Weddings - What Was Your Like??

we got married 3 years ago this october and i was wondering what sort of weddings did everyone have?

did you have a church wedding and a reception with all the trimmings for 100's of people

or did you go to the registry?

or was it a cosy affair in a backyard....
i love chatting about weddings as they are so interesting!!

MY STORY

we had a beautiful ceremony at our local park. then an hour later was our reception at PIL place down the road. they had 3/4 acre with a beautiful flat grassed backyard. we hired a huge marquee, jukebox and all the needed crockery etc.
our cateres arrived 3 hours before the reception and started cooking spit roast meats and prepping the hot vegies and salads. we had 3 meats 3 cold salds 4 hot vegies (potato bake, cauli cheese, carrot and pumpkin) bread rolls and 3 desserts (cheesecake, pavlova and mudcake) all for $18 per head.
our 2 story cake was made by my mum (yummy carrotcake) and was decorated by PIL friend who gave me books that i picked designs off of 3 cakes and she gave mum the heartshape tins and then cdecorated it. our bridesmaids outfits were 3 pce skirt strapless top and wrap from rockmans for $99 ( the girls and i went halves) and DH hired a suit that looks like what keanu reeves wore in THE MATRIX. i could waffle on and on but all up including 2 nights in top hotel in perth our wedding cost $6000.
people were ringing us on our honeymoon telling us how relaxed and fabulous it was and the best wedding they had been too.

We had a church wedding. 74 Guests, 12 in the bridal party including us. Church service went for around 45 minutes, then we headed to a local gold club. Was a buffet style setup cos i hate choosing food for people and this way u picked what u wanted. The room was decorated with over 200 balloons and balloon trees instead of flower arrangements. Our cake was 3 tiers, 2 orange and almond and 1 fruit. It was hexagonal in shape and there was a bride on top with a husband climbing up the side. My girls dresses were shimering pink, strapless and cost $300 each. I had 2 flower girls who wore white. My dress was strapless and $2000. We stayed the night with our family in a local motel, and had Sunday breaky together. 1 week later we went on our honeymoon to Barrington Tops (NSW). I was sick the while time. What made our wedding so special (for us) was i was pg with our DD at the time- was 19 weeks! Had the best night... Cost just under $20,000

we had a church service not the full sha bang but readings etc, we had around 80 guests all up 2 brides maids and groomsmen i page boy (just cause we wanted nephew to wear a suit :lol:)

we had a buffet style reception we were 1 1/2 hours late to reception as pics ran over board, I have pic sof my dress and bridal party in my website link in sig, bear in mind these are pics of pics so not great quality but you get the drift

my dress cost $1200, the reception was quite cheap in that it was a package they paid for flowers, cake, room hire, decorations etc, I think aroun $35 a head it worked out thats with all the extras, we had a 2 tier choc mud cake yummy!!!!!!!!! my girls hired their dresses as when I went in to get brochures for suit styles they had this outfit on diplay and it was eactly what I pictured my girls in cost us $100 for each outfit we paid half and the girls paid other half

ok rambled enough LOL

ETA we did a road trip up the QLD coast from Rockhampton (where we were married) right up to just north of cairns camping all the way we had one night I think in a motel, was fabulous

We had our wedding in the Hunter Valley in september 2005. We hired a hall on the top of a hill with a nice view and had our ceremony outside with a celebrant to marry us. We hired decorations and set it all up the day before, and also hired a catering compnay to do finger foods and dinner. Being in the hunter valley, there was also an abundant supply of wine, although I'm not really much of a drinker. I think we had about 65 guests altogether, so not a huge wedding. It was mainly family, and also some friends. We also got a photographer and her spent the whole day with us from getting ready to going home so we have sooo many photos. I bought my dress and had it custom made for me because I wanted a blue one, not a white one! We went to Cairns for honeymoon. i loved my wedding!

we were married in the gardens where we later had our reception.
had about 90 people, my dress cost $800, girls wore colbalt blue and where about $120,
we honeymooned in lakes entrance, merimbula, (canberra and albury to see family)
we had everything we wanted, it was a fantastic day though very hot march day, had lots of comments even to this day about how great our wedding was!!! great fun and relaxing. we stayed in the night inthe hotel next door with a lot of family so had brekky the next morning then off to my parents for presents and lunch. most of the guest came alone as well. so including going out on the thursday night with the bridal party, drinks friday night out wedding lasted 4 days!!!!
totla cost was around $12,000 including our honeymoon.

