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Brooke & Kurt Gidley

— Vintage Inspired Wedding

Date

25 November 2011

Guests

170 people

Photographer

Jake Thomas Photography

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Real Wedding: Brooke & Kurt Gidley

HOW WE MET: Kurt and I met about 4 years ago at a local night spot. He came and introduced himself and wowed me with some of his famous dance moves.

OUR ENGAGEMENT STORY: Kurt propsed to me on a holiday in Fiji. We had just got to our last resort, Likuliku. Kurt suggested a walk out along the jetty to take in the stunning scenery. I was totally surprised and speechless to say the least when all of a sudden Kurt dropped down to one knee and proposed! It was the biggest and best surprise of my life and a day I’ll never forget.

MARRIAGE TO US MEANS: A Celebration of love and a lifetime commitment of happiness & support for each other.

WEDDING LOCATION: Ceremony-Longworth House (Newcastle), Reception- Surfhouse (Merewether)

THEME/STYLE: The overall style was Vintage-inspired, with a beachy/earthy feel

PHOTOGRAPHY: Jake Thomas photography was the first thing we fell in love with when planning our wedding. Friends of ours also used Jake thomas photography and raved about them!... Their wedding album is stunning so we knew right away he was the photographer for us. We loved how he captured the “moments” and that not all of the photos were posed. We definitely weren’t let down.

BRIDE’S DRESS: Maggie Sottero Mermaid style strapless ivory gown with hand sewn swarovski crystal beaded bodice and a chapel length train.

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BRIDE’S SHOES: Wittner Ivory peep toe platforms with swarovski crystal beading to match dress.

BRIDESMAIDS DRESSES: My bridesmaid dresses were inspired by a Collette Dinnigan dress, the girls wore a blue V neck knee length dress with pleating detail and crystal brooch.

BRIDESMAID’S SHOES: My bridesmaids wore ivory peep toe platforms

FLOWERGIRLS/PAGEBOY OUTFITS: We had the flowergirl & page boy outfits made. The flowergirls wore ivory dresses with pleating detail and a crystal brooch. Our pageboy wore a grey suit with a white shirt and black tie.

JEWELLERY/ACCESSORIES: Whitakers Jewellery

WEDDING RINGS: My engagement ring is a 2.5 carat white gold princess cut diamond. My wedding ring is a 1 carat white gold band with diamonds on 3 sides.

GROOM/GROOMSMEN ATTIRE: The groomsmen all wore grey suits with a white shirt, black skinny tie and black shoes

HAIR: My hair was worn in a high bun with long veil for the ceremony. For the reception I wore it out and curled.

MAKEUP: I chose a Natural make up palette with smokey eyes.

INVITATIONS: Our wedding invitations were printed on Ivory card with brown letterpress writing.

WEDDING FAVORS/BONBONNIERE: We gave our guests personalised hand made soaps as bonbonniere

FLOWERS: My bridesmaids & I had bouquets of white Peonies, the groomsmen wore Peony button holes. We also placed bunches of white peonies down the centre of our reception tables

VIDEOGRAPHER: Paul Mailath, Perbenyik Productions

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CEREMONY DÉCOR: Our ceremony featured a Floral Arch and brown vintage leather chairs for guests to match the ballroom

RECEPTION DÉCOR: The style of our reception was vintage-inspired and beachy, and featured neutral colours. We used lots of candles and crystals for decor.

WEDDING STYLIST: We used The Style Salon for all of our wedding decor.

CAKE: Our wedding cake was a three tiered mud cake with ivory icing, flower and dark ribbon detail from Sweet Poison Newcastle

WEDDING SONGS: All songs were performed by Olivia Kolo from Coconut Trio. Ceremony: Adele- To make you feel my love, After ceremony: Jack Johnson- Better Together, First Dance: Etta James- At Last

FOOD & BEVERAGES: We served an entree of Soft shell crab or ceaser salad and Wagu beef or Barramundi as the main. Petit fours and wedding cake were served for dessert.

TRANSPORT: H2 Hummer

HONEYMOON: We stayed at the Intercontinental Thalasso resort and Spa in Bora Bora, Tahiti

GIFT REGISTRY: Wishing well

CELEBRANT: Carol Martin was our wedding celebrant

READINGS USED/ ANY OTHER SPECIAL DETAILS: My Aunty wrote us a poem every birthday growing up so I thought it only fitting to ask her to write one for our wedding. The poem described how we met and who we are perfectly and had the room crying and laughing at the same time!

SOURCES OF INSPIRATION: Crystal, Beach, The Style Salon.

A MEMORABLE MOMENT: The most memorable moment was seeing each other for the first time!! Tears…

ONE THING I WISH I KNEW BEFORE I STARTED MY WEDDING PLANS: We would plan an indoor ceremony right from the start. It was pretty stressful worrying about the weather in the lead up to our wedding. In the end we had to change from Fort Scratchley (outdoor) to Longworth House (indoor). We were so lucky Longworth House was available it was perfect!

BROOKE + KURT'S CONTACTS:

PHOTOGRAPHY: Jake Thomas

BRIDE'S DRESS: Maggie Sottero

BRIDE’S SHOES: Wittner

BRIDESMAIDS DRESSES: Designs by Melanie Ford

BRIDESMAIDS SHOES: Betts

FLOWERGIRLS/PAGEBOYS Designs by Melanie Ford

GROOMS FORMAL WEAR: Rundle Tailoring

WEDDING RINGS: Whitakers

JEWELLERY & ACCESSORIES: Whitakers

HAIR: Woo Hoo Salon

MAKEUP: Cathy Flanagan Makuep