With over 170 of their closest friends, Josh and Tina tied the knot at the Greek Orthodox Church in Port Elizabeth on 29 December 2011. Their reception followed at the then newly built Ukuphupha Venue in Kragga Kamma Road.

ATTIRE

Tina's beautiful fitted grecian style wedding gown, which flaired out at the bottom, with a soft organza single shoulder piece was made by Michelle Dodds. It was finished off with similar brooches on both the front and the back of the dress and also showcased a beautiful long train.

Jeans Hair Dressing Team did an amazing job with both Tina and all her bridesmaids hair and Juanelle from Rare Beauti finished off her look with gorgeous make-up.

The guys hired their suits from Peri's and opted for a simple classic black suit with white shirts and purple ties.

DETAILS

From the beginning Josh and Tina wanted the country feel of hessian paired with purple and lime green and finished off with touches of white. Ukuphupha has beautiful exposed beams, and Tina chose to have her florist, Cathy, hang wreaths made from natural twine with clusters of peach, green and purple flowers from them. Hessian was bought and specially made into round tablecloths which was used for overlays on all the guest tables. Roses, Lisianthus, Succulents and Col Col were all incorporated into the centerpieces and the beautiful favours which was all handmade was placed on the tables for the guests.

Instead of draping the entire hall, sections of drapes were hung from the ceiling and tied with twine, this created a beautiful curtain drop effect. Lots of candelight and fairylights in the roof were used to give artificial lighting, which all added to the romantic feel of the wedding.

Hay Bales partially covered with green and purple fabric were brought in for additional outside seating and complemented the beautiful stoep at the venue which was adorned with wreath hearts and country lanterns.

Duncan Crisp entertained the guest with some great music choices and added some traditional greek music which was loved by all.

THE CAKE

A four tiered carrot cake was baked and decorated by Androula Polemitis. She covered the cake in cream cheese icing and finished it off with purple flowers. The topper, the couples initials made from wire was made by the florist Cathy

DIY BRIDE

Josh and Tina bough droewors in bulk, and wrapped two pieces with brown paper and finished it off with purple twine as a gift for the men. They had personalised labels printed for this as well as the jam jars that they filled with jams and covered with different coloured fabrics for the ladies. The other thing the couple did was they asked the florist Cathy to take an old ladder and cover it with moss. They then tied the seating plan to this. Wooden clipboards, on which they stuck the printed numbers and menu's with wooden pegs were used for the table numbers and to indicate the meals.

PHOTOGRAPHS

Rick Moller took some incredible photo's for the couple and managed to capture some beautiful intimate moments. Craig from my World Creations captured it all on film.

Thanks for sharing your wedding with us!

WEDDING SUPPLIERS

• Catering: Fat Cats
• Cake: Androula Polemitis
• Decor: Cathy De Villiers
• Dress: Michelle Dodds
• Florist: Cathy De Villiers
• Hair: Jeans Hair Studio
• Make-up: Juanelle from Rare Beauti
• Photographer: Rick Moller
• Reception Music: DJ Duncan Crisp
• Reception Venue: Ukuphupha
• Videographer: Craig from my World Creations
• Wedding Planner: Megan Moller from Confetti Events

Would you like us to feature your wedding? E-mail megan@perfectday.co.za for more information.

Gone are the days that the carnation is seen as a cheap alternative to the rose, or even worse, seen as a funeral flower.

What we love most about this flower is that it still is one of the cheaper flowers available, and works so well combined with either silver or gold. Glam it up a bit more by adding diamante or strings of pearls to give it a vintage twist.

Carnations are often used in posy like arrangements, as the fullness of this flower creates a lovely soft feel. They are also used in floating or hanging pomanders, as it's not a very heavy flower and they go a long way.

Although traditionally real flowers are used for your bouquet, we love this eco friendly idea of using old paperbags to create your very own unique bouquet. If you want it more feminine then combine soft tissue paper between the paper flowers and create a softer overall look. This beautiful DIY is courtesy of (The Hostess Blog)

By following the simple steps below we'll show you how to make your very own paper bouquet.

This is what you’ll need:

• 4-5 differenty types of paper bags
• Pen
• Scissors
• Covered pipe cleaner (colour of your choice)
• Transparent tape

Now follow these easy steps:

STEP ONE

Draw a spiral onto one of the paperbags. The larger the circler the leafier the flower will be.

STEP TWO

Take your scissors and start cutting the lines of the spiral, starting at the most outer line and working your way in.

STEP THREE

Snip off the end of your spiral at the point that it begins to turn back into the bag, careful not to cut any of the strips.

STEP FOUR

Start rolling up the spiral, starting at the end which you finished last at until you reach the center of your spiral. Once you have done this, it will look like a tightly rolled up piece of paper. Place this in the palm of your hand and let it fall loosely apart, tugging at it gently if need be.

STEP FIVE

To make the stem, flip the flower upside down, and tape the pipe cleaner to the base of the flower with the transparent tape.

STEP SIX

Add a couple of flowers, following the steps above for each flower and fill up your bouquet as much as you want.

And there you have it, a simple DIY eco friendly bouquet.