s cousin made some with a plain, chapel length, single layer veil chalkboard signs and her dad cemented some of them and pearl drop earrings. The groom and groomsmen into pots. Rob designed Polaroids of every guest for favoured a relaxed look with their own choices of lounge the table plan and they had pictures of themselves at suits but with matching ties and corsages. different ages decorating the table numbers. A friend’s Jen’s chief bridesmaid wore grey with the 3 other business supplied some small wooden hearts and they bridesmaids wearing cobalt blue and the three young spent hours sticking maps of Torquay to them to give to flower girls in gorgeous flowery dresses. Jen’s cousin, a guests as favours. Jen’s mother had been collecting glass professional makeup artist was in charge of the makeup jars and Jen decorated them with ribbon and stickers whilst hair for the bridal party was for the table flowers. Rob is not 800-year-old Torre Abbey is fond of icing so the happy couple done at WO Salon in Torquay. A talented family friend took a stunning place to explore so went for a ‘naked’ cake made by a charge of the flowers and put friend of the family. It was a classic guests were able to wander together the lovely bouquets, table around during the afternoon. Victoria sponge but Jen does love arrangements, decorations and marmalade so one layer had that church flowers. The Spanish Barn is so beautiful that instead of jam. it didn’t need much decoration so the couple focussed 800-year-old Torre Abbey is a stunning place to on smaller details such as signs, table plans and favours. explore so guests were able to wander around during the Rob is a graphic designer so he was able to design all the afternoon. As it was an Easter wedding, Jen’s brother wedding stationery. dressed up as the Easter Bunny and they had an Easter Jen said, “We didn’t really have a style or theme in egg hunt in the gardens for the children (and adults!). mind but wanted our wedding to remind people of The band, ‘The Look’ was one of the highlights of the spring. We assumed it would rain (it didn’t!) as it was in day and people filled the dance floor for most of the April so we incorporated wellies into our décor.” evening. A large proportion of the wedding was homemade Many people think that the photographer is one of
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