Real Life Louisa & Fergus
Wed Mar 16th 2011
Images Supplied by Milque Photography Their Perfect Romance |
| We met through a friend. We had just finished building our house |
| when Fergus said he had a surprise for me. So we drove to |
| maroochydore airport and pulled into the heliport.I thought he had |
| organised a helicopter ride over our new home. We did fly over it |
| but then the helicopter flew us over the glasshouse mountains. I |
| began to be concerned as the pilot would turn off my radio and |
| only talk to Fergus. I had visions of the helicopter crashing and was |
| relieved when we landed on mt ninderry. it was like standing on top |
| of the world and then my heart soared even higher when Fergus |
| brought out a ring and asked me to marry him. the pilot and Fergus |
| had been discussing Fergus’ concern that, as the helicopter had no |
| doors, he was worried he could lose the ring if he pulled it out of his |
| pocket while we were flying. afterwards, when looking through the |
| photos of the day, we realised that we must have left the camera on |
| the seat and the pilot took photos of the whole thing. So we have a |
| beautiful record of that moment. |
| Their ideal Wedding |
| We were engaged for 2 years because we decided to enjoy the |
| engagement season, which gave us time for making choices to create |
| our wedding unique. We had a traditional wedding with my family |
| priest marrying us. he has married all my siblings and also christened |
| us, so it was pretty special. We were married at maleny manor in |
| their recently built Pavilion, designed to give the feeling of being in an |
| outdoor chapel. We chose maleny manor because we actually flew |
| over it in the helicopter and I thought it looked spectacular. |
| Their Unique Choices |
| our colours were vintage chocolate, champagne and pink. I had 6 |
| bridesmaids and Fergus had 6 groomsmen. the men wore black |
| suits with chocolate bronze vests. my dress was from an ‘off the |
| rack’ dress sale. it was really simple, pure silk and vintage.I took |
| it home and added gorgeous French lace and other trimmings |
| to really make it my creation. I wanted the whole classic Bronte |
| look and I was really happy with the results. We had bouquets |
| of honeymoon roses, chrysanthemums, berries and magnolias |
| created in a very unstructured bouquet. |
| after the ceremony, the reception started with champagne and |
| canapés under an old oak tree. our photographer nat from milque |
| Photography took candid shots from amongst the guests and we |
| continued our photoshoot with guests milling around. |
| For the sit-down reception, we had a full three-course meal, |
| including hot towels and sorbet in between courses. the tables |
| were set with beautiful candelabras. i made rosemary biscotti as |
| the bomboniere.I chose rosemary as it stands for remembrance |
| and fidelity. |
| We went to las Vegas for our honeymoon.I had always wanted to |
| go to Paris so we stayed at the Paris hotel in Vegas. it was very |
| kitchy French with Parisian décor. • |
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