The most memorable time of our wedding was walking down the isle and seeing my husband in tears. The most special time was his vows to me, they were so special and left even the men in tears at the ceremony.
All our guests told us it was the most loving, warm and genuine wedding they have been to.
Yes we did, we went to the Maldives and then to the bush back in South Africa.
My wedding look I would say was elegant and regal. But yet also more fun at the same time.I have a background in fashion so naturally I wanted to create the perfect image.
The dress have a stunning neck line so I really wanted to show that off with my hair up. I added some sparkle and “fun” with my shoes and my head piece.
My jewelry was minimal but I wore a necklace that my husband gifted me that day and a ring that was an engagement ring of my great great Aunty.
My makeup was my favourite, it was so classical but yet really just complimented my style and facial features.
Dress: Olivelli Bridal dresses
Make up: Makeup by Annelize
Hair : Bridal by Armon
Shoes : Miss black
Jewellery: Lovisa
Veil: my mom made it
We hired an old heritage house in Houghton, Johannesburg. We did everything ourselves as we work in the restaurant industry.
We stayed over at the Houghton Hotel
Leading up to the wedding, I did a lot of facials to get my skin ready. I went to Treatment Couture in Alberton.
I constantly gym so I just kept eating healthy and training.
No spa treatment and no teeth whitening.
I did do a few sun bed sessions.
So this was something special, my best friend is a wedding planner as well so she really helped me with my vision.
The house we got married in was very dramatic and Cape Dutch in style. So I went with a minimalistic and elegant style. I wanted the house to speak more for itself than over the top decor. I love flowers so we really did some stunning flower arrangements.
My husband wanted blue at the wedding so my mom made all the table runners and napkins because we couldn’t find the right shade of blue.
But we just wanted to keep it neutral with a touch of blue and romantic.
We didn’t do much lighting as the house had its own lighting throughout. We just hired a few bar tables but the rest the house had.
Tables & Chairs & Lawn games :
All things wedding
Wedding planner and florist : Planning and Peonies
Wild leaves
Skat
Exclusive hire
The suites we hired from Top Hat
The guys bought their own shirt and shoes
We got their ties and belts from China mall actually becuase there we were just not finding the right colours to match the suites and colour theme.
The grooms suite was from Frank Bespoke , shoes were Aldo. Watch was Daniel Wellington
The bridesmaids where an extension of me and I wanted them to look as elegant as me on the day. I went with that neutral tone for their dress to really compliments their figures and features. I found a picture on Pinterest and my seamstress made the dress for me.
Jewellery was all a gift from me from Lovisa
It was my husband minister. Her name was Fay Van Heerden.
We didn’t use a photobooth.
Our amazing photographer was Lightburst. They were friends of a friends and come highly recommended in the industry.
Our videographers we really like the style of Might Fine. They did an amazing job.
Both supplies made us feel so comfortable.
Yes I did a lot of the planning myself but my best friend also helped me. She owns Planning and Peonies.
But my families were very involved so they helped us so much every step of the way.
There wasn’t any transport really as we all ubered to the venue to due to limited parking.
So we work for a famous restaurant in Johannesburg. So it was really important for us to have the best food so our colleagues at work helped us cook and we hired all the cooking equipment and cooked in the kitchen if the house.
So I found the designs for the stationery but Creative HEROS did the digital work and printing.
No we didn’t take dance lessons. My husband and I actually designed our own dance actually.
We had a live artist during the canapés section and we actually did our first dance after our canapés. Our live singer sung our first dance song.
Cameron Bruce
Then we had a DJ for the dancing reception part. We danced in one of the reception rooms of the house so he just did minimal disco lights.
