{"id":169105,"date":"2019-08-19T20:00:25","date_gmt":"2019-08-19T10:00:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/content.easyweddings.com\/au\/real-weddings\/when-love-blooms-amy-and-seans-garden-cocktail-wedding\/"},"modified":"2024-04-09T12:31:41","modified_gmt":"2024-04-09T02:31:41","slug":"when-love-blooms-amy-and-seans-garden-cocktail-wedding","status":"publish","type":"au-real-wedding","link":"https:\/\/www.easyweddings.com.au\/real-weddings\/when-love-blooms-amy-and-seans-garden-cocktail-wedding\/","title":{"rendered":"When love blooms: Amy and Sean&#8217;s garden cocktail wedding"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"lead\">Amy and Sean were pretty much the last to know that they were in love.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe were good friends. Solid,\u201d Amy explains.<\/p>\n<p>It took Sean moving interstate for the pair to realise they couldn\u2019t live without each other, so they decided to give it a go.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBreaking it to our friends was going to be hard \u2013 or so we thought \u2013 &#8216;finally!&#8217; is what most people said. Turns out everyone around us knew we were in love long before we did.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>After a low-key proposal, the couple took just 10 months to plan their garden cocktail wedding at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.easyweddings.com.au\/WeddingVenues\/Brisbane\/BundaleerRainforestGardens\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Bundaleer Rainforst Gardens<\/a> in Brookfield, Queensland.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhen planning the wedding our priorities were to have a day which was both heavy with meaning and ceremony, as well as light and fun for our guests,\u201d Amy says of their October 7, 2018 celebrations.<\/p>\n<p>Almost everything the couple chose for their garden cocktail wedding was for sentimental reasons \u2013 from the dress bought from a shop Amy has loved since she was a teen, to the bride and bridesmaids making their own bouquets.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe incorporated our personal style in so many ways,\u201d Amy says.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe wanted everyone to help us celebrate and see the love we have for each other.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Photos courtesy of <a title=\"https:\/\/samwyperphotography.com\/\" href=\"https:\/\/samwyperphotography.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Sam Wyper Photography<\/a>.<\/p>\n<div class=\"clearfix\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-198601 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/content.easyweddings.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Amy_Sean_Garden-Cocktail-Wedding_Sam-Wyper-Photography_SBS_029-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"900\" title=\"\"> <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-198604 alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/content.easyweddings.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Amy_Sean_Garden-Cocktail-Wedding_Sam-Wyper-Photography_SBS_032-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"900\" title=\"\"><\/div>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-198521 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/content.easyweddings.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Amy_Sean_Garden-Cocktail-Wedding_Sam-Wyper-Photography_001.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"900\" height=\"600\" title=\"\"><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-198563 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/content.easyweddings.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Amy_Sean_Garden-Cocktail-Wedding_Sam-Wyper-Photography_042.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"900\" height=\"600\" title=\"\"><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-198524 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/content.easyweddings.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Amy_Sean_Garden-Cocktail-Wedding_Sam-Wyper-Photography_003.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"900\" height=\"600\" title=\"\"><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-198525 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/content.easyweddings.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Amy_Sean_Garden-Cocktail-Wedding_Sam-Wyper-Photography_004.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"900\" height=\"600\" title=\"\"><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-198566\" src=\"https:\/\/content.easyweddings.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Amy_Sean_Garden-Cocktail-Wedding_Sam-Wyper-Photography_045-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1000\" height=\"1500\" title=\"\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"clearfix\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-198574 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/content.easyweddings.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Amy_Sean_Garden-Cocktail-Wedding_Sam-Wyper-Photography_SBS_002.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"900\" title=\"\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-198606 alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/content.easyweddings.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Amy_Sean_Garden-Cocktail-Wedding_Sam-Wyper-Photography_SBS_034-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"900\" title=\"\"><\/div>\n<blockquote><p>Amy wore her hair in an elegant side-sweeping style matched with a classic make-up look created by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.easyweddings.com.au\/WeddingHair\/Brisbane\/RachaelRaynerHairMakeup\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Rachael Rayner Hair and Make-up<\/a>. &#8220;Rachael was beautiful and amazing at what she does,&#8221; the bride says.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-198527\" src=\"https:\/\/content.easyweddings.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Amy_Sean_Garden-Cocktail-Wedding_Sam-Wyper-Photography_006-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1000\" height=\"1500\" title=\"\"><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-198528 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/content.easyweddings.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Amy_Sean_Garden-Cocktail-Wedding_Sam-Wyper-Photography_007.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"900\" height=\"600\" title=\"\"><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-198570 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/content.easyweddings.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Amy_Sean_Garden-Cocktail-Wedding_Sam-Wyper-Photography_049.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"900\" height=\"600\" title=\"\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"clearfix\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-198607 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/content.easyweddings.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Amy_Sean_Garden-Cocktail-Wedding_Sam-Wyper-Photography_SBS_035.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"900\" title=\"\"> <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-198579 alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/content.easyweddings.