Agnes Water, Australia Wedding by Marina Locke Photography

About their wedding: Our wedding was beautiful. Agnes waters and 1770 is so amazing and my family has spent many weekends together there in the past surfing, swimming, eating and drinking. Joel and I met in Rockhampton and Joel has joined myself and my family in Agnes many times. We feel at home in Agnes. Like most couples he let me make most of the decisions about the wedding but he did love the choice of venue. We both enjoyed spending the morning of the wedding getting ready with our bridal parties in our luxury holiday houses. I was getting hair and make up done with a glass of Moscato in my hand and Joel was having a scotch and washing the cars with the boys. Saving the getting ready part until the last minute :) Our hairdresser and photographer were both local ladies. They were so friendly and welcoming and did a fantastic job. It sounds corny but it really was a lovely day. The weather was just perfect and everyone seemed to enjoy themselves both at the ceremony and at the reception. We wrote our own vows and they were special to us with a few little jokes sprinkled in there to make it a little light and fresh. The truly mushy stuff we say to each other in private and not in front of an audience of our friends and family but I'm sure they still felt the love. The dance floor was moving the whole night until pack up time and we really felt loved and lucky to be surrounded by friends and family who know how to have a good time! People approached us all night telling us how much fun they were having and we go the same comments the next day as we said goodbye to guests that had travelled to be there. I was inspired by a wedding I saw on a blog firstly and then went to Dusk, Etsy and Ebay to source some bits and pieces for the centre pieces and favours. It was called 'shabby chic. It was relaxed and pretty but still elegant. The decorator just needed to set up the basics for me like table cloths, runners and chair sashes. My florist was very reasonably priced and we bought some extra bags of petals to spread down the isle and across each table. I chose for the girls to carry a little fan that matched their dresses and instead of a bouquet they had a wrist band which I thought looked really good and I was very close to buying one of the bridesmaid dresses myself. They were from a local boutique and not a bridal shop.

VENDORS (Australian based): Photography: Marina Locke Photography // Ceremony Venue: Air Sea Rescue Park 1770 // Reception Venue: Agnes Waters Community Hall // Wedding Dress: Pronovias (Style: Barbate) // Bridesmaids Dresses: Shilla // Suits: F2 Flair Industries purchased through Swarv Menswear // Florist: Lakescreek Florist 

Red and Black Elegant Wedding by Abbey Domond Photography

From the couple: Our wedding was the best day of our lives. We wanted an outdoor ceremony and after visiting Waveny House we knew it was the perfect venue for our vintage meets modern wedding theme combined with a red, black and ivory color palette  We spent an entire year planning and Marc was instrumental in bringing our vision to life working diligently with all our vendors during the final weeks prior to the wedding. Despite all the planning, the week of the wedding was a bit nerve wrecking with torrential downpours every day leading up to the wedding day. After 4 days of rain, the morning of the wedding was quite foggy with a light mist falling. However, while getting ready the sun started to peek thru the clouds, signaling what was going to be an absolutely amazing day for us. One of the best moments was when my brother came up to the bridal suite to surprise me with a gift from Marc. It was a really special moment with my brother since we are really close. There wasn't a dry eye in the room. The ceremony was held in the rose garden and we were surrounded by the love of our family and friends. By the end of the ceremony the sun broke through the clouds and provided the most amazing light for the remainder of the wedding day. It was the most perfect setting with a gorgeous venue, the sprawling lawn in the back and the sun shining. Our florist did the most amazing job with all the various floral arrangements from the bridal party bouquets, the ceremony arrangements to the bold and stately table centerpieces. Following our emotional ceremony, our reception turned into one big party as everyone danced the night away on the back patio. My favorite part of the evening was during our first dance when Marc and I had had a few moments to just take it all in. There was soo much love around us and we were soo grateful for everyone who shared in our special day and this truly was the happiest day of our lives!

VENDORS:
Photographer:  Abbey Domond Photography
Bridesmaid Dresses: Ann Taylor
Makeup Artist: Jennie Fresa's Beauty Library
Other:La Rosa Cubana Cigar Rollers
Dress Designer: Maggie Sottero
DJ: Parties Alive DJ
Other: Waveny House 
Cake Designer: CakeSuite
Dress Store: Kleinfelds
Floral Designer: Pedestal Florist

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