We got married on May 21st 2005.
It was an overcast but, with sunny breaks throughout.

We had a Catholic Church Ceremony (but not the full one, just the readings, I didn't want o bore our guests with the whole service).
We then had a reception at the local golf club (thanks to my uncle)... it wasn't a reception, more like a party to celebrate our marriage. We didn't want anything fancy because we aren't those type of people.

We had two bridesmaids and 2 groomsmen, no children ( I have seen many wedding photos were kids have just had enough LOL). Our colour theme was purple. My MOH wore light purple strapless and my other girl wore dark purple.
The boys had tails with their suits (I wanted top hats but they said no LOL).

We had a gorgeous old car which was originally used for the Queen Mothers visit in the early years.

Our cake was just gorg, two tier choc mud (with an extra cutting cake for dessert). We had the whole cake left over because the woman who made it made enough cutting cake to go around.

All up we had about 65 people, including us and it cost us under $10,000
Our honeymoon was a drive around trip in Tassie for 8 days.

See our pics in the link to our home page (which can be found by clicking my main user name)

We got married on the beach... barefoot.
I walked down a Balinese flag aisle... I had a Man of honour, and my DH had a Best woman... I also had 2 bridesmaids (my sisters) and a flower girl (my daughter) DH had 2 groomsmen (his brothers) and a pageboy/groomsboy (my son)
The girls wore light apple green and the guys wore sand coloured suits with light apple green shirts. DH wore an ivory shirt under his suit... our children both wore ivory also to match my ivory dress. My boquet was Oriental lillies, singapore orchids, lisianthums, and frangipanis... my bridesmaids had frangipanis and singapore orchids in their bouquets and in their hair.

We had our reception at a water front resort, under a marquee, by the pool... we had just over 50 guests... all family... and we had a buffet meal which was beautiful... our cake was 3 different types of mudcake... white choc, milk choc, and choc hazelnut... covered in sugar frangipanis.
Our decorations were simple... long, shallow vases on the tables which were filled with sand and shells and candles... there was shells scattered over all the tables... the shells had been collected by DH and I during our relationship.
It was such a beautiful day... it poured down rain... and we had agreed that rain, hail or shine, we were gonna get married on the beach... and we did... and we got soaked!!! it was so beautiful though... everyone said it was so special because we didn't care about the weather... we just wanted to show our love to each other and get married!!!

Mine was soooooooo laid back! I really wanted to elope but family threatened to disown me if we did...
SO, we got married at a winery in McLaren Vale, had our pics at the same location by a photographer I picked out of the yellow pages (I planned everything from Melbourne) and who turned out to be a good family friend of my step-mum and who lived two houses away from them. Had our reception at a pub two minutes from Dad's house. Spent our wedding night at a gorgeous B&B in the Adelaide Hills then took a couple of days to drive home. No honeymoon as such due to MIL having major surgery the day after our wedding and it being "touch and go". We had one bridesmaid and one groomsman. My dress cost $900. Total wedding cost was less than $5000.

As gorgeous a day that I had - I still wish I had eloped!

My wedding story (I'll try & keep it as brief as possible)

background: I've married an Israeli, and visa requirements said we had to marry within 9 months of visa being granted (I had 6 mnths to organise). He's Jewish & I'm not of any religion... so we went with a civil service with a Jewish celebrant. His family couldn't come to Australia.

