
The Stables, Bendooley Estate, Southern Highlands, NSW, Australia
From Faith
This wedding I have SO MUCH love for! This really is what Lovers and Fleurs is all about!! Super artistic, unlike anything else and totally unique. A mix of art and love with a whole heap of edginess!
This wedding set up definitely evolved over the year that we were planning it, Jaime came to us with an initial vision of pinks, whites and super femme...but as we dived into the design process and I got to know Jaime and Josh it was so apparent that we needed to mix it up and add a lot of edge, being the super cool, young couple that they are.
Another amazing twist was that Josh's dad is super talented at metal work and had planned to build these epic arches to sit at the entrance of the ceremony, so we continued to build out the design from there.
We went with a full monochrome colour palette of powerful black and white. When I designed the ceremony I really wanted to this to be unique, I love drawing inspiration from things that you may not think of when you think of wedding designs, like architecture, fashion, my travels and in the case of this wedding I really wanted it to have an 'art gallery' feeling to it!
Using the existing ceremony hoop of the Bendooley Stables as a start we completely covered this with super sculptural en masse flowers to create the centre point of "the art gallery". To create repetition of the circular hoop we build a circular black stage and placed this under for the couple to stand on, which completely elevated the design.
My favourite part of the design however was the aisle. We built black plinths with clear acrylic plinths to sit atop them a different heights, we then made super artistic flower arrangements and placed them inside the plinths. It was like going to a museum or art gallery and looking in on the treasures inside. It also created such a high end feeling to the whole set up.

DREAM TEAM
Flowers, styling & design @loversandfleurs
Venue @bendooleyestate
Bride @jaimemvlis
Groom @joshmelis38_
Photographer @theevokecompany
Videographer @vibe.imagery
Brides dress @kwhbridal
Bridesmaids dresses @hexie.official
MUA @danhdoanmua
Hair @chloepiche_hair
Celebrant @axweddings
Signage @whitelaneevents
Arches @melis_constructions
Car @cloud_9_wedding_car_hire