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.

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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

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This beautiful 1940's inspired wedding theme would be the perfect accompiment to a morning or tea time wedding. With subtle hues and pastel colours nothing is overpowered yet compliments each other.

With so many simple ideas that can be used, you can definitely save on the budget too and try and do some of the things yourself. I love how an ordinary wooden peg, a coca cola glass bottle as well as a wooden dart board can be used and adds to the wonderful simplistic overall feel.

Serve snacks that are easy to manage with a small sideplate, or even picked up by hand. Snacks that are already packaged will also work well. Stick to soft colours if you want the "tea time" feel and use flowers that are feminine and soft.

By using watering cans, old tin cans and even glass bottles you'll have many choices to use when it comes to finding containers to put your flowers in. Find old wooden frames and even and old weathered ladder could all be used in your decor. I love how this couple also incorporated a type-writer to add to the vintage feel.

Charl and Jeane's 120 guest wedding on 23 July 2011 at the beautiful St Francis Links featured lovely beach elements combined with stunning protea flowers in various shades of pink. DNS Strings provided the ceremony as well as cocktail music.

ATTIRE

Jeane was absolutely in love with her dress! It was a strapless diamond white taffeta dress with a lot of swarowski crystal detail on the bodice. The Chicago dress from the Blue by Enzoani range was her favourite out of the range and she decided to have it ordered from America. The bodice had to be taken in 6cm and seeing that I was unable to fit my dress until 5 days before the weddiing when we arrived in South Africa, it was a very risky decision, said Jeane. It was a huge sigh of relief for her when she managed to get all the buttons closed the first time she tried it on.

Samuel Beck Hair Dressing did an amazing job with Jeane's hair and Marike De Groot finished off her look with beautiful make-up. Her stunning shoes were bought in Las Vegas from the shop Aldo.

Charl decided to buy an Alexandre London suit in Bermuda.

DETAILS

Wilma and Reneé from Patensie did all the decorations as well as all of the flower decorations. They did the most amazing job and managed to get hold of all the flowers the bride needed for her bouquet. It was so beautiful and full of colour, she did not want to put it down. They went above and beyond the expectations we had for the flowers and the venue, said Jeane.

The couple decided on a classic beach themed wedding with plenty sea shells and star fish as part of the decorations. The colours were dusty pink along with all the colours of the natural Eastern Cape field flowers. They had King Proteas in all the flower arrangements. The table centrepieces were large glass vases with sand and shells in them with large white branches sticking out of the vases. The branches had small candle lanterns hanging from them which provided the romantic light in the hall. The Blushing Bride is her favourite flower and it featured in all the arrangements. There were lite pink roses everywhere and she wanted the flowers to be a prominent feature at the wedding to create a friendly loving environment. Nikki Bolton from Cards by Design made all their stationery.

There were two special things that Jeane and Charl wanted to share with us. The first thing was their couples introduction song which was Kokomo by the Beach Boys - Bermuda, Bahamas, come on pretty mamas.... The second things was during Jeane's university years in Potchefstroom, one of her friends bought a blue hair pin. That pin has travelled from wedding to wedding through the years and has featured in every bride’s hair. It's a very special gesture that the previous bride hands to the new bride as a sign of support and it also represents your ’something old’ your ‘something borrowed’ and ‘something blue’

THE CAKE

The couple had a beautiful chocolate ganache cake that was decorated with pink roses. It was served as dessert to the guests.

DIY BRIDE

The couple had an engagement photo shoot on the beach and surroundings in Bermuda. The grooms mother managed to get 10 large antique photo frames for them. Charl made a large easel for on which they displayed the photos at the reception area. Jeane put the ribbons through the pansy shells and attached the ‘thank you’ notes. She also put the engagement shoot photos in the frames and mounted them on the easel.

PHOTOGRAPHS

Cherie Theron never ceases to amaze us. She once again took some incredible photographs of the couple, as well as some beautiful decor pics.

ADVICE

Jeane keeps it short and sweet with her words of wisdom: "You plan for months to make that ONE DAY perfect, but if something out of your control goes wrong, just go with it!! Do not let something trivial spoil the whole day, because you do not get a do-over. :) In the end, the main reason everyone travelled so far to be there with you, is because they love you and want to share the day with you."

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WEDDING SUPPLIERS

• Catering: St Francis Links
• Ceremony Music: DNS Strings
• Decor: Wilma & Renee from Patensie
• Dress: Enzoani
• Florist: Wilma & Renee from Patensie
• Hair: Samuel Beck Hairdressing
• Make-up: Marike De Groot
• Photographer: Cherie Theron
• Reception Music: DJ Mike Marshall
• Reception Venue: St Francis Links
• Stationery: Nikki Bolton from Cards by Design
• Wedding Planner: Liezl from the Links

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