{"id":185179,"date":"2017-09-08T20:00:45","date_gmt":"2017-09-08T10:00:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/content.easyweddings.com\/au\/real-weddings\/when-love-completes-you-amy-and-james-beachside-garden-wedding\/"},"modified":"2022-03-17T00:39:20","modified_gmt":"2022-03-16T13:39:20","slug":"when-love-completes-you-amy-and-james-beachside-garden-wedding","status":"publish","type":"au-real-wedding","link":"https:\/\/www.easyweddings.com.au\/real-weddings\/when-love-completes-you-amy-and-james-beachside-garden-wedding\/","title":{"rendered":"When love completes you: Amy and James&#8217; beachside garden wedding"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"lead\">Amy Spicer didn\u2019t believe in fate or true love \u2013 convinced she would meet many soulmates throughout her lifetime.<\/p>\n<p>But in her words, \u201cthat all changed when she met James Anderson\u201d. \u201cIt&#8217;s as if the stories were true, sometimes love at first sight actually exists,\u201d the 33-year-old says. \u201cNo longer did we have inhibitions, questions or excuses \u2014 it felt like being together made us complete.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>James, 37, proposed four years later and they began planning their beachside <a title=\"10 dreamy garden wedding locations from real weddings\" href=\"https:\/\/www.easyweddings.com.au\/articles\/10-dreamy-garden-wedding-locations-real-weddings\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">garden<\/a> wedding for March 11, 2017. Amy was keen on somewhere by the water, but it wasn&#8217;t going to be easy finding the perfect ceremony\/reception combo. \u201cFor our wedding, I had always dreamed of having a garden setting near the beach, but as I soon found out, it wasn&#8217;t the easiest task,\u201d she says. \u201cAfter some serious investigating, I found the St Kilda Botanical Gardens was about a five-minute drive from <a title=\"Sails on the Bay\" href=\"https:\/\/www.easyweddings.com.au\/WeddingVenues\/Melbourne\/Sailsonthebay\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Sails on the Bay<\/a> restaurant on Elwood beach foreshore.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Amy\u2019s mother was super excited to hear the news of the Melbourne\u00a0couple\u2019s engagement, but sadly passed away before the big day. \u201cI made sure I made a fitting <a title=\"Secrets to avoiding a wedding speech disaster\" href=\"https:\/\/www.easyweddings.com.au\/articles\/wedding-speech-disaster\/\">bride speech<\/a> as a tribute, as there was nothing on Earth she wanted more was to see her only child on her wedding day.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I never understood real tears of joy until our wedding day &#8211; had to hold them back constantly!&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Photos courtesy of <a title=\"Platform Eight\" href=\"http:\/\/www.platformeight.com.au\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Platform Eight<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\" size-medium wp-image-134987 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/content.easyweddings.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Amy_James_Beachside-Garden-Wedding_Platform-Eight_015.jpg\" alt=\"Amy_James_Beachside-Garden-Wedding_Platform-Eight_015\" width=\"900\" height=\"600\" title=\"\"><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\" size-medium wp-image-134989 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/content.easyweddings.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Amy_James_Beachside-Garden-Wedding_Platform-Eight_017.jpg\" alt=\"Amy_James_Beachside-Garden-Wedding_Platform-Eight_017\" width=\"900\" height=\"600\" title=\"\"><\/p>\n<blockquote><p>&#8220;I&#8217;m so lucky to have James&#8217;s amazing and supportive parents and extended family \u2014\u00a0they made me feel welcome from the very start,&#8221; praises the bride of her groom&#8217;s side.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\" size-medium wp-image-134975 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/content.easyweddings.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Amy_James_Beachside-Garden-Wedding_Platform-Eight_003.jpg\" alt=\"Amy_James_Beachside-Garden-Wedding_Platform-Eight_003\" width=\"900\" height=\"600\" title=\"\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"clearfix\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\" size-medium wp-image-135127 alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/content.easyweddings.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Amy_James_Beachside-Garden-Wedding_Platform-Eight_SBS_027-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"Amy_James_Beachside-Garden-Wedding_Platform-Eight_SBS_027\" width=\"600\" height=\"900\" title=\"\"> <img decoding=\"async\" class=\" size-medium wp-image-135038 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/content.easyweddings.