your wedding day! what was it like?

[~Hestia~]

What a nice thread, good idea!!

Fave thing of the day - I loved my wedding day as we had complete control & as a result it was exactly what we wanted. DH & I are not fussy people so I love that our wedding was a reflection of who we are. It was small (about 35 guests) but felt very intimate & those who were there were important to us. I loved that DH was trying very hard not to cry & no one else could see that. I loved when DH kissed me before he was supposed to!! I loved leaving on the boat for our honeymoon to Tasmania afterwards - such an exciting feeling!!

What would I change - I wouldn't have used a photography student & spent the extra money on a professional. She took nice photos but lacked the experience. As a result I don't look relaxed & I feel a pro would've made sure I looked my best.

Where did I get married - A restaurant on the Geelong waterfront. We hired out the top floor. This meant it was very private & we had our own chef & staff for the day. It's hard to explain but where we 'got married' is a raised fenced part of the top floor, making it separate from the reception area. We were there first & everyone formed a circle around us. We had a candle ceremony so we were surrounded by candlelight. I also love that the co ordinator at this restaurant remembers us & gives us free drinks whenever we go there!!

Presents - After having lived together we didn't want any presents. We did need a new washing machine so asked for gift cards at a particular store, the generosity astounded us & we had much more than we needed. Some people were traditional & gave gifts instead though. Which I'm sorry to say we have never used!!

Bridesmaids - Nope, no bridal party at all!! We wanted it to be kept very simple. I don't like being the centre of attention either so walking down an aisle would've been my idea of hell!!

Table centrepieces - Didn't have a centrepiece but did have lots of candles everywhere - very romantic. From memory I think the restaurant had fake flowers on the tables too but I obviously didn't take much notice!!

Bonbonierrie - We didn't give one out on the day, we felt that as we paid for the whole thing (including the alcohol) it wasn't necessary. However we did a whole group photo at the reception which we sent out to everyone with the thank you cards. Everyone loved it & we also included any photos that the photographer took of them. The ones with kids especially loved these.

Invitations - I'm not crafty at all so I got ours done online. They were silver, that's all I can remember!!

Bouquet - I didn't have one. My thing is bags so I had a gorgeous little bag that I hung over my wrist for the day - got lots of comments. Plus I got to keep it!!

What about the dress? I LOVE pink so I wore a pink dress on my wedding day. I bought it at Myer. It's 3 layered - a slip & a latte coloured gauzy layer that hangs a couple of cms down from the dusty pink lace top layer. It has cap sleeves & a pink bow that goes around my waist. It really is beautiful AND I have worn it since!!

It's nice reading about everyone's special day. This has also made me remember my wedding day & all the things that made it special for us. Thanks!!

[kawazuki]

I thought that everyone could share there magical days with everyone

What was your fave thing of the day?being on a tropical islandw with my man and kids and family

What would you have changed if anything? nothing

Where did you get married? church? garden? registry office? ?we eloped to fiji with family, got married on the balcony at sunset over looking the ocean and a secluded island

Did you have a wishing well or gift registry? or presents??wishing well

How many bridesmaids did you have? what dresses did they wear??none lol only my little girl was flower girl adn step son was ring bearer

What were your table centre pieces??had square plates with sand and candles on them, we had teh reception at home a month after we got married at the local surf club

Did you have a bonbonierrie? if so what was it??nope lol budget wedding here

What did you invites look like? did you make them or get them made??i made them myself, they were pink and white with frangipannis and silver ribbon very cute and sweet

Did you have a real or fake boquet? what flowers were they??fiji had real frangipannui tear drop style, at home had roses and gerberas in a round boquet style

Anything else you would like to add feel free or even add photos

[feeb]

NaeNae You got married at same place as me!!! and I think from your pics you had same horse and carriage people and stayed night before at same place as me!!!!!!!!

[NaeNae]

NaeNae You got married at same place as me!!! and I think from your pics you had same horse and carriage people and stayed night before at same place as me!!!!!!!!

Belle Warren and Briserenia Gardens?? Was yours a winter wedding as well?
Aparrently the next day after our wedding the venue ripped up the floor and made some changes so I bet it doesn't even look like that any more

An old work colleague always said the best people go married there

[feeb]

Belle Warren and Briserenia Gardens?? Was yours a winter wedding as well?
Aparrently the next day after our wedding the venue ripped up the floor and made some changes so I bet it doesn't even look like that any more

An old work colleague always said the best people go married there

Yep yep thats right!!!! hehe we had the cottage that you pic is in front off plus the one joined on back of it plus the 2 over past the reception of briserinia gardens!!!

yep 20th may wedding 2006.

Was the best day staff were amazing everything perfect!!!

