{"id":193278,"date":"2016-05-03T04:40:29","date_gmt":"2016-05-02T18:40:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/content.easyweddings.com\/au\/real-weddings\/childhood-friendship-grows-true-love-rustic-vineyard-wedding\/"},"modified":"2022-03-16T18:17:09","modified_gmt":"2022-03-16T07:17:09","slug":"childhood-friendship-grows-true-love-rustic-vineyard-wedding","status":"publish","type":"au-real-wedding","link":"https:\/\/www.easyweddings.com.au\/real-weddings\/childhood-friendship-grows-true-love-rustic-vineyard-wedding\/","title":{"rendered":"Childhood friendship grows into true love and rustic vineyard wedding"},"content":{"rendered":"
If it wasn\u2019t for boy germs Samantha Walcroft and Michael Hill may have been a couple much earlier on.<\/p>\n
The Adelaide pair met as children on family holidays in Normanville, where they became fast friends over beach cricket. \u201cBut at this age boys had boy-germs so that was that,\u201d laughs Samantha, 28, of her beau Michael, 29.<\/p>\n
\u201cAs we got older our annual trip to the caravan park stopped and we lost contact until we later ran into each other on a night out with friends and began to date,\u201d explains Samantha. Five years later Michael proposed and they set a wedding date of December 20, 2014. \u201cWe had often spoken about how our ultimate wedding would have to be in a venue with a beautiful, natural backdrop and cater for our love of all things food and wine; Bird in Hand Winery ticked all the boxes,\u201d says the bride.<\/p>\n
Their vineyard\u00a0wedding\u00a0with 140 guests was a rustic vision<\/a> of natural d\u00e9cor. \u201cOur style quickly began to take shape as a rustic garden-inspired wedding bursting with colour and rich, raw tones,\u201d describes Samantha. \u201cMoss table runners, silver birch candle holders, rustic wooden boxes and large terrariums overflowing with an array of coloured blooms and succulents under chandeliers of greenery all contributed to creating our rustic garden vibe.\u201d<\/p>\n The couple honeymooned in Bali.<\/p>\n Photos courtesy of Melanie Nelson Photography<\/a>.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n Samantha chose a clean floral look to offset her gorgeous\u00a0beaded couture gown.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n Michael teamed his light grey woven suit<\/a> with a fun checked bow tie and pocket square.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n Guests received printed watercolour invitations from\u00a0Vistaprint<\/a>.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n