{"id":172861,"date":"2019-05-02T20:00:35","date_gmt":"2019-05-02T10:00:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/content.easyweddings.com\/au\/real-weddings\/smoking-ceremony-and-greek-reading-come-together-at-couples-modern-rustic-wedding\/"},"modified":"2022-03-17T04:31:27","modified_gmt":"2022-03-16T17:31:27","slug":"smoking-ceremony-and-greek-reading-come-together-at-couples-modern-rustic-wedding","status":"publish","type":"au-real-wedding","link":"https:\/\/www.easyweddings.com.au\/real-weddings\/smoking-ceremony-and-greek-reading-come-together-at-couples-modern-rustic-wedding\/","title":{"rendered":"Smoking ceremony and Greek reading come together at couple&#8217;s modern rustic wedding"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"lead\">Euston couple Tegan, 25, and Morgan, 33, not only celebrated their love on the day of their modern rustic wedding, but also the coming together of two cultures.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We joint two families and two cultures that day and had a spectacular<a href=\"https:\/\/www.easyweddings.com.au\/articles\/gap-ceremony-reception\/\"> ceremony<\/a>, which was a bit different to most,&#8221; explains Tegan. &#8220;We included a smoking ceremony for my Indigenous background, which was performed by my brother and father figure.&#8221; They also had a stefana ceremony and Greek reading by Morgan&#8217;s cousin.<\/p>\n<p>A tiny slip-up at ceremony ended up being a great source of laughs throughout the rest of the day. It wasn&#8217;t quite a &#8220;Ross calls Emily &#8216;Rachel&#8217; moment&#8221;, but close. &#8220;As Morgan was saying his vows he accidentally called me Crystal (which is my middle name),&#8221; recalls the bride. &#8220;All the guests gasped and said &#8216;Wow he is going to be in trouble later&#8217;. Then right after as I read my vows out loud, I was thinking to myself I won\u2019t stuff up, I then started to say Robert (which is Morgans middle name) \u2014 everyone could not stop laughing.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Photos courtesy of <a title=\"SD Photography Mildura\" href=\"http:\/\/sdphotography.net.au\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">SD Photography Mildura<\/a>.<\/p>\n<div class=\"clearfix\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-186026 alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/content.easyweddings.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Tegan_Morgan_Modern-Rustic-Wedding_SD-Photography-Mildura_SBS_001-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"900\" title=\"\"> <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-186027 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/content.easyweddings.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Tegan_Morgan_Modern-Rustic-Wedding_SD-Photography-Mildura_SBS_002-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"900\" title=\"\"><\/div>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-185981\" src=\"https:\/\/content.easyweddings.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Tegan_Morgan_Modern-Rustic-Wedding_SD-Photography-Mildura_003-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1000\" height=\"1499\" title=\"\"><\/p>\n<blockquote><p>&#8220;We met at an orange festival one night when Morgan (a police officer) was on duty. From that night on we kept running into each other in the most bazaar situations, fate kept pulling us together,&#8221; says Tegan.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-185983 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/content.easyweddings.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Tegan_Morgan_Modern-Rustic-Wedding_SD-Photography-Mildura_005.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"900\" height=\"601\" title=\"\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"clearfix\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-186029 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/content.easyweddings.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Tegan_Morgan_Modern-Rustic-Wedding_SD-Photography-Mildura_SBS_004-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"900\" title=\"\"> <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-186031 alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/content.easyweddings.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Tegan_Morgan_Modern-Rustic-Wedding_SD-Photography-Mildura_SBS_006-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"900\" title=\"\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"clearfix\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-186034 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/content.easyweddings.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Tegan_Morgan_Modern-Rustic-Wedding_SD-Photography-Mildura_SBS_009-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"900\" title=\"\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-186037 alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/content.easyweddings.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Tegan_Morgan_Modern-Rustic-Wedding_SD-Photography-Mildura_SBS_012-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"900\" title=\"\"><\/div>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-185991\" src=\"https:\/\/content.easyweddings.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Tegan_Morgan_Modern-Rustic-Wedding_SD-Photography-Mildura_013-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1000\" height=\"1498\" title=\"\"><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-185989\" src=\"https:\/\/content.easyweddings.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Tegan_Morgan_Modern-Rustic-Wedding_SD-Photography-Mildura_011-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1000\" height=\"1499\" title=\"\"><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-185993 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/content.easyweddings.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Tegan_Morgan_Modern-Rustic-Wedding_SD-Photography-Mildura_015.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"900\" height=\"601\" title=\"\"><\/p>\n<blockquote><p>&#8220;I had my step father sing and play guitar as I walked down the aisle with my mother who gave me away, this was so beautiful and emotional for us,&#8221; smiles Tegan.