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wedding photo - Reverie By Melissa Sweet - St Barts

Reverie By Melissa Sweet - St Barts

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wedding photo - Arizona engagement session ~ Melissa Schollaert

Arizona engagement session ~ Melissa Schollaert

Today is a special day for me as it’s my birthday! Cue the fanfare! And only a special love shoot would do for such an occasion This Arizona engagement session of Cristina and John from Melissa Schollaert is such a classically elegant shoot and I lov

Melissa & Guilliam’s Australian Beach Love Shoot

What more could I give you on a very British Summer’s morning than a scorching love shoot on the white sandy beaches of Australia?! Submitted by lovely photographer Liesl Cheney, who I have been so lucky to work with here in the UK before she ventured off to a new start in Australia last year, captures the free-spirit of this gorgeous couple, their relaxed and comfortable love, and the most beautiful scenery.  It’s such a pleasure to be able to share her work again! Melissa & Guilliam’s adventure begins in South Africa, and ends up on the other side of the world, in such a romantic tale… Our love story began on a warm summers day in December almost ten years ago.  I had a friend from Australia come and visit me at home in South Africa, and she wanted to go and visit ‘The Oberholster family’ – she didn’t want to go alone as she had a little crush on my now husband!  I had heard of them before , they lived just up the road in the next block of town houses, but I had never met them before even though we went to the same schools.  I am convinced I was not good-looking enough at the time for him to have noticed me at school but nonetheless, fate seemed to have its way and I made my way up to their house with her for a visit. When we arrived, Guilliam opened up the front door to invite us in; there he was with his awesome smile, great hair and charming personality… I was hooked!! According to him when he saw me he couldn’t believe how brown I was and thought I was some exotic beauty, hahaha, and that was it, he was hooked!  From that day on we were pretty much inseparable and spent almost every waking minute together and the minutes we were apart were filled with letters and text messages – which I somehow managed to write down in a journal for 5 years! During this time I went to De Aar in South Africa for about 6months and then to Scotland with my sister and then back to my hometown to work in a guesthouse. In the mean time Guilliam was up in Pretoria and Studying his BSC in Quantity Surveying.  Eventually after many months of long distance phone calls and a visit every second month, his parents decided to move me up to Pretoria as well and there I was, working for Estee lauder and Elizabeth Arden until I decided to do my Degree in Early Childhood Education. The proposal happened during a month long trip to Australia. We both loved the country and Guilliam wanted to show me what it was like as I had not been to see it yet. We travelled to most of the cities except Perth and ended our journey in Sydney for New Year. I thought, it would be so awesome if he proposed with all the fireworks at Sydney Harbour Bridge on New Years Eve and was quite dismayed when this didn’t happen.  According to him he didn’t want to pop the question amongst all the chaos and drunken people, so he came up with something better and we went to Watson’s Bay after New Years Day and had a lovely picnic by the lighthouse overlooking the cliffs and the wide open ocean and bang! Out came the ring and the speech and the question and the tears and the YES We always knew that moving to Australia was in the cards and decided we would move here after our studies, we also decided that we would move over and save our own dollars and pay for our own wedding.    So we moved over to Perth after our studies, engaged already for two years, used the first year to settle in and then decided to choose a date to get married for when we were back home to visit the family.

wedding photo - Melissa & Guilliam’s Australian Beach Love Shoot
wedding photo - MELISSA & DANIEL - A beautiful Wedding Couple!

MELISSA & DANIEL - A beautiful Wedding Couple!

Visiting the Cayman Islands since she was a little girl , Melissa knew this was the place she wanted to get married. Fiancé Dan was quickly convinced; the beach by the Coral Stone Club was just the perfect setting for their wedding!Friends and family

wedding photo - bouquet with gold brooches and 2 letters for Melissa

bouquet with gold brooches and 2 letters for Melissa

This bouquet will be an absolutely stunning addition to your big day! Each flower is hand crafted with different textures and materials to truest give the bouquet a one of a kind look. We can customize it anyway you would like to match your wedding c

wedding photo - Reverie By Melissa Sweet - Nepal/havana

Reverie By Melissa Sweet - Nepal/havana

See Melissa Sweet's full collection at http://www.theknot.com/melissasweet OR search 1000s of dresses at http://www.theknot.com/gowns Plan your wedding at http://www.theknot.com with inspiring images from real weddings, 13,000+ local vendors, person

wedding photo - Bridemaid Brunch From Melissa Baum Events

Bridemaid Brunch From Melissa Baum Events

Photography by heidilau.ca Styling & Design by melissabaum.com Read more - http://www.stylemepretty.com/2013/06/14/bridemaids-ask-brunch-from-melissa-baum-events/ #blush

wedding photo - Chic farm wedding ~ Melissa Schollaert

Chic farm wedding ~ Melissa Schollaert

The real wedding we have on the blog today from Melissa Schollaert really does have everything. A chic farm location, some incredible Christian Louboutin’s, gorgeously bright florals and one heck of a cute couple. Catherine and Chris had a beautifull

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