Real Life Bride Sarah & Daniel
Wed Mar 16th 2011
Images supplied by Shaun Muray
Their Perfect Romance |
| About 5 years ago, Daniel came to Queensland on a road trip with |
| a few mates from Victoria. one of his mates was a friend of mine |
| and we met on the second day he was here and his mates went on |
| the road trip but he stayed. it didn’t take long for us to realise we |
| had found our life partner. about a year and half ago, we were going |
| to the movies at South Bank. For me it was just a usual thursday |
| movie night. as we were driving in, Dan did a detour and parked at |
| Kangaroo Point. We got out to look at the nightlights and he brought |
| out champagne and proposed with a ring he had chosen for me. I |
| had no inkling that it was going to happen. |
| Their ideal Wedding |
| We had smooth sailing with planning our wedding. We held our breath |
| when the huge dust storm came in the week before, but on the day |
| there was only a fine haze left. |
| We had our ceremony and reception at hillstone, St lucia. our |
| celebrant, Sally, was great and as part of our wedding ceremony we |
| lit candles in remembrance of the grandparents who were no longer |
| with us. We had a harpist and flautist playing throughout. We said our |
| own vows and we chose not to know what each was going to say, and |
| that made it all the more meaningful. |
| Their Unique Choices |
| We wanted our colour scheme to be eye-catching, so we chose |
| black and ivory. my bridesmaids wore black and I wore a Wendy |
| makin dress in ivory. the groomsmen all wore black suits, white |
| shirts and black tie. Dan had a white vest and tie. all the bouquets |
| were white roses. |
| my hair was done in a low bun with just a white rosette on the side. |
| I felt that anything more would detract from my dress. |
| When we met Shaun murray, our photographer, we discovered |
| he was so easygoing, and natural. no one in the party felt self- |
| conscious at our photoshoot at St lucia Uni. as a photographer, |
| Shaun found the black and ivory colour scheme great to work with. |
| While we were there, our guests were offered canapés and |
| Blushing Bride champagne cocktails. |
| I used to work for Chocolate Boulevard, so as a gift to us, |
| they created bombonieres of little boxes of chocolates. my |
| mum designed the place settings and arranged lilies as the |
| centrepieces. We kept the guest list down to 60 so that we could |
| have an intimate celebration. |
| When we arrived for the reception, instead of being formally |
| announced, our groomsmen came in dancing to I’m too Sexy, then |
| the girls came in dancing to another piece so by the time we came |
| in everyone was cheering and moving to the beat. that set the |
| tone for the whole reception. |
| mum and Dad arranged a surprise honeymoon as their wedding |
| present. it was a week at the Whitsundays. We had such a great |
| time, we even did some sailing! • |
| Thank you for your story - Ideal Bride |
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