{"id":182184,"date":"2018-02-25T00:42:33","date_gmt":"2018-02-24T13:42:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/content.easyweddings.com\/au\/real-weddings\/soulmates-rachael-and-joe-celebrate-modern-classic-wedding\/"},"modified":"2022-03-17T01:39:46","modified_gmt":"2022-03-16T14:39:46","slug":"soulmates-rachael-and-joe-celebrate-modern-classic-wedding","status":"publish","type":"au-real-wedding","link":"https:\/\/www.easyweddings.com.au\/real-weddings\/soulmates-rachael-and-joe-celebrate-modern-classic-wedding\/","title":{"rendered":"Soulmates Rachael and Joe celebrate modern classic wedding"},"content":{"rendered":"

They were born three days apart in the same hospital, but Rachael didn\u2019t really meet Joe until they were 14.<\/p>\n

After a teenage romance, the pair split for four years, before again, coming back together. \u201cIt\u2019s almost like our souls were supposed to be together from the beginning,\u201d smiles Rachael.<\/p>\n

The pair, now aged 27, married at their modern <\/a>classic wedding on December 2, 2017 with 85 guests. A ceremony at Entally Estate in Hadspen Tasmania was followed by a reception at Entally Lodge up the road. \u201cEntally House is a beautiful estate in Hadspen, built in the 1800s,\u201d explains the bride. \u201cThe ceremony was under an enormous 170-year-old atlas cedar, making our 85-guest wedding look like an intimate affair.\u201d<\/p>\n

A friend from the couple\u2019s high-school created the florals<\/a> for the day, described by Rachael as \u201csimple, informal style bouquets with native foliage,\u00a0and touches of burgundy, blue and blush. Wild \u2018just picked\u2019 flowers bound in white ribbon”.<\/p>\n

Photos courtesy of Michelle Dupont<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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The bride wore a blue pair of heels for her something blue<\/a>!<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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“We were born in the same hospital, three days apart – our beautiful mums likely in rooms close to one-another,”\u00a0 smiles Rachael.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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“Joe (who is in the Army) was deployed to Afghanistan as a Combat Engineer in 2012 and upon his safe return, we moved in together and got our first fur baby,” says the bride.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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The couple opted for a variety of songs for their wedding playlist – music from the ’40s to today, with lots of old rock ‘n’ roll love songs!<\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"author":19,"featured_media":182190,"parent":0,"template":"","au_real_wedding_category":[6857],"au_real_wedding_tag":[6942,8390,8057,7092,7100,7145,7236],"au_real_wedding_style":[9005,9003],"au_real_wedding_location":[9070,9026],"au_real_wedding_setting":[9014],"au_real_wedding_colour":[10602,10592,10584],"au_real_wedding_competition":[],"class_list":["post-182184","au-real-wedding","type-au-real-wedding","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","au_real_wedding_category-6857","au_real_wedding_tag-classic-wedding","au_real_wedding_tag-michelle-dupont","au_real_wedding_tag-modern-classic-wedding","au_real_wedding_tag-modern-wedding","au_real_wedding_tag-navy-blue-wedding","au_real_wedding_tag-real-weddings","au_real_wedding_tag-white-wedding-2","au_real_wedding_style-classic","au_real_wedding_style-modern","au_real_wedding_location-launceston","au_real_wedding_location-tas","au_real_wedding_setting-garden-chapel","au_real_wedding_colour-hunter-green-wedding","au_real_wedding_colour-navy-blue-wedding","au_real_wedding_colour-white-wedding"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.easyweddings.com.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/au-real-wedding\/182184","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\/182184\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.easyweddings.com.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/182190"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.easyweddings.com.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=182184"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"au_real_wedding_category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.easyweddings.com.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/au_real_wedding_category?post=182184"},{"taxonomy":"au_real_wedding_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.easyweddings.com.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/au_real_wedding_tag?post=182184"},{"taxonomy":"au_real_wedding_style","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.easyweddings.com.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/au_real_wedding_style?post=182184"},{"taxonomy":"au_real_wedding_location","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.easyweddings.com.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/au_real_wedding_location?post=182184"},{"taxonomy":"au_real_wedding_setting","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.easyweddings.com.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/au_real_wedding_setting?post=182184"},{"taxonomy":"au_real_wedding_colour","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.easyweddings.com.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/au_real_wedding_colour?post=182184"},{"taxonomy":"au_real_wedding_competition","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.easyweddings.com.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/au_real_wedding_competition?post=182184"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}