One of the most memorable memories was when i saw my husband to be standing at the alter...tears in his eyes.As the priest finished with us saying our vows the horse on the farm neighed and the priest laughed and said there is the conformation to the blessing of our wedding...the best memory of all was having the honour of my grandfather walking me down the aisle.
We decided to take a local trip to Stellenbosch...we stayed at rest @ chabvin vineyard studio as we have some of the most beautiful places right here
Make up and hair styling by Louisa Marais...she did an dramatic eye for me and an upstyle for my hair with soft curls aswell as my bridesmaids make up little softer with upstyle hair and small plaits...jewellery was gold long earings something old from my grandmother and an Swarovski bracelet of gold and mint crystals done by Hailey Goodrich accessories...my shoes were gold sparkel wedges for the wedding dress i went for something vintage and different which was a soft mint green with small white lace flowers and diamante embroidery... which was designed by Wilna Steenkamp..i had on blue and gold batman garter for something blue
We got married in stellenbosch at Ou stal equestrian farm we had the ceremony outside in the forest and the reception in an old rustic horse stable..some of the guests stayed over in accommodation in stellenbosch at mountain breeze resort
I used the Neuteogena face range.
Had a desert glow massage done by Mobile Beauty To You.
Had my nails and toe nails done by Corinne Claassen and Natasha Samuels at Dante Wellness spa.
Decoration our colors were mint gold and charcoal...the table lay out was white tanle cloths with pennygum leaves as runners and gold underplates and gold cutlery and gold chandeliers aswell as hanging orbs from the ceiling with tea light candles inside we had gold tiffany chairs and mint napkins and gold napkin rings and big candles on the table...
Ouside we had white leather couches and ottomans for guests to be seated for canapes and the enjoyment of singing entertainment by Bianca Solomon's the decor was done by Beanstalk Functions
The Groom wore a Charcoal grey suit with a light grey shirt,mint tie with mint cufflinks and a mint pocket silk cloth. His suit was bought at Markham's.
The groomsmen wore charcoal under coats with matching pants and mint ties....suits for the groomsmen was hired from Smart men suit hire and for something funny they all had super hero socks on with matching super hero flasks.
The bridesmaids wore long charcoal colored dress with lace strappy sleaves top of the dress was tight fitted and sparkly while the bottom flared out slightly.we googled for ideas for charcoal colored dresses and got an idea that everyone loved and had the dresses made"
Priest Wouter Olivier
Our photographer was Natasha Grobler.
Natasha captured our special moments and made us feel so comfortable in front of the camera.
No me and jaco decided to plan our own special day..to get the full affect of every little piece coming together of our wedding day
We had the privilege to use my husband's uncle's old vintage car which was a brown opel record 1964 model
The wedding food and wedding cake was made by Mariette from Beanstalk Functions.
Janita Barnard.... JB’s Vinyl Designs
Did al the stationary from thank you gifts,wedding seating chart, money box bride and groom champagne glasses etc....
Yes we took four dance lesson at learn to dance our dance instructor was Neil Coulsin.
We had a dj Jean provided by beanstalk function.
We had a great variety of songs from old school to 80's, rock, 2 step, afrikaans.