Ah, this wedding is like a breath of fresh air. It’s swimming with sweetness, especially lots of involvement from family and friends. Kylie and Ryan’s wedding ceremony was held at Ryan’s grandparents’ Sunshine Coast range property. Their 70 guests then joined them for a fine dining experience at Noosa Waterfront Restaurant & Bar.

We Are Twine captured the beauty and effortless elegance of this Noosa wedding day. 

“I didn’t really have a theme in mind straight away. After doing some research (mostly with The Bride’s Tree), and working with what I had at Ryan’s grandmother’s, the theme just developed from them. I think we ended up with Modern Vintage Country (if there is such a thing).”

“One of my favourite things was that I arrived in my mums old Datsun 260z. My dad and brother had restored the car for the day, and then driven it up and back from Victoria, it was perfect arriving in mum’s first car and Ryan and I loved driving up the highway in it after the ceremony!”

“As most of the guests had travelled from Melbourne, Sydney, Europe and the US, we wanted them to be able to stay somewhere lovely and enjoy their time away from home.”

“We wanted to get married somewhere that was special to us, the whole family enjoys gathering at Ryan’s grandparents house, and it is a place with fond memories for Ryan growing up, especially with his grandfather who has passed and was greatly missed on the day.”

“I was a very relaxed bride, which was great, but I was maybe too relaxed. I left a little too much for the family to do without much instruction, to the point where, Ryan thought I wanted the signing table under the deck at the end of the isle because I had asked him to put it there when we were setting up, but I only told him to put it there because it was raining, and I just assumed everyone would know to put it beside the wedding arbour! So I think giving family some drawings of where I wanted everything would have helped a lot.”

“We keep each other grounded and in line. We both can have big ideas and strong personalities, so we are there to keep the other level headed. We also both want the same things out of life, we’re driven and want to make to most of what we can achieve together.”

“I had my best friend Rebecca as my bridesmaid. Her and her partner travelled from San Diego for the wedding, which was really special for us. Ryan’s best man was his cousin Brendan. Family is really important to Ryan and Brendan was his first ‘partner in crime’.”

“Being from Melbourne it was important for me to have excellent food at my wedding, and we definitely had that!”

Wedding Secrets

Bridal gown: The Babushka Ballerina – Modified Josephine dress – $1800

Accessories: Borrowed hair clip from my sister in law that she wore at her wedding

Shoes: Zu – $80

Bridesmaid dresses: Bridesmaid’s own

Groom’s suit and shoes: Roger David $380

Groomsmens’ suits and shoes: Groomsman’s own suit and shoes

DIY: We had a lot of DIY at our ceremony; we made the arbour from some recycled timber and we hired or bought everything else. We made our own seating plan and seating cards. I also made my own invitations.

Number of guests: 70

Wedding budget: $25,000

A-List Vendors

Reception venue: Noosa Waterfront Restaurant & Bar

Videographer: Sunshine Coast Videography 

Florist: Willow Bud

Hair Stylist: Coastal Style Mobile Hairdressing

Photographer: We Are Twine / Ceremony Caterer: The Timber Hut, Sweetness Contained / Cake: Kylie’s mum / Transport: Kylie’s mum’s Datsun 260z / Makeup Artist: Makeup 4 Brides / Rentals: Beautiful Weddings / Entertainment: Ayla Scanlon & Network DJs / Dance instruction: Ballroom Moves Sunshine Coast / Gift registry: Wishing well / Celebrant: Dave Vaughn / Wedding Night Accommodation: On the Beach, Noosa 

Take a peek through Kylie and Ryan’s full wedding album. 

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Kelly and Mark say having their whole family come out from South Africa to be together to share in their special day made it the most special time.

The lovely couple are both originally from South Africa, but met in Melbourne and now live here on the Sunshine Coast. So making sure their international guests would enjoy their stay was of utmost importance in their planning. Knowing 80% of their wedding guests were travelling so very far to be with them on their wedding day at Yandina Station made the couple focus on what was most important, and forego the stressful part of wedding planning. What a grand idea, we say! 

Here are some super snaps by Life and Love Photography from their homestead wedding. 

“We had a Noosa River Sunset Cruise the night before the wedding to give us a great opportunity to catch up with our guests without stressing on the wedding day. Best idea!”

“It was most important to us to make sure our wedding represented who we are as a couple, and to show our amazing guests how special they are to us. And to not get caught up in the stress of the planning, because at the end of the day as long you have a celebrant and your favourite people that’s all that matters!”

“We work as a couple because of our love and respect for each other, and our attitude that nothing is too difficult if you put lots of love, passion and commitment into it! 

“There are so many beautiful spots around the Yandina Station property so we didn’t have to go very far. The view of the paddocks was stunning after the rain with a beautiful rainbow, and then the sunset behind the property along the road to the cottages was perfect for intimate shots of just us two.”

“The groomsmen were a huge help on the day, they even decorated the cake! We had half an hour to recreate a ceremony set up inside because of the rain, so everyone pitched in to help out.”

“The week leading up to the wedding had stunning winter weather so we didn’t feel the need to think of a rainy weather option considering half the reason why we chose June to get married was for the clear days! But mother nature decided to make it rain right before our ceremony so had to delay the wedding by half an hour to set up an aisle inside. In hindsight it was absolutely perfect, very intimate and special. We wouldn’t have changed it at all!”

“We had canapés served whilst we were having photos taken, then stunning meat and fish with lots of vegetables in the middle of each table to make it feel like a big dinner party.”

Wedding Secrets Revealed

Biggest splurge: The venue + accommodation 

Best bargain: My wedding shoes for $15 and the boys belts for $3 from Kmart.

Bridal gown: Isobelle dress from Anna Campbell. Bought at the Babushka Ballerina in Brisbane

Accessories: Garter made with material from my moms wedding dress 27 years ago. Veil made by Marilyn Crystelle and she tailored my dress as well. Forever New clutch

Shoes: Target ballet flats – I threw them out that night, best decision of the day to have comfortable, cheap shoes especially after all the mud!

Bridesmaid dresses: Two Birds in Sydney

Bridesmaids’ accessories: their own shoes, Forever New clutches and earrings

Groom’s suit and shoes: Roger David

Groomsmens’ suits and shoes: Roger David

Rings: Bride’s rings were made in South Africa and Groom’s ring from Michael Hill Jeweller

DIY: We had a few of our bits and pieces from around the house as decorations, especially for the family wedding photo table and photo booth. We made the menus and seating plan ourselves, and bought palms and ferns for greenery along the tables and around the reception. 

Number of guests: 85

Wedding budget: $36,000

A-list Vendors

Photographer: Life and Love Photography

Florist: Willow Bud

Caterer: Yandina Station

Makeup Artist: Gorgeous Makeup and Beauty

Hair Stylist: Coastal Style Mobile Hairdressing

Decorators: Splash Events

Wedding Night Accommodation: Yandina Station Cottages

Transport:  Noosa Hinterland Tours

Bombonnieres: Donation to the Leukaemia Foundation in memory of a dear friend / Videographer: Turbo Productions / Entertainment: Livi Robins / Photo booth: When Elephant Met Zebra / Stationery Supplier: Inviting Invitations / Dance instruction: Wish Dance in Maroochydore / Gift registry: Wishing Well towards our honeymoon / Celebrant: Jarrad Bayliss

Take a peek through Kelly and Mark’s full wedding album. 

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