* 2 days before the wedding, I gave my dress to the drycleaner up the road to 'freshen up' as I had spent weeks sewing all the beads on the dress. The drycleaner BURNT every single bead on the dress!!!
* the day before the wedding: the bathroom pipes burst, and water seeped through the ceiling to the downstairs - and there was a hole in the ceiling! We were going on a 2 week honeymoon, so we needed urgent repairs!
* the 3 tier wedding cake arrived the day before the wedding - and it was BLUE!! I had instructed the lady to make it pink & white... but it was all blue! I was beside myself! That got sent back and she delivered in on the morning of my wedding (6am).
* I sent my hubby to his mates house the night before the wedding, so I could get ready without him there/seeing me.
* We were meant to have our ceremony on a hot air balloon at 7am - but it was a bit windy, and the balloon got cancelled at 6am. Plan B had to be put into place.
* My stepmother locked the keys INSIDE the reception/ceremony place on the morning of the wedding. Rather then phone me, she tracked down the organisers to get another key.
* Naturally I was running a little late for my wedding. What I didn't realise was my hubby was also running late & arrived 1 minute before I did! Thus, he didn't have time to organise the music system for my "entrance".
* Jewish tradition has the couple sign the documents before the ceremony - so the celebrant tried to get us to sign the wedding certificate before actually marrying us! (we should have done a trial run through)
* While we were getting married, my parents home alarm went off & they panicked they were being broken into. Family had to leave to go home & find out dad had left a window open & the curtain set off the alarm!
* as we didn't have a formal sit down reception (it was breakfast) - my sisters were meant to hand out the bonbonierre - they didn't bother - so I've still got 80+ candles!!
* we got married, we got beautiful photos, and had to get to the airport to go on our honeymoon. Running late, my uncle offered to drive us... but drove at 60km on the freeway!! Still have no idea how we got to the airport! Thankfully the plane was late!
* Arrived in Qld - get into the hire car - and realise DH had left both of our mobile phones on the plane! thankfully cleaners were just going through the plane & he found them!
* had to drive miles to our 'resort'. Yariv had a pizza on the way. I didn't like the look of it, so I passed. That night, he had violent food poisoning. No luvin' that night!!
* at our resort (on a golf course) - my husband is puking, and there is the final night of a golf tour... and a HEAP of drunk guys singing karaoke in the club rooms.

* from the NEXT day our marriage was perfect... and I married the best guy in the world!

oh Jodie, yours sounds like the classic -everything that could go wrong, did! - story. but it just proves that a wedding after all is just one day of a glorious partnership....

the stories are great girls!! cant wait to read more.

Yeah... it's that old story about "what doesn't kill us, makes us stronger!!"
I waited 15 months for my DH to get his visa (whilst he was in Israel, me in Aust)... so I wasn't going to let him go!

It's been a long time since I wrote down all the 'dramas' of our wedding... and I'm sure I've forgotten a few things! But it was, and always will be the happiest day of my life.

OMG - Jodie! All those things that went wrong! But as you said in the long run, you married the man you love.

Jodie-wow, you must be the most calm and colected person around. I know women who have had minor things go wrong and had near nervous breakdowns and huge hissy fits.

I love reading these stories, please keep them coming. Now for mine.

We were married Sept. 2004 in Fern Gully at Burrendong arboretum. I wore a purple medievel style gown, Maid of honour and 2 flower girls(DD and MOO's DD) dressed in gold and purple. DH wore a gold shirt, best man in lavender and DS's one in gold, one in purple. We wrote our own vows and both cried(aswell as a couple of the guests). I made dresses, bouquets and wedding cake(2 tier, chocolate mud and caramel mud)decorated in marbled purple icing with gold ribbons and purple and gold flowers. travelled from ceremony to reception on DH's Honda shadow 1100(thought it appropriate as I had taught DH how to ride when we were 18). Reception was an informal lunch at local reception room at Hermitage Hill.

Because we live so far away from most of our family and friends we had a BBQ the night before, the boys(including DH) became very inebriated and all spent the day of the wedding with dark glasses on. After the reception pretty much everyone came back to our place to party on (and watch the footy). We had about 60guests and the cost was approx $4000.00.We left the next day for 10 glorious days in Cairns(definitely going back there and this time we'll take the kids).

