Humming Wolf Forrest Wedding | Beloftebos, Stanford | John Savage and Jane Breetzke


We've covered a hand-full of weddings recently with so many wonderfully unique aspects to them, which is quite rare in a world where wedding trends spread fast and quickly, that it becomes very difficult to do them justice when putting together a blog post about the wedding. We feel terrible leaving anything out but realise we can't explain everything in words and pictures either.

Jon and Jane, and their Humming Wolf wedding in the forest at Beloftebos near Stanford is one of these. There was just so much to it.

It was a wedding like only musicians could conceive of. John Savage, well known to us all in South Africa as a national radio DJ on 5FM but both John and Jane have had huge success with their band Cassette. Music was certainly a focus during this wedding.  As a gift to their guests John and Jane recorded a full length album titled The Humming Wolf which was ready and waiting at each table setting. We got one too, we're listening to it as we write this post.

Every wedding should have a great band, well this one had two. A special collaboration between two South African gems, Mr Cat and the Jackal and  The Nomadic Orchestra mixed Balkan style music with blues and rock to form an indescribable sound that kicked off the wildest wedding reception we have ever had the pleasure to be a part of.

The bride road in on a cart pulled by a donkey named Abram,
little boys wore top hats with ears and little girls wore dresses with tails,
they married under a giant tree,
someone wore bright blue, shiny shoes,
the bride and groom sang a duet, 
guests laughed, guests hugged and guests danced their a$$es off, 

and so did we.

Enjoy,

love,
welovepictures



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An African Bush Wedding I A Pomegranate farm somewhere in the middle of nowhere I Marcel and Noelle


Marcel and Noelle tied the knot on a beautiful Pomegranate farm out in the Mpumalanga High Veld, which to us felt like it was in the middle of nowhere :)
Oh what a joy it was to get out of the madness that is the city and to be surrounded by nothing but the quiet heat that is the bush veld, the low humming of cicadas and the smell of wild air.
This is one of the many reasons why we love what we do - we get to explore and see so much of our beautiful country.

Marcel and Noelle's wedding reminded us much of our own - a bunch of close friends and family had been helping to set everything up the entire week and when we arrived on the Friday before the wedding, we were welcomed by sweaty smiling faces, friendly hugs and cold beers.
Their wedding day was so laid back and relaxed, we almost felt like we were on holiday.
The decorations were simple and beautiful and the fact that the warm breeze dropped a few leaves and seeds on the white table cloths only added to the beauty of it.
Friends and family spent the day hanging out, drinking good wine and eating well and the party kicked off to fairy lights and a super moon.

All in all this wedding was a beautiful way to end our 2011/2012 Wedding Season and an awesome reminder of why we love what we do.

Marcel and Noelle, thank you for the beers, a beautiful escape and for allowing us to document your wedding.

love,
welovepictures


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