{"id":244427,"date":"2019-02-20T19:00:32","date_gmt":"2019-02-20T08:00:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/content.easyweddings.com\/au\/real-weddings\/love-at-first-swipe-katarina-and-stuarts-elegant-wedding-2\/"},"modified":"2019-02-20T19:00:32","modified_gmt":"2019-02-20T08:00:32","slug":"love-at-first-swipe-katarina-and-stuarts-elegant-wedding-2","status":"publish","type":"au-real-wedding","link":"https:\/\/www.easyweddings.com.au\/real-weddings\/love-at-first-swipe-katarina-and-stuarts-elegant-wedding-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Love at first swipe: Katarina and Stuart’s elegant wedding"},"content":{"rendered":"

After swiping right to find Mr Right, Katarina put a fun spin on tradition at her elegant wedding to Stuart.<\/p>\n

“We met on Tinder over four years ago. I\u2019d just come back from travelling Europe alone and decided it was time to find Mr. Right. We instantly bonded over a mutual love of classic Simpsons and British comedy shows,” explains Katarina, 32.<\/p>\n

In planning their elegant wedding, the Melbourne couple were keen not to get caught up on minor details.<\/p>\n

“We\u2019re both pretty relaxed people and as a marketer I had a vision of what I wanted the end result to be, but i\u2019m not caught up on the small details. It was all about ensuring that the whole day was fun,” Katarina says.<\/p>\n

“We invested most of our effort and budget on the big ticket items that can make or break a wedding: great food and drink, great music, great venue.”<\/p>\n

She and Stuart, 36, kept their ceremony traditional, marrying at Croatian Catholic Centre in Melbourne’s Clifton Hill on October 20, 2018 in front of 135 friends and family.<\/p>\n

The\u00a0Royal Melbourne Yacht Squadron’s Harbour Room hosted the fun-filled reception, with celebrations spilling out to the venue’s rooftop deck.<\/p>\n

“We had games at our reception rooftop for people to enjoy, a photo booth and an amazing band. We wanted to invest in key items that we knew would make the difference and people would remember,” Katarina says.<\/p>\n

Photos courtesy of Black Avenue Productions<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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Stuart and his groomsmen were dressed in classic tuxes from Ferrari Formalwear & Bridal<\/a>.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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“We continued our classic theme with a Maserati limo,” the bride says of their wedding vehicle from Raco Special Vehicles<\/a>.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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“We moved in together after about six months of dating. And after about two years living together we bought an off-the-plan apartment. The proposal came not long after when we went away to his remote holiday home in eastern Victoria,” Katarina says.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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