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Amy_Sean_Garden-Cocktail-Wedding_Sam-Wyper-Photography_SBS_007.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"900\" title=\"\"><\/div>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-198569 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/content.easyweddings.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Amy_Sean_Garden-Cocktail-Wedding_Sam-Wyper-Photography_048.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"900\" height=\"600\" title=\"\"><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-198553 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/content.easyweddings.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Amy_Sean_Garden-Cocktail-Wedding_Sam-Wyper-Photography_032.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"900\" height=\"600\" title=\"\"><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-198554 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/content.easyweddings.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Amy_Sean_Garden-Cocktail-Wedding_Sam-Wyper-Photography_033.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"900\" height=\"600\" title=\"\"><\/p>\n<blockquote><p>&#8220;Sean and I met the old fashioned way \u2013 at a pub on a Wednesday night! We became friends and stayed that way for many years,&#8221; Amy says of her and Sean&#8217;s early years.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-198532 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/content.easyweddings.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Amy_Sean_Garden-Cocktail-Wedding_Sam-Wyper-Photography_011.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"900\" height=\"600\" title=\"\"><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-198533 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/content.easyweddings.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Amy_Sean_Garden-Cocktail-Wedding_Sam-Wyper-Photography_012.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"900\" height=\"600\" title=\"\"><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-198535 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/content.easyweddings.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Amy_Sean_Garden-Cocktail-Wedding_Sam-Wyper-Photography_014.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"900\" height=\"600\" title=\"\"><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-198555 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/content.easyweddings.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Amy_Sean_Garden-Cocktail-Wedding_Sam-Wyper-Photography_034.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"900\" height=\"600\" title=\"\"><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-198556 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/content.easyweddings.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Amy_Sean_Garden-Cocktail-Wedding_Sam-Wyper-Photography_035.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"900\" height=\"600\" title=\"\"><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-198557 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/content.easyweddings.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Amy_Sean_Garden-Cocktail-Wedding_Sam-Wyper-Photography_036.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"900\" height=\"600\" title=\"\"><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-198558 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/content.easyweddings.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Amy_Sean_Garden-Cocktail-Wedding_Sam-Wyper-Photography_037.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"900\" height=\"600\" title=\"\"><\/p>\n<blockquote><p>I didn\u2019t want a dress that everyone would say &#8216;Wow! Look at her dress!&#8217;. I wanted a dress that everyone would say &#8216;Wow! Look at her!&#8217;,&#8221; Amy says of her off-the-shoulder gown. &#8220;It enhanced every part of my body I would want enhanced and fell gracefully over everything else. It made me feel like a bride.&#8221;<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<div class=\"clearfix\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-198589 alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/content.easyweddings.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Amy_Sean_Garden-Cocktail-Wedding_Sam-Wyper-Photography_SBS_017.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"900\" title=\"\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-198598 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/content.easyweddings.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Amy_Sean_Garden-Cocktail-Wedding_Sam-Wyper-Photography_SBS_026.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"900\" title=\"\"><\/div>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-198543 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/content.easyweddings.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Amy_Sean_Garden-Cocktail-Wedding_Sam-Wyper-Photography_022.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"900\" height=\"600\" title=\"\"><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-198541 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/content.easyweddings.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Amy_Sean_Garden-Cocktail-Wedding_Sam-Wyper-Photography_020.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"900\" height=\"600\" title=\"\"><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-198540\" src=\"https:\/\/content.easyweddings.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Amy_Sean_Garden-Cocktail-Wedding_Sam-Wyper-Photography_019-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1000\" height=\"1500\" title=\"\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"clearfix\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-198586 alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/content.easyweddings.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Amy_Sean_Garden-Cocktail-Wedding_Sam-Wyper-Photography_SBS_014.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"900\" title=\"\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-198584 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/content.easyweddings.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Amy_Sean_Garden-Cocktail-Wedding_Sam-Wyper-Photography_SBS_012.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"900\" title=\"\"><\/div>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-198539 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/content.easyweddings.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Amy_Sean_Garden-Cocktail-Wedding_Sam-Wyper-Photography_018.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"900\" height=\"600\" title=\"\"><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-198560\" src=\"https:\/\/content.easyweddings.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Amy_Sean_Garden-Cocktail-Wedding_Sam-Wyper-Photography_039-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1000\" height=\"1500\" title=\"\"><\/p>\n<blockquote><p>Sean wore a bespoke suit and shirt from Sydney&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.easyweddings.com.au\/FormalWear\/Sydney\/MONTAGIOCUSTOMTAILORING\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Montagio Custom Tailoring<\/a>.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-198546 aligncenter\" 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