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<\/a><\/div><\/div><\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\nThe Proposal<\/h2>\n
“We had just brought home a sausage dog puppy in the weeks leading up to Valentine\u2019s Day and had both agreed not to get each other any gifts. Looking after Longfellow (the puppy) was challenging work, and when John offered to entertain him for the afternoon so that I could have a nap, I was thrilled! A few hours later I opened the bedroom door to see roses leading downstairs. Thinking John had broken our no-valentines gift agreement, I felt bad that I hadn\u2019t gotten him anything! I followed the trail of roses all the way downstairs to Longfellow’s playpen, and when he looked up at me I saw the ring around his collar. John snuck up behind me and got down on one knee to pop the question. I found out later that to make sure I wasn’t awoken by the noisy front door closing, John instead exited out the back and had to clamber over the fence to buy all of the roses left at our local florist!”<\/p>\n
<\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\nThe Dress<\/h2>\n
“Growing up, I never fantasised about what my perfect wedding might look like.\u00a0 I went in with no expectations, other than wanting a flattering gown that was comfortable.\u00a0 I found my dress in the first shop I looked but didn\u2019t buy on the day, instead deciding to sleep on it to make sure.\u00a0 That night I had dreams about our wedding in the dress, and knew it must be the one!”<\/p>\n
<\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n<\/a><\/div><\/div><\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\nA Bit Of Advice<\/h2>\n
“Communicate frequently, take time for your own interests. I work shift work, which gives us a chance to miss each other, and we find we make the most of the evenings that we do have off together.”<\/span><\/p>\n “Quirky, unique, and science-themed. We wanted to have some fun with the theme, but we didn\u2019t want too much stress so we kept it quite simple.”<\/p>\n “John has a talent for design, he turned a giant periodic table into a seating chart for the reception.\u00a0 While we spent money on the bouquets and buttonholes, we did our own table designs.\u00a0 I sourced all sorts of conical flasks, beakers and test tubes to use instead of vases, and bought flowers matching our pink and white theme from the market a few days before the wedding.\u00a0 It was so much fun to put them together with my bridesmaids the morning before the big day!\u00a0 I also put together the bonbonnieres using test tubes filled with jelly beans, and these doubled as the seating place cards.”<\/p>\n “My favourite moment was when John stole me away into another section of the reception to have a moment together away from everyone else.\u00a0 It was so nice to have some time to reflect on the day.\u00a0 Another memorable moment that still gets spoken about was when a friend faceplanted in her high heels while racing against the Cathy Freeman exhibition in the Scienceworks sports activity area.”<\/p>\n “As naturally clumsy people, we spent weeks perfecting our first dance.\u00a0 Unfortunately, we didn\u2019t think to double check with our DJ that they had the correct song queued up.\u00a0 A cover version of the song was played, that had a lot less introduction time and a different beat.\u00a0 While we can look back now on it and laugh, we were embarrassed at the time!”<\/p>\n<\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n<\/a><\/div><\/div><\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n<\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n<\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n<\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\nThe Wedding Theme<\/h2>\n
<\/a><\/div><\/div><\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n<\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n<\/a><\/div><\/div><\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\nDIY d\u00e9cor<\/h2>\n
<\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n<\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n<\/a><\/div><\/div><\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n<\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\nSpecial Moments<\/h2>\n
<\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n<\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n<\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\nLooking Back<\/h2>\n