{"id":179542,"date":"2018-08-19T20:00:38","date_gmt":"2018-08-19T10:00:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/content.easyweddings.com\/au\/real-weddings\/nicole-and-andrew-surprise-their-guests-with-elegant-barn-wedding\/"},"modified":"2022-03-17T02:46:18","modified_gmt":"2022-03-16T15:46:18","slug":"nicole-and-andrew-surprise-their-guests-with-elegant-barn-wedding","status":"publish","type":"au-real-wedding","link":"https:\/\/www.easyweddings.com.au\/real-weddings\/nicole-and-andrew-surprise-their-guests-with-elegant-barn-wedding\/","title":{"rendered":"Nicole and Andrew surprise their guests with elegant barn wedding"},"content":{"rendered":"
A surprise birthday party turned into a surprise wedding for the guests at Nicole and Andrew’s elegant barn wedding.<\/p>\n
Andrew, 32, had popped the question back in 2015, but soon after the Melbourne couple had discovered they were pregnant and wedding planning was put on the back-burner.<\/p>\n
Fast forward a year, the couple had settled into parenthood and again turned their mind to their big day.<\/p>\n
“Not wanting the pressure and a big build-up and all the stress I have seen others go through when planning their wedding, we decided that a surprise wedding was what we wanted to do,” Nicole, 30, says.<\/p>\n
The bride’s 30th birthday was to fall on a Saturday, and the couple seized the opportunity to stage their surprise elegant barn wedding.<\/p>\n
They chose the Briars Barn on Victoria’s Mornington Peninsula for the celebrations with 100 guests on May 26, 2018.<\/p>\n
“After so many years together, I knew family and friends would be suspicious. Determined to keep it a surprise, we decided my bridesmaids would organise my 30th as a surprise party, when all along I was actually planning my wedding,” Nicole says.<\/p>\n
“The main priority for our wedding was to have a relaxed night without the pressure without the pressure and lead-up of a big wedding day.”<\/p>\n
Photos courtesy of Sean and Danni Wedding Photographers<\/a>.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n “We had the most remarkable day, and to have our daughter so involved in our day meant we have memories to cherish,” Nicole says.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n Andrew and Nicole met on the dancefloor at the Stamford Hotel, Rowville almost 10 years ago. “We soon learnt we had many similar interests and were a perfect match,” Nicole says.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n The couple’s gorgeous daughter was dressed in her own white dress from Ollie’s Place<\/a>.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n