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“On the last night of a holiday in France – we were on an evening river cruise along the river Seine and he completely surprised me!”<\/p>\n
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“Marry your best friend\u2026 or housemate – no surprises!”<\/p>\n
<\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\nThe Dress<\/h2>\n
“I had always thought I\u2019d be very relaxed about choosing a wedding dress as I\u2019m not the type to want the \u2018fairytale\u2019 look or even necessarily wear white. I thought I\u2019d just take the opportunity to buy a gorgeous designer dress, not something bridal! After a couple of months of searching, I realised I wasn\u2019t going to find anything that felt special enough and had developed an idea of what I wanted but couldn\u2019t find it anywhere! I went into Belluccio on a whim when I was walking past (it was nearby our house at the time) because they had intricately beaded dresses in the window and I hoped they may know where to locate the type of fabric I wanted\u2026 In the end, they helped create my vision, even having the fabric custom beaded (well, sequined) for me!”<\/p>\n
<\/a><\/div><\/div><\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\nThe Wedding Theme<\/h2>\n
“I had never really thought much about my wedding day and in fact would have been happy to go to the Registry and out for a nice meal (or skip marriage altogether!) – it was actually Tim that wanted a \u2018proper\u2019 wedding! I\u2019d visited the Children’s\u2019 Farm since childhood and knew it would make a lovely relaxed venue with an outdoorsy\/ rustic feel without making our friends and family travel out of town!” <\/p>\n <\/p>\n The Decor<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n
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\n<\/strong>Special Moments<\/h2>\n
\n<\/strong>“I hate to say it but walking down the \u2018aisle\u2019 to Tim\u2019s smiling, crying face. It\u2019s funny how it doesn\u2019t seem to matter how sure you are about the marriage, you still get nervous waiting for the ceremony to start! Seeing Tim put that to rest completely and I was so excited to just get on with the ceremony and marry him!”<\/p>\n\n
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\n<\/strong>“I made our cake, including sugar flowers to decorate it; one of my bridesmaids sat on the floor of our apartment with me for hours on the eve of the wedding, stripping flower stems and arranging them in vases for the tables. Tim and I made the scented soy wax candles together for the bonbonniere and Tim and one of his groomsmen climbed the massive old Oak tree we were married under to string festoon lights through its branches after we realised at the last minute that daylight savings would end the week before the wedding and we\u2019d possibly be getting married in the dark!”<\/p>\n<\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n<\/a><\/div><\/div><\/a><\/div><\/div><\/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