{"id":187184,"date":"2017-11-12T21:00:25","date_gmt":"2017-11-12T10:00:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/content.easyweddings.com\/au\/real-weddings\/joanne-aaron-bring-touch-luxury-rustic-wedding\/"},"modified":"2022-03-17T01:04:42","modified_gmt":"2022-03-16T14:04:42","slug":"joanne-aaron-bring-touch-luxury-rustic-wedding","status":"publish","type":"au-real-wedding","link":"https:\/\/www.easyweddings.com.au\/real-weddings\/joanne-aaron-bring-touch-luxury-rustic-wedding\/","title":{"rendered":"Joanne and Aaron bring touch of luxury to rustic wedding"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"lead\">Joanne and Aaron didn&#8217;t see the need to have a big wedding.<\/p>\n<p>It was the <a title=\"What you need to know before planning your second wedding\" href=\"https:\/\/www.easyweddings.com.au\/articles\/know-before-planning-second-wedding\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">second time down the aisle<\/a> for both of them and the couple, from the Hunter region in NSW, didn&#8217;t want to blow the budget.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;(But then) Aaron\u00a0commented why should we not celebrate it like our first because it is our first together. That melted my heart,&#8221; Joanne, 45, says.<\/p>\n<p>It was not long after that she and Aaron, 46, discovered Elope or Wed with a Twist, by Sue Taylor\u00a0and began planning their rustic wedding.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The concept is affordable, luxurious and so easy. It\u2019s just like a tick-a-box of what you want in your wedding from the celebrant, ceremony, menu, florist, accommodation and drinks to the make-up and hairstylists,&#8221; Joanne says.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;It makes it into a no-fuss wedding. It was perfect.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The couple wed in\u00a0Wollombi in front of 65 family and friends on September 2, 2017.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;My two adult children gave me away and Aaron&#8217;s children were up at the altar with him,&#8221; Joanne says.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We felt like the most important couple and like it was our first time all over again, we looked amazing. I am so glad we gave ourselves the opportunity to declare our love to each other with all our family and friends present.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Photos courtesy of <a title=\"Sue Taylor Photography\" href=\"https:\/\/www.suetaylorphotography.com.au\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Sue Taylor Photography<\/a>.<\/p>\n<div class=\"clearfix\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\" size-medium wp-image-139709 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/content.easyweddings.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Joanne_Aaron_Rustic-Wedding_Sue-Taylor-Photography_SBS_001-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"Joanne_Aaron_Rustic-Wedding_Sue-Taylor-Photography_SBS_001\" width=\"600\" height=\"900\" title=\"\"> <img decoding=\"async\" class=\" size-medium wp-image-139711 alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/content.easyweddings.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Joanne_Aaron_Rustic-Wedding_Sue-Taylor-Photography_SBS_002-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"Joanne_Aaron_Rustic-Wedding_Sue-Taylor-Photography_SBS_002\" width=\"600\" height=\"900\" title=\"\"><\/div>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\" size-medium wp-image-139649 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/content.easyweddings.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Joanne_Aaron_Rustic-Wedding_Sue-Taylor-Photography_003.jpg\" alt=\"Joanne_Aaron_Rustic-Wedding_Sue-Taylor-Photography_003\" width=\"900\" height=\"600\" title=\"\"><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\" size-large wp-image-139653 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/content.easyweddings.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Joanne_Aaron_Rustic-Wedding_Sue-Taylor-Photography_005-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"Joanne_Aaron_Rustic-Wedding_Sue-Taylor-Photography_005\" width=\"550\" height=\"825\" title=\"\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"clearfix\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\" size-medium wp-image-139720 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/content.easyweddings.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Joanne_Aaron_Rustic-Wedding_Sue-Taylor-Photography_SBS_006-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"Joanne_Aaron_Rustic-Wedding_Sue-Taylor-Photography_SBS_006\" width=\"600\" height=\"900\" title=\"\"> <img decoding=\"async\" class=\" size-medium wp-image-139715 alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/content.easyweddings.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Joanne_Aaron_Rustic-Wedding_Sue-Taylor-Photography_SBS_004-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"Joanne_Aaron_Rustic-Wedding_Sue-Taylor-Photography_SBS_004\" width=\"600\" height=\"900\" title=\"\"><\/div>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\" size-large wp-image-139679 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/content.easyweddings.