Whimsical Vineyard Wedding at Frogmore Creek

At its heart, a wedding is less about the timeline and more about the circle that gathers around you: the hands that help, the voices that cheer, and the people who have loved you long before the aisle. For TK and Kelsie, their celebration at Frogmore Creek was a tribute to exactly that. From emotional family tributes and heirloom keepsakes to proud, joy-filled portraits wrapped in a rainbow flag, every part of the day reflected where they’ve come from and the life they’re creating together.

Thoughtful, inclusive, and full of heart, it was a wedding that didn’t just celebrate a marriage; it celebrated the community that made it possible. And entirely captured by the amazing team from Mozoph Weddings!

Like many a modern-day romance, TK and Kelsie met with the right swipe. TK was fresh out of a relationship and healing from the breakup, and not really sure what she was looking for. “Kelsie was very keen on me, but feeling lost and confused about what I’d just gone through, I had told her I didn’t think I was emotionally available for anything serious again right now. Kelsie goes great, I’ll wait. She wanted nothing more than me and she persisted until she got the girl. Our casual chats turned into travelling between Hobart and Launceston to see each other, late-night phone calls that ran into crazy hours of the morning, her wiping away tears and healing a heart she didn’t break.”

Eight months out from their third anniversary, TK booked a dome at Swinging Gate Vineyard… for nothing special in particular. Oh, except for the surprise proposal she’d been planning! “She asked me what I wanted for our anniversary and I told her “all I wanted is for you to write me a song”. Kelsie comes from a musical background but doesn’t really sing or play instruments much anymore so I really wanted to reignite her passion for the guitar and singing again. She told me she only writes songs when she’s sad, and I told her, “Too bad – that’s never going to happen with me, so I’d like a song. Anyway, my plan was to propose to her after she played me the song she wrote. I had a speech planned and everything,” TK shared.

“Unbeknownst to me, she had also had the same idea and planned it with my mum. Her sneaky way of having the proposal recorded was by saying, “Should we film this for your mum? I think she’d like to hear it,” and I, of course, said yes because I knew she would. Wellllll let me tell you… Kelsie’s bloody song, which she wrote, doubled as a proposal!!! So we essentially proposed at the same time. I never actually said yes to her. I said, “Stop it. I was going to do the same thing and pulled out my ring for her. She took the spotlight from me and surprised me so she never got to hear the speech I had planned hahah!”

Instead of getting ready separately with their wedding parties, TK and Kelsie got ready together, just staying separate as they got dressed. They also had their parents’ speeches kept private before the wedding to keep things intimate. “We did things a little differently and had our parents read their speeches to us in private so it was more intimate, and my mum made me cry, and there is a very real, raw and emotional photo that was captured that I treasure dearly.”

TK wore a three-piece white suit with hints of sage green found in her bow tie and loafers. Kelsie wore a whimsical ivory dress with intricate lace detailing all over the dress. “Kelsie went dress shopping with her mum & brothers (who stood by her side in the day) whereas my family and best friends (who were my MOH & bridesmaid) live in Launceston so I didn’t have anyone to experience that same kind of thing with so for me it was hard.”

One of the best parts of TK’s look, however? The sentimental bouquet charm was kept close to her heart. “I lost my cousin in 2016, who was my best friend. He was only 23 – the same age I was when I was getting married. My mum had a gorgeous bouquet charm made up of him and his mum who also sadly passed years prior so I could have them both with me on my wedding day.”

TK had Amy as her Maid-of-Honour and Jorja as her bridesmaid, both wearing dusty blue dresses in contrasting styles. “Kelsie had Josh and Rhys, her two brothers. They wore light chino pants, dusty blue blazers & bow ties.”

Frogmore Creek Winery in Richmond, Tasmania, was the perfect whimsical location for this wedding. “We looked at a couple of venues, and Frogmore stole our hearts. The day we toured it, we decided that was the one. The whole experience was seamless and incredible with the team at Frogmore,” TK explained.

TK walked down the aisle after her wedding party, with her mum and stepdad on either arm. Kelsie walked with her own mum and dad. “Our parents at the end, shook hands / hugged as did Kelsie and I before they parted ways with us.”

