Katherine and Joel's Wedding - a Blue Mountains and Nepean Wedding
Engaged 20th September 2007
Married 13th April 2008
Blue Mountains and Nepean Weddings businesses used
Photographer Instinctive Images
Ceremony Yester Grange
Reception The Mountain Heritage
(Joel) It was back in High School on the first day of Year
11. Katherine was the new girl at school and I remember
her beautiful green eyes the first time she said hi to me.
The thing is we didn’t have a lot to do with each other
until we finished school and some of our friends set us up
together!
(Katherine) Yeah it’s funny how we noticed each other
after school and eventually became ‘after high school
sweethearts’. We’ve been together for over 8 years now.
(Joel) Katherine had no idea! I’d been planning the ‘proposal night’ for a few weeks. On a Thursday afternoon
I drove down to Sydney to surprise her after work. I
took her out that night to the Opera House to watch a
symphony concert. After the show we went for a stroll
by the harbour and I paused to tell her that I hadn’t only
brought her there to see the concert. I dropped down to
one knee, popped out the ring and asked her to marry
me.
(Katherine) We always knew that we would eventually
marry, but when the proposal comes it’s still a shock
when it happens! For me it was the perfect proposal,
and Joel presented me the most gorgeous ring that he
designed and got
made for me - of
course I said yes!
We’d been together
for so long, so we
decided not to wait 12
to 18 months for the
big day, and opted
instead to have the
wedding the following
autumn. This gave us
roughly 6 months to plan everything.
We always knew we wanted to have the
wedding in the Blue Mountains because
it represented who we were and where
we lived. Plus in the future we can always visit the locations
again with all those happy memories.
The preparation was very busy. We spent many weekends
visiting potential venues, and the last place we visited was the
one we chose, from the very first moment we saw it, we knew
it was the one. The setting and views were amazing.
The next thing we set out to book was the photographer and
after a few searches we met Cindy from Instinctive images.
Not only did we feel we clicked straight away with her and her
style of work, we also loved the fact she was a local like us!
(Katherine) I only ever had two things in mind for my wedding
dress; that it was strapless and in an ivory colour. I found my
dress the first time we went shopping, and it was even better
than what I was looking for! When I came out to show my
mum, sister, cousin and aunty, they all gasped and all got
teary eyed. When you get that kind of a personal feeling and
reaction from ones close to you, you know it’s the ‘one’.
Apart from the usual hurdles to jump through when planning
a wedding, we also had to overcome the drama of Katherine
loosing her engagement ring! After a frightful week of
searching everywhere possible, a lovely lady handed it in to
us! There really are wonderful people in the world. We took thisas a good omen and continued to punch on with the
planning.
Throughout the whole planning we never really set out
to have a theme in mind for the wedding, we just went
for simple and stylish things, like classic old cars and a
violin trio. With my beautiful strapless, ivory laced
dress and Joel’s suit, by the end of the planning
we realised that subconsciously we’d created a
simple, yet classic vintage style wedding.
Just when we thought that everything had been
planned without a problem, the day before
the wedding we had a drama with the flowers.
Katherine’s sister Eva (maid of honour) was going
to make them and when it came time to buy
the roses at the flower markets there was hardly
any left. Eva still created the most amazing
bouquets and they turned out to be even better
than the original design! And she’s a nurse!
(Katherine) One of the special additions to the
wedding was to have my grandparents fly out
from Poland for the occasion. I hadn’t seen them for 20
years, and it was my grandfather’s first time to Australia. I
never thought I’d have my grandparents at my wedding
so it was very special to us.
In the days leading up to the wedding we had a constant eye
on the weather forecast. We wanted the ceremony outside in
the beautiful grounds of our chosen venue. On the morning
of the wedding there was a massive storm, including hail. By
midday the sun was out and there was beautiful blue skies.
(Katherine) We had a few special touches on the day. I had a
small locket tucked around my bouquet which had photos of
my other grandparents (my dads parents) in Poland. On the
drive up to the ceremony I showed my dad the
locket and told him I’d made it for the both of us.
He squeezed my hand and was all teary eyed.
I also gave Joel a lovely old gold pocket watch
as my wedding present. Joel also attached a
locket to it with photos of his grandparents now
passed on.
(Joel) The ceremony was intimate and special.
It was good the day had finally come after
so much preparation. Katherine entered the
ceremony to the sound of violins as she walked
down the stairs towards me. She looked so
beautiful and it was a great moment.
(Katherine) The only thing I was worried about
was how late I was! Once we arrived, all tension
melted away, all I wanted to do was to be with
my future husband!
After our ceremony the storm decided to return so we
waited for the storm to pass, and when it cleared we had
photos done at the ceremony venue. We also headed
down the road to this one spot where there was a cliff
rock and beautiful valley in the background. There we got
some amazing photos and we were lucky enough to get a
wonderful photo with a rainbow in the background!
(Katherine) The reception was all about having a great time,
for us and our guests. Everyone unwound. The entire day was
a blur. So much happened. Everyone had told me the day
flies by, so we made sure we enjoyed it. We just went along for
the ride – and what a ride
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