Today's real wedding may seem a little familiar to any of you who watched our wedding film on Saturday - Brian and Geetha's gorgeous wedding was too cute so we wanted to show you the full story in all its glory this morning too.Brian and Geetha wanted their Longueville House wedding to be more than just a typical real wedding. They wanted to involve all their friends and family and they wanted the wedding weekend to recount their fondest memories in a romantic but totally fun way. Into The Light was on hand to capture every moment, with each detail as sweet and beautifully sentimental as the next...
As part of their ultra personal and romantic wedding Geetha and Brian had their love story read out by a close friend, which is recounted here..."Brian and Geetha’s paths crossed during a night out in Brisbane. Amongst the noise of the pub, Geetha’s ears picked up an interesting accent. In her rather sociable state her first words to Brian was “you have such dreamy eyes”. And so, a conversation was struck. Being a “lady”, she was very hesitant to reveal too much about herself to someone she just met, so she reverted to her usual code “My name is Maya, I’m from Peru and I’m a florist” – this was a well-rehearsed line often given to strangers to deflect unwanted attention. In what could be a freudian slip, she gave Brian her correct number rather than the usual fictitious number she often used."
The story continues..."After a couple of days she got a text from Brian saying “Hi Maya, how are you?” After several back and forth text messaging, Brian established her name was actually Geetha and that she was not a florist. They must have got good vibes from their first meeting and so they went on a date. And from there a relationship grew. However, after a tender two months of dating Geetha had to move to Melbourne for work. They both then spent the best part of a year saying goodbye to each other. After her year in Melbourne the separation anxiety got the better of them and Geetha moved back to Brisbane to be closer to Brian – needless to say they have been inseparable since."
Brian describes his proposal..."We had decided that we'd both move back to Ireland for a few years. And so, we organised a weekend farewell party, in Byron Bay with all our friends. I decided that we would start of the weekend with a hang glide landing on Tallow beach. The plan was for just the two of us to do the hang glide. However, our friend Zahra (soon to be bridesmaid) decided to join us. So as to not arouse suspicion I let her tag along; and the three of us headed to Byron to do our glide. The hang glide was awesome and I landed on the beach before Geetha. I had some helpers arrange a few things for me, including the necessary 4kgs of rose petals, cold beers to celebrate and a camera for some photos!"
Once engaged Geetha and Brian decided on a weekend wedding theme of “a celebration of love” brimming with romantic and personal details, beginning with their ultra personal ceremony in the Vineyard at Longueville House.
Geetha describes their dreamy ceremony..."Brian and I walked up the aisle together, behind the bridesmaids and groomsmen. We walked through the vineyard towards our guests – it was a really long and slightly uphill walk! But Brian was cracking endless jokes as we walked up and it was a special moment. Our guests were all seated facing us and we were both so calm when we finally got to the ‘altar’. We set the ceremony up so that it felt like we were all just huddled together to listen to a great story."
The sweet and sentimental ceremony began with Geetha and Brian's love story, read out by a friend, followed by handwritten vows and a sand ceremony with sand from Tallow Beach, where Geetha and Brian got engaged, and sand from Galway where they now live. Lastly they had a ring warming ceremony so that everyone could get involved.
Following the ceremony Geetha, Brian and guests enjoyed drinks and lawn games outdoors before an intimate meal in the Longueville House Turner Conservatory glass house, surrounded by luscious flowers by Lovebird Designs.
Brian explains what made Longueville the perfect venue for them..."I did the venue hunting by myself as Geetha was still in Australia at that time. To be honest, I didn’t really know what I was looking for but when I saw Longueville House I knew it was what we were after. Longueville House was the second and last venue I looked at. I rang Geetha right after the viewing and told her, “I’ve found the one!” The house, the grounds, the food, the extraordinarily accommodative and friendly staff just made everything awesome!"
For their honeymoon Brian and Geetha decided to do things a little differently..."We did a buddymoon and then a honeymoon. We took all our mates from Australia on a road trip around Ireland after the wedding! We then flew with them to Eastern Europe and went to Hungary, Serbia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Montenegro and Croatia. It was a great way to spend time with friends who travelled so far to make our wedding. We then went on to have our own honeymoon in Turkey and Slovenia." Sounds so amazing!
A huge congratulations to you both, such a pleasure to share your beautiful wedding day! A big thank you also goes to Into The Light for sharing their work with us. As Geetha and Brian testify - "We found some great suppliers that were not only good at what they did but had similar energy/style to us and were fun to deal with. Like our photographers; we were dreading being in front of the camera but they made the process so much fun!" To see more from Into The Light visit www.macias-lordan.com
