Ebony & Owen
A match made in Morocco for Ebony & Owen.
Happily married on 4th July 2025, it was an online meet that brought this happy couple from Doncaster together. After a bad break up, Ebony was at a friend’s hen party when Owen dropped into her DM’s on Instagram. ‘I was running round telling my friends that this really fit guy had reacted to my story’, Ebony remembers.
The Engagement
The pair met and got together pretty quickly; fast forward to August 2023 where a trip to Morocco would be the engagement backdrop.
‘We went on holiday with my mum and dad’, Ebony says.
‘Owen is a social smoker but he was chain smoking during the whole holiday and was very quiet and jittery, so I thought something was up’, she continues.
Worrying Owen may be breaking up with her, things couldn’t be further from Ebony’s thoughts as Owen had already got permission from her dad to propose.
After a wonderful day, with Ebony commenting how she was wearing her favourite dress, Owen made the snap decision to propose that evening, planning it with Ebony’s mum.
‘We went to a nice bar which overlooks the sea next to our hotel and that’s where Owen proposed with my mum filming’, Ebony says.
However, her dad wasn’t aware of the moment and walked straight in front of the camera, blocking the precious moment completely;
‘ all you can hear is dad saying ‘I didn’t know it was happening now!’.
The Engagement
Soon after their engagement, the happy couple jumped straight into wedding planning, first on the search for a venue. ‘We’d been to a few venues but weren’t loving them, then my gran suggested Wentbridge House as we’d been to a wedding there a few years ago’, Ebony says. The couple booked a viewing upon seeing it newly refurbished, it was exactly what they wanted, so booked it there and then.
Following that, Ebony began looking for wedding dresses online; she also attended the I Do Wedding Exhibition at Ice Sheffield and met Shelley at Tickled Pink Bridal in Doncaster. Turns out Ebony lives just around the corner from the shop and her mum knows Shelley the owner from her younger days.
Ebony’s bridal shopping experience at Tickled Pink Bridal was something special.
‘Shelley is so lovely, she was amazing when we went in and gave me ideas of dresses to try on first. I went in completely blind with no idea what I wanted,’ Ebony says.
After trying on a few dresses, Ebony’s mum handed her a fifth one to try but she wasn’t sure if it was right. ‘It didn’t seem like me on the hanger as it was really detailed with lace, but I put it on and me and Shelley looked at each other in the changing room like ‘WOW’. Shelley got me a veil to put on with the dress and it was perfect’, Ebony says.
Ebony had minimal alterations done to the dress including buttons all down the back of the train.
‘Shelley was really involved and helped me massively. Every time I wanted to try my dress on, I’d ring her and ask to go in. Everyone in the shop was so nice and we built up a good relationship, so when I’d go in, they’d all be stood round looking at it and talking about how to have my hair and stuff,’ Ebony says.
Going one step further, Shelley even looked after Ebony & Owen’s dog Pudding on their wedding day, even bringing her to the venue for a few photos with the happy couple. Their dog even had a bow fashioned out of some of the material from Ebony’ dress alterations – an added special touch,
Ebony was that impressed with the team at Tickled Pink, she also got all the groomsmen suite and booted there, as well as her mum’s outfits and gran’s too. It was a truly Tickled Pink affair!
The happy couple also booked their photographer from the I Do Sheffield Exhibition, finding Lara Frost Photography and booking her that same evening.
‘Lara is so lovely, she made us all feel so comfortable and was the absolute best.
She was so nice and we clicked straight away,’ Ebony says.
One of Owen’s groomsmen and Ebony’s bridesmaids are also a couple who have since booked Lara as their photographer too.
The Wedding Day
After getting ready in the morning, Ebony was waiting for the registrars to arrive with her dad pacing around. They finally arrived late due to traffic and the show got on the road. With her dad walking her down the aisle, Ebony remembers how she was happy that Owen cried upon seeing her. ‘When my dad went to sit down, he stood on my veil and nearly pulled it out of my hair’, Ebony says, much to their guests amusement. ‘It worked like a bit of an icebreaker and lightened the mood’, she remembers.
Following the ceremony, Owen pulled Ebony in a separate room and took their first selfie as mr and mrs.
The happy couple then did a confetti walk featuring real dried petals; ‘The guests were throwing them and they all went down my dress, in my hair and in Owen’s mouth, we were covered in it and everyone was laughing, ‘ Ebony remembers.
Ebony and Owen then had photos outside, which included their dog Pudding. ‘We also had one where the groomsmen all ran for a pint and one of them nearly fell over’, Ebony says.
Ebony remembers Owen’s grandma coming up and telling her
that her dress was better than Princess Diana’s – so it must have
been stunning!
Then came the wedding breakfast, with singing waiters for entertainment and the speeches. Ebony remembers when the waiters arrived; ‘They came in with a dominos box heading towards a guest; it was really controversial as everyone genuinely thought someone had ordered a pizza straight after their meal’, Ebony says.
The meal was followed by a fabulous evening reception, where Ebony became famous!
‘I’ve gone viral on Tiktok as I rapped a song at the end of our reception’, Ebony says. Owen’s sister uploaded the video and to date, Ebony’s rap has been watched 826,000 times, with 108,000 likes.
Owen wanted to give special thanks to Michael Mulholland the DJ for the evening; ‘He let one of my mates do a bit of DJing and karaoke; he really engaged with the crowd and kept everyone on the dancefloor’.
After a wonderful day, the happy couple went to bed, woke up the next day and wanted to do it all again.
When asked what advice they’d give other couples, Ebony said, ‘Don’t send invites out even though you’re excited – we sent ours really early and by the time it came to the wedding, half the people we’d invited, we didn’t speak to, making it really awkward to organise – don’t rush into doing it’.
Ebony also advises couples not to over-stress about their big day. ‘There’s no need to as it all falls into place even though you don’t think it will, just be in the moment’.
Ebony has one last bit of advice to the bride – ‘Don’t be scared to tell the groom no, in the end Owen said ‘I’m glad you said no as it turned out better’, don’t be scared to be a bridezilla as you get the job done.’
List of Suppliers
Photographer: Lara Frost Photography
Venue Dressing: Rosa Rugosa Florist
Bouquets, Centre Pieces and Button Holes: Passion Flowers
Guest Book: The Yorkshire Audio Guestbook
360 Camera: Party booth 360 Leeds
Dress, Mother of the Bride, Father of the Bride, Grandmother
and Suits: Tickled Pink
Acoustics and DJ: Michael Mullholland
Cake: The Classic and Contemporary Cake Co
All Bridal Party Makeup: Charlotte Izabelle Hairdresser and Beautician
All Bridal Party Hair: Rebecca Gibbons at Vanilla Vault Doncaster
Bridal Nails: Kylie at Blossom Beauty Doncaster
Wedding Rings: John Spencer at Precision Jewellery Doncaster
Engagement Ring: Time for Diamonds Bawtry