A Romantic Beach Wedding with Shades of Sky Blue in New Zealand

It was 2 days before Christmas, Jolanta and Nicholas had spent the day on the lake for fishing and had set up camp for the night. After dinner, they took the boat to a secluded hot pool where Nicholas gave Jolanta her early Christmas present; a proposal. With her hand in his, he asked her to be his wife and proceeded to present her with a ring. "It was the most beautiful engagement ring I have ever seen. We then spent the evening on the lakeside with a bottle of champagne," recalled the bride.

With the blue sky and sea creating natural dynamic with the greeneries, Jolanta and Nicholas tied the knot with a beautiful white beach wedding. Jolanta chose a gorgeous wedding dress designed by Stella York. It was a strapless gown made with champagne lace over ivory colored fabric with a fishtail finish at the bottom. "I knew I had found my dress when I began to get teary. I then tried on my veil and burst into tears. For me, this was a sign that this dress was the one," shared Jolanta. For her bridesmaids, Jolanta had them wore sky blue dresses that matches the sky. Nicholas also wore a dark blue suit, a color much like the deep sea, and had his groomsmen wore similar colored suit.

The bride's wedding bouquet was a group of white floral and greeneries while her two-tier cake was simply decorated with blue floral icing. To enhance the theme of the wedding, seashell-like decorations were put on the cake. That's not all, the couple also had a bit of DIY for the wedding as well! "We collected drift wood to make our wedding arch. A simple rectangle as the center piece and then we added sand, pebbles, candle holders and vases," Jolanta said. Everything in this wedding came together perfectly as the greens, blues, and whites blended flawlessly with the beautiful backdrop.

"It's hard to choose a particular moment, they were all incredible," Shared the bride when asked about her favorite part of the wedding. "The speeches were full of emotion and love, and the photos were loads of fun. But the most special moment would have been taking 20 minutes of our time half way through the reception to have sunset photos with my new husband. It gave us time to reflect on the day so far and really take it all in. The day went by so fast so we just wanted to take our time to stop and finally soak it all up," she added.

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