{"id":193452,"date":"2015-09-21T22:58:10","date_gmt":"2015-09-21T12:58:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/content.easyweddings.com\/au\/real-weddings\/gate-crashing-pays-off-for-jess-and-bens-gold-coast-wedding\/"},"modified":"2022-03-16T17:32:04","modified_gmt":"2022-03-16T06:32:04","slug":"gate-crashing-pays-off-for-jess-and-bens-gold-coast-wedding","status":"publish","type":"au-real-wedding","link":"https:\/\/www.easyweddings.com.au\/real-weddings\/gate-crashing-pays-off-for-jess-and-bens-gold-coast-wedding\/","title":{"rendered":"Gate-crashing pays off for Jess and Ben’s Gold Coast wedding"},"content":{"rendered":"

If you think a seven-year-old\u2019s birthday party might be a bit of a bore \u2013 think again.<\/span><\/p>\n

Jessica Donaldson, 29, met\u00a0Ben Rivetti, 28, when she crashed his nephew\u2019s birthday party. \u201cWhen the party came to an end, I decided that Ben was intriguing and I wanted to get to know him better,\u201d says Jess. With little information about who he was, she looked him up via mutual friends on Facebook.<\/span><\/p>\n

Lucky Ben was delighted to hear from the gate-crasher and they had their first date. Exactly 12 months later, Ben dropped to one knee<\/a> in the laundry. \u201cHe did it this way is because he knew that if he organised a dinner, or any kind of a date, I would always figure out what was happening before,\u201d smiles Jess.<\/span><\/p>\n

The couple married at their Gold Coast wedding on July 25, 2015 at Broadbeach in Queensland. Their ceremony at a church near the waterfront\u00a0was followed by a reception at the local community hall. \u201cBen and I have always had a special connection with each other, starting with being born on the same day,\u201d explains Jess. \u201cWe love, respect and appreciate everything we do for each other every day.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

Photos courtesy of Kelly Pack Photography.<\/a><\/p>\n

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The bridesmaids were aptly swathed in deep turquoise\u00a0for the beachside event.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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Jess and Ben were married at\u00a0Stella Maris Catholic Church in Broadbeach.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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Jess bought her dress online and it paid off. “I trusted an online website and it looked amazing,” she says.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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The couple celebrated their reception at\u00a0Burleigh Waters Community Centre with a cake\u00a0from Cakes by Simone<\/a>.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"author":19,"featured_media":127531,"parent":0,"template":"","au_real_wedding_category":[6854],"au_real_wedding_tag":[6897,7261,7018,7744,7145],"au_real_wedding_style":[9011],"au_real_wedding_location":[9057,9024],"au_real_wedding_setting":[9019],"au_real_wedding_colour":[10572],"au_real_wedding_competition":[],"class_list":["post-193452","au-real-wedding","type-au-real-wedding","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","au_real_wedding_category-6854","au_real_wedding_tag-beach-wedding-2","au_real_wedding_tag-blue-wedding-2","au_real_wedding_tag-gold-coast-wedding-2","au_real_wedding_tag-kelly-pack","au_real_wedding_tag-real-weddings","au_real_wedding_style-beach","au_real_wedding_location-gold-coast","au_real_wedding_location-qld","au_real_wedding_setting-waterview","au_real_wedding_colour-blue-wedding"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.easyweddings.com.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/au-real-wedding\/193452"}],"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\/193452\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.easyweddings.com.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/127531"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.easyweddings.com.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=193452"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"au_real_wedding_category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.easyweddings.com.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/au_real_wedding_category?post=193452"},{"taxonomy":"au_real_wedding_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.easyweddings.com.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/au_real_wedding_tag?post=193452"},{"taxonomy":"au_real_wedding_style","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.easyweddings.com.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/au_real_wedding_style?post=193452"},{"taxonomy":"au_real_wedding_location","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.easyweddings.com.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/au_real_wedding_location?post=193452"},{"taxonomy":"au_real_wedding_setting","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.easyweddings.com.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/au_real_wedding_setting?post=193452"},{"taxonomy":"au_real_wedding_colour","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.easyweddings.com.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/au_real_wedding_colour?post=193452"},{"taxonomy":"au_real_wedding_competition","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.easyweddings.com.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/au_real_wedding_competition?post=193452"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}