Rustic Rock Roses & Powder Blue Perfection

Anine and Christiaan's rustic, lace and loved-filled wedding day showcased handmade displays of succulent rock roses amidst white paper doilies, lovely lace and charming silver buckets. The couple wanted their guests to enjoy a celebration in a beautiful, but relaxed atmosphere, where they would feel right at home. Anine's intricately detailed lace and pearl gown with an extremely swoonworthy back certainly made a statement. The gown was perfectly co-ordinated with both her groom's attire, as well as the pretty powder blue gowns worn by her bridal party. The details of their special day were captured in all their intimate splendour by GingerAle Photography.

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Their Love Story:
Christiaan had a holiday fling with my best friend from school in the December of our grade 11 year. A few years later, in our matric year, we had a girls night out and we bumped into him and his friends! Then, during our first year of varsity I bumped into him again at church and we decided it was time to go for coffee. After that it wasn't long before we started dating...

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Wedding Dress:Groom and Groomsmen: Ceremony decor: Seating charts:
We hung yellow name tags on strings of ribbon between two ladders. Each ladder was decorated with flowers and candles.
As guests arrived at the gate of the venue, they drove through a plantation of nut trees between which there were lace bunting, hanging above the road as they drove. In front of the church were thirty silver buckets in different sizes and shapes with flowers in. Wedding Gifts and Favours:
The wedding gifts for the men were pickled chillies and for the women honey.
The groomsman's corsages were wooden buck head brooches and the groom as well as all the rest had corsages made with rockroses.
My wedding dress was an A-line lace and tulle dress with an intricate back and a very, very long veil.

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Guest book:
White pebbles that each guest could write a message on. These pebbles are displayed in a vase in my living room now.

Real Bride Anine's Advice For Brides-To-Be

• At the end of the day if you are married to the one you love it does not matter what went wrong, your wedding was a success.
• If you can do it yourself rather than to buy it, you will definitely save.
• Are there any other's that we've missed? It is definitely worth it to get a good photographer. At the end of the day it is all that you have left of your big day. And it is a great feeling when you get the photos a few months later and you relive that day and you have a sense of pride when you show them to other people.

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Photographer: GingerAle Photography | Wedding & Ceremony Venue: The Nutcracker country retreat | Cake: Janice- Ann Burns from Parys | Wedding Stationery: O.Three | Dress: Elamri Jacobs | Brides Hair: Tersia from Salon Bello | Brides Make-up: Sonika from Salon Bello | Bridal Shoes: Anella Shoes | Bridesmaids Dresses: Elmari Jacobs | Suits: Country Road | Pastor/Officiator: Jaco De Witt |

Founding Editor: Storm Buckingham