{"id":193534,"date":"2015-06-03T14:00:15","date_gmt":"2015-06-03T04:00:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/content.easyweddings.com\/au\/real-weddings\/home-is-where-the-heart-is-italian-garden-wedding-at-nonnas\/"},"modified":"2022-03-16T16:58:55","modified_gmt":"2022-03-16T05:58:55","slug":"home-is-where-the-heart-is-italian-garden-wedding-at-nonnas","status":"publish","type":"au-real-wedding","link":"https:\/\/www.easyweddings.com.au\/real-weddings\/home-is-where-the-heart-is-italian-garden-wedding-at-nonnas\/","title":{"rendered":"Home is where the heart is: Italian garden wedding at Nonna&#8217;s"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"lead\">Teen romance isn\u2019t always made to last but Shae Connelly and Robert Amoruso had no trouble building a forever love from high-school friendship.<\/p>\n<p>The Victorian pair, aged 29 and 30 respectively, met through mutual friends at school. \u201cOur friends would say \u2026 they knew we were more than just friends. The only problem was we didn\u2019t know it yet,\u201d smiles Shae. \u201cIt was a year later, after I asked Rob to be my debutante partner, that we realised.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Having spent many enjoyable large family dinners at Robert\u2019s nonna\u2019s house, her backyard was an obvious choice for their Italian garden wedding on November 28, 2014. \u201cThe one thing we were sure about was that we wanted a very homely, family-style wedding,\u201d explains Shae. \u201cThings fell into place after that and we found a hidden away, beautiful, outdoor garden chapel close by for the ceremony.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The reception was beautifully, but casually, styled with a big marquee, fairy lights and make-shift bar with wood-fire pizza and homemade desserts on the menu. But it was the ceremony that has most captured Shae\u2019s memory. \u201cThe aisle was 60 meters long and began in the garden outside the chapel,\u201d she describes. \u201cMy dad walked me down the garden aisle, and as the music played and the people looked out from beyond the chapel doorway he said to me \u2018remember to just enjoy this day\u2019.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Photos courtesy of <a title=\"Jeph Chen\" href=\"https:\/\/instagram.com\/jephchen\/?hl=en\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Jeph Chen<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-79280\" src=\"https:\/\/content.easyweddings.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Shae_Rob_Italian-Garden-Wedding_SBS_009.jpg\" alt=\"Shae_Rob_Italian-Garden-Wedding_SBS_009\" width=\"550\" height=\"825\" title=\"\"><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-79208\" src=\"https:\/\/content.easyweddings.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Shae_Rob_Italian-Garden-Wedding_014.jpg\" alt=\"Shae_Rob_Italian-Garden-Wedding_014\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" title=\"\"><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-79211\" src=\"https:\/\/content.easyweddings.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Shae_Rob_Italian-Garden-Wedding_017.jpg\" alt=\"Shae_Rob_Italian-Garden-Wedding_017\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" title=\"\"><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-79203\" src=\"https:\/\/content.easyweddings.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Shae_Rob_Italian-Garden-Wedding_009.jpg\" alt=\"Shae_Rob_Italian-Garden-Wedding_009\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" title=\"\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"clearfix\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\" size-medium wp-image-79265 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/content.easyweddings.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Shae_Rob_Italian-Garden-Wedding_SBS_005.jpg\" alt=\"Shae_Rob_Italian-Garden-Wedding_SBS_005\" width=\"533\" height=\"800\" title=\"\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\" size-medium wp-image-79270 alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/content.easyweddings.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Shae_Rob_Italian-Garden-Wedding_SBS_006.jpg\" alt=\"Shae_Rob_Italian-Garden-Wedding_SBS_006\" width=\"533\" height=\"800\" title=\"\"><\/div>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-79213\" src=\"https:\/\/content.easyweddings.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Shae_Rob_Italian-Garden-Wedding_019.jpg\" alt=\"Shae_Rob_Italian-Garden-Wedding_019\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" title=\"\"><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-79215\" src=\"https:\/\/content.easyweddings.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Shae_Rob_Italian-Garden-Wedding_021.jpg\" alt=\"Shae_Rob_Italian-Garden-Wedding_021\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" title=\"\"><\/p>\n<blockquote><p>&#8220;It took me a while to find my feet with the wedding planning to be honest,&#8221; admits Shae. &#8220;I wasn&#8217;t really that girl growing up.&#8221;<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<div class=\"clearfix\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\" size-medium wp-image-79305 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/content.easyweddings.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Shae_Rob_Italian-Garden-Wedding_SBS_018.jpg\" alt=\"Shae_Rob_Italian-Garden-Wedding_SBS_018\" width=\"533\" height=\"800\" title=\"\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\" size-medium wp-image-79272 alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/content.easyweddings.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Shae_Rob_Italian-Garden-Wedding_SBS_007.jpg\" alt=\"Shae_Rob_Italian-Garden-Wedding_SBS_007\" width=\"533\" height=\"800\" title=\"\"><\/div>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-79214\" src=\"https:\/\/content.easyweddings.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Shae_Rob_Italian-Garden-Wedding_020.jpg\" alt=\"Shae_Rob_Italian-Garden-Wedding_020\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" title=\"\"><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-79219\" src=\"https:\/\/content.easyweddings.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Shae_Rob_Italian-Garden-Wedding_025.jpg\" alt=\"Shae_Rob_Italian-Garden-Wedding_025\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" title=\"\"><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-79221\" src=\"https:\/\/content.easyweddings.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Shae_Rob_Italian-Garden-Wedding_027.jpg\" alt=\"Shae_Rob_Italian-Garden-Wedding_027\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" title=\"\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"clearfix\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\" size-medium wp-image-79313 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/content.easyweddings.