Stella York Bride Crystal

Real Stella York Bride Crystal + Rob

Australian couple Crystal and Rob’s nuptials were a rustic affair filled with sweet nods to their loved ones. From a special first look with her father, to an heirloom piece from the groom’s grandfather, there was few moments during the wedding when there were dry eyes – mostly from laughter! Crystal wore a stunning all over lace gown from designer Stella York and looked every bit the blissful bride. We’re so happy for this wonderful couple! Enjoy!

From the bride: My husband and I tied the knot on our 11 year anniversary at the most beautiful rustic venue. We kept our ceremony very light hearted, funny and emotional all in one, Rob’s grandfather whom he was very close with passed away about a year and a half before our wedding and we were very lucky to have been handed down his wedding band. As this was so special to us, we made a special mention of it during our ceremony and there wasn’t a dry eye in sight during that moment when we acknowledged Rob’s Grandma for gifting us this very special family heirloom. I think the only time I truly cried was when I had the first look with my dad. He raised me on his own since I was a little girl so seeing me in my gown was an emotional moment for both of us.

Halfway through our reception our friends performed a beautiful Haka which is a Maori War Dance often performed at Weddings. It was so emotional and meant so much to us. Our guests were absolutely blown away by it, they said it was on of their highlights.

Later in the evening we cleared the area in front of the Redwood barn for our first dance and I think everyone was quite blown away by how well we did it as I dont think they were expecting it. My Dad is not a dancer at all but I had taken him along to some of our Dance lessons so that we could share a dance too, when he cut in the crowd went wild!

It was such a magical day, quite often I found myself standing back from everything and just watching everyone and gazing out over the venue in awe of how beautiful it looked. They tell you to be in the moment on your wedding day as it goes so fast, during the day I was conscious of this and made sure I was in the moment and at the time it didn’t feel like it was going that fast – It’s not until it’s over and the weeks go by that you realise how fast it really went!

After the dust had settled and we arrived back home to Auckland Rob said “That was the best day of my life, and I never expected I would view it that way” it made me so proud to hear him say that. We literally could not stop smiling and talking about it for weeks afterwards! I absolutely LOVED my wedding day – It was more perfect than I could ever have imagined.

 

 

Stella York Bride Crystal

Stella York Bride Crystal

 

Stella York Bride Crystal

Stella York Bride Crystal

Stella York Bride Crystal