Most memorable moment was when we came into the hall...we did not walk in...we DANCED in...to the song "you've got something I need" by Ben Haenow. Everyone expects one to walk in and we blew them away by dancing in and then before the song ended my husband took his 6 year old daughter and closed off the song by dancing with her.
Another highlight was that we shared our wedding day with VERY special friends of ours, and they celebrated their 10 year wedding anniversary. Thus we did not throw my bouquet and garter we surprised them by handing it to them and handing the dance floor over to them with the song that they opened their dance floor with on their wedding day.
Yes we went on honeymoon. my husband planned it all by himself and everything was a surprise, from beginning to end. We started off with the first night in Oudtshoorn and from there we went to Knysna for a few days then to Paarl to a wine farm then to Hermanus then ended off in Blouberg. every destination a surprise.
I did not want anything over the top but still stylish. My accessories (jewellery) were my something borrowed from a friend, that she wore on her wedding day. My dress was made by RoedolfD couture. It had a very light layer of light green underneath, just enough to deceive the eye and make one wonder is the dress actually white or not. Had the one shouldered effect. Roedolf also made a garter especially for me and incorporated the "something blue" for me. My veil was also especially made to match my dress with the matching beads of the dress on the veil. My something old were cushions from my friend that we kneeled on in the chapel for our Blessing.
Green Leaves Country Lodge, Hartebeespoort.
Yes, most guests stayed over and most stayed over at the wedding venue.
I lived a healthy lifestyle and used (and still use) Herbalife products.
My flowers were mainly protea's. something I wanted from the beginning were protea's hanging from the roof. They managed to hang from the chapel roof and outside the reception hall. The bouquets and flower girl head wreaths were done by .... We bought all the flowers ourself from Cullinan protea farm. Myself and my husband and my family did all the décor items ourselves, including all the designing and printing etc. Bought all the items ourselves also. We rented wine barrels and some décor items such as tablecloths etc from Kleyn Perfections Kleyn Perfections also did the set up and break down for us.
The groom and groomsmen's wore suits and shirts bought at Edgars. Their ties were bought from Woolworths
The bridesmaids wore green infinity style dresses. 3 had their dresses made and 2 got their dresses from The Maiden.
Our marriage officer was Pastor Pieter Fourie
Michelle van der Westhuizen was our photographer. We did not have a photobooth but I made 2 large photo frames with our names and date on that we had photos taken with/of guests during the evening.
No, I planned and co ordinated everything. The venue just had someone on the day of the wedding to ensure everything runs smoothly.
I got married at the venue thus just walked to the chapel. :) :)
I got married at the venue thus just walked to the chapel. :) :)
I got married at the venue thus just walked to the chapel. :) :)
The venue made the food for the wedding.
The cake was made by Melissa from Honey Bee Baker.
My husband designed and printed our stationery
We had a DJ. Our sound and lighting was done by AMA Promotions.
Our party was EXCEPTIONAL! WE paid extra to extend the party until 1am and then us and the last guests moved to the pool area where we carried on with the party until 3am. we made sure we enjoyed our wedding until the VERY end. :) :)