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Shae_Rob_Italian-Garden-Wedding_SBS_022.jpg\" alt=\"Shae_Rob_Italian-Garden-Wedding_SBS_022\" width=\"533\" height=\"800\" title=\"\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\" size-medium wp-image-79316 alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/content.easyweddings.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Shae_Rob_Italian-Garden-Wedding_SBS_023.jpg\" alt=\"Shae_Rob_Italian-Garden-Wedding_SBS_023\" width=\"533\" height=\"800\" title=\"\"><\/div>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-79326\" src=\"https:\/\/content.easyweddings.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Shae_Rob_Italian-Garden-Wedding_SBS_026.jpg\" alt=\"Shae_Rob_Italian-Garden-Wedding_SBS_026\" width=\"550\" height=\"825\" title=\"\"><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-79232\" src=\"https:\/\/content.easyweddings.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Shae_Rob_Italian-Garden-Wedding_038.jpg\" alt=\"Shae_Rob_Italian-Garden-Wedding_038\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" title=\"\"><\/p>\n<blockquote><p>The pair exchanged vows at\u00a0Dalywaters Rose Farm and Garden Chapel on the Mornington Pensinsula.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-79229\" src=\"https:\/\/content.easyweddings.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Shae_Rob_Italian-Garden-Wedding_035.jpg\" alt=\"Shae_Rob_Italian-Garden-Wedding_035\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" title=\"\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"clearfix\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\" size-medium wp-image-79309 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/content.easyweddings.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Shae_Rob_Italian-Garden-Wedding_SBS_020.jpg\" alt=\"Shae_Rob_Italian-Garden-Wedding_SBS_020\" width=\"533\" height=\"800\" title=\"\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\" size-medium wp-image-79338 alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/content.easyweddings.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Shae_Rob_Italian-Garden-Wedding_SBS_030.jpg\" alt=\"Shae_Rob_Italian-Garden-Wedding_SBS_030\" width=\"533\" height=\"800\" title=\"\"><\/div>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-79233\" src=\"https:\/\/content.easyweddings.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Shae_Rob_Italian-Garden-Wedding_039-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"Shae_Rob_Italian-Garden-Wedding_039\" width=\"550\" height=\"825\" title=\"\"><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-79234\" src=\"https:\/\/content.easyweddings.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Shae_Rob_Italian-Garden-Wedding_040.jpg\" alt=\"Shae_Rob_Italian-Garden-Wedding_040\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" title=\"\"><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-79236\" src=\"https:\/\/content.easyweddings.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Shae_Rob_Italian-Garden-Wedding_042.jpg\" alt=\"Shae_Rob_Italian-Garden-Wedding_042\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" title=\"\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"clearfix\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\" size-medium wp-image-79348 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/content.easyweddings.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Shae_Rob_Italian-Garden-Wedding_SBS_034.jpg\" alt=\"Shae_Rob_Italian-Garden-Wedding_SBS_034\" width=\"533\" height=\"800\" title=\"\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\" size-medium wp-image-79355 alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/content.easyweddings.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Shae_Rob_Italian-Garden-Wedding_SBS_036.jpg\" alt=\"Shae_Rob_Italian-Garden-Wedding_SBS_036\" width=\"533\" height=\"800\" title=\"\"><\/div>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-79239\" src=\"https:\/\/content.easyweddings.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Shae_Rob_Italian-Garden-Wedding_045.jpg\" alt=\"Shae_Rob_Italian-Garden-Wedding_045\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" title=\"\"><\/p>\n<blockquote><p>Shae laughs at\u00a0what she wore for Rob&#8217;s proposal: &#8220;Denim shorts, a ratty old shirt and an ugly bike helmet&#8230; you would think after 10 years I might have been expecting it!&#8221;<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-79241\" src=\"https:\/\/content.easyweddings.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Shae_Rob_Italian-Garden-Wedding_047.jpg\" alt=\"Shae_Rob_Italian-Garden-Wedding_047\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" title=\"\"><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-79383\" src=\"https:\/\/content.easyweddings.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Shae_Rob_Italian-Garden-Wedding_SBS_043.jpg\" alt=\"Shae_Rob_Italian-Garden-Wedding_SBS_043\" width=\"550\" height=\"825\" title=\"\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"clearfix\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\" size-medium wp-image-79408 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/content.easyweddings.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Shae_Rob_Italian-Garden-Wedding_SBS_048.jpg\" alt=\"Shae_Rob_Italian-Garden-Wedding_SBS_048\" width=\"533\" height=\"800\" title=\"\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\" size-medium wp-image-79387 alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/content.easyweddings.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Shae_Rob_Italian-Garden-Wedding_SBS_044.jpg\" alt=\"Shae_Rob_Italian-Garden-Wedding_SBS_044\" width=\"533\" height=\"800\" title=\"\"><\/div>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-79249\" src=\"https:\/\/content.easyweddings.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Shae_Rob_Italian-Garden-Wedding_054.jpg\" alt=\"Shae_Rob_Italian-Garden-Wedding_054\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" title=\"\"><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-79255\" src=\"https:\/\/content.easyweddings.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Shae_Rob_Italian-Garden-Wedding_060.jpg\" alt=\"Shae_Rob_Italian-Garden-Wedding_060\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" title=\"\"><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-79256\" src=\"https:\/\/content.easyweddings.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Shae_Rob_Italian-Garden-Wedding_061.jpg\" alt=\"Shae_Rob_Italian-Garden-Wedding_061\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" title=\"\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"clearfix\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\" size-medium wp-image-79410 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/content.easyweddings.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Shae_Rob_Italian-Garden-Wedding_SBS_049.jpg\" 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