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-185994 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/content.easyweddings.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Tegan_Morgan_Modern-Rustic-Wedding_SD-Photography-Mildura_016.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"900\" height=\"601\" title=\"\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"clearfix\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-186041 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/content.easyweddings.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Tegan_Morgan_Modern-Rustic-Wedding_SD-Photography-Mildura_SBS_016-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"900\" title=\"\"> <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-186042 alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/content.easyweddings.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Tegan_Morgan_Modern-Rustic-Wedding_SD-Photography-Mildura_SBS_017-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"900\" title=\"\"><\/div>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-186003 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/content.easyweddings.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Tegan_Morgan_Modern-Rustic-Wedding_SD-Photography-Mildura_025.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"900\" height=\"601\" title=\"\"><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-185999 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/content.easyweddings.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Tegan_Morgan_Modern-Rustic-Wedding_SD-Photography-Mildura_021.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"900\" height=\"601\" title=\"\"><\/p>\n<blockquote><p>&#8220;It was so special and beautiful we couldn\u2019t have asked for a better day or celebrant to execute such a unique ceremony.&#8221; says Tegan.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-186000 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/content.easyweddings.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Tegan_Morgan_Modern-Rustic-Wedding_SD-Photography-Mildura_022.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"900\" height=\"601\" title=\"\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"clearfix\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-186046 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/content.easyweddings.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Tegan_Morgan_Modern-Rustic-Wedding_SD-Photography-Mildura_SBS_021-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"900\" title=\"\"> <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-186047 alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/content.easyweddings.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Tegan_Morgan_Modern-Rustic-Wedding_SD-Photography-Mildura_SBS_022-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"900\" title=\"\"><\/div>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-186005 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/content.easyweddings.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Tegan_Morgan_Modern-Rustic-Wedding_SD-Photography-Mildura_027.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"900\" height=\"601\" title=\"\"><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-186006\" src=\"https:\/\/content.easyweddings.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Tegan_Morgan_Modern-Rustic-Wedding_SD-Photography-Mildura_028-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1000\" height=\"1499\" title=\"\"><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-186013 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/content.easyweddings.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Tegan_Morgan_Modern-Rustic-Wedding_SD-Photography-Mildura_035.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"900\" height=\"601\" title=\"\"><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-186014\" src=\"https:\/\/content.easyweddings.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Tegan_Morgan_Modern-Rustic-Wedding_SD-Photography-Mildura_036-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1000\" height=\"1499\" title=\"\"><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-186016\" src=\"https:\/\/content.easyweddings.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Tegan_Morgan_Modern-Rustic-Wedding_SD-Photography-Mildura_038-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1000\" height=\"1499\" title=\"\"><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-186018 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/content.easyweddings.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Tegan_Morgan_Modern-Rustic-Wedding_SD-Photography-Mildura_040.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"900\" height=\"601\" title=\"\"><\/p>\n<blockquote><p>&#8220;Morgan and I believe it was always meant to be for the two of us,&#8221; says Tegan.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-186020 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/content.easyweddings.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Tegan_Morgan_Modern-Rustic-Wedding_SD-Photography-Mildura_042.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"900\" height=\"601\" title=\"\"><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-186019\" src=\"https:\/\/content.easyweddings.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Tegan_Morgan_Modern-Rustic-Wedding_SD-Photography-Mildura_041-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1000\" height=\"1499\" title=\"\"><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-186021 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/content.easyweddings.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Tegan_Morgan_Modern-Rustic-Wedding_SD-Photography-Mildura_043.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"900\" height=\"601\" title=\"\"><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-186022 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/content.easyweddings.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Tegan_Morgan_Modern-Rustic-Wedding_SD-Photography-Mildura_044.