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Zara Johnny Organised by Sarah Young
Johnny and I met in Croatia at his brothers wedding. I had been a long time friend of his brother but had never had the pleasure of meeting Johnny before then. When we met on the flight over we immediately hit it off. Four days and three dates later it was like we had always known each other. After the bride and groom, we were the talk of the wedding, everyone thought we were the perfect match and were asking us when we would be tying the knot and these comments escalated when I caught the bouquet! We were a perfect example of love at first sight.
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Sixteen months later on a lovely weekend break in
seats in top restaurants, helping us to holiday a
we wanted but they were just divine!
Budapest, Johnny gave me the biggest surprise
little too. Any planning I did from back in Ireland
The Sanctuary of Mellieha was very special with
ever. During a romantic meal he placed a beautiful
caused little stress as Sarah would always reply to
its’ beautiful court yard with wonderful views of
ring in front of me and asked me if I’d marry him.
e-mails straight away.
the bay. I think the history behind the church
I had to ask him 10 times if he was serious, afraid
I also had the help of my wonderful Mom Ruth
added to its’ wonder.
this was some kind of joke. But of course it wasn’t
and my three beautiful bridesmaids, Naomi,
excellent and my grandmother is still quoting him,
Fr Tony’s sermon was
and I joyfully accepted.
Rachel and Katerina. Couturier Kathy de Stafford
he was very patient with us when we were
I always wanted my wedding to be abroad. There
designed my dress and she kindly let me add
doing the rehearsal and
was no way I was going to let it rain on my big
some of my own ideas to her wonderful design.
guided us through
day! And there was no better place than Malta. I
The Wedding week was even more fantastic then
the
wanted everything to be outdoors and Malta had
we ever could have imagined. When we arrived in
smoothly.
some beautiful venues to choose from. We did
Malta on the Thursday before our wedding the
ceremony
look in other countries like France and Italy but
following Sunday I didn’t feel the slightest bit
On arrival at the Castello
most of the outdoor venues we found had
stressed as I knew that everything was planned
we were in awe by such a
restrictions on playing music past a certain hour.
to perfection by Sarah. I could enjoy every minute
magical
The first thing we arranged when we decided on
of the lead up to our special day. We had a boat
setting, every detail was
and
romantic
Malta was to find a wedding planner to help us.
trip on the Friday which was just spectacular and
planned to perfection. The
This is when we meet Sarah Young. She came
such a great way for our guests to mingle and get
flowers, table settings, music,
highly recommended as very professional and a
to know each other. We also had a BBQ at a lovely
staff, food, fireworks, cocktails,
perfectionist for detail. For me this was very
villa in St. Julian’s overlooking the direst sea-view
chillout area, lighting... the list
important as I wanted everything to be to the
the day after the wedding which was wonderfully
is endless, all without doubt,
highest standard. Sarah showed us around some
relaxing with fantastic food cooked live by their
creating the most magnificent
stunning venues and we were delighted when we
chef.
wedding any couple could hope for! It was just the best day ever,
found the Castello.
for me, Johnny and our family and friends!
The journey from choosing the venue to the big
The wedding day... the girls did a fantastic job on
day ran very smoothly. I only made two trips to
my hair and make-up, my make-up was still fresh
Malta before the big day, each time I met with
at the end of the night. When the flowers arrived
But without the help of Sarah and Lisa it wouldn’t
Sarah or her assistant Lisa. They would have
in the room I was just delighted with how the
have been the success it was. They both guided
every detail of our stay planned out for us, from
florist had managed to get them so perfect after
us through every minute of our day, making sure
meetings with contractors to organise wedding
weeks of conversations back and forth with me,
we didn’t want for anything. All we had to do was
stuff, to recommending and booking us the best
my mom and Sarah. We were so fussy about what
enjoy every minute... which we certainly did.
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