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Joanne_Aaron_Rustic-Wedding_Sue-Taylor-Photography_017-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"Joanne_Aaron_Rustic-Wedding_Sue-Taylor-Photography_017\" width=\"550\" height=\"825\" title=\"\"><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\" size-medium wp-image-139681 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/content.easyweddings.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Joanne_Aaron_Rustic-Wedding_Sue-Taylor-Photography_019.jpg\" alt=\"Joanne_Aaron_Rustic-Wedding_Sue-Taylor-Photography_019\" width=\"900\" height=\"600\" title=\"\"><\/p>\n<blockquote><p>Joanne discovered a gorgeous <a title=\"What to consider before buying a pre-loved wedding dress\" href=\"https:\/\/www.easyweddings.com.au\/articles\/pre-loved-wedding-dress\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">pre-loved wedding dress<\/a>.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<div class=\"clearfix\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\" size-medium wp-image-139746 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/content.easyweddings.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Joanne_Aaron_Rustic-Wedding_Sue-Taylor-Photography_SBS_018-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"Joanne_Aaron_Rustic-Wedding_Sue-Taylor-Photography_SBS_018\" width=\"600\" height=\"900\" title=\"\"> <img decoding=\"async\" class=\" size-medium wp-image-139748 alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/content.easyweddings.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Joanne_Aaron_Rustic-Wedding_Sue-Taylor-Photography_SBS_019-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"Joanne_Aaron_Rustic-Wedding_Sue-Taylor-Photography_SBS_019\" width=\"600\" height=\"900\" title=\"\"><\/div>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\" size-medium wp-image-139684 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/content.easyweddings.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Joanne_Aaron_Rustic-Wedding_Sue-Taylor-Photography_021.jpg\" alt=\"Joanne_Aaron_Rustic-Wedding_Sue-Taylor-Photography_021\" width=\"900\" height=\"600\" title=\"\"><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\" size-medium wp-image-139675 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/content.easyweddings.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Joanne_Aaron_Rustic-Wedding_Sue-Taylor-Photography_015.jpg\" alt=\"Joanne_Aaron_Rustic-Wedding_Sue-Taylor-Photography_015\" width=\"900\" height=\"600\" title=\"\"><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\" size-medium wp-image-139662 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/content.easyweddings.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Joanne_Aaron_Rustic-Wedding_Sue-Taylor-Photography_009.jpg\" alt=\"Joanne_Aaron_Rustic-Wedding_Sue-Taylor-Photography_009\" width=\"900\" height=\"600\" title=\"\"><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\" size-medium wp-image-139667 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/content.easyweddings.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Joanne_Aaron_Rustic-Wedding_Sue-Taylor-Photography_011.jpg\" alt=\"Joanne_Aaron_Rustic-Wedding_Sue-Taylor-Photography_011\" width=\"900\" height=\"600\" title=\"\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"clearfix\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\" size-medium wp-image-139724 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/content.easyweddings.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Joanne_Aaron_Rustic-Wedding_Sue-Taylor-Photography_SBS_008-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"Joanne_Aaron_Rustic-Wedding_Sue-Taylor-Photography_SBS_008\" width=\"600\" height=\"900\" title=\"\"> <img decoding=\"async\" class=\" size-medium wp-image-139737 alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/content.easyweddings.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Joanne_Aaron_Rustic-Wedding_Sue-Taylor-Photography_SBS_014-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"Joanne_Aaron_Rustic-Wedding_Sue-Taylor-Photography_SBS_014\" width=\"600\" height=\"900\" title=\"\"><\/div>\n<blockquote><p>There were plenty of <a title=\"Your guide to creating the ultimate rustic wedding\" href=\"https:\/\/www.easyweddings.com.au\/articles\/creating-ultimate-rustic-wedding\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">rustic touches<\/a> to the celebration held in a beautiful marquee.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\" size-medium wp-image-139669 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/content.easyweddings.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Joanne_Aaron_Rustic-Wedding_Sue-Taylor-Photography_012.jpg\" alt=\"Joanne_Aaron_Rustic-Wedding_Sue-Taylor-Photography_012\" width=\"900\" height=\"600\" title=\"\"><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\" size-medium wp-image-139671 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/content.easyweddings.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Joanne_Aaron_Rustic-Wedding_Sue-Taylor-Photography_013.jpg\" alt=\"Joanne_Aaron_Rustic-Wedding_Sue-Taylor-Photography_013\" width=\"900\" height=\"600\" title=\"\"><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\" size-large wp-image-139750 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/content.easyweddings.