{"id":193640,"date":"2015-02-22T13:00:33","date_gmt":"2015-02-22T02:00:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/content.easyweddings.com\/au\/real-weddings\/mud-cakes-to-married-alyce-pauls-colourful-country-wedding\/"},"modified":"2022-03-16T16:31:22","modified_gmt":"2022-03-16T05:31:22","slug":"mud-cakes-to-married-alyce-pauls-colourful-country-wedding","status":"publish","type":"au-real-wedding","link":"https:\/\/www.easyweddings.com.au\/real-weddings\/mud-cakes-to-married-alyce-pauls-colourful-country-wedding\/","title":{"rendered":"Mud cakes to married: Alyce & Paul’s colourful country wedding"},"content":{"rendered":"

We write about a lot of high-school sweethearts, but kindergarten courtship? Not so much!<\/p>\n

Nevertheless that is where Alyce Marlowe, 28, first laid eyes on her now husband, Paul Koncz, 29. \u201cI have to be honest, it wasn\u2019t love at first sight,\u201d says Alyce. \u201cWe were too busy trying to colour in between the lines and being very careful not to catch boy or girl germs.\u201d<\/p>\n

But they were later reunited at primary school and again in high school. By year 11 it was hard for love not to blossom. \u201cWe spent afternoons after school riding bikes to each other\u2019s houses and meeting up in the parks between, not always disclosing where we were going to our parents,\u201d Alyce laughs.<\/p>\n

The high-school graduates then parted ways to pursue different dreams, Paul an apprenticeship and Alyce seeing the world. But she would often come home to rekindle the romance. \u201cIt took a surprise visit from Paul in England where I was living in 2008 for me to realise that it wasn\u2019t just the money bringing me home, it was also the boy.\u201d<\/p>\n

The pair were married at their colourful country wedding on December 6, 2014 in Richmond, NSW. \u201cPeople may say it, but I really did marry my best friend,\u201d smiles Alyce.<\/p>\n

Photos courtesy of\u00a0Thomas Stewart Photography.<\/a><\/p>\n

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The couple’s labradoodle named Scarlett played Dog of Honour at the wedding.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

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Summer Blossom created Alyce’s stunning headpiece.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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“We hired an empty barn, and decorated every little piece on our own,” explains the bride.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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“We spent many weekends DIY-ing: painting, nailing, sawing, gluing,” says Alyce.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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