Some pics can be seen on my website, link in my profile.

OMG Jodie... watta day!! Glad it turned out well in the end!!!

We had NO hiccups what so ever...

Oh other then i arrived at the church and ALL my guests were still outside talking, but then seen the limo and all went insode, only to then see DH come outside with the minister cos they had been looking for my mum (for some change in readings), she was going with my sister but at last minute decided she wanted the limo ride. So i was yelling in the car when i seen him....they eventually went inside and all was good again!!!

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My DF and I are getting married in late September this year!!! We are having a beach wedding outside his parents house overlooking the water... it's going to be casual, simple yet nice at the same time! I got my dress 2 weeks ago so i am soooo excited and I am going shopping with my bridesmaids tomorrow for their dresses! Yay! We don't believe in spending lots of money on a wedding, what's important is that we are sharing the day together and it's all about US! We can't wait!!!!!! :)

our wedding was brilliant on the day, but was a mass of drama's before and after! DH's family had been trying to break us up for ages (these are the same rello's that introduced us) - caused some big issues the night before, but the day was excellent

got married in the garden of our friend/best man's house - we'd met on his back balcony, so was appropriate for us - had a gorgeous ceremony with a celebrant - gave each other a single rose as a part of the ceremony. bridesmaids in sapphire blue, boys in pinstipre suits with blue shirts that shimmered to gold, page boy in white shirt and gold vest, flower girls in white dresses with gold stars on the skirt. i had intended getting a dress made - anything but white! - but when looking at bridesmaids dresses with SIL, she found a dress that was similar in style to what i wanted to get made (though way more fancy) - she kept bugging me to try it on, and i fell in love with it! went from being relatively cheap to nearly $2000 for the dress! had red rosesin my hair, bridesmaids carried a sheath of 1 white roses each (we got engaged on the 16th) - i carried 14 red roses and 18 white (got together on valentines day, married on the 18th of feb). whole ceremony was 5 houses away from home

photo's were done by a friends sister (there's a few on my webpage - pw=briggsy) and cost about $900 in total - some at friend's place, some at park - and then we begged to go to the pub for some drinks - it was sooooooo hot!!!

reception was at the footy club about 30kms away - cost us $150 to hire the hall, $16 per head for full buffet spit roast - 3 meats and cold chicken, 3 hot veg, 3 or 4 salads, bread rolls - 3 desserts. we put $1500 over the bar and then it was up to everyone to pay for their own drinks, but the club were really good with top shelf prices (which we weren't paying for) - so everyone bought their own - and we ended up donating about $300 to the footy club anyway rather than them give us change!!

cake was four layers of individual choc mud cup cakes with clue gold and silver stars. top layer was a chocolate mud cake with blue and silver ribbon and a gold and crystal star/moon ornament on top. had a band at the reception, and they were awesome - had EVERYONE up dancing!!

found out the day after the wedding that some of DH's family had lied to get into the reception venue while we were at the ceremony - and had stolen my place card, moved things around, and then dumped a plastic bag full of the yellow pollen from the middle of arum lillies on my chair - it wouldn't have been noticable and would have stained my dress and ruined it! wasn't happy! lucky the people at the footy club worked out what had happened and cleaned it all up so we were none the wiser! by the time we found out the next day, i was over their whole attitude and just let it go - why bother, right?

we honeymooned in queensland for almost a week, then stayed a couple of nights in melbourne and went to see the Lion King - was so much fun!

hehehe - i really loved my wedding - can you tell??

