We are bringing back an edit of our top-performing real weddings from the TJ archives. These are our very best weddings that our audience has loved the most, and the ones we think are still very relevant and aspirational…
It wasn’t really just a moment; our lives became so intertwined that I couldn’t imagine going through any part of the rest of our lives without each other. We’ve done a lot of growing up together.
From the time I hugged him goodbye after that first coffee date, I had this funny feeling in me that the direction of my life had just changed forever.
We met the modern way – on a dating app. Gus hates when I tell the full story but he actually stood me up on our first date. He had a very good reason – his phone broke and he didn’t have any way to get in touch.
The first conversation I remember us having was about pizza; Jess recommended a great pizza place nearby called Kaprica. Finding excellent pizza has continued to be one of our quests!
To celebrate 10 years since they first met, Ashlin and Todd legally said “I do” at the registry’s office in Melbourne last August 4th 2021. After a painstaking 8 months of secret-keeping for the small few involved, they held another country wedding on their family farm in Gippsland in front of 121 guests.
The sun never broke through that morning but the cloud was somehow more atmospheric. She asked me to take a photo of her sitting on a bench. When she turned round, I was on one knee.
I realized that each and every day I woke up next to Katie, I loved her more than every previous day.
We happened to be going to the same music event that following weekend, where I took his hand and flirted my head off. He was quite shy, but I think he got the message at the end and we started dating. That was 10 years ago, and we haven’t looked back since.
“The father of the Bride caught on fire during the reception. Yes, the back of his jacket went up in flames as he was wearing it and his sister had to put him out.”
I knew we had something special from very early on. Being 15 and 17 when we started dating I think most people just thought it would be a high school relationship but we both knew very early on we would be together forever.
“Honestly I wasn’t planning on finding my dress that day at all, I just stumbled upon it at the thrift store 30 minutes before they closed. I didn’t even get to try it on because the fitting rooms were closed for Covid. But since it was only $10 I took a chance on it! Then my co-worker suggested Ann to work on the vintage piece and she did an amazing job in making it my own.”
