Setting the stage: A grand entrance
Mount Ephraim is a gorgeous house, and actually the main house is quite deceiving until you walk through the main front door to…well, an absolutely massive staircase, marble tiled floors, and of course, because it was a wedding, flowers everywhere! It was superb. And it definitely has the WOW factor!
Nature’s Beauty: The Grounds of Mount Ephraim
Aerial Views and Scenic Vistas: Capturing Mount Ephraim’s Grandeur
Helen Steiner Rice
The Magic of Love
Love is like magic, and it always will be,
For love still remains life’s sweet mystery.
Love works in ways that are wondrous and strange,
And there’s nothing in life that love cannot change.
Love can transform the most commonplace
Into beauty and splendour and sweetness and grace.
Love is unselfish, understanding and kind,
For it sees with its heart, and not with its mind.
Love is the answer that everyone seeks;
Love is the language that every heart speaks.
Love can’t be bought, it is priceless and free.
Love, like pure magic, is life’s sweet mystery.
A VENUE THAT WOWS: MOUNT EPHRAIM’S UNIQUE CHARM
From the get go Georgia said that the wedding would be indoors—they knew the weather was going to be unpredictable, and they also wanted to make the day easy for older relatives, so they didn’t have to walk down to the outside ceremony area. It doesn’t matter what the weather is here and if it does rain it’s just as beautiful indoors.
If you’ve seen my blog post about wedding venues with amazing staircases, well this one deserves to be added—the huge hall and staircase in the house is the focal point and is an absolute dream of a wedding setting, and totally unique as well. I captured all the guests looking up along with the groom as the bride came down the stairs with her father, with a harpist also at the top of the stairs, playing the bridal entrance music. Everything about this venue is elegant, classy, romantic and beautiful. The staircase was decorated with white flowers, which were also used for the reception, in the adjoining room.
The cake and the bouquets had blush pink flowers to complement the whites and creams of their colour palette. And the bride’s dress! It was just stunning with a low sweetheart neckline, corset style to the waist, with an A-line skirt covered with lace. Georgia looked so classic and glamorous in it.
Furbabies Aida and Ethel: The True Stars of the Day
A Day Full of Grace and Beauty…
I couldn’t resist catching the reflection of Georgia in her gorgeous dress reflected in the rain in their life-size mirror outside the main entrance of the house.
And the staircase is a wonderful and different option for the confetti throw if it’s wet weather outside…
“Neither of us could ever, ever have dreamed of a more perfect day than this, and we never designed a dress as worthy and as well as the one you’re in today! You look sensational, the most beautiful bride, my beautiful sister…”
Check out this absolutely AWESOME staircase at Mount Ephraim. The bridal suite is just above the ceremony area, and I just love the way the guests look up at the bride and her father coming down the stairs.
Just look how much in love they are with each other, and it’s so wonderful to see this immortalised in their wedding video—not just the images, but the sounds, the movement, the feels…
Nature’s Beauty: The Grounds of Mount Ephraim
Professionalism and Versatility
The Suppliers
The Venue
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The DJ
SUGAR PROMOTIONS
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the florist
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the make-up and hair
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pet chaperone services
Kings pet services
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The cake
the cake witch
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the photographer
Steve Barber Photography
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the videographer
Art of Life Films
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the catering
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the harpist
Keziah Thomas
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