{"id":193662,"date":"2015-03-18T21:10:46","date_gmt":"2015-03-18T10:10:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/content.easyweddings.com\/au\/real-weddings\/alyce-jons-ocean-of-love-leads-to-seaside-wedding\/"},"modified":"2022-03-16T16:38:37","modified_gmt":"2022-03-16T05:38:37","slug":"alyce-jons-ocean-of-love-leads-to-seaside-wedding","status":"publish","type":"au-real-wedding","link":"https:\/\/www.easyweddings.com.au\/real-weddings\/alyce-jons-ocean-of-love-leads-to-seaside-wedding\/","title":{"rendered":"Alyce &amp; Jon&#8217;s ocean of love leads to seaside wedding"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"lead\">It was a proposal fit for a princess. At the top of a castle Jon Ellis asked for Alyce Thurling\u2019s hand in marriage.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe have worked in London for the past six years and explored a lot of Europe,\u201d Alyce, 27, says of her relationship with Jon, 29. \u201cDuring our travels I developed a love for castles \u2013 which is where Jon got the idea of proposing at the top of the princess tower of Caernarfon Castle in Wales with his Welsh grandmother\u2019s engagement ring.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The couple planned their wedding from the UK, using family at home in Sydney to test out options. \u201cWe would narrow down suppliers and send them off for endless weekends of sampling and meeting with vendors to give their critical feedback to us,\u201d explains Alyce.<\/p>\n<p>On November 8, 2014 the pair were married at Nelson Bay on the NSW Cental Coast with a seaside wedding. \u201cWe held our ceremony and reception at The Anchorage in Port Stephens as I have always dreamt of a wedding by the sea and Jon spent many childhood holidays in that part of the world,\u201d explains Alyce. \u201cThe wedding day was extra special as we hadn\u2019t been back to Australia for just over three years so this occasion we had to catch up with the majority of our 99 guests.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Photos\u00a0courtesy of <a title=\"Sandra Henri Photography\" href=\"http:\/\/www.sandrahenriphotography.com.au\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Sandra Henri Photography<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-74008\" src=\"https:\/\/content.easyweddings.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Alyce_Jon_Seaside-Wedding_001.jpg\" alt=\"Alyce_Jon_Seaside-Wedding_001\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" title=\"\"><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-74010\" src=\"https:\/\/content.easyweddings.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Alyce_Jon_Seaside-Wedding_003.jpg\" alt=\"Alyce_Jon_Seaside-Wedding_003\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" title=\"\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"clearfix\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\" size-medium wp-image-74090 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/content.easyweddings.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Alyce_Jon_Seaside-Wedding_SBS_003.jpg\" alt=\"Alyce_Jon_Seaside-Wedding_SBS_003\" width=\"533\" height=\"800\" title=\"\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\" size-medium wp-image-74094 alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/content.easyweddings.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Alyce_Jon_Seaside-Wedding_SBS_004.jpg\" alt=\"Alyce_Jon_Seaside-Wedding_SBS_004\" width=\"533\" height=\"800\" title=\"\"><\/div>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-74025\" src=\"https:\/\/content.easyweddings.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Alyce_Jon_Seaside-Wedding_018.jpg\" alt=\"Alyce_Jon_Seaside-Wedding_018\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" title=\"\"><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-74014\" src=\"https:\/\/content.easyweddings.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Alyce_Jon_Seaside-Wedding_007.jpg\" alt=\"Alyce_Jon_Seaside-Wedding_007\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" title=\"\"><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-74016\" src=\"https:\/\/content.easyweddings.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Alyce_Jon_Seaside-Wedding_009-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"Alyce_Jon_Seaside-Wedding_009\" width=\"550\" height=\"825\" title=\"\"><\/p>\n<blockquote><p>&#8221; I knew I always wanted a lace detailed dress,&#8221; Alyce says of her\u00a0Justin Alexander\u00a0gown.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-74017\" src=\"https:\/\/content.easyweddings.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Alyce_Jon_Seaside-Wedding_010.jpg\" alt=\"Alyce_Jon_Seaside-Wedding_010\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" title=\"\"><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-74019\" src=\"https:\/\/content.easyweddings.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Alyce_Jon_Seaside-Wedding_012.jpg\" alt=\"Alyce_Jon_Seaside-Wedding_012\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" title=\"\"><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-74020\" src=\"https:\/\/content.easyweddings.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Alyce_Jon_Seaside-Wedding_013.jpg\" alt=\"Alyce_Jon_Seaside-Wedding_013\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" title=\"\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"clearfix\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\" size-medium wp-image-74109 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/content.easyweddings.