Vanessa and Chris – The Celebration

On her blog, Vanessa describes herself as “a vintage girl working in a modern world” and I think her wedding to Chris completely reflected the perfect mix of old and new.

Vanessa and Chris hired Kit Haselden to take their wedding photos for his journalistic inspired wedding photos. Vanessa had worked with Kit previously and has collaborated with him on many projects, so the couple knew they would hire Kit straight away!

The chocolate wedding cake with dulche de leche and ganache (made by Sweet Libertine Cakes) was designed to match Vanessa’s gown.

One of Vanessa’s favourite moments was the speeches. “We’re still trying to work out why our Best Man, Jason was so nervous – he was the star of the show!”

Vanessa wore white peeptoes from Panache Shoes while her bridesmaids wore crystal decorated black peeptoes from Novo.

Of their first dance Vanessa says “We had been rehearsing for months in our kitchen at home.  After a lesson from our old high school English teacher (who is a former ballroom dancer), we set about choreographing our show stopper.  We changed our minds about the music about 50 times, but finally settled on ‘Can’t take my eyes off you’ by Frankie Valli and the Four Seasons – there were lifts, dips, cha cha chases and more…It brought the house down!!!!!”

To keep with their simple, romantic wedding style, EmmyRose Stationery designed grey and white invitation with a space for guests to RSVP with their favourite song which would be played on the night. This kept guests of all ages on the dancefloor! (With the help of DJ Alex from Allegro). The Willows space allowed guests to dance inside while other guests took advantage of the Autumn evening outside.

Congratulations Vanessa and Chris on your marriage together! Thank you for sharing your beautiful wedding day with us! Thank you also to Kit Haselden for sharing today’s photographs!