"You look at me and babe, I wanna catch on fire
You found the light in me that I couldn’t find
So when I'm all choked up and I can't find the words
Every time we say goodbye, baby, it hurts
When the sun goes down
And the band won't play
I'll always remember us this way"
4 September 2021, we had our Magical special day, I walked down the isle on 'Always Remember us this way" by Lady Gaga. Our day was Filled with love, beautiful memories & close family. The Color scheme for the wedding was Black, Rose Gold & a dash of Burgundy & we asked all the guests to wear black (and it looked beautiful walking down the isle, everyone in black!). We got married on our Farm in Swellendam in the Farm Storage Shed (the same shed we got engaged in!). That Saturday 4th of September we had the most perfect day for a wedding, no wind and sunny weather.. This wedding was Elegant, Stylish & Stunning with beautiful décor, great music & a live surprise performance by Elandre. The most special day & by far my favorite memory! Marrying the love of your life is truly special & having the day you dreamt about was something I would always cherish.
Mauritius (got postponed till 2022)
Hair & Make up - Mia's Make up
I wanted an Up-style look for my hair, elegant. Make up was flawless, browns, golds & nude lips! Loved it
Dress - Didi Couture
BEST DECISION EVER, I loved my dress, it was SO much Work, I went for 11 Fittings & my last 2 fittings was min 4 hours each! The team really went out of their way to make my dress perfect.
Shoes - La Mara Paris
Rose gold Block Heel shoes
Jewelry - Ring - Viljoen Juweliers Worcester
Perfume - J'adore Dior
On the Farm in Swellendam, in the same Storage Shed as we got engaged in. It was Rustic, but Elegant & the photos looks AMAZING!
Some of our guests stayed in the Tented Village on the Farm which we arranged through our event company.
Health & Fitness:
I did Monique Fit's Challenges right up to the wedding & enjoyed every moment of it! It kept me moving & focused on the end goal!
Skin:
Facials at Ocean Aesthetics in Struisbaai.
Teeth Whitening:
Snow Teeth Whitening Kits
Spa Treatments:
We had a Spa day the Thursday before the wedding at Ocean Aesthetics in Struisbaai. With all my close friends, Mom & Mom in law & Sister. It was a full day of Pamper! Mani's, Pedi's, Tancan, Sauna, Champagne, Brunch, Lunch, Massages, Facials & so much Spoils!!!
Decor was Elegant.
Flowers was beautiful and it was so unique. I did not want a specific type of flower I just asked for specific color's of flowers. We had White Orchids, Roses, Lilies it was spectacular.
Our furniture for canape's was White Couches outside with Umbrellas & White Tables.
Inside we had a dark romantic rustic and elegant theme with raw wooden tables, ghost chairs, white dance floor, black table runners, golden cutlery & gold flower vases of different shapes & sizes, gold candle stick holders with black candles & red, white & pink flowers. There was black draping's in the roof with Candles, Crystal Chandeliers & Flowers everywhere. The Stage was black with lots of LED & Stage Lights.
Our Event Planners was Antoinette's in Bredasdorp
The Groom & the groomsmen wore White Long sleeved formal shirts with a Black floral tie & black formal suit.
The Groom's Suit was made by TUX TAILOR in Willowbridge.
My bridesmaids wore BEAUTIFUL, Stylish Black Dresses. It was a 'Wrap' Dress style with shoulder's puffed & cuffed Sleeves. They looked Beautiful. We has their dresses made by Nicolene Griesel in Worcester. They had black Block heel shoes with white flowers on (which we custom made for them), I bought them Gold & White floral earrings and their hair was sleek and tied back with Red Lips. They looked stunning.
Ds Gawie Gouws
Photographer : Helene Viljoen Photography
Videographer : Jacques Britz Films
Photo Booth : Set up Own Photo Booth by Event Planners
Shooting with predominantly natural light, Heléne understands how to capture that perfect, emotion-filled moment.
Antoinette's in Bredasdorp
Food & Canape's : Antoinette's
Cake : I Caked This (Elna Badenhorst)
Stationary : Elmawithlove Designs
Sound & Lightning for Elandre : Audiovibe
Sound & Lightning for Wedding : Just for You Sound
Live Band: Elandre
DJ : Charles - Just for you Sound
No we did not take dance lessons but we did practice at home :)
Shooting with predominantly natural light, Heléne understands how to capture that perfect, emotion-filled moment.