Stuff's wedding of the week
Ricky and Kate Wallace had a perfect day for their wedding, spending time with the people they love the most.
We'll let Kate fill you in on the details...
How did you meet? We met through a mutual friend 11 years ago back when we were both still at school. We started chatting and the rest is history.
Tell us about the proposal: After nine and a half years together, Ricky decided that the time was right and he had to think of some way to buy a ring without my knowledge, so he roped in my sister Lara to help. The ring arrived and he visited my dad at work to ask for his approval.
We had friends coming over for a champagne breakfast before we went to the races one Saturday, so Ricky took this opportunity to drop down onto one knee before the guests arrived. The rest of the day is a blur of excitement.
Location of wedding: We had the ceremony and reception at Housekeepers Function Room in Oamaru. It is such an incredible venue and the staff were more than accommodating to make our day as special as it was.
Describe your wedding day: Our wedding day was out of this world. It was more than we could both ever have imagined. We started the day getting ready in anticipation of our sneak peek followed by photos and then onto the wedding ceremony and reception. Our day was spent surrounded by our family and friends with the most incredible weather.
Doing our photos prior to the ceremony meant we had more time with our guests, given a lot of them had travelled to be with us, and we were a lot more calm than we would otherwise have been.
The dress: My dress came from Astra Bridal and was a Maggie Soterro full lace gown. It was strapless initially so I had my dressmaker add lace onto it to create a top.
The flowers: The bridal party bouquets and the arbor were created by Cristy at Housekeeper Blooms. We gave Cristy some examples of what we liked and left it up to her. What we received exceeded our expectations.
The flowers we used for table decorations were picked from family and friends' gardens around town and bottled with the help of friends and family. We had collected vases and bottles for months.
Highlight of the wedding: Everything about the day was a highlight for us. The biggest thing for us was that we got to spend the most incredible day of our lives with our closest family and friends.
Instead of a flower girl, my Granny was a part in our day as our flower Granny. She did an incredible job and it was so special that she could be involved in our wedding in such a big way.
Was there any drama? Everything went to plan and the months of hard work put into planning definitely paid off. The only minor hiccup we had was ordering the extra lace for my dress. After waiting months for it to arrive we were told that it could not be sourced and so the hunt for matching lace began. Our dressmaker worked wonders and picked lace off a jacket and sewed it onto the dress. She did an incredible job.
The honeymoon: We had a minimoon with a few friends to Bali a month after the wedding but we are yet to go on our honeymoon. The early stages of planning are in the pipeline and we hope to visit Europe next year to see my sister.
Your photographer and favourite photo? Our photographer was the amazing Rachel Wybrow from Rachel Wybrow Photography. She worked wonders for us and produced some incredible shots. It is too hard to pick a favourite photo but a few of our favourites are in the New Zealand Whiskey Company's building, by the harbour and having a picnic in the woods.
We also had Kara from Kara Jane Visuals video our day for us and she has done an outstanding job. We love watching it over and over again.
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