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Joanne_Aaron_Rustic-Wedding_Sue-Taylor-Photography_SBS_020-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"Joanne_Aaron_Rustic-Wedding_Sue-Taylor-Photography_SBS_020\" width=\"550\" height=\"825\" title=\"\"><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\" size-large wp-image-139687 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/content.easyweddings.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Joanne_Aaron_Rustic-Wedding_Sue-Taylor-Photography_024-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"Joanne_Aaron_Rustic-Wedding_Sue-Taylor-Photography_024\" width=\"550\" height=\"770\" title=\"\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"clearfix\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\" size-medium wp-image-139752 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/content.easyweddings.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Joanne_Aaron_Rustic-Wedding_Sue-Taylor-Photography_SBS_021-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"Joanne_Aaron_Rustic-Wedding_Sue-Taylor-Photography_SBS_021\" width=\"600\" height=\"900\" title=\"\"> <img decoding=\"async\" class=\" size-medium wp-image-139757 alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/content.easyweddings.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Joanne_Aaron_Rustic-Wedding_Sue-Taylor-Photography_SBS_023-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"Joanne_Aaron_Rustic-Wedding_Sue-Taylor-Photography_SBS_023\" width=\"600\" height=\"900\" title=\"\"><\/div>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\" size-large wp-image-139689 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/content.easyweddings.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Joanne_Aaron_Rustic-Wedding_Sue-Taylor-Photography_026-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"Joanne_Aaron_Rustic-Wedding_Sue-Taylor-Photography_026\" width=\"550\" height=\"770\" title=\"\"><\/p>\n<blockquote><p>The couple met when Aaron dropped in to Joanne&#8217;s bakery\/cafe. &#8220;It was like we had known each other before,&#8221; Joanne says of their first meeting. They had a long distance relationship for about 18 months until Joanne took the leap, sold up and moved to Newcastle with Aaron.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\" size-medium wp-image-139690 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/content.easyweddings.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Joanne_Aaron_Rustic-Wedding_Sue-Taylor-Photography_027.jpg\" alt=\"Joanne_Aaron_Rustic-Wedding_Sue-Taylor-Photography_027\" width=\"900\" height=\"643\" title=\"\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"clearfix\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\" size-medium wp-image-139763 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/content.easyweddings.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Joanne_Aaron_Rustic-Wedding_Sue-Taylor-Photography_SBS_026-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"Joanne_Aaron_Rustic-Wedding_Sue-Taylor-Photography_SBS_026\" width=\"600\" height=\"900\" title=\"\"> <img decoding=\"async\" class=\" size-medium wp-image-139770 alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/content.easyweddings.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Joanne_Aaron_Rustic-Wedding_Sue-Taylor-Photography_SBS_029-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"Joanne_Aaron_Rustic-Wedding_Sue-Taylor-Photography_SBS_029\" width=\"600\" height=\"900\" title=\"\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\" size-medium wp-image-139692 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/content.easyweddings.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Joanne_Aaron_Rustic-Wedding_Sue-Taylor-Photography_029.jpg\" alt=\"Joanne_Aaron_Rustic-Wedding_Sue-Taylor-Photography_029\" width=\"900\" height=\"600\" title=\"\"><\/div>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\" size-large wp-image-139693 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/content.easyweddings.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Joanne_Aaron_Rustic-Wedding_Sue-Taylor-Photography_030-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"Joanne_Aaron_Rustic-Wedding_Sue-Taylor-Photography_030\" width=\"550\" height=\"770\" title=\"\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"clearfix\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\" size-large wp-image-139909 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/content.easyweddings.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Joanne-and-Aaron-392_SBS-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"Joanne and Aaron-392_SBS\" width=\"550\" height=\"825\" title=\"\"> <img decoding=\"async\" class=\" size-medium wp-image-139768 alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/content.easyweddings.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Joanne_Aaron_Rustic-Wedding_Sue-Taylor-Photography_SBS_028-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"Joanne_Aaron_Rustic-Wedding_Sue-Taylor-Photography_SBS_028\" width=\"600\" height=\"900\" title=\"\"><\/div>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\" size-medium wp-image-139705 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/content.easyweddings.