Alex and Daniela's wedding day dreams came true with an intimate and relaxed ceremony in Cape Town, surrounded by thirty of their closest friends and family. DNA Photography were on hand to capture all the wonderful moments of their beautiful day...

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It's only fitting that a courtship filled with travel would end with a Greek island proposal and a destination wedding, followed by a honeymoon that traversed much of the continent of Africa! Alex and Daniela's wedding day dreams came true with an intimate and relaxed ceremony in Cape Town, surrounded by thirty of their closest friends and family. DNA Photographers were on hand to capture all the wonderful moments of their beautiful day...

Alex and Daniela met through a friend who introduced them when Alex was visiting Munich. After a few months of friendship, the two met again a year later, throwing their friendship into a long distance romance via text messages, Skype calls, you know the drill! Eventually in 2010, when Alex was living in Zurich, the two met again and decided to start their real romance. After two months of traveling 300 kilometers every weekend to see each other, Daniela moved to Zurich and they've been together ever since!

beautiful pink,lilac,white and peach bouquet

As if all that travel wasn't enough, this couple still loved to explore new places. On a trip to Mykonos in Greece, Alex proposed on the balcony of their arty boutique hotel... I had asked the guys at the hotel to secretly decorate our balcony for a nice dinner with lots of candles and champagne while myself and Daniela were having a drink at the bar. So I surprised Daniela with that dinner on our balcony with a lovely view over the sea, with nice music, candle lights... and after dinner I proposed and Daniela said yes! We get the feeling Alex is still pretty chuffed with himself about that amazing proposal plan!

Alex and Daniela knew there was one important aspect in their wedding planning - they wanted to get married in South Africa...We love that spot of Stellenbosch so much and also wanted to show it to our closest friends. On purpose not too many guests were invited, since we didn’t want to have a couple of hundred guests around us. Just our closest family and friends to share the day.

After deciding on South Africa for their wedding day, Alex and Daniela knew it had to be an outdoor ceremony and they prepard their guest well for the hot South African sun with straw hats for the boys and super cute parasols for the girls! Plus all the guests received very cute buttonholes with the shape of Africa and a tiny heart placed where Stellenbosch is located.

Alex and Daniela were touched that their closest friends and family made such a long journey to attend their wedding... We think every single guest made the day very special. Our minister from Germany, who lives in Cape Town for a long time now, was the perfect man for us. Because of him the ceremony was very emotional, he said wonderful words to and about us and it was not too religious, just right.

When searching for a venue, Alex and Daniela wanted a one stop shop, they were looking for a place where they could have the ceremony, reception, picnic, dinner and party in one place and outdoors...When we saw the venue for the first time we knew it was the perfect location for us. Calm, vintage and an awesome scenery. Not too big or too fancy, perfect for an outdoor Summer wedding. The ceremony was held under the gazebo, the reception on the lawn, the picnic under the big oak tree and the party under the African sky.

Isn't Daniela beautiful in her lace dress, the buttonhole of Africa is such a sweet addition.

Now it's time to party!

How cool is this entrance, with pink and lilac light shades and upside down parasols you can create beautiful decor for an outdoor space...

One of the newlywed's friends designed the menu cards, invitations and the decal for the dance floor.

Pretty florals, vintage china and delicate lace table cloths are the perfect choice for this outdoor wedding reception on the lawn.

Alex and Daniela have great advice for couples who might be planning a destination wedding. They stayed true to their dream of getting married in South Africa, and were able to celebrate in just the way they hoped...Don’t care too much about what other people expect from you. It’s your big day , so we think your allowed to be a little bit selfish. When we decided to get married thousands of kilometres away from home in sunny South Africa, not everyone we have invited was excited about that. Some friends or family members couldn’t make it, because they had to go to work or the flight was too expensive for them. But to get married in South Africa has been our dream and so we were able to realize it. Don’t expect everything to work out perfectly. There will always be some small issues. But if you are relaxed on the day itself it will not bother you too much!

Congradulations Alex and Daniela on your beautiful South African wedding day! A big thank you goes to DNA Photographers for sharing their work with us at One Fab Day! To see more of DNA Photographer's work pop over to dnaphotographers.com

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