A spectacular autumn wedding at Nooitgedacht in Stellenbosch. Their wedding inspiration was simple and elegant with touches of Paris.
Their story: “We grew up together in Cape Town (our older brothers became best friends on the first day of school which led our families to become very close). We have a 6 year age gap so I was always the ‘little annoying girl’ growing up. When Matt was about 16 his family moved to the UK and although we visited them I didn’t see him for a few years until he came back on holiday at the end of 2011 and we met up by chance on a night out. As it turned out I was about to leave for a gap year in London a few weeks later (where Matt was now living) and his dad was going to be taking over a suitcase of mine as I had too many bags. Matt then convinced his dad to let him take the extra suitcase instead so I had an excuse to come and visit him! Needless to say we’ve been together and happily in love ever since!”
Service Providers: Venue: Nooitgedacht Estate; Cake: Matt’s mom is an amazing baker and is making our wedding cake and cupcakes for us; Bride’s Dress: Debbie Henshilwood; Bridesmaid’s Dresses: The Bridesmaid’s dresses are all different and were bought from various shops in the UK; Make-up & hair: Leoume Vos; Live music: Owain Pennington (from the UK); Stationery: A designer friend did this all for us as his gift to us which was amazing!; Rings: Trigg Jewellers, Cavendish Square; Second shooter: Christene de Coning
View their Love in Motion film at the end of the post.
Tips you could pass on to other brides in the planning process?
“Don’t forget that it’s meant to be fun and YOUR day. It’s great to want everyone to be happy but at the end of the day the most important thing is that you’re happy.”
