South African wedding with a pink cadillac!
I'm very pleased to be welcoming the lovely and very talented Christine Meintjes to SMDTA and to be featuring another of her absolutely stunning South African weddings. Today we have Alet & Nick's big day, in the gorgeous Stellenbosch, where I will be holidaying in approx 3 months time. Woo hoo!! I love this wedding, but the highlight has to be the incredible car! I have called it a Cadillac in the title but to be honest, having absolutely no clue about cars, I'm not sure that is necessarily correct! In any case, it makes a fantabulous centrepiece for a beautiful, beautiful wedding. Thanks to Christine and to Alet and Nick for the gorgeous images!
Photography: Christine Meintjes
Venue: Groenland wine estate, Stellenbosch
Mandarin Wedding Part II - the people!
Apologies for the delay in posting Part II of this wonderful wedding, but hopefully it's worth the wait. Not just because the beautiful bride from Part I has given me the green light to show off Aneta Mak's gorgeous people-shots, but because there are a couple of surprise celeb shots - firstly me and my gorgeous hubby (less exciting) and secondly JON BON JOVI. Yes, I kid you not!!!!! Could there be a cooler person to rock up for a wedding pic? Scroll down for Jon in the flesh (mmm) and a little bit of colour on how he stopped by ...
Below right ... a cheeky shot of me and my wonderful hubby Chris (mainly because I needed a portrait photo to pair with this gorgeous one of the bride & groom!)
... and now, for the main event ... JON BON JOVI!!!! It was a very sweet story. A friend of ours and fellow wedding guest spotted Jon in the lobby of the Mandarin and shamelessly accosted him in an attempt to persuade him to come out to the terrace for a photo opportunity with the bride and groom. Jon was a little bashful at facing the wedding crowd but happily agreed to loiter in the lobby while our friend tracked down the B&G and Aneta, the photographer. Not only that, but when the photo was taken he turned to the groom and said 'Getting married, dude ... best thing I ever did.' BLESS HIM!!! What a class act.
Photography: Aneta Mak
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