Our day was magical. It was one of the only sunny days in April and it was a gorgeous 26 degrees. We had a wedding with the theme "Love rocks". The details were in red black and white with a touch of vintage. The boys wore guitar pick boutonnieres and converse trainers. The ceremony was in the gorgeous Rhododendron gardens and it was decked out with music note bunting, poms poms and lanterns. The bridal party arrived in a 1950s Clipper Limousine Bus that had been fully restored and it was just gorgeous. We made a grand entrance as the bus could be heard making its was up the steep road to the ceremony. The music for the ceremony and reception was carefully chosen and guests were also able to submit favourite songs. Guests partied and danced well into the night and the dance floor was never empty. The cake was designed by us and made by Tonitto cakes and had our wedding colours complete with a gorgeous customised cake topper. We could not have asked for a more perfect day. It was amazing in every way.

I spent the night before at my mums with Lochlan (our son) my mum, my Grandma (who came from Scotland) and my 4 bridesmaids. We woke at 6am to our hairdressers at the door and the day began! At 12 the photographer and Tony arrived and began the photos. Tony and I did a photo together before the wedding at the corner of my mums house so we could not see each other. My Mum handmade my dress and used fabric fom her wedding dress. So it is very special and made with much LOVE!! At 1.30 the car arrived and we set off for the service at 2pm at Brougham Uniting Church. I had a Piper play as my mum walked me down the aisel. We had a laptop that Skyped to Scotland, where my Dads side of the family woke at about 3am to watch the service. After exchanging the rings Lochlan came up and Tony gave him a necklace to as we wanted to include Lochlan. The ceremony was simply, elegent, personal and intamate. Everything we wanted. After the ceremony we let a balloon go in memory of my Dad who past away a year earlier. It was sad but a nice moment. After some photos on the stunning steps at the front of the church we went to the Adelaide Botanical Gardens and had photos with the bridal party, before getting KFC and heading up to Belair Country Club for the reception. The reception was amazing beautifully set up, the food was perfect, the cake was everything I hoped for. We had a photobooth, which was a hit! Tony and his groomsmen did the Haka as a suprise to me which was a big hit for me as well as all the guests.PERFECTION!!!

Our wedding day went of to an interesting start! The girls were all running very behind and we were quite late to the church! However from the time we arrived the day was a blur, it all went so fast. I never thought Simon would cry on the wedding day, I made it without crying until I looked at Simon and saw the corner of his eyes were wet. The day was fairly cold and windy but none of this mattered to us. We had so much fun doing our photographs and managed to have a lot of laughs with our bridal party and photographers. All of our flowers were roses as my surname was Rose and we thought we would give it a proper send off! Our theme was vintage elegance we had a traditional church ceremony and then had our reception at the heritage Waterfront Restaurant. Our colour palette was vintage mauves, silver and creams. We decorated the venue with silver bird cages and lots of roses. The bridesmaid dresses were full length silk and chiffon in a silver grey with a ribbon around the middle that matched my dress which was french lace it had a sweet heart neckline and was a line with a long train. The boys were dressed in black suits with silver ties. Comments on the night were that the bridal party all looked very elegant. The reception had views of the opera house and harbour bridge, it felt really intimate as we had only 90 people. We learnt from our wedding that the small things that might go wrong are not the things that you remember, its the people who you love and the people that love you is what you remember.