Romantic Rose & Blush Wedding by Fiona Clair | SouthBound Bride

Romantic Rose & Blush Wedding by Fiona Clair | SouthBound Bride

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With Valentine's on its way this weekend, I can't think of a better time to share this beautiful wedding with you all. I first spotted the gorgeous bridesmaid portraits on Fiona Clair 's newsfeed, and was blown away (as I always am by her images) by how fashioney and yet how warm the pictures are. The rest of the wedding is just as wonderful - a classic, red rose motif combined with soft blush, the most spectacular illusion lace wedding dress, a very chic groomsmaid alongside all the dapper guys, and a wedding in a stone chapel under a bower of blooms. If romance were a wedding, this would be it.

Love Story The Proposal Wedding Details Most Memorable MomentProudly South African Details The Honeymoon
Matthew and I both moved to Paris about three weeks after our wedding. We took the opportunity to take full advantage of our local beauties before we left. We spent a few nights at the coast, indulging in room service and champagne at the The Twelve Apostles Hotel. We then went to Bushmans Kloof Lodge Wilderness which is an unbelievable luxury getaway just outside of Clanwilliam. We ended our honeymoon by spending a few days in Franschhoek. We experienced the best of the Western Cape before flying off.
A little bit of the Afrikaans tradition came through when Matthew was dressed with a funny face mask while attempting his thank you speech. He looked a bit ridiculous and had us all laughing.

During the ceremony, we shared quite a few laughs with the audience as Matthew managed to jump the queue and say "I do" before finishing his vows. We were extremely blessed to have warm sunny weather in the middle of winter. Matthew's speech was extremely powerful, and when he turned to me to tell me how he felt we both broke out into tears.
Matthew always bought me red roses, so we had those on the tables. Every guest received a hand-written note from either the bride or groom - the most important element of our wedding was to make each and every guest feel valued. We got engaged on my 23rd birthday. On the morning of my birthday, we drove to my parents' house to join them for a birthday brunch at home. When we arrived, Matthew blindfolded me and led me from the car upstairs to my room. He closed the door and took the blindfold off - my room was filled with my most favourite thing - red roses. There were buckets and kettles filled with roses and when I looked up, my roof was filled with gold balloons. It was so romantic. He then dropped down on one knee...
We met through mutual family friends at Christmas time. I was lonely because it was the first (and only) year I was adamant about not joining my parents in the Kalahari for the festive season. A very classy man walked into the room (Matt) and I was immediately allured. We ended up being seated next to each other at the Christmas table and Matt, as polite as he always is, kept pouring me red wine before serving himself. He then started showing interest after we had some quirky banter going. We got along like a house on fire and ended up in the jacuzzi together - that night we had our first kiss.

You can see more from this wedding on Fiona Clair's blog.

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Catering: Two Chefs Catering | Photographer: Fiona Clair Photography | Cake: Charlies Bakery | Flowers: Flowers for Africa | Décor: To-Netts | Stationery: Secret Diary | Bride's & Bridesmaids' dresses: Dorothea Smit | Bride's accessories: Forever New | Hair & makeup: Shanaaz Alexander | Groom's attire: Hilton Weiner

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