ETA - oh yeah, i made all the invites/RSVP's, gifts for the bridal party (etched glasses), gifts for anyone that helped (readings, drivers, flowers - bought cleanskin bottles of wine and made labels) - all the place cards and everything were hand made - and at the same time i was working full time and spending a LOT of time working with a solicitor about a nasty issue with a deceased estate! was fun, and i'd do it again in a heartbeat (but would be easier now i'm only working part time)

i has the whole catholic wedding - as i had to become catholic to marry my hubby and i always wanted the whole thing.

everything went off without a hitch. had psotos in the city, down the middle of bourke st then at port melbourne and were lucky enough to get a freak early sundown so got some gorgeous photos!!! had 70 guests. friedns and family a flew in from perth and malta for it.

had 4 bridesmaids. 2 groomsmen and 1 groomswoman
i wore ivory $2500 all beaded in chiffon
my bms wore purple$70
and the younger bms (my sisters) wore a pinky purple.

boys hired suits.

my dad brought his 3rd fiancee who lied and was rude t my mother who then told me then i told my dad off!!!


i threw the mandatory hissy fit in the midle of the dance floor - leave me alone to eat!!!!

but all our guests said it was just like one huge party!!!

my brother got drunk - put on my friends jacket and stole 4 bottles of champagne from the reception centre underneath it! - it was pink!!

then we went to crown towers for the night.
i was mortified to find that my mil had packed my hubbies things IN A PLASTIC BAG!!! how embarassing!!

butin the end i think aout the perfect day we had and smile!!!

17th April 2005.

2 years woohoo!!

everyone seems to really have loved every thing about there big day. Dont get me wrong im happy more so that we are married but not so much about the day.
DH and i had 3 kids at the time one just 5 weeks old we didnt have a lot of money and didnt want to ask the inlaws for to much ( another story) so we did everthing outselves in vites ect we had about 100 people alot i know but alot of it was kids we got married at a local park lovley no decoration required not that i had time becouse i and a few good family and friends had to get the hall ready thats right everything from putting the table and chairs up setting tables plates ect fill the fridges the list goes on i was at my most depressed when i had to clean the loos we didnt have help from inlaws becouse sis inlaw was flying in from canada with internet boyfriend no one had meet before and it was more important for mil to see to them than her own son on his wedding day pretty sad alot of things going on there anyway having set the hall up we went home to feed kids shower that race to get hair and make up down only to find out there was no money left in the bank so i had to borrow off my best friend. 1/2 hr on hair less in makeup and back home to dress kids they were to young to have as bridesmaids ect and the eldest didnt want to do it that really upset me not that we could really afford to buy dresses for them any way so i put the dress on and you know when so watch in movies the dress is tight yep that happend to me we managed photos you say nope no photos by a pro any way we just had friend and family take photos needless to say not one photo is good enough to put on the wall as i needed a tan ( bra marks ) i look fat the dress was all wrong. But you know the reception was a blast the food was great we had a friend cook for $10 a head yep that s right and it was great the cake was great made by a family member who does this for a living and if i do say so myself shes great 3 layers orange chocolate and white pepperment. It was hard with the kids so little friends helped out heaps when the mil let them, we danced to silverchair then when everyone left we were left to clean up alot more dramas went on god bless inlaws but all in all it was geat all my friends and family loved it the kids had a ball i just wish in hind sight that i had waited for all the kids to be old enough to be flower girls ect i get upset at times and when the sis inlaw says that when she marries again ( internet boyfriend in the reg office) she willhave the whole shebang and say that she will have my girls i get mad i want them to be there for me first not here would it be weird if we did it all again i would love to have it at a beach
kittykat

Wow I am amazed at how many people had relatively low-key affairs. I am too tired ATM to go into detail about mine right now but just wanted to say it is nice reading everyone's stories :)

My wedding was just how I wanted it. Fairly casual. Friends and family around. However, I loved planning my wedding (once my dad set the budget and butted out). I'd love to do it all again (maybe for our 10 year anniversary we'll do it again and renew our vows). This time, I'll have a different theme.

we got married 18 Sept 2004 in Camden, outer sydney. We got married in a catholic church, then held our reception at Camden Valley inn, in the 'lodge'....
Everyone stayed at the Inn the night before.....we had a real girly night me and my bridesmaids - painting our nails, having massages etc.
We had a small wedding - 50 guests. DH and i didnt want to invite people that werent in our lives every day/week....i.e i didnt want to invite the cousin i had not seen since i was 21 !
It was small, intimate. Our DD#1 played a role in the ceremony (she was right on 12 months). It was a real casual, fun affair. We hired the old style pub out after the reception, so everyone could 'party on' after the official ceremony.

