After making the decision that they were in it for life,
Mandy and Adam pictured a simple but elegant wedding with just their closest
family present.
Mandy and her lifelong bestie, Maddi, prepped for the ceremony together, before arriving at the ceremony location in a sleek, black car. Mandy wore a beautiful white lace dress from @White Lily Couture, and Maddi wore a slinky midnight blue slip dress. Both had waves in their hair. Mandy takes care of her beautiful fair skin and looked luminescent - a timely reminder of the importance of sun protection (I’m vowing to put this into practice more often now!)
Deb from Miss Weddings had set up a white circular arbour with blue florals and white Americana chairs in the ceremony space at the Palm Tree Lawn at Brisbane Botanic Gardens, Mount Coot-tha.
Adam was looking super dapper in a crisp navy suit with a white shirt and a navy tie. His hair and beard were freshly trimmed, and he smiled as he caught sight of Mandy walking down the aisle towards him.
I loved working with this quirky couple to create a ceremony
which reflected their personalities. We included a quote from Lord of the
Rings, a reference to building Lego models together, a mention of the couple’s haughty
cat, Salem, and goals of coffee drinking
on the balcony together.
It wouldn’t be a Mandy moment without a Taylor Swift song,
so Adam’s first concession to his new wife was walking back down the aisle to “Paper
Rings” by Taylor Swift.
After their intimate ceremony, the couple and their guests
enjoyed cupcakes to reenergise during a photo shoot around the gardens.
Ceremony Venue: Palm Tree Lawn at Botanic Gardens Mount
Coot-tha
Coordination: Elope Brisbane
Celebrant: Cheryl Landsberry
Photographer: Romana Saeheng
Styling: Miss Weddings
Flowers: Little Miss Flower Shoppe
Cupcakes: Cakes by Simone
Dress: White Lily Couture
