Xanthe + Sam got married at Xanthe’s childhood playground – an organic fruit farm/ yoga studio on the Mid-North coast of Australia! Such a magical location… Their wedding is so super sweet and filled with so much character + love! Everything for their day was done by Xanthe + Sam – including the table flowers, the hanging light globes, and the food + cake was by their familes. It truly was a family affair! :) Love the whimsical elements to their day including the flower girl masks, the love boat at their ceremony, and the photos in the orange grove. You would never know from looking at the photos, but the couple had some drama with their venue leading up to their wedding…
“It had been seriously flooding for the month leading up to the wedding and we were starting to look into where we were going to move the wedding to if people couldn’t get to the property. Then for the week leading up to the wedding, we had blue skies and lush green grass from all the rain! After the wedding the flood continued and the main highway connecting Sydney to Brisbane was flooded over! We were so lucky to get a perfect weekend in the middle of one of our wettest months on record.”
Big thanks to Lara Hotz for the lovely photos and congrats to Xanthe + Sam!
How fun are Xanthe’s red heart nails! Love!!
Our favorite memory from the wedding was working on all of it together. The DIY, the install, the cooking prep – it was such a fun project and all turned out to be such an awesome day.
For our reception, I was obsessed with all the chairs having individual style and being mismatched. So for the whole engagement I was collecting cheap white chairs. I ended up having to hire half but I liked the fact that it looked like a chair party! Similarly I also collected beautiful mismatched filament light globes which hung from the ceiling. At the last minute we realized there was heaps of jasmine vine on my sister & bridesmaids neighboring properties, so we draped vines all over the ceiling which ended up looking great.
My advice to others is just do whatever you want! Don't think about what you think you should do. Weddings are the best when they are individual and from the heart!
photography: Lara Hotz // bride's shoes: Jeffrey Campbell // makeup artist: Tira Jaye Hair and Makeup // groom attire: PJohnson // paper goods: Xanthe // catering: entrees by family & WoyWoy Fishermans Wharf // venue name: East Coast Yoga Barbers Ln Yarrahapinni, Australia// florals: Piccolo Pear // bride's dress: Made by costume designer Wendy Cork // flower girl masks: TMod, Target // rings: NV Designer Jewelry // mains: Flavours of Spain
What a beautiful wedding! How stunning is that reception set-up with the vines and hanging lights? Love it! :]
What a beautiful wedding – such a personal story! It’s important to send out custom wedding invitations that tell your unique story to your guests! We have many wedding invitations with brooches and wedding invitations with rhinestone buckles that can be customized to suit the theme of your wedding.
what an adorable wedding, it’s just perfect xxx
All sorts of gorgeousness and the location makes it even more special.
‘Organic’ is the best way to describe this gorgeous wedding!
Love the pictures, love the wedding! Thank you for sharing!
Love the little girl with the mask & how playful this wedding it!
So romantic, so beautiful!
Amazing work, Lara Hotz! You captured every moment for this couple. Beautiful wedding :)
This is a stunning wedding by the lake… I love it
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Beautiful pictures, such a romantic wedding! I especially like the “love boat”… and the atmosphere;)
I love the wedding! I love that everything was done by the couple or someone from their family. This makes the occasion that much more special.
Beautiful wedding, what a perfect location for a wedding….
Really romantic and the location is amazing… I also love the bride’s bouquet et the hanging lights….
What a gorgeous wedding and such beautiful pictures captured – they’re so lovely and natural! :)
This is an adorable and very romantic wedding!
They are so beautiful!!
beautiful bride.
Absolutely beautiful!
So pretty! Love her dress <3