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Cally and Paul met at work where Paul was working as a chef and Cally as a civilian contractor. “We worked together then parted ways as friends as we both moved away,” says Paul. “We were both from the Bury St Edmunds area and seven years later we contacted each other online and reconnected.”

Paul popped the question in 2023 while the couple were travelling from Central Canada to East Coast Vancouver. “We spent nights in different campsites along the way, visiting lakes, waterfalls and all the scenic views,” shares the groom. “For our last night, we decided to go back to Banff, which we fell in love with on our second night there. We set up a camera at the campsite overlooking the mountains and waved goodbye to Canada. We took a few pictures together from the tripod, and I told Cally I needed to change the angle on the camera, but I changed the setting to video and then ran back and got down on one knee and proposed on video in front of our favourite mountains. She had no idea!”

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Fall in love with this dramatic styled shoot organised by photographer Veira Studios at their studio.

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Emma and Bradley met each other online. “We had a short first date due to being interrupted by a pub quiz,” says Emma. “I was attracted to Bradley because of his kind nature and good looks.”

Bradley proposed in Portugal on Emma’s birthday. “It was a complete surprise,” shares the bride. “In fact, I had no idea and he kept insisting that we went for a walk along the beach after dinner, but at this point it was really dark, so I questioned it. He ended up proposing back at the hotel and I was in complete shock, but it was perfect.”

“Swynford Manor was very different from what we had been looking at; we had explored rustic and converted barns, but they just weren’t ticking all the boxes,” explains Emma. “We walked into Swynford Manor and just fell in love with it. The fact that it had bedrooms on-site meant that we could extend the festivities and have loved ones stay and share breakfast with us the next day.”

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Nogard Creations, a flower preservation company in Cambridgeshire, has started framing flowers as well as providing resin flower preservation. Run by a husband-and-wife-run team, they work together to design and create your precious keepsakes. The duo uses quality materials and will provide transparent progress updates, convenient flower drop-offs, insured postage and custom pieces.

Exclusively for Your East Anglian Wedding readers, Nogard Creations is offering our readers 10 per cent off any flower preservation when you use the code ‘NEARLYWED10’. This discount can be used to book your date and the code will be honoured when the rest of the balance is due later on in the preservation process.

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Louise and Naomi met on a dating app in late 2021. “We were both attracted to each other’s love of family, travel and food,” says Louise. “I proposed to Naomi on her 30th birthday at Drusillas Park Zoo during a penguin encounter. Naomi has an extreme love for penguins and this had been on her bucket list for many years. I had been working secretly with zoo keepers to arrange the surprise proposal during the encounter. I had rolled a secret note in an egg, which Naomi had to search the penguin beach to find. When she found it, it read, ‘roses are red, violets are blue; turn around; I have something to ask you’, and I was behind her on one knee.”

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