Emma and Jordans Wedding

Photos: Paul Sulovski and Fi Fy Fo Fum Designs

Theme: Small and intimate. We only had 35 people at our late afternoon wedding, just immediate family and our closest friends. On our day we wanted to be able to enjoy as much time as possible with the most important people in our lives.
Colours:  Red and Tan. Oh, and of course an ivory wedding dress!
Venue: Riva, St Kilda Marina for both the ceremony and the reception. It was a wonderful venue, with a small beachfront on one side where we had our ceremony, then upstairs to a private dining room for drinks then the reception. As our reception was on the westside of the building we had a wonderful sunset to set the evening off.
Photography: Paul Sulovski really listened to what we wanted from our photos and the style we were after. Like all good photographers, we hardly even noticed he was there and he came up with a wonderful set of natural and relaxed photos.
Flowers: Organised by Em, she went to a flower shop recommended by a friend. They did a fantastic bouquet of red orchids, lapel pin for Jordan and lapel corsage for mothers and grandmothers at a great price.
Invitations: Fi Fy Fo Fum Designs Custom Design. Fi took our random ideas and generated a fanastic design straight off the bat which carried across all the stationery we used for the wedding....Invitations, RSVP cards and place cards.  The design brief was something simple yet elegant.
Celebrant:  Jeannette Burke, a civil celebrant that Em knew through her work. She created a relaxed atmosphere and a wonderful service.
Cake: Organised by Jordan's mum from a person local to her in West Gippsland. We had a chocolate cake with white icing, topped with decorative white and red roses. For all the guests we had small take home cakes, shaped as hearts with an E&J on them.
Top tip: Having the wedding and reception together does make it an easier day to manage for yourselves and your guests. Also, as hard as it may be, try and stay true to what you as the couple want in the wedding and the reception, even in the face of what mothers, mother-in-laws and those distant relatives who want to come might otherwise want.