Sarah & James

The Cellars Hohenort Wedding to die for!  Wow, where do I begin.  This beautiful Cellars Hohenort Wedding in Constantia, Cape Town was traditional, elegant, sophisticated and without a doubt one of the happiest weddings.  Sarah is originally from Cape Town and went to school at Rustenberg Girls High School but upon meeting James she moved across the pond to Bath, England.  I can definitely see why she left the beautiful shores of Cape Town to follow this quiet, unassuming but highly intelligent young man.  He develops software to brain surgeons and yet you wouldn’t know it, if it hadn’t been for his proud new father-in-law mentioning it.   Sarah, is a beautiful, warm young lady with the biggest laugh you can imagine ….and on the day of her wedding ..she laughed …and laughed ..and laughed!  Her happiness was completely infectious.  In fact, James mentioned in his speech that the first thing that captivated him upon meeting her was her laugh!  Although I doubt if it was the only thing that captured his attention as she is definitely a beautiful and very bright young lady herself who does open-sea swimming and is a survivor of a shark attack.  But I think the one thing that stands out for me about Sarah …is that she is a happy young lady with a great sense of humour.  And humour is a great attribute to have when it comes to marriage!

 This  Cellars Hohenort Wedding was a destination wedding which was planned from across the oceans could not have been easy for Sarah and James but they did a sterling job. Friends and family travelled from the UK to attend this stunning wedding.  But the day before the wedding, Cape Town was threatening rain….now as Cape Town was having a horrendous drought …we could hardly pray for it not to rain …so the attitude was …”let it be” but on the morning …Cape Town delivered a beautiful autumn day!  A perfect backdrop to glorious day. A magnificent Cape Town,  destination wedding was enjoyed by all the guests!  One to be remembered for decades!

A big thank you to my son, Jarred for assisting me on this wedding and for capturing some stunning photos!  One of my favourites of his, is where James has his hand on his forehead.  Think he might give his old mum a good run for her money!

Suppliers:-

Wedding Dress: “Hollywood” by “Blue by Enzoani” – sourced in Bath, UK
Grooms Suit: Gieves & Hawkes, Bath, UK
Wedding shoes: “Esta” by Perfect Wedding Shoes
Make-up Artist: Roxanne Punt
Hairdresser:   Theresa
Florist: Jill McKrill at Florentine Flowers
Cake supplier: Florentines Cakes
Band:   “Simply Strings” (String quartet)

                Jenny and the Jameses (Folk band)

Venue: The Cellars Hohenort, Constantia, Cape Town

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Ell Spookfontein Wedding

I have a lot to be grateful for to this stunning wedding venue, ELL Spookfontein in the beautiful Hemel & Aarde Valley, Hermanus!  Originally Luan & Joni-Lee had booked to have their wedding on 13 December 2014 but then found out that I was already booked for that date, so they went and asked the venue if an alternative plan could made ..and lo and behold the ELL Spookfontein could accommodate them for the 16th!  I am forever grateful as I would have hated to have missed this beautiful couples wedding day!  But I am also very honoured that Luan & Joni-Lee wanted to change their date …I will forever love them for this!  This was such a beautiful coming together of God, family and special friends ..and also honouring Luans dad ..he was without a doubt sadly missed!  I think, Luans Mom felt it keenly …and wished that he could have been there to watch their gorgeous son marry the love of his life!  I have watched Luan mature into fine young man and I know Joni-Lee could not ask for a finer husband …and nor could he ask for a more loving, beautiful, devoted young wife as Joni-Lee!  This young couple will walk lifes path united in their love for each other and in God and will grow stronger with each step they take! A big thank you to my second shooter, Sarah Thorrold for covering the boys!  And I cannot forget to thank, Saskia Thiart, my assistant, for travelling in the wee hours of the morning with me to make sure that we got to Hermanus safely after Monique & Niels wedding the night before and to make sure that we were up bright and early with the sparrows for this fresh, gorgeous, morning wedding! 

Suppliers:

Venue:  ELL Spookfontein

Wedding dress:  Bride & Co

Groom suit :  Hilton Weiner

Flowers, Bouquets & Boutonnières: Joan Nixon (Grandma), Anthea Bosch (Aunt)

Hiring: Function Hire Hermanus

Make Up: Lara de Kock from TLC

Hair: Cecile from Hair-we-go

Décor & DIY: Mother of the Bride, Bridesmaids and Bride

Minister: Ross Anderson

Music at church: Tertia Hendricks

Cake and cupcakes: Leone Lanuti

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