I loved it, i loved that our DD was there, i loved how my bridesmaids looked, i loved that i married DH.....wonderful day.

See pics on BUBS #3....

We were married on April 14 2004 at the Sheraton resorts, denarau island, Fiji. It was fantastic.

DH and I didn't want to spend a huge amount of money on a big thing that ended up having every man and his dog there because 'they always ask about you!'. Our immediate family came with us and turned it into a holiday. I had my wedding gown custom made and transported it to Fiji with us. The resort took care of the rest. I think it cost us $1500 and that included celebrant, paperwork, music (3 person acoustic guitar), photographer, flowers and transport. All we had to do was let them know the colour theme we wanted and where we wanted to be married (we did this after we arrived). It was perfect. DH and I spent the morning together by the pool (not very traditional but so far no bad luck!), then at 1pm I went and had my hair, nails and make up done as well as a facial - it was so relaxing. I was picked up from my room in a golf buggy and taken to the venue we had chosen - it was actually raining at the time - pouring, but all the fijians said that it was really good luck. The music was playing, the rain belting down on the roof of the hut we were married in. After the ceremony it stopped raining and we had our photographs taken. We treked all over the resort and got some amazing photo's with a definite tropical theme. We then had drinks in the lounge with our family before going to a restaurant that we had picked (there were a number of restaurants at the resort) and we payed for dinner for everyone, we had the most divine meal. Afterwards we went to the lounge where a band was playing and had a dance. I was hit on by a guy at the lounge which was hilarious as I was in my wedding gown! DH and family had a huge laugh about that. We then stayed at the Sheraton for 2 more days and then went to one of the islands without our family and had our honeymoon for 8 days. It was absolutely magical and neither of us would change it in any way. We had 2 celebrations (one in melbourne and one in adelaide as DHs family is in adelaide) with all of our friends and family that couldn't attend when we got back.

DH & I got married in Sept 2005.
We got married in the gardens of a heritage (tourist) house on the Swan River.
Had 3 bridesmaids, (my sister, a friend, and 1 of Dh's sisters), 3 groomsmen - which was a drama arranging. And a junior bridesmaid.
I wore cream dress, that i had made. Girls wore really dark navy blue.
Cars where 2 x Phase 3 XY GT's, one blue, one gold. Apparently the blue one was worth about $200,000 at the time.
Reception was at a reception centre, in the Swan Valley, a more laid back, country sorta feel about it. Was great. Excellent, and all guests stayed at a hotel over the road. So worked perfect.
Costs about $12grand all up i think.
We made the invites ourselves, as well as the bombanaires, which doubled as place settings. I also made my jewerlly, and the girls jewerlly. Earings, necklaces, and braclets.
We had chocolates on the tables, as well as in the bombonaires, which we got from a company in Adelaide, that imported them from Italy i think. And they where absolutly delicious.
The reception centre was great, couldnt find a single thing to fault about it. Staff where amazing, food was to die for. Everyone we organised had the same sorta attitude to ourselves, laid back, but, complety 100% professional. From photographer, to hair dresser, to celebrant, to matri D, to DJ, everyone was happy, laid back, but, 100% on the job. What we wanted for a happy day (obviously) where every one remembered the day for being fun, and full of laughter, and that is entirley what we got.

Probably the only thing that annoyed us was getting the photos done. Alot of time wasted in getting some of the family members to stay together for the family shots. Like getting browns cows together. My family, mostly ok, as my wedding was the 4th one in my family, so, they where sorta used to the whole routine, but DH's family, where abit all over the place. The bridal party might of drunk to much while geting the photos done as well, which also made for wasting time trying to keep them organised.

