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Windmills & Bunting Farm Wedding at Olive Grove

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Windmills & Bunting Farm Wedding at Olive GroveFarm Wedding

Olive Grove, Beaufort West

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André and Nicole’s vintage South African farm wedding set at the rustic Olive Grove venue was inspired by their youth spent growing up amongst wide open spaces. Lovers of the great outdoors, the couple longed for a classy wedding wherein they could indulge in their fetish for windmills and DIY projects!

Indigenous flowers, burlap and over 130m of bunting was used to decorate their wedding, which they planned entirely by themselves!

Take a look at their enviable wedding weekend created from scratch captured by Carmen Visser Photography.

Windmills & Bunting Farm Wedding Look

Matching their beautiful nature surroundings, the couple and their bridal party looked stunning in naturals and soft hues of blue and pink.

Windmills & Bunting Farm Wedding at Olive Grove

Windmills & Bunting Farm Wedding at Olive Grove

(Above) Nicole wore an unusual sleeveless lace, silky dupion and tulle wedding gown from the Blue by Enzoani collection. She added a musky pink ribbon to accent her waistline, which also matched her pink peep-toe wedding heels.

Windmills & Bunting Farm Wedding at Olive Grove

Windmills & Bunting Farm Wedding at Olive Grove

(Above Left) From the Fynbos family indigenous to South Africa, Nicole carried a gorgeous Protea bouquet secured with burlap adorned with a mini windmill.

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DIY Boutonniere: Nicole made the groom and groomsmen’s boutonnières, which comprised of a little wooden windmill on burlap & ribbon.

Windmills & Bunting Farm Wedding Ceremony

Windmills & Bunting Farm Wedding at Olive Grove

André & Nicole’s Love Story & Proposal

The couple met at work a little more than 4 years ago while working on the same project.  After chatting at the water dispenser and coffee machine, they got to get to know each other and after 3 months they went on their first date!

After 3 happy years of dating, André proposed to Nicole on a romantic weekend away in the Drakensberg at the Cleopatra Mountain Farmhouse, which had the most beautiful scenery and food to-die-for!  The morning after they arrived, André surprised her with a helicopter trip, which took them to the top of White Mountain where he went down on one knee with the most beautiful ring she had ever seen! Needless to say, she was all teary and on Cloud Nine! “I still get a lump in my throat when I think about this day, it was so special, romantic and totally unexpected,” says Nicole.

Windmills & Bunting Farm Wedding at Olive Grove

(Above) Nicole’s dad organised a 1956 Chevrolet as a wedding car, and they were so grateful for this as it made the most amazing photos and fitted in perfectly with their theme.

Windmills & Bunting Farm Wedding at Olive Grove

(Above)  DIY Ceremony Arch: They married on a beautiful piece of green lawn. The entrance to their wedding aisle began with a set of wooden doors, which Nicole’s dad made.

Windmills & Bunting Farm Wedding at Olive Grove

(Above) At the entrance to the wedding ceremony, vintage props such as crates, suitcases, burlap and a vintage bicycle frame was stylishly arranged to house the wedding umbrellas for their guests.

Windmills & Bunting Farm Wedding at Olive Grove

(Above) Lucerne bales were used for the guests to sit on at the ceremony.

Windmills & Bunting Farm Wedding at Olive Grove

(Above) Their wedding ceremony program fans carried the windmill and bunting theme.

Windmills & Bunting Farm Wedding at Olive Grove

(Above) Wedding Cornfetti (popcorn) was given to their guests to use as confetti.

Windmills & Bunting Farm Wedding at Olive Grove

Windmills & Bunting Farm Wedding at Olive Grove

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Windmills & Bunting Farm Wedding Reception

For their wedding reception, with the help of the guest farm owners, they converted a shed at the Olive Guest Farm into an amazing wedding venue.

Windmills & Bunting Farm Wedding at Olive Grove

Windmills & Bunting Farm Wedding at Olive Grove

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Windmills & Bunting Farm Wedding at Olive Grove

(Above) DIY Bunting: For hanging wedding décor, they created 130m of bunting and strung it throughout their wedding reception venue!

Windmills & Bunting Farm Wedding at Olive Grove

(Above) Framed photos of the couple were displayed on a feature wall.

Windmills & Bunting Farm Wedding at Olive Grove

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(Above Left) For their centrepieces, wooden tree stumps with a metal frame contained mini glasses with rustic-looking plants and flowers.