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"900\" height=\"601\" title=\"\"><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-186008 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/content.easyweddings.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Tegan_Morgan_Modern-Rustic-Wedding_SD-Photography-Mildura_030.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"900\" height=\"601\" title=\"\"><\/p>\n<blockquote><p>&#8220;I purchased mostly second-hand or made decorations,&#8221; says Tegan.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<div class=\"clearfix\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-186052 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/content.easyweddings.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Tegan_Morgan_Modern-Rustic-Wedding_SD-Photography-Mildura_SBS_027-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"900\" title=\"\"> <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-186055 alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/content.easyweddings.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Tegan_Morgan_Modern-Rustic-Wedding_SD-Photography-Mildura_SBS_030-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"900\" title=\"\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"clearfix\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-186056 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/content.easyweddings.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Tegan_Morgan_Modern-Rustic-Wedding_SD-Photography-Mildura_SBS_031-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"900\" title=\"\"> <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-186054 alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/content.easyweddings.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Tegan_Morgan_Modern-Rustic-Wedding_SD-Photography-Mildura_SBS_029-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"900\" title=\"\"><\/div>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-186025 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/content.easyweddings.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Tegan_Morgan_Modern-Rustic-Wedding_SD-Photography-Mildura_047.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"900\" height=\"601\" title=\"\"><\/p>\n<blockquote><p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.easyweddings.com.au\/WeddingMusic\/Canberra\/BakerBoysBand\/\">Baker Boys Band<\/a> played at the couple&#8217;s reception.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-186024 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/content.easyweddings.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Tegan_Morgan_Modern-Rustic-Wedding_SD-Photography-Mildura_046.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"900\" height=\"601\" title=\"\"><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":19,"featured_media":172867,"parent":0,"template":"","au_real_wedding_category":[6858],"au_real_wedding_tag":[6908,7356,7092,7123,7145,7164,8717,7236],"au_real_wedding_style":[9003,9004],"au_real_wedding_location":[9055,9027],"au_real_wedding_setting":[9020],"au_real_wedding_colour":[10571,10586,10584],"au_real_wedding_competition":[],"class_list":["post-172861","au-real-wedding","type-au-real-wedding","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","au_real_wedding_category-6858","au_real_wedding_tag-black-wedding-3","au_real_wedding_tag-modern-rustic-wedding","au_real_wedding_tag-modern-wedding","au_real_wedding_tag-peach-wedding","au_real_wedding_tag-real-weddings","au_real_wedding_tag-rustic-wedding-2","au_real_wedding_tag-sd-photography","au_real_wedding_tag-white-wedding-2","au_real_wedding_style-modern","au_real_wedding_style-rustic","au_real_wedding_location-murray-mildura","au_real_wedding_location-vic","au_real_wedding_setting-winery","au_real_wedding_colour-black-wedding","au_real_wedding_colour-peach-wedding","au_real_wedding_colour-white-wedding"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.easyweddings.com.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/au-real-wedding\/172861","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.easyweddings.com.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/au-real-wedding"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.easyweddings.com.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/au-real-wedding"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.easyweddings.com.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/19"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.easyweddings.com.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/au-real-wedding\/172861\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.easyweddings.com.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/172867"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.easyweddings.com.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=172861"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"au_real_wedding_category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.easyweddings.com.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/au_real_wedding_category?post=172861"},{"taxonomy":"au_real_wedding_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.easyweddings.com.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/au_real_wedding_tag?post=172861"},{"taxonomy":"au_real_wedding_style","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.easyweddings.com.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/au_real_wedding_style?post=172861"},{"taxonomy":"au_real_wedding_location","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.easyweddings.com.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/au_real_wedding_location?post=172861"},{"taxonomy":"au_real_wedding_setting","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.easyweddings.com.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/au_real_wedding_setting?post=172861"},{"taxonomy":"au_real_wedding_colour","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.easyweddings.com.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/au_real_wedding_colour?post=172861"},{"taxonomy":"au_real_wedding_competition","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.easyweddings.com.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/au_real_wedding_competition?post=172861"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}