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Cindy Hawkins

Married on Apr 7, 2018 in Gauteng

 

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Magical Moments

 

Every moment of our wedding day was memorable. It was beautiful. My favourite part was when I was walking down the aisle with my dad. I couldn't take my eyes off my husband and just couldn't stop smiling out of pure happiness. I also enjoyed our dances very much. Our first dance was to Thank you for loving me by Bon Jovi and the father daughter dance was to sweet child o mine by guns n roses. I am glad that we could share our special day with our favourite people in the world, they really made every second spectacular

The Honeymoon

 

We went to Dithololo in Limpopo for 5 days. It was amazing! We were spoiled in every way! They really went out of their way to make the experience unforgettable. We then spent an evening at Emperors Palace. the next morning we flew to Zanzibar where we stayed at Karafuu beach resort for a week. I really enjoyed relaxing and spending time with my husband. I still can't believe that he managed to keep it a secret for so long! I am definitely married to the best!

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Photos by Guests

 

My Special Day

Ever since I could remember I dreamed of a big white flowy princess dress. That is exactly what I got!I bought the dress from El Vestido but added a sparkly belt from Bride & Co to it. My long dark hair is my favourite feature so I had it curled to the side. A beautiful tiara with a lot of detail and a cathedral length veil I got from Bride & Co completed the look. My shoes was a sparkly silver from MODA. Nails was done by Lisa from Tammy Tailer. Makeup was somewhat natural but with bold dark purple lipstick. I wore fine purple and silver jewelry I got as a gift from my mother

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The Venue

We got married at Roseview Hill. It is a breath taking but also very affordable venue. It had the fairy tale look. The owner was a great help. Some guests stayed over at the venue and some at surrounding guesthouses

Wedding Elements

Our colours was blue, purple and silver. There was a lot of fairy lights and lanterns. We added some butterflies. The flowers was different shades of purple (roses and irises)

My Groom And His Groomsmen

Groom: tailor made black slim fit suit, tailor made silver waist coat made by Select your style
Spiderman socks and black shoes silver tie

Groomsmen : Black suits and purple waist coats, purple ties Superhero socks and black shoes

Beautiful Bridesmaids

My bridesmaids wore long royal blue dresses with some silver in it. Their hair was a basic updo.

I had two flowergirls who was dressed as fairies and the ring bearer was wearing a flowy white dress to compliment mine. All three of them was so adorably beautiful

Marriage Officer

Father Meshack from St Francis of assisi Anglican Church

My Captured Moments

Photographer was Quintin from QJ photography. He is a brilliant photographer! He took the most amazing pictures. He managed to capture every moment of our special day. I have no words to describe his work because it so good.

Our Videographer was Anton from Trigger Finger (triggerfinger.co.za). He made everything so much fun and relaxed. His work is simply amazing. In my opinion he is by far the best Videographer.

We did not have a photo booth because we had a Latin thing called La Hora Loca. Basically the "photo booth comes to life. Lots of glow sticks. It made one crazy party.

The Wedding Planner

No, my husband and I did all of the planning ourselves. It was stressful but so much fun! It was a great way to spend time with each other and to ensure we both get our dream wedding. I loved every second of planning our day with him

Wedding Transport

My aunt was my driver. The car was a white BMW X1. It was decorated with blue, purple and silver ribbons. She played some of my favourite music on the way to the venue.

Food & Cake

The owner of our venue (Jeanet) made all of the food herself. Starter: chicken kebabs. Main:Roast beef, lamb Potjie, Creamed spinach, Pumpkin fritters, rice, Greek salad, potato salad. Dessert :Malva Pudding and custard. We also had a soft Serve Ice cream machine we hired from Party Rentals.

Cyanne Kent from Simply Exquisite Cakes made our wedding cake. It was even better than what we imagined it to be! It was beautiful and extremely delicious!

Wedding Stationery

Invitations was made by Suzanne from Happily ever after animations. It was a cartoon video.

Menu and seating arrangements: my husband and I designed the menu to look like hearthstone playing cards and the seating arrangements to look like scrolls. We printed it at Q photo

The Reception and Entertainment

We had to take dance lessons because neither one of are good dancers! It was a fun yet difficult experience. Luckily our dance instructor had a lot of patience! I would highly recommend Chelain from The beat dance studio.

We had a DJ (Steff Botha) who did all of the sound and lighting.

Wedding Services Used

 
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