Windmills & Bunting Farm Wedding at Olive Grove

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Windmills & Bunting Farm Wedding at Olive Grove

(Above) Handmade metal windmill décor was found throughout their reception.

Windmills & Bunting Farm Wedding at Olive Grove

(Above) DIY Flowerboxes: Nicole’s dad created flower box centrepieces for their wedding tables.

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Windmills & Bunting Farm Wedding at Olive Grove

(Above Left) DIY Serviettes, Serviette Rings and Under-plates: The serviettes and serviette rings were created from burlap and ribbon with mini rusted wire hearts glued on top of the serviette rings. The under-plates were made from wood, which the couple whitewashed to match the chairs.

Windmills & Bunting Farm Wedding at Olive Grove

(Above) DIY Gifts and Favors:  For the wedding favours they wanted something “country like” and homemade.  For the ladies, they gave homemade jam, which Nicole’s mother made. For the guys, they created packets of “braai” spices (barbeque spices).

Windmills & Bunting Farm Wedding at Olive Grove

Windmills & Bunting Farm Wedding at Olive Grove

Windmills & Bunting Farm Wedding at Olive Grove

Windmills & Bunting Farm Wedding at Olive Grove

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(Above) DIY Dessert table:  Nicole’s mother took care of the dessert table, which she filled with all of their favourite homemade desserts such as red velvet cupcakes, “koeksisters”, lamingtons, lemon meringues, peppermint crisp tarts, meringues and toffee apples.

Windmills & Bunting Farm Wedding at Olive Grove

Real Bride, Nicole’s, Top Tips For Bride’s-To-Be

  • Planning, planning, planning! – “We planned our entire wedding ourselves,  up until the finest detail,” says Nicole. Although a wedding planner would have made planning their wedding much less stressful, they loved the planning! If you find that a wedding planner may be what you need, refer to our advice feature: Do You Need a Wedding Planner? {Wedding Planning Series} to find out more about their range of services and pricing packages.
  • Budget – Nicole advises that you try to stick to your budget even though it is extremely difficult!
  • Delegate – “Get people to help you as you do not have to do everything on your own,” she says. The couple involved all of their family by giving everyone something to do, make, or organise.
  • Get quotes from different vendors and compare them – “Don’t go for the first best quotes shop around,” suggests Nicole.
  • DIY projects can also help you save costs – The couple saved a lot by making their own fab wedding favours.
  • Use Pinterest and wedding blogs – “I got so much inspiration and ideas from wedding blogs such as Confetti Daydreams, which I followed religiously,” reveals Nicole.

Real bride, Nicole, proves that it is possible to create the wedding of your dreams with plenty of DIY projects and the help of others. Find more vintage wedding inspiration from another of our sweet real brides, this time hosted at a beach location – Handmade Rustic Beach Wedding {Strandkombuis Beach}.

Vendors

Wedding Venue: Olive Grove Guest Farm | Wedding Photographer: Carmen Visser Photography | Videographer: Sweefilm | Wedding Dress: Blue by Enzoani from Bridal Wardrobe | Wedding Stationery: Desiré, Paperdoll Studio | Bridal Shoes: PINK from Bridal Wardrobe | Suits: Maverick Style Wear | Bridal Box: Bergbruidjie | Personalised Bags & T-shirts for Bridal Party: Fraai Meraai | Bridal Jewellery: Lily Blue 
 
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Comments

  1. Shadowing Lights says

    July 15, 2013 at 11:28 pm

    Looks like it was an amazing wedding and beautifully captured by Carmen.

  2. Brende Brits says

    July 21, 2013 at 6:00 pm

    Ongelooflik mooooi! Baie special. Die detail is uitstaande. Well done xx.

  3. Susanne Gann says

    August 13, 2013 at 10:36 am

    Beautiful farm wedding. Wedding fans for programs. Love it.

  4. Susanne Gann says

    August 13, 2013 at 10:36 am

    Beautiful farm wedding. Wedding fans for programs. Love it.

  5. Hey Wedding Lady says

    July 14, 2014 at 3:28 pm

    So sweet! Love the little windmill details!

    • Storm {ConfettiDaydreams.com} says

      July 15, 2014 at 8:00 am

      Too cute, right? Love attention to detail like that!

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