{"id":193271,"date":"2016-04-20T21:00:18","date_gmt":"2016-04-20T11:00:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/content.easyweddings.com\/au\/real-weddings\/melburnians-amanda-and-chris-go-wild-at-montsalvat-wedding\/"},"modified":"2022-05-17T15:49:01","modified_gmt":"2022-05-17T05:49:01","slug":"melburnians-amanda-and-chris-go-wild-at-montsalvat-wedding","status":"publish","type":"au-real-wedding","link":"https:\/\/www.easyweddings.com.au\/real-weddings\/melburnians-amanda-and-chris-go-wild-at-montsalvat-wedding\/","title":{"rendered":"Melburnians Amanda and Chris go wild at Montsalvat wedding"},"content":{"rendered":"

There was a definite ‘big cat’ theme at the Montsalvat wedding of Amanda Buttress and Christopher Schwinghamer.<\/p>\n

First off, Chris proposed to veterinary nurse Amanda at the Werribee Zoo<\/a> where he’d arranged with the zookeeper for an African wildcat to deliver the ring on her collar! Then at the big day on March 4, 2016, the couple made a grand entrance into the reception to the song Eye of the Tiger<\/em>. “There were even sugar replicas of our cats Pinot and Minou on the bridal table,” smiles Amanda. “We love animals.”<\/p>\n

The Melbourne pair, aged 33 and 29 respectively, married a few days before their eight-year anniversary in the presence of 90 guests. Their ceremony at the historic\u00a0Montsalvat<\/a>\u00a0in\u00a0Eltham was followed by an elegant waterside reception at Leonda by the Yarra<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Fiona Garrivan<\/a> married the lovebirds, the bride commenting she was “immediately struck by how approachable and easy to talk to she was. She gave us the most beautiful ceremony.”<\/p>\n

There were many highlights at the reception including the first-dance to Shut Up and Dance<\/em>, heartfelt speeches and the photo booth from Say Monkey Group<\/a>. \u201cIt was full for most of the night,\u201d smiles Amanda.<\/p>\n

\u201cAt the end of the night, guests gathered in the courtyard with sparklers and farewelled us as we\u00a0departed by boat down The Yarra.\u201d<\/p>\n

Photos courtesy of Lost in Love Photography<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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Groom Chris was dressed in a smart navy tux by Calibre, and his groomsmen in matching attire from\u00a0Roger David<\/a>.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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The Montsalvat<\/a> windows were a distinctive photo\u00a0backdrop for bride\u00a0Amanda in her\u00a0classic strapless gown from Be A Star Bridal<\/a>.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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Music by Mercury DJ Hire<\/a> was “amazing” according to the bride – “complimented by both young and old which is an incredible feat,” she says.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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The delicious menu by Leonda on the Yarra<\/a> was a highlight for the couple. “Incredible!”<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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The newlyweds left their Yarra River reception by boat to the sounds of\u00a0Somewhere Over the Rainbo<\/em>w.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"author":19,"featured_media":140613,"parent":0,"template":"","au_real_wedding_category":[6855],"au_real_wedding_tag":[7261,6980,12647,7924,7489,7100,7145],"au_real_wedding_style":[9005,9007],"au_real_wedding_location":[9045,9027],"au_real_wedding_setting":[9016],"au_real_wedding_colour":[10572],"au_real_wedding_competition":[],"class_list":["post-193271","au-real-wedding","type-au-real-wedding","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","au_real_wedding_category-6855","au_real_wedding_tag-blue-wedding-2","au_real_wedding_tag-elegant-wedding","au_real_wedding_tag-leonda-by-the-yarra","au_real_wedding_tag-lost-in-love-photography","au_real_wedding_tag-montsalvat-wedding","au_real_wedding_tag-navy-blue-wedding","au_real_wedding_tag-real-weddings","au_real_wedding_style-classic","au_real_wedding_style-elegant","au_real_wedding_location-melbourne","au_real_wedding_location-vic","au_real_wedding_setting-historic","au_real_wedding_colour-blue-wedding"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.easyweddings.com.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/au-real-wedding\/193271","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\/193271\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.easyweddings.com.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/140613"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.easyweddings.com.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=193271"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"au_real_wedding_category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.easyweddings.com.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/au_real_wedding_category?post=193271"},{"taxonomy":"au_real_wedding_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.easyweddings.com.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/au_real_wedding_tag?post=193271"},{"taxonomy":"au_real_wedding_style","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.easyweddings.com.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/au_real_wedding_style?post=193271"},{"taxonomy":"au_real_wedding_location","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.easyweddings.com.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/au_real_wedding_location?post=193271"},{"taxonomy":"au_real_wedding_setting","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.easyweddings.com.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/au_real_wedding_setting?post=193271"},{"taxonomy":"au_real_wedding_colour","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.easyweddings.com.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/au_real_wedding_colour?post=193271"},{"taxonomy":"au_real_wedding_competition","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.easyweddings.com.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/au_real_wedding_competition?post=193271"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}