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The idea of a themed wedding inspired by hobbits may cause some raised eyebrows, but the Lord of the Rings<\/em> wedding of Candice and Alexander elegantly incorporated their favourite story to tastefully transport their guests to Middle Earth.<\/p>\n

The Sydney couple, who met at a comic book convention, married on February 10, 2018 with 76 guests in Adams Peak Country Estate. \u201cAmong the vineyards and rustic buildings our Lord of the Rings<\/em> theme suited it perfectly,\u201d recalls Candice, 31. \u201cWe spent every little detail incorporating our love of all things Tolkien for our big day.\u201d<\/p>\n

From the bride wearing the Evenstar that Arwen wears in the movie, to the White Tree of Gondor topper created for their cake<\/a>, no detail was left behind in their Lord of the Rings<\/em> vision. \u201cUsing my Pinterest board<\/a>, I took a lot of ideas and spent a lot of time researching how to bring the LOTR theme into the wedding without having it be tacky or over the top,\u201d explains Candice.<\/p>\n

Their Pagan-oriented ceremony meant they were wed by a druid in a hand-binding and wine-drinking ceremony. \u201cMy husband [28] loves history, so our celebrant<\/a> spoke a little about the history of weddings in that era and explained what each ceremony meant. Our guests loved it and we received a lot of compliments on how unique and customised our wedding was.\u201d<\/p>\n

Photos courtesy of Jessica Walker Photography.<\/p>\n

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“All my bridesmaids had one flower colour theme in their crowns,” says the bride. “I wanted all Australian natives and herbs for the flowers. Our crowns were made from rosemary.”<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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The handsome groom and his three groomsmen were dressed in fawn and green by Bentex Suits<\/a>.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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“I wanted my bridesmaids<\/a> to carry lanterns full of fairy lights instead of bouquets, so I brought some Ikea lamps and sprayed them gold and asked the florist to make sprays to place on top,” says Candice.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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“Set among the vineyards in 40-degree heat we created another world and transported our guests to the realm of Middle Earth,” smiles Candice.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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The couple created signature Lord of the Rings<\/em> themed cocktails, including the “Frodo” and the “Gollum”.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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Candice’s tip: “Time will go fast, savour every moment and don’t forget to put out the favours<\/a>!”<\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"author":19,"featured_media":184230,"parent":0,"template":"","au_real_wedding_category":[6857],"au_real_wedding_tag":[8300,8441,8001,8442,8440,7145,7164],"au_real_wedding_style":[9006,9004],"au_real_wedding_location":[9039,9023],"au_real_wedding_setting":[9021],"au_real_wedding_colour":[10573,10591,10602],"au_real_wedding_competition":[],"class_list":["post-184224","au-real-wedding","type-au-real-wedding","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","au_real_wedding_category-6857","au_real_wedding_tag-coffee-wedding","au_real_wedding_tag-fantasy-weding","au_real_wedding_tag-hunter-green-wedding","au_real_wedding_tag-jessica-walker-photography","au_real_wedding_tag-lord-of-the-rings-wedding","au_real_wedding_tag-real-weddings","au_real_wedding_tag-rustic-wedding-2","au_real_wedding_style-alternative","au_real_wedding_style-rustic","au_real_wedding_location-hunter-valley","au_real_wedding_location-nsw","au_real_wedding_setting-farm-barn","au_real_wedding_colour-burgundy-wedding","au_real_wedding_colour-coffee-wedding","au_real_wedding_colour-hunter-green-wedding"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.easyweddings.com.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/au-real-wedding\/184224","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\/184224\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.easyweddings.com.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/184230"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.easyweddings.com.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=184224"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"au_real_wedding_category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.easyweddings.com.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/au_real_wedding_category?post=184224"},{"taxonomy":"au_real_wedding_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.easyweddings.com.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/au_real_wedding_tag?post=184224"},{"taxonomy":"au_real_wedding_style","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.easyweddings.com.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/au_real_wedding_style?post=184224"},{"taxonomy":"au_real_wedding_location","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.easyweddings.com.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/au_real_wedding_location?post=184224"},{"taxonomy":"au_real_wedding_setting","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.easyweddings.com.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/au_real_wedding_setting?post=184224"},{"taxonomy":"au_real_wedding_colour","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.easyweddings.com.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/au_real_wedding_colour?post=184224"},{"taxonomy":"au_real_wedding_competition","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.easyweddings.com.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/au_real_wedding_competition?post=184224"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}