On Friday the 10th of March, at the beginning of Autumn in the North Eastern suburbs of Adelaide, Justine prepared at her parents house for her Elopement Ceremony to Lucas. Justine and Lucas’ young daughter Harlow stole my heart immediately, welcoming me in by telling me about her shoes, and her dress and how excited she was to wear it.
I sent Justine my Prep link and with the help of her Mum they styled this front room flawlessly. There is nothing I love more than a big window, natural light in my opinion is superior and this enormous window provided us with so much pretty light for Justine to get ready in.
Justine’s Hair and Makeup artist was Lucy from Lucy Loves Beauty.
Mum and Daughter portraits were of high importance to Jus, she had told me that she had waited a long time to be a Mum and that she would love some special portraits together. There’s this old adage not to work with children or animals - and look sometimes, that can really sing true but Harlow was as sweet as she looks. Harlow was so gentle and she followed my instructions flawlessly. She was so good in fact that I have invited them into my studio for a session for Mothers Day Mini’s.
Justine and Lucas’ florals were by 28 Blossom street, a warm and elegant palette of roses and orchids.
When you’re only little, things can get a little overwhelming and littles need a lot of things so Mummy and Harlow made Daddy sweat a little at the Ceremony waiting for their arrival.
Justine and Lucas chose House on Haines for the Ceremony, a new Venue on the Upper East side, in Tea Tree Gully - it mimics Lot 100 in Hay Valley if you know it. Beautiful tall architectural beams and vaulted ceiling with a lovely steeple high ceiling over the patio where Jus and Lucas had their Ceremony.
Ruby Page held their Ceremony. This was my first time meeting Ruby but we’ve connected on IG as I had heard lots of lovely things about her warm and emotional ceremonies. Everything I heard was completely true, Ruby is so lovely and I highly recommend getting in touch with her to hold your Ceremony. Ruby has a detailed website with lots of photos so you can really get a sense of who she is - Ruby Page Celebrant
Ending with my favourite, a petal gauntlet, Jus and Lucas’ Ceremony was emotional, endearing, with a reading from Jus’ sisters and some very emotional vows, there were a lot of tears shed followed by an eruption of joyful applause before they took on the petal gauntlet!
After formal posed photographs making use of the Ceremony space, we moved the flowers inside into the crisp white hall of House on Haines for the cutting of the cake which, looked absolutely beautiful for this elegant black tie elopement. I love making use of florals as much as possible.
Finally this elopement concluded with a walk around the venue and across the road for couples portraits. This blog just goes to show that you can have an elegant black tie elopement that looks effortless, stunning and elegant in just a few hours. Intimate, sentimental and timeless.
