Wedding Birds

Our first Daylesford wedding. We were really excited and to have Sarah and Steve as the couple to experience our first country wedding with was really the best experience we could have asked for. Such a beautiful couple who we had the pleasure of photographing for their engagement session a few weeks ago. The day dawned sunny and beautiful and warm. Ah Daylesford, you really turned it on for us! We started by catching up with the boys who were finishing off the last minute decorations at the venue. Oh, and watching Sarah & Steve’s ADORABLE baby boy, Milo.

Then it was off to the girls to catch up with them, enjoy the rush of the final preparations of the day and the excitement of getting the bride readyOne little quirk of the day that we absolutely loved was this: Sarah’s dad went out to buy them some hairspray. Upon his return, Sarah, her mum and her sisters started laughing and squealing… dad had unwittingly bought the exact same hairspray that their grandmother had used all her life. So special. Once they had all used it, they said they smelled like her. Brought a tear to their eyes… and ours!Then it was off to the ceremony we went at the beautiful Tarascon Village. The ceremony was held in the resort gardens and it was just so beautiful and rustic. Sarah & Steve had a vintage theme and it just flowed so beautifully through the entire wedding. Such a beautiful ceremony, not a dry eye to be found. Little Milo was part of the ceremony as ring bearer, which he wore around his neck on a  red ribbon. Another thing they had in their ceremony that we absolutely LOVED was a hand-tying ceremony. It was so beautiful and special and so memorable. The bride and groom’s hands are joined together, usually holding hands so the wrists and pulses are touching, with a ribbon or symbolic material looped over the bride and groom’s wrists and tied by the celebrant or a friend. The words spoken usually express that the couple are bound by their love and commitment for one another and like the cord, which has two individual ends, they are two individuals. Sarah and Steve have chosen to hang the rope used to tie their hands over the threshold to their home, forever reminding them of their bond and the love they share.  After this BEAUTIFUL ceremony we took advantage of the beautiful light and took some beautiful portraits, which were….well…. beautiful!
Finally we made our way to the beautiful reception, which was stunningly decorated by the gorgeous couple! They did an incredible job and we loved everything from the macaron cake tower to the photobooth at the back. It was a beautifully personal reception as well, with speeches that yet again left us laughing and crying along with all the guests. The highlight of the speeches was when Steve’s parents came up to speak and the power promptly went out. Talk about a grand entrance. They then proceeded to read their speech by cell-phone light… the new-age version of candlelight. Love it!  And the perfect end to a perfect day