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Alyce_Jon_Seaside-Wedding_SBS_009.jpg\" alt=\"Alyce_Jon_Seaside-Wedding_SBS_009\" width=\"533\" height=\"800\" title=\"\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\" size-medium wp-image-74111 alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/content.easyweddings.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Alyce_Jon_Seaside-Wedding_SBS_010.jpg\" alt=\"Alyce_Jon_Seaside-Wedding_SBS_010\" width=\"533\" height=\"800\" title=\"\"><\/div>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-74022\" src=\"https:\/\/content.easyweddings.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Alyce_Jon_Seaside-Wedding_015.jpg\" alt=\"Alyce_Jon_Seaside-Wedding_015\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" title=\"\"><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-74032\" src=\"https:\/\/content.easyweddings.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Alyce_Jon_Seaside-Wedding_025.jpg\" alt=\"Alyce_Jon_Seaside-Wedding_025\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" title=\"\"><\/p>\n<blockquote><p>&#8220;It was an absolute treat arriving by boat from the Nelson Bay Marina to The Anchorage,&#8221; says Alyce.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-74029\" src=\"https:\/\/content.easyweddings.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Alyce_Jon_Seaside-Wedding_022.jpg\" alt=\"Alyce_Jon_Seaside-Wedding_022\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" title=\"\"><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-74041\" src=\"https:\/\/content.easyweddings.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Alyce_Jon_Seaside-Wedding_034.jpg\" alt=\"Alyce_Jon_Seaside-Wedding_034\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" title=\"\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"clearfix\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\" size-medium wp-image-74128 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/content.easyweddings.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Alyce_Jon_Seaside-Wedding_SBS_016.jpg\" alt=\"Alyce_Jon_Seaside-Wedding_SBS_016\" width=\"533\" height=\"800\" title=\"\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\" size-medium wp-image-74129 alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/content.easyweddings.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Alyce_Jon_Seaside-Wedding_SBS_017.jpg\" alt=\"Alyce_Jon_Seaside-Wedding_SBS_017\" width=\"533\" height=\"800\" title=\"\"><\/div>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-74045\" src=\"https:\/\/content.easyweddings.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Alyce_Jon_Seaside-Wedding_038.jpg\" alt=\"Alyce_Jon_Seaside-Wedding_038\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" title=\"\"><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-74056\" src=\"https:\/\/content.easyweddings.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Alyce_Jon_Seaside-Wedding_049-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"Alyce_Jon_Seaside-Wedding_049\" width=\"550\" height=\"825\" title=\"\"><\/p>\n<blockquote><p>Alyce says she\u00a0and Jon have the same outlook on life and love to poke fun at one another.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<div class=\"clearfix\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\" size-medium wp-image-73995 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/content.easyweddings.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Alyce_Jon_Seaside-Wedding_SBS_023.jpg\" alt=\"Alyce_Jon_Seaside-Wedding_SBS_023\" width=\"533\" height=\"800\" title=\"\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\" size-medium wp-image-73994 alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/content.easyweddings.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Alyce_Jon_Seaside-Wedding_SBS_022.jpg\" alt=\"Alyce_Jon_Seaside-Wedding_SBS_022\" width=\"533\" height=\"800\" title=\"\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"clearfix\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\" size-medium wp-image-74003 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/content.easyweddings.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Alyce_Jon_Seaside-Wedding_SBS_031.jpg\" alt=\"Alyce_Jon_Seaside-Wedding_SBS_031\" width=\"533\" height=\"800\" title=\"\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\" size-medium wp-image-74005 alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/content.easyweddings.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Alyce_Jon_Seaside-Wedding_SBS_033.jpg\" alt=\"Alyce_Jon_Seaside-Wedding_SBS_033\" width=\"533\" height=\"800\" title=\"\"><\/div>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-74058\" src=\"https:\/\/content.easyweddings.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Alyce_Jon_Seaside-Wedding_051.jpg\" alt=\"Alyce_Jon_Seaside-Wedding_051\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" title=\"\"><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-74057\" src=\"https:\/\/content.easyweddings.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Alyce_Jon_Seaside-Wedding_050.jpg\" alt=\"Alyce_Jon_Seaside-Wedding_050\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" title=\"\"><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-74064\" src=\"https:\/\/content.easyweddings.