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Amy_James_Beachside-Garden-Wedding_Platform-Eight_SBS_002.jpg\" alt=\"Amy_James_Beachside-Garden-Wedding_Platform-Eight_SBS_002\" width=\"600\" height=\"900\" title=\"\"><\/div>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\" size-medium wp-image-134974 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/content.easyweddings.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Amy_James_Beachside-Garden-Wedding_Platform-Eight_002.jpg\" alt=\"Amy_James_Beachside-Garden-Wedding_Platform-Eight_002\" width=\"900\" height=\"600\" title=\"\"><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\" size-medium wp-image-134977 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/content.easyweddings.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Amy_James_Beachside-Garden-Wedding_Platform-Eight_005.jpg\" alt=\"Amy_James_Beachside-Garden-Wedding_Platform-Eight_005\" width=\"900\" height=\"600\" title=\"\"><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\" size-medium wp-image-135029 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/content.easyweddings.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Amy_James_Beachside-Garden-Wedding_Platform-Eight_040.jpg\" alt=\"Amy_James_Beachside-Garden-Wedding_Platform-Eight_040\" width=\"900\" height=\"600\" title=\"\"><\/p>\n<blockquote><p>&#8220;I&#8217;m truly blessed to have had my one and only family member, my cousin Alan, travel down from Sydney to walk me down the aisle,&#8221; says Amy.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\" size-medium wp-image-134981 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/content.easyweddings.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Amy_James_Beachside-Garden-Wedding_Platform-Eight_009.jpg\" alt=\"Amy_James_Beachside-Garden-Wedding_Platform-Eight_009\" width=\"900\" height=\"600\" title=\"\"><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\" size-large wp-image-135049 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/content.easyweddings.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Amy_James_Beachside-Garden-Wedding_Platform-Eight_SBS_005-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"Amy_James_Beachside-Garden-Wedding_Platform-Eight_SBS_005\" width=\"550\" height=\"825\" title=\"\"><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\" size-medium wp-image-134980 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/content.easyweddings.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Amy_James_Beachside-Garden-Wedding_Platform-Eight_008.jpg\" alt=\"Amy_James_Beachside-Garden-Wedding_Platform-Eight_008\" width=\"900\" height=\"600\" title=\"\"><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\" size-medium wp-image-134982 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/content.easyweddings.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Amy_James_Beachside-Garden-Wedding_Platform-Eight_010.jpg\" alt=\"Amy_James_Beachside-Garden-Wedding_Platform-Eight_010\" width=\"900\" height=\"618\" title=\"\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"clearfix\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\" size-medium wp-image-135052 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/content.easyweddings.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Amy_James_Beachside-Garden-Wedding_Platform-Eight_SBS_006.jpg\" alt=\"Amy_James_Beachside-Garden-Wedding_Platform-Eight_SBS_006\" width=\"600\" height=\"900\" title=\"\"> <img decoding=\"async\" class=\" size-medium wp-image-135055 alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/content.easyweddings.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Amy_James_Beachside-Garden-Wedding_Platform-Eight_SBS_007-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"Amy_James_Beachside-Garden-Wedding_Platform-Eight_SBS_007\" width=\"600\" height=\"900\" title=\"\"><\/div>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\" size-medium wp-image-134990 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/content.easyweddings.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Amy_James_Beachside-Garden-Wedding_Platform-Eight_018.jpg\" alt=\"Amy_James_Beachside-Garden-Wedding_Platform-Eight_018\" width=\"900\" height=\"600\" title=\"\"><\/p>\n<blockquote><p>A lace bolero from <a title=\"Be A Star Bridal &amp; Alterations\" href=\"https:\/\/www.easyweddings.com.au\/WeddingDress\/Melbourne\/BeaStarBridalandAlterations\/\">Be A Star Bridal<\/a> was an elegant addition to Amy&#8217;s strapless slimline gown.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\" size-medium wp-image-134991 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/content.easyweddings.