Real Wedding - Kelly and Ben, Cremorne VIC

November 27, 2016 In Real Weddings By Jo Betz

Real Wedding – Kelly and Ben, Cremorne VIC

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Kelly and Ben’s epic Easter celebration was a feast for the senses.

With the beautiful bride in an incredible feathered silk and embroidered gown, coloured confetti by the bucket load, and an air of cool and calm, this wedding has all the makings of a modern day fairy-tale.

True to their own style, Kelly and Ben chose to do things a little differently, and executed it to perfection.

See all the magic captured by Mavis Jean Photography.

IN KELLY’S WORDS…

The meeting.

We met four years ago at a ‘gender bender’ party. Ben came late and was dressed as himself, Kelly was dressed as a dapper young man complete with bow tie, braces and a moustache.

The one.

Pretty early on. We are always laughing with and at each other I think that’s a good sign.

The proposal.

Ben organised a weekend away in a little beach shack down in the coastal town of Wye River. He had champagne flowing, Al Green playing and a little green box in his pocket. I should have known it was coming. He whipped out the box and before I could open it he said “wanna get married?”.

The planning.

Ben took care of the catering side of things, I took care of the styling.

Styling Inspiration.

Easter weekend! We had a lot of guests coming from interstate and overseas so it made sense to give them a few extra days off from work to make the trip. We had a giant Easter bunny decal, lots of Easter eggs and other Easter themed sweets. These pops of colour clashed nicely with the grungy warehouse location.

The dress.

My dress was a blonde feathered silk and embroidered backless gown. It was such a pleasure to wear. I didn’t want a traditional dress so I searched old editorial imagery for inspiration in the hopes of getting something made if I found the right designer. My designers name is By Weave and from the moment I spoke to her all my fears vanished. I showed her a feathered dress that I’d found in an old editorial online and her passion and enthusiasm to create it with me was so incredible – she filled me with confidence and excitement. Weave worked day and night towards the end; hand sewing all those feathers into place. She is a true artist and a complete perfectionist. It was such an amazing experience creating something so beautiful with such a beautiful person.

Favourite moments.

Towards the end of the night Ben and I were dancing together and one of our wonderful photographers and friends, Alice Foulcher, grabbed 2 kilos of confetti and started throwing it madly at us. Soon everyone joined in throwing the confetti all over us and it was pure magic!

Traditions.

We created a new tradition “the smashing of the pigs”. We had giant chocolate pigs in lieu of a cake. We plan to do this every Easter from now on.

Wedding soundtrack.

Kelly walked down the aisle to Foxy Lady by Jimi Hendrix

First dance was Good Luck Charm by Elvis

Funny stories/near disasters.

Ben and his best man Andy did a lot of running around on the morning of the wedding. They delivered food, picked up platters, moved furniture, they did an amazing job. On their last run in the hire truck on the way to the wedding they realised that Ben didn’t have socks and Andy didn’t have a shirt! They pulled the truck up out the front of Diesel on Chapel Street while Andy ran in and grabbed both a white shirt for himself and black socks for Ben.

Words of wisdom.

Be yourselves. I see so many wedding photos from different weddings and they could all be the same one! Do something different. Step outside the box and throw tradition out the window. It’s so much more fun for you and your guests.

We are also so glad we invited everyone we wanted and had a huge party. The love we felt in the room was incredible and the party that followed was epic. One thing I wish I didn’t do was worry about how many people we invited in the lead up to the wedding!