Tell us a little about yourselves, what you do, what you love, what is unique about you and your relationship:
I am a retail manager, he is a business solutions manager. We met online but there was an instant connection the minute we met. We have been going strong ever since that first meeting 5 and a half years ago.
We travelled overseas together within the first few months of our relationship and backpacked through Europe for 6 weeks. Then after living in a townhouse on the edge of the city for a year we packed up our lives and went back overseas! This time we quit our jobs and bought a one way ticket! Tokyo was the first stop and 7 months and 15 countries later we ended up in Paris! We came back for my brother’s wedding and once we were back, we saved all our pennies and bought a house! Then the dog came along next. So it made sense the next step was a wedding.
It was planned and booked for May 2020 then covid took over. So we picked another date, October 2020. Still no luck. Then we completely changed our angle and scaled down our initial idea. We took what we could get and opted for 10 people. Now we will have a two part wedding, part one being the ceremony and part two will happen once all restrictions are lifted and we can celebrate with all our family and friend easily. We’re a very adaptable couple, I think learning how to be open minded after backpacking with no plans helped us through 2020 and the wedding saga!
Tell us about your special day, was there a specific theme or style? Tell us a little about the setting, the styling and some of your favourite details:
I didn’t aim for a theme or style but boho wedding was my go to hashtag search. Boho bride turned into a splash Vegas bride once we found the Altar Electric venue! But I managed to find the perfect balance. I was really into the idea of wearing a fedora hat on the day and spent a lot of time researching. In the end I opted for flowers in my hair as I ran out of time to find the right way to do it. Same with the shoes, I was trying to find a pink suede pair and on the day of the wedding I went with my go to in life which is always a pair of black boots. I have about 15 pairs of black boots that probably look identical to the untrained eye! Haha. But it’s me. Through and through I felt comfortable.
Tell us about your main outfits:
We picked our outfits for our first wedding venue which was the Brunswick Mess Hall.
I actually picked and purchased my wedding dress months before he even popped the question!! I had been eyeing off the Grace Loves Lace Inca dress for so long! Then they announced a Sample Sale coming to Melbourne which was huge, because at this point there was no showroom in Melbourne. So I asked Danny if he thought I was crazy to buy a dress for our then non existent wedding and he gave me the green light! So I went for it and lined up for the sale with my mum and sister/maid of honour. I spotted the Inca straight away, I tried a few other dresses on just to be sure but everyone is the room gave me compliments when wearing the Inca dress. I bit the bullet and made the purchase. Since then it’s been sitting in the closet for almost 2 years! And now I’ll get to wear it twice when we have part two of the wedding! I’ll just change my styling for part two and go for more of a dressed up look with heels and different accessories.
For him, he knew didn’t want a tie. That was his main thing. I knew I wanted him to be himself, he’s got such a cool style already so we just wanted to be authentic. He found his suit like he does all his shopping, it caught his eye and the decision was made in 5 minutes. The shirt, we didn’t bother buying a knew one because he’s already got multiple plain black shirts. His accessories we chosen they same way mine were, they’re his go to! He always has his hair down when we get dressed up to go out and his boots are one of his vintage shop find! So it was all such an easy choice!
What were some of the most memorable/unique moments from the day:
The ceremony by far! It was so nice to have an intimate moment. We were able to just enjoy it ourselves and then have the rest of the family and friends who were supposed to be at the initial wedding view online via livestream.
It meant we could take the pressure off and just have our nearest and dearest. To have our closest family only meant that the Covid restrictions weren’t completely against us. We used it to our advantage and gave ourselves a moment just for us.
We had the traditional elements of a wedding that we wanted and we felt were important to us like the bride walking down the aisle and the groom seeing her for the first time at the ceremony. The personally written vows. The family members we see almost weekly there to celebrate the moment and that’s what we focused on. And bonus that we were actually able to use the original celebrant and photographer that we planned our original wedding with!
Any advice for other couples planning to spend the rest of their lives together:
Stick to what you want! The best advice I collected over my time wedding planning was so many couples mentioned if I could do it all again I would eloped! So many people have weddings for their guests. We took that advice and focused on breaking down what was most important to us. Talk with your fiancé and find out your own personal niche is. Go with that. Don’t get married for anything less then the day you’ll back on and be proud to share.
Ceremony location: The Altar Electric | Reception location: Queens Park, Moonee Ponds | Photographer: Emotions and Math | Celebrant: JV Celebrant | Styling: Picnic Styling Co | Flora: Amalfi Floral Design | Bride’s dress: Grace Loves Lace | Groom’s attire: Politix | Rings: Michael Hill | Shoe: Blue Illusion | Bride’s hat: Lack of Colour | Hair: Scali Salon | Bridesmaid attire: Petal and Pup