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Alyce_Jon_Seaside-Wedding_056.jpg\" alt=\"Alyce_Jon_Seaside-Wedding_056\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" title=\"\"><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-74066\" src=\"https:\/\/content.easyweddings.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Alyce_Jon_Seaside-Wedding_057.jpg\" alt=\"Alyce_Jon_Seaside-Wedding_057\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" title=\"\"><\/p>\n<blockquote><p>Alyce looked to <a title=\"White Runway\" href=\"https:\/\/www.easyweddings.com.au\/Bridesmaids\/Canberra\/WhiteRunway\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">White Runway<\/a>\u00a0for her Grecian-inspired bridesmaids&#8217; gowns.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-74079\" src=\"https:\/\/content.easyweddings.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Alyce_Jon_Seaside-Wedding_063.jpg\" alt=\"Alyce_Jon_Seaside-Wedding_063\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" title=\"\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"clearfix\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\" size-medium wp-image-74133 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/content.easyweddings.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Alyce_Jon_Seaside-Wedding_SBS_018.jpg\" alt=\"Alyce_Jon_Seaside-Wedding_SBS_018\" width=\"533\" height=\"800\" title=\"\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\" size-medium wp-image-74134 alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/content.easyweddings.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Alyce_Jon_Seaside-Wedding_SBS_019.jpg\" alt=\"Alyce_Jon_Seaside-Wedding_SBS_019\" width=\"533\" height=\"800\" title=\"\"><\/div>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-74048\" src=\"https:\/\/content.easyweddings.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Alyce_Jon_Seaside-Wedding_041.jpg\" alt=\"Alyce_Jon_Seaside-Wedding_041\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" title=\"\"><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-74051\" src=\"https:\/\/content.easyweddings.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Alyce_Jon_Seaside-Wedding_044.jpg\" alt=\"Alyce_Jon_Seaside-Wedding_044\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" title=\"\"><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-74076\" src=\"https:\/\/content.easyweddings.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Alyce_Jon_Seaside-Wedding_062-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"Alyce_Jon_Seaside-Wedding_062\" width=\"550\" height=\"825\" title=\"\"><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":19,"featured_media":115844,"parent":0,"template":"","au_real_wedding_category":[6854],"au_real_wedding_tag":[7145,7569,7296,7307],"au_real_wedding_style":[9011],"au_real_wedding_location":[9038,9023],"au_real_wedding_setting":[9019],"au_real_wedding_colour":[10585],"au_real_wedding_competition":[],"class_list":["post-193662","au-real-wedding","type-au-real-wedding","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","au_real_wedding_category-6854","au_real_wedding_tag-real-weddings","au_real_wedding_tag-sandra-henri-photography","au_real_wedding_tag-seaside-wedding","au_real_wedding_tag-yellow-wedding-2","au_real_wedding_style-beach","au_real_wedding_location-gosford","au_real_wedding_location-nsw","au_real_wedding_setting-waterview","au_real_wedding_colour-yellow-wedding"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.easyweddings.com.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/au-real-wedding\/193662","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\/193662\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.easyweddings.com.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/115844"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.easyweddings.com.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=193662"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"au_real_wedding_category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.easyweddings.com.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/au_real_wedding_category?post=193662"},{"taxonomy":"au_real_wedding_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.easyweddings.com.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/au_real_wedding_tag?post=193662"},{"taxonomy":"au_real_wedding_style","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.easyweddings.com.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/au_real_wedding_style?post=193662"},{"taxonomy":"au_real_wedding_location","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.easyweddings.com.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/au_real_wedding_location?post=193662"},{"taxonomy":"au_real_wedding_setting","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.easyweddings.com.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/au_real_wedding_setting?post=193662"},{"taxonomy":"au_real_wedding_colour","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.easyweddings.com.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/au_real_wedding_colour?post=193662"},{"taxonomy":"au_real_wedding_competition","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.easyweddings.com.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/au_real_wedding_competition?post=193662"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}