Real Life Kristie & Ken
Wed Mar 16th 2011
Images supplied by Focus Films
Their Perfect Romance |
| I was on a night out with the girls and at one place my friend started |
| up a conversation with Ken, then introduced us. We went on a date |
| the next night and in 2007 we bought our first townhouse. on our |
| three-year anniversary, Ken booked a stay at the Byron at Byron |
| Bay in a romantic villa with pampering at the day spa, followed by a |
| beautiful dinner. the day met all my expectations and i was enjoying |
| my meal when he brought out a ring and asked me to marry him. |
| totally unexpected and totally well-received. |
| Their ideal Wedding |
| I work for the marriott and I am often caught up assisting in events. |
| it is a beautiful place, but to me it is my workplace, so i looked for |
| somewhere else to get married, preferably near the water. |
| We wanted the day spent in the same location. We walked into Ebb |
| waterfront at maroochydore and that was it. it had the intimacy we |
| were looking for and the rooms for guests to stay overnight. |
| Their Unique Choices |
| I had Elizabeth the wedding coordinator showing extreme patience |
| with me, as being in the industry, i had to know things like the |
| length of tablecloths, the drop distance to the floor etc. |
| i knew my colour choice of grey, silver and white would blend in |
| with the decor. my 3 bridesmaids wore grey and white silk dresses |
| tailored made to their body shapes but with the same design. |
| they were from Ultra Sweet, Fortitiude Valley who made each |
| dress to order for a great price. i love letterpress so it was in all |
| the stationery. i had single-stemmed orchids in my bouquet and |
| everything carried that theme, from live plants in white ceramic |
| pots as tablecentres to the motif used on all the stationery. guests |
| could take the plants home so that a little part of our day is still |
| living on in someone’s home. |
| our photographer was Brad from Focus Films who not only is |
| a friend but a genius. Because he knew both of us so well, we |
| trusted him with the whole day. the trust was worth it. |
| my dress was from hilde heim, bridal designer. i saw her on my |
| own and thought i had fallen in love with the right dress. there was |
| no friend to question my choice and at the first fitting i thought |
| ‘what have i done!’ hilde heim were perfectly understanding and, |
| this time with friends helping, we found a dress design that suited |
| me far better. |
| We had special little thank-yous for the guests and, rather than |
| clutter up our simple table settings, our friend would walk around |
| between speeches or courses and offer something to each |
| guest. there were origami containers with decision dice in them, |
| speciality chocolates and tear drop vases with an orchid in each. |
| For our honeymoon, we stayed at the Penthouse of Ebb for four |
| days as we are planning a trip to Europe shortly and decided not to |
| try and do both at once. • |
Thank you for your story - Ideal Bride
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