scooterbride!

The Big Day was a blast. Scooterboy and I had a wonderful day and Melbourne sure turned on the good weather *phew*!!

Heading off to the beach soon for a mini-moon. We hope to get away for a real honeymoon sometime next year. Will post more once I get back in a few days.

Here's a little pic from the day. A HUGE THANK YOU to our photographer, Joseph Koprek, who did an AMAZING job on the day. Joseph made us feel so relaxed and we had a lot of fun taking all the shots. He even uploaded the shots on the night of the wedding! That's efficiency all right!

Joe, if you're reading this, so many of our friends and family have commented on how brilliant the shots are.

Thanks too to Marcus, of C2 Video, the videographer, who helped bring on the fun.

Also, thank you to the rest of the Big Day Crew (see earlier post) who all came through with flying colours on the day.

Apologies for missing Angel Faces in my earlier post. Alison (hair) and Kylie (makeup) were terrific on the day and Tess who helped to put it all together was always lovely.

Thumbs up for the big day crew!

I hope I'm not jumping the gun but I thought I would plug the excellent people whom I have dealt with to date for my wedding. I hope some Melbourne bride or groom out there will find this helpful.

All mentioned here have been professional, really friendly, helpful and a pleasure to deal with.

Wedding Gown

Sue and Christa at Brides of Armadale, High Street, Armadale. Amaline and Sue helped me to choose my dress and made the experience enjoyable and pain-free. First fitting went well and again, Sue and Christa made it an entertaining evening.

Photographer

Joseph of Joseph Koprek Photography. Down to earth, friendly and showed us some beautiful shots from previous weddings. Joseph was recommended to me by a friend whose wedding photographs worked out fantastically.

Videographer

Marcus of C2 Video. Down to earth, friendly, full of ideas. You can view a number of brilliant sample videos on his website.

Venue for ceremony and reception

Churchers on Richmond Hill. Judith and Joe have been so friendly and upbeat. They have been most helpful and happily answer questions and offer their assistance at every turn. Churchers has a beautiful, brick-paved courtyard which is most versatile. I've attended a wedding at Churchers when the couple held their ceremony in the courtyard. Scooterboy and I will hold the ceremony in an adjoining room, electing to set up the tables for the reception in the courtyard.

Bouquet

Gaylene at Flowers Vasette was an absolute delight to meet and work with. Friendly and funny, I had a great time walking through sample bouquets with her. Vasette have a wonderful selection of bouquets and arrangements. From the good old bunch of red roses to more interesting and different arrangements at a reasonable price.

Wedding Cake

The ladies at AbFab Cakes were really friendly despite my showing up without an appointment when they were incredibly busy in the shop. AbFab have a great showroom where you can wander around amongst the sample cakes and samples are free for the taking in a covered cake tray. Their chocolate cake is this-must-be-some-kind-of-sin good. My sister's wedding cake ages ago was made with this chocolate cake... a number of her guests still remember her cake to this day!

Vintage Car

TripleR - friendly and easy to deal with. They have a huge warehouse where you can wander around all the cars on offer and are free to jump into them to test them out.

Celebrant

Marie Scomazzon - Very helpful, friendly and we have greatly appreciated Marie's no-nonsense, non flappy-hands-wedding-frou-frou approach. Google "Marie Scomazzon" and her details should pop up on a number of wedding sites.

So, that's the crew to date. I hope the positive experience continues right up to the wedding!