My little hint for others going down this path - in your professional family type shots, where you are getting close up, full length photos, make sure the photographer gets everyone's feet right. Sounds silly I know. At my brothers wedding, the photographer made sure all of our feet where pointing the same, and we thought it was stupid. At my wedding, my family all just did as to what we where told at my brothers wedding, but DH's family, there feet where just sorta whereever they where comfy, and it really stands out. Maybe i just to picky. But, its important for feet to be correct, cause it ensure that everyone is standing straight etc.

One of the funniest parts of the day, was at the ceremony, rememeber, it was on banks of the river, so, lots of peoples in boats going past. We had little dinghy's that where turning their motors off, and drifting past so they could watch, and getting their boats caught up in the banks and reids. But, after the whole "I Do" bits, one boat goes past, and this guy yells out at the top of his head "DONT DO IT!" Funny as.


Oh - one other thing - DONT let you DH to be play football in the dark, the night before, with your brother, as the only finger they will injure, and swell, will be the ring finger. And wedding rings DO NOT FIT swollen and bruised fingers...... :D

We were married 4-5-06 in Fiji on our 4th anniversary together. We had decided on a beach wedding and loved the idea of Fiji. Our immediate family came over and had a holiday themselves. My dress cost $200 and his outfit was under $100. My sister and his sister were our witnesses and were told to wear something that they would wear again.
There was a tsunami warning the morning of our wedding and our island was half an hour away from being evacuated, luckily we weren't told this until the next day. A big storm came through 20mins before our ceremony but cleared up just in time to allow beautiful sunset photos with clouds in the sky. I had a Fijian minister do the ceremony with a Fijian choir singing in the back ground. I got to the wedding bure by golf cart as the sky was too choppy to put me on the wedding boat thingy. I was walked up to the bure with four Fijian Warriors and two Fijian flowergirls. Then we had drinks by the pool and dinner in the restaurant. We then honeymooned in Fiji for a few more days and headed home for a family/friends get together to show off photos and souveniors. We had two video cameras going (my brothers and ours) and were able to get some one back home to splice together an amazing wedding dvd that looked great.

It was a perfect day and was extra special because the people we loved most joined us. We definately want to go back and maybe even renew our vows at the same place.

All up including honeymoon was under $5000. And that was souveniours and tours as well

We got married in Port Douglas, QLD (We are from Sydney) in a small white chapel overlooking the Coral Sea, the chapel has a large glass/window altar, it was just beautiful- Just family were invited so it was very small and emotional. Afterwards we had a reception at a seafood restaurant where we had a beach theme, we hired the outdoor balcony over looking the ocean.

I would have to say, it was the best day of my life, so relaxing!

We got married in Oct 2004 in a church (30 min service). I married a Greek so we had 150 guests (and that was the short list :doh: ). 2 BMs, 2 GMs, our flowergirl and page boy were our niece and nephew, our youngest nephew was born 6 days before the wedding so he was there too (he was actually due ON our wedding day - so she was induced the week before).

My dress was strapless with crystals, BMs were strapless in a fresh limey green silk dupion, all dresses were made by a dressmaker.

Our reception was at a restaurant in Kings Park in Perth, overlooking the city. Everything was AMAZING and many of our guests told us it was the best wedding they had been to. Reception cost us $100pp.

The weather was perfect and nothing went wrong - except our chauffeur was 45 mins late picking us up after the reception, so after we did the goodbye circle we waited outside and then said goodbye again to all our guests while we waited! Also I had really bad bruising of my sternum from the torsellette I wore with my dress!!

Honeymoon was at the Evason in Phuket.



All up it cost about $36,000 including the honeymoon (though parents and PIL's paid for parts of it thank goodness!) - but it was worth it :lol:


ETA: Funniest part of the day - during the ceremony when the priest gave his little speech, he starts out with "A marriage should be a threesome..." (I was waiting for some very inappropriate comments from DH's mates...) and continued "between a man, a woman and God" (major sigh of relief!). Was pretty funny though!