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Bride’s Dress/Jewellery/Shoes/Accessories?

My dress was a coffee coloured vintage-style tea length gown with an ivory lace overlay by Justin Alexander. I spotted it online in my search for a 50′s style dress and found that J&J Brides & Formals of Orange stocked the brand. They ordered me in a sample to try on that was several sizes too big but I knew it was “the” dress the moment I put it on. I wore my Grandmother’s pearl necklace and a pair of earrings also purchased from J&J Brides & Formals. I stumbled upon my headpiece by chance in an antique shop in Brisbane. My shoes were $30 stilettos from Payless Shoes that were the perfect colour & height – bargain!

Hair and Makeup?

My beautiful friend Michelle Stuckey did my hair on the day. She also calmed some nerves and finished off my maid of honor’s hairstyle. I loved having her around for the morning! The girls at Sheer Radiance did a great job with our makeup.

Florist?

I decided to go with silk flowers for the bouquets and table arrangements for several reasons – hayfever being one of them, cost and also so I could keep them forever. I had Lauren at Florabella Flowers make my bouquet, Jenisa florist was exceptionally helpful in making my maid of honor’s bouquet, best man’s buttonhole, and they also supplied the flowers for the table arrangements.Bradley’s florist made me up a buttonhole for James at the last minute.

Groom’s Suit/Accessories

James and his best man hired their suits from J&J Brides & Formals.

Theme or Style and why?

We went for a bit of a vintage 50′s/60′s style because we love the style of this era. This carried through from my dress to the cars, which were two 60′s models Holden Monaros, to having photos of our grandparent’s (& parent’s) weddings displayed at the reception. We had flower arrangements placed in teapots as our table centrepieces. Our colour palette was coffee, ivory and cranberry.

Wedding locations and why?

Our ceremony was held at St Joseph’s Catholic Church where James’ parents & grandparents were also married. The reception was held at Orange City Bowling Club in the Skylight Room.

Did everything go to plan?

Everything ran surprisingly smoothly – I was even at the church on time, much to everyone’s amazement!

Memorable Moment?

The day was filled with memorable moments! Mine was seeing James’ big grin as I walked down the aisle towards him; and also the first skirt-flaring twirl during our first dance. James’ most memorable moment was seeing me walking down the aisle.

Favourite photo and why?

So many to choose from! Our favourite would be the one of the two of us in front of the corrugated iron building with the sunlight above us.

Food and beverages?

We had beef spring rolls for entrees and an alternate roast as our main meal. Our wedding cake served as our dessert.

The cake?

The cake was a round, two-tiered cake of caramel mud and chocolate mud made and decorated by Orange local Tearna Cobham. She did a great job creating a romantic, vintage-style cake in our colour scheme.

Music?

Curt Bird, my Maid of Honor’s boyfriend, was in charge of music at the ceremony. Murray from Muzz Music provided the music at the reception & kept us happy and dancing by playing all our requests.

Tell me about your honeymoon?

Our honeymoon consisted of us travelling around Tasmania for two and a half weeks, camping in our roof-top tent and, when the weather got too miserable, we stayed in cabins. We spent two nights at Cradle Mountain Lodge enjoying the spa & complimentary port.

Special Touches/mentions/thank yous?

My Nan should get special mention for personally painting our wedding tree which our guests all finger-printed and signed in lieu of a guestbook. My Grandma for helping me collect the 40 odd teacups and saucers that our lady guests took home as a momento of the day. James’ Nan for housing my dress for three weeks before the wedding to prevent the soon-to-be groom from stumbling across it. Our parents for their never-ending support and help in organising the day. Those that did our readings for the ceremony – Shannon, Geoff, Matt & Mike. Our bridal party for their help and support on the day and always. And Seth for the AMAZING photos that we’ll treasure forever. We hardly noticed Seth’s presence most of the day while he captured the beautiful candid moments we shared with our family and friends. Fantastic job!