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Amy_James_Beachside-Garden-Wedding_Platform-Eight_019.jpg\" alt=\"Amy_James_Beachside-Garden-Wedding_Platform-Eight_019\" width=\"900\" height=\"600\" title=\"\"><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\" size-medium wp-image-134978 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/content.easyweddings.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Amy_James_Beachside-Garden-Wedding_Platform-Eight_006.jpg\" alt=\"Amy_James_Beachside-Garden-Wedding_Platform-Eight_006\" width=\"900\" height=\"600\" title=\"\"><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\" size-medium wp-image-135021 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/content.easyweddings.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Amy_James_Beachside-Garden-Wedding_Platform-Eight_037.jpg\" alt=\"Amy_James_Beachside-Garden-Wedding_Platform-Eight_037\" width=\"900\" height=\"600\" title=\"\"><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\" size-large wp-image-134995 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/content.easyweddings.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Amy_James_Beachside-Garden-Wedding_Platform-Eight_023-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"Amy_James_Beachside-Garden-Wedding_Platform-Eight_023\" width=\"550\" height=\"825\" title=\"\"><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\" size-medium wp-image-134993 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/content.easyweddings.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Amy_James_Beachside-Garden-Wedding_Platform-Eight_021.jpg\" alt=\"Amy_James_Beachside-Garden-Wedding_Platform-Eight_021\" width=\"900\" height=\"629\" title=\"\"><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\" size-medium wp-image-134994 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/content.easyweddings.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Amy_James_Beachside-Garden-Wedding_Platform-Eight_022.jpg\" alt=\"Amy_James_Beachside-Garden-Wedding_Platform-Eight_022\" width=\"900\" height=\"600\" title=\"\"><\/p>\n<blockquote><p>James headed to M.J. Bale for his dark navy suit, and the groomsmen were dressed in a lighter shade by\u00a0<a title=\"Ferrari Formalwear\" href=\"https:\/\/www.easyweddings.com.au\/FormalWear\/Sydney\/FerrariFormalwearandBridal\/\">Ferrari Formalwear<\/a>.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<div class=\"clearfix\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\" size-medium wp-image-135087 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/content.easyweddings.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Amy_James_Beachside-Garden-Wedding_Platform-Eight_SBS_017.jpg\" alt=\"Amy_James_Beachside-Garden-Wedding_Platform-Eight_SBS_017\" width=\"600\" height=\"900\" title=\"\">\u00a0<img decoding=\"async\" class=\" size-medium wp-image-135081 alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/content.easyweddings.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Amy_James_Beachside-Garden-Wedding_Platform-Eight_SBS_015.jpg\" alt=\"Amy_James_Beachside-Garden-Wedding_Platform-Eight_SBS_015\" width=\"600\" height=\"900\" title=\"\"><\/div>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\" size-medium wp-image-135005 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/content.easyweddings.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Amy_James_Beachside-Garden-Wedding_Platform-Eight_031.jpg\" alt=\"Amy_James_Beachside-Garden-Wedding_Platform-Eight_031\" width=\"900\" height=\"600\" title=\"\"><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\" size-medium wp-image-134996 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/content.easyweddings.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Amy_James_Beachside-Garden-Wedding_Platform-Eight_024.jpg\" alt=\"Amy_James_Beachside-Garden-Wedding_Platform-Eight_024\" width=\"900\" height=\"619\" title=\"\"><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\" size-medium wp-image-134979 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/content.easyweddings.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Amy_James_Beachside-Garden-Wedding_Platform-Eight_007.jpg\" alt=\"Amy_James_Beachside-Garden-Wedding_Platform-Eight_007\" width=\"900\" height=\"600\" title=\"\"><\/p>\n<blockquote><p>Of their wedding menu by <a title=\"Sails on the Bay\" href=\"https:\/\/www.easyweddings.com.au\/WeddingVenues\/Melbourne\/Sailsonthebay\/\">Sails on the Bay<\/a>, Amy describes, &#8220;We had a cocktail reception with a fabulous selection of canapes, seafood, duck, chicken, fish etc. \u2013 everyone raved about the food which continuously came out all night.&#8221;<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\" size-medium wp-image-135002 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/content.easyweddings.