All our guests still til this day say it was best wedding they have attended including my matron of honour prefered my wedding to hers!!

where did u spend wedding night?? we had a tree top house 3 story thing at Lochiel in Olinda

[NaeNae]

we booked the spa cottage at Briserenia, I wanted to go somewhere else but couldn't be bothered organising yet another thing by myself We booked the entire property on the wedding night and had a few relo's stay as well.

Loved it up there, the staff were indeed amazing My dress got black with mud 3 times and 3 times we had bottles of soda water and hairdryers galore going and it was all the staff doing it.

[feeb]

ah ok my parents and brothers and my cousin and matron of honur her DH and DS stayed there wedding night as i wanted to be away from everyone!! we saw my family next day for breaky as my cousin was over from Scotland for wedding and i wouldnt see her again before she went home as we were 2 night at lochiel and then home 1 night and off of honeymoon for 2 weeks.

Brisserina staff also went organised lunch platters for me for family and the girls for lunch on wedding day and picked them up from where they had organised them!!

when was your wedding?

[Claire_A]

What was your fave thing of the day? - Marrying the man of my dreams!

What would you have changed if anything? - My sister's husband was in charge of the music - big mistake!

Where did you get married? church? garden? registry office? eloped? - Fitzroy gardens

Did you have a wishing well or gift registry? or presents? - Myer registry and wishing well

How many bridesmaids did you have? what dresses did they wear? - 1 bridesmaide, we had a '50s theme so she wore a gorgeous red vintage dress.

What were your table centre pieces? - White roses and short chunky white candles

Did you have a bonbonierrie? if so what was it? - No

What did you invites look like? did you make them or get them made? - We made them. We took a black & white photo of the two of us in a photo booth and enlarge it slightly. Then we sewed the front and back covers of the invites together with red cotton.

Did you have a real or fake boquet? what flowers were they? - Real boquet of red roses.

[trini246]

wow what a small world getting married at the same place in the same year hahaha

I am getting more & more excited about my wedding everyday

[Jaycee]

What was your fave thing of the day? Marrying the man of my dreams and getting to be a princess for a day!

What would you have changed if anything? Yep, I really regret not having our wedding video'ed, I only have my memories now.

Where did you get married? church? garden? registry office? eloped? Beautiful garden at our reception venue

Did you have a wishing well or gift registry? or presents? Wishing well and presents

How many bridesmaids did you have? what dresses did they wear? 2 bridesmaids, who wore a fuscia ****tail style dress, they were gorgeous and I wanted something that they could wear again. I also had 2 flower girls and 2 page boys (neices and nephews - and they were gorgeous!)

What were your table centre pieces? Lantern style - can't remember the name now, but they were beautiful and big candelabras and flowers for the bridal table

Did you have a bonbonierrie? if so what was it? We went for the traditional sugar coated almonds

What did you invites look like? did you make them or get them made? Had them made, they were a creamy coloured with gold embossing, very classy but simple!

Did you have a real or fake boquet? what flowers were they? Fake, which were mady by my SIL and gorgeous, I had a tear drop with lillies and the girls had a small boquet of lillies

[Laranna]

Well, we aren't married yet, but our wedding is in August so not long to go. Some of our ideas....
My dress is black and white. I'm having 2 bridesmaids who'll be wearing black. There will be 3 flower girls. DF is having just the 1 groomsman. We're getting married in a garden and our reception is at the same venue in a marquee. Our flowers are going to be ruby red roses and our centrepieces will be tall cylinder vases with a bunch of red roses on a mirror with tealights surrounding it. I've made the invitations which are square, the bottom layer is black, the middle layer is a black damask patterned paper and the top layer with the writing is a bright white. There is a black satin ribbon with a diamonte buckle around the top too. Our bonbonniere is going to be toblerone bars wrapped with the same paper as the invites with the guests name printed on one side to double as the placecard. Can't wait. Here are a few pics of a few things so far.

[trini246]

wow that will look amazing cant wait to see the real pic

i hope you have a great day

[Lisa]

Laranna! I have those shoes in light pink! They're sooooooo beautiful even though I have never worn them! lol

[feeb]

lareena you dress pic looks gorgeous!!!!!!!!!!!! cant wait to see pic of you in it

[M22]

What was your fave thing of the day? Marrying the man of my dreams seeing waiters passing food and people going "nom nom nom"

What would you have changed if anything? hmmmm

Where did you get married? church? garden? registry office? eloped? church and the point albert park melbourne

Did you have a wishing well or gift registry? or presents? both

How many bridesmaids did you have? what dresses did they wear? 2 bridesmaids, who wore a lilac dresses tops and skirts but they could choose want ever style top the wanted/

What were your table centre pieces? huge candlebra with gardenias
Did you have a bonbonierrie? cd with songs form our wedding - it actually had a collage of photos on it

What did you invites look like? did you make them or get them made? Dh made them the were cubes with our photos on it the folded out.

Did you have a real or fake bouquet? what flowers were they? Fake, gardenias