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Joanne_Aaron_Rustic-Wedding_Sue-Taylor-Photography_037.jpg\" alt=\"Joanne_Aaron_Rustic-Wedding_Sue-Taylor-Photography_037\" width=\"900\" height=\"600\" title=\"\"><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\" size-medium wp-image-139701 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/content.easyweddings.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Joanne_Aaron_Rustic-Wedding_Sue-Taylor-Photography_035.jpg\" alt=\"Joanne_Aaron_Rustic-Wedding_Sue-Taylor-Photography_035\" width=\"900\" height=\"600\" title=\"\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"clearfix\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\" size-medium wp-image-139778 alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/content.easyweddings.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Joanne_Aaron_Rustic-Wedding_Sue-Taylor-Photography_SBS_032-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"Joanne_Aaron_Rustic-Wedding_Sue-Taylor-Photography_SBS_032\" width=\"600\" height=\"900\" title=\"\"> <img decoding=\"async\" class=\" size-medium wp-image-139775 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/content.easyweddings.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Joanne_Aaron_Rustic-Wedding_Sue-Taylor-Photography_SBS_031-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"Joanne_Aaron_Rustic-Wedding_Sue-Taylor-Photography_SBS_031\" width=\"600\" height=\"900\" title=\"\"><\/div>\n<blockquote><p>&#8220;The wedding was located in the Wollombi area and my family who travelled were also accommodated for over three nights. It gave us an opportunity to catch up on the Friday night with a pre-wedding barbecue, which was also included in the package,&#8221; Joanne says.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\" size-large wp-image-139707 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/content.easyweddings.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Joanne_Aaron_Rustic-Wedding_Sue-Taylor-Photography_038-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"Joanne_Aaron_Rustic-Wedding_Sue-Taylor-Photography_038\" width=\"550\" height=\"825\" title=\"\"><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":19,"featured_media":187190,"parent":0,"template":"","au_real_wedding_category":[6856],"au_real_wedding_tag":[7802,7145,7164,7170,8318,7236],"au_real_wedding_style":[9007,9004],"au_real_wedding_location":[9039,9023],"au_real_wedding_setting":[9017],"au_real_wedding_colour":[10593,10588,10602],"au_real_wedding_competition":[],"class_list":["post-187184","au-real-wedding","type-au-real-wedding","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","au_real_wedding_category-6856","au_real_wedding_tag-elegant-rustic-wedding","au_real_wedding_tag-real-weddings","au_real_wedding_tag-rustic-wedding-2","au_real_wedding_tag-second-wedding","au_real_wedding_tag-sue-taylor-photography","au_real_wedding_tag-white-wedding-2","au_real_wedding_style-elegant","au_real_wedding_style-rustic","au_real_wedding_location-hunter-valley","au_real_wedding_location-nsw","au_real_wedding_setting-hotel","au_real_wedding_colour-blue-grey-wedding","au_real_wedding_colour-blush-wedding","au_real_wedding_colour-hunter-green-wedding"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.easyweddings.com.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/au-real-wedding\/187184"}],"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\/187184\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.easyweddings.com.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/187190"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.easyweddings.com.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=187184"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"au_real_wedding_category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.easyweddings.com.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/au_real_wedding_category?post=187184"},{"taxonomy":"au_real_wedding_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.easyweddings.com.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/au_real_wedding_tag?post=187184"},{"taxonomy":"au_real_wedding_style","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.easyweddings.com.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/au_real_wedding_style?post=187184"},{"taxonomy":"au_real_wedding_location","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.easyweddings.com.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/au_real_wedding_location?post=187184"},{"taxonomy":"au_real_wedding_setting","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.easyweddings.com.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/au_real_wedding_setting?post=187184"},{"taxonomy":"au_real_wedding_colour","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.easyweddings.com.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/au_real_wedding_colour?post=187184"},{"taxonomy":"au_real_wedding_competition","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.easyweddings.com.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/au_real_wedding_competition?post=187184"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}