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Amy_James_Beachside-Garden-Wedding_Platform-Eight_029.jpg\" alt=\"Amy_James_Beachside-Garden-Wedding_Platform-Eight_029\" width=\"900\" height=\"600\" title=\"\"><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\" size-medium wp-image-135010 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/content.easyweddings.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Amy_James_Beachside-Garden-Wedding_Platform-Eight_033.jpg\" alt=\"Amy_James_Beachside-Garden-Wedding_Platform-Eight_033\" width=\"900\" height=\"600\" title=\"\"><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\" size-medium wp-image-135008 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/content.easyweddings.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Amy_James_Beachside-Garden-Wedding_Platform-Eight_032.jpg\" alt=\"Amy_James_Beachside-Garden-Wedding_Platform-Eight_032\" width=\"900\" height=\"600\" title=\"\"><\/p>\n<blockquote><p>&#8220;<a title=\"Lark Music\" href=\"https:\/\/www.easyweddings.com.au\/WeddingMusic\/Canberra\/LarkMusic\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Lark Music<\/a> were the perfect choice for band entertainment, everyone was dancing and laughing until the end! So glad I chose the jazz saxophone player \u2014\u00a0made all the difference,&#8221; praises the bride.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\" size-medium wp-image-135012 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/content.easyweddings.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Amy_James_Beachside-Garden-Wedding_Platform-Eight_034.jpg\" alt=\"Amy_James_Beachside-Garden-Wedding_Platform-Eight_034\" width=\"900\" height=\"619\" title=\"\"><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":19,"featured_media":185185,"parent":0,"template":"","au_real_wedding_category":[6856],"au_real_wedding_tag":[6897,8268,7009,7100,8267,7145,7885],"au_real_wedding_style":[9011],"au_real_wedding_location":[9045,9027],"au_real_wedding_setting":[9014,9019],"au_real_wedding_colour":[10578,10592,10612],"au_real_wedding_competition":[],"class_list":["post-185179","au-real-wedding","type-au-real-wedding","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","au_real_wedding_category-6856","au_real_wedding_tag-beach-wedding-2","au_real_wedding_tag-beachside-garden-wedding","au_real_wedding_tag-garden-wedding-2","au_real_wedding_tag-navy-blue-wedding","au_real_wedding_tag-platform-eight","au_real_wedding_tag-real-weddings","au_real_wedding_tag-sky-blue-wedding","au_real_wedding_style-beach","au_real_wedding_location-melbourne","au_real_wedding_location-vic","au_real_wedding_setting-garden-chapel","au_real_wedding_setting-waterview","au_real_wedding_colour-ivory-wedding","au_real_wedding_colour-navy-blue-wedding","au_real_wedding_colour-sky-blue-wedding"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.easyweddings.com.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/au-real-wedding\/185179","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\/185179\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.easyweddings.com.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/185185"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.easyweddings.com.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=185179"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"au_real_wedding_category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.easyweddings.com.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/au_real_wedding_category?post=185179"},{"taxonomy":"au_real_wedding_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.easyweddings.com.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/au_real_wedding_tag?post=185179"},{"taxonomy":"au_real_wedding_style","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.easyweddings.com.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/au_real_wedding_style?post=185179"},{"taxonomy":"au_real_wedding_location","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.easyweddings.com.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/au_real_wedding_location?post=185179"},{"taxonomy":"au_real_wedding_setting","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.easyweddings.com.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/au_real_wedding_setting?post=185179"},{"taxonomy":"au_real_wedding_colour","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.easyweddings.com.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/au_real_wedding_colour?post=185179"},{"taxonomy":"au_real_wedding_competition","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.easyweddings.com.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/au_real_wedding_competition?post=185179"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}