Stacey and Jake met through an online dating app. “As our first date, Jake took me for breakfast after one of my night shifts which was a real treat,” Stacey tells us. “We became engaged during the week that we went into the first lockdown! It was very romantic because we were at home and Jake had asked my mum to call me as a distraction while he decorated our home with candles and flowers. He had Tale As Old As Time from Beauty And The Beast playing, which is my favourite Disney movie that ended up being the song I walked down the aisle to because we hired a string trio who played a beautiful arrangement for us.” SETTING THE SCENE “The venue was perfect - we both loved it the first time we visited,” Stacey says. “The outdoor areas looked so pretty and we wanted to get married outside using the gazebo by the river. The conservatory where we held our wedding breakfast felt so bright and spacious and everyone stayed over at the hotel to prolong the celebrations!” The couple hired a vintage car to have photographs taken with because Stacey stayed at the hotel the night before so didn’t need any transport. “I have a Fiat 500 and a slight obsession with the vintage versions so we hired a beautiful white vintage Fiat decorated with a hessian ‘Just Married’ sign, a white flower and foliage garland placed on the bonnet and balloons,” she tells us. The couple decorated their day with a white and green colour theme and some other fun décor. “My stepsister Karla-Louise designed all of our stationery including our table plan, place names and table names using a cork-brown card,” Stacey tells us. “She also created some white leafy bunting using eucalyptus leaves that we strung everywhere from the gazebo used for our ceremony to the “Everyone says it’s the best day of your life, but for us, it was.To have all of your favourite people gathered together with good food, music and sunshine was a wonderful feeling - it doesn’t get much better than that!” – Stacey and Jake REAL WEDDING 29
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