Real Life Shannon & Andrew
Mon Apr 11th 2011
Images supplied by JK Design Photography
Their Perfect Romance |
| I had gone out to Emerald with a friend who works at the mines |
| and we met up with other workers and friends at a bar. andrew |
| was part of the group. We clicked and he took me to the local |
| rodeo and romance bloomed. as i teach and live in Yeppoon, we |
| had a long-distance romance, meeting when we could and making |
| every moment matter. andrew proposed on a trip to Brisbane while |
| we were at my favourite restaurant. it is now my very favourite |
| restaurant in Brisbane. |
| Their ideal Wedding |
| We are both anglicans and there is one anglican church in Yeppoon: |
| St James. i teach at St Ursula’s College and we had our reception |
| at gabriel hogan house, part of the boarding school section of the |
| college. the minister who married us also works at the college and |
| is a friend. |
| Their Unique Choices |
| The colours we chose were ivory and celedon green, which is a |
| vintage green. my dress from Wendy makin was champagne. i had |
| 3 bridesmaids, 1 tween-maid, and 2 flower girls and andrew had 3 |
| groomsmen.He wore a black suit with a champagne vest to match |
| my dress and the guys wore black with matching vests and ties to |
| the girl’s dresses. |
| our flowers were champagne and ivory roses and I wore a side veil |
| with feathers, instead of the traditional tulle veil and headpiece. |
| I also wore andrew’s grandmother’s diamond broach, which is a |
| family tradition for all the brides in the family to wear it. i also wore |
| my nanna’s sapphire ring for something blue, without realising the |
| church and reception room also colour matched. |
| our florist did fish bowl vases with green roses and other greenery. |
| We also had fairy lights and had placed tea lights at every setting |
| as part of the thank-you gifts, but i guess they fitted in so much |
| with the table decorations that our guests didn’t realise that the ‘to |
| have and to hold, to keep your beer cold’ stubby cooler wasn’t the |
| only gift for them. |
| The cake was a combined labour of love. mum made the bottom |
| tier and andrew’s mum made the top two tiers and my head |
| bridesmaid decorated the cake. |
| JK Design Photography was fantastic. I saw their work at an expo |
| and they were available to come from Brisbane. We have some lovely |
| shots at the classic little church, the beach and the college in the area |
| that was built around 1918. the major dust storm had occurred that |
| week and the leftover dust made the sunset photos spectacular. |
| a string quartet played on the lawn while canapés were served, but |
| we had a four-piece live band for the reception. We had traditional |
| speeches because the guest list was mainly family and very close |
| friends and so the speeches were very meaningful. |
| the live band came recommended and they set the whole |
| celebratory tone for the night. • |
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