The main goal for the ceremony was to capture the essence of their love story, and that was perfectly done thanks to their celebrant, Sue Lush-Saunders! “We wanted our little relationship quirks included as well as our boys ( our cats ). So we made sure they were included in the celebrant speech with cheeky nods to their personalities. We wanted it to feel fun, emotional, wholesome and full of love,” TK shared.

“Sue was the first and only celebrant we met and much like the venue, our hearts were set straight away. She was also incredible throughout the whole planning process. Everything was so clear and concise, and the amount of catch-ups we had in the lead-up was amazing! We even caught up after the wedding for dinner, which was lovely. We loved her so much that we asked her to stay and MC for the whole night not just the ceremony!”

To finish out the ceremony, TK and Kelsie invited their friend, who is the head distiller at 7K Distillery, for a shot! “It’s a place that we hold near and dear. So at the end of the ceremony we invited him up and we did two celebratory shots of the raspberry gin poured by him. Bold move in white outfits, I know!!”

For TK, the best part of the whole planning process was seeing a new, softer side to Kelsie. “It was really sweet. But also seeing how many of our loved ones rallied around us to support us along the way when things got stressful.”

From the whole gallery, the shots that stand out the most to TK and Kelsie are these stunning photos of the two of them wrapped in a pride flag. “I think that detail being added to some of our photos really stands out to me because 17-year-old TK never dreamed this would be possible when she came out.”

Behind the whimsical photography and videography work is the incredible team from Mozoph Weddings! “We could not be happier with everything they captured and how beautifully they did so too! We did an adventure session with them prior to the wedding to get to know them, get comfortable in front of the camera, etc., and as two very awkward people, they did the most incredible job at getting us to feel comfortable and open up in front of the camera,” TK explained.

“They even stayed longer for us to capture more of the night because they were having so much fun! We are so grateful for them – they even invited us over to their house to record the song Kelsie wrote for our proposal to be included in our wedding video, which was so welcoming and lovely.”

The top four things that stood out as special for TK and Kelsie from this whimsical wedding included:

“1. Our loved ones all under one roof, and some of our family meeting for the first time

2. Our customised neon sign that said The Hibberds

3. I had my stepdad’s tie customised with a photo of us on the back at my year 10 leavers’ dinner. He surprised me that night when I thought he couldn’t make it. He was there for the first big moment like that in my life and I wanted him to remember that on my next big day.

4. Kelsie’s dad, we gave a personalised tie clip with father of the bride engraved and our wedding date, Kelsie’s mum, we gave an engraved bangle that said mother of the bride and the wedding date, & my mum, we gave a necklace saying the same thing.”

Just in time for the reception, TK changed into her next look: a pair of sage green silk pants! “I had to get my party outfit on to break moves on the dance floor, so I changed from a blazer and suit pants to some incredible silk pants. I’m not super girly and didn’t feel confident in a dress, but I still wanted to feel like a typical bride getting her white moment, that’s why I opted for the all-white suit.”

This is the sage advice TK wants to leave for anyone planning their own special day: “Make sure you eat on your wedding day and most importantly make sure you get to try your cake!! We were having so much fun, we barely ate anything at the reception (thankfully, we ate lots of fruit & subway platters before the ceremony), but we didn’t get to try our own cake made by Speckle + Dot!! Which is a bit sad. But definitely would be to enjoy every moment, soak it up, don’t have your phone on you (this was the best thing EVER! We were so entranced in our day without our phones. We didn’t have them given back to us until we left the venue!).”

The wedding version of “Never Stop” by Safetysuit was their choice of first dance song. “It was a song that I loved for years prior to meeting Kelsie, and decided whoever I married, it was a non-negotiable to be my first dance song, haha. It was then followed by “18” by One Direction but we had our band change the lyrics for us. It wasn’t obvious to anyone who didn’t know the song but to us it was a small detail that made it so special. Instead of the lyrics being “I have loved you since we were 18”, we had them sing it as “I have loved you since 2018″ because it was more fitting for us. Worked perfectly and I’m a big One Direction fan (yes, still!).”