{"id":164846,"date":"2020-04-16T19:00:09","date_gmt":"2020-04-16T09:00:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/content.easyweddings.com\/au\/real-weddings\/cultural-traditions-come-together-at-julie-and-alvins-summer-wedding\/"},"modified":"2024-04-05T10:22:24","modified_gmt":"2024-04-04T23:22:24","slug":"cultural-traditions-come-together-at-julie-and-alvins-summer-wedding","status":"publish","type":"au-real-wedding","link":"https:\/\/www.easyweddings.com.au\/real-weddings\/cultural-traditions-come-together-at-julie-and-alvins-summer-wedding\/","title":{"rendered":"Cultural traditions come together at Julie and Alvin’s summer wedding"},"content":{"rendered":"
One of Julie and Alvin\u2019s early dates involved babysitting \u2014 and it was the moment that won her heart.<\/p>\n
\u201cAlvin [32] had to help his brother on regular occasions \u2026 it is at this very moment that I found love,\u201d recalls Julie, 29. \u201cWe were pushing the pram together and had stares from randoms for being such young parents. But he showed me a different side to him, that he loves and appreciates family times and he can be a good dad and husband.\u201d<\/p>\n
The pair married at their summer wedding on December 22, 2019 at Meadowbank Estate in Melbourne. \u201cWe love including our friends and family,\u201d Julie says of the planning<\/a>, which included bribing Alvin\u2019s nephew to get involved. As Alvin is South African and Julie from Malaysia, they included a traditional South African Mandela dance entrance and traditional Malaysian toast shouting \u2018Yum\u2019. \u201cAll guests really enjoyed this little touch and exchange of traditions during the wedding reception,\u201d smiles Julie.<\/p>\n Julie enjoys craft so created the guest globes, photobooks, place cards and welcome board. \u201cI spent a lot of time on it before the wedding so was pleased to get positive feedback from guests on how it all turned out!\u201d<\/p>\n Photos courtesy of Black Avenue Productions<\/a>.<\/p>\n