I would like to send my sincerest thanks to all members of the team at Hawkstone Hall from the reception team attending to every phone call/ request, to the cleaners who had the Bridal Suite looking picture perfect in what felt a blink of an eye (mesmerising to me!) to the waiting staff during our welcome reception. The guests were so full of high praise for the professionalism and ever constant presence with canape service and drinks service. The waiting staff were also tremendous during our Wedding breakfast, being prompt with all courses. Although for some reason I never expected to be served first, I was so touched that we were made to feel the priority and had that essence of magic throughout the air during the meal service. So, thank you. I also want to pass on my thanks for the talented catering team who truly made the meal an exceptional experience. I will be biased at my own Wedding but I don’t think I will ever attend a Wedding that will serve food that the catering team at Hawkstone were able to produce. Once again, I have had numerous guests, weeks on, telling me how incredible they found the food during all parts of the day (including the Braai/ BBQ – which we never got to taste! I blame greedy guests!) and how some of the guests told me that the cheesecake really was a show stopper of a dessert.
Laura and Holly, I would like to offer my sincerest thanks from every area of the Wedding planning right up to the execution of the day. I would like to hope I was not the Bridezilla I actually felt inside towards you but I really and truly appreciate your level of communication with me throughout the entire process. My constant and probable pointless emails were all responded to, any query I had was answered and the setting up of stationery and props were all done so very well. Thank you for keeping me calm and feeling excited at the same time in the lead up to the Wedding; particularly the morning. I appreciated your frequent visits to the Bronte Suite, even if you did have to snap a picture of me whitening my teeth with rollers in my hair at 9.30am! I couldn’t help but laugh when Laura remarked about the true behind the scenes work that goes into Bridal Prep.
I have received so many compliments about every aspect of the day and I think it is right to pass on these compliments to all of you at Hawkstone as you are the people who made the day what it was in terms of logistics and preparation. I am sure almost every Bride would say this, but I do wish we could do it all again. I know that so many people say enjoy the moment because it goes so fast, but I’m not sure you can ever truly be prepared for your Wedding Day because it’s a once in a lifetime experience and I’m very grateful to my Father and you all at Hawkstone for giving us the Wedding that was above and beyond what we anticipated when we became engaged in 2018.
Funnily enough, we were due to marry in South Africa, and just before the pandemic, I remember asking God to give me a sign if it was the right thing to marry abroad. I’d like to think COVID was a pretty significant sign. Although, I didn’t wish for the entire world to stop when I had become a new mother just weeks before! And although I was devastated to lose my original Wedding plans, I am so happy that we had the day we truly wanted. And even the weather behaved for us! We felt very blessed.
I would like to send my sincerest thanks to all members of the team at Hawkstone Hall from the reception team attending to every phone call/ request, to the cleaners who had the Bridal Suite looking picture perfect in what felt a blink of an eye (mesmerising to me!) to the waiting staff during our welcome reception. The guests were so full of high praise for the professionalism and ever constant presence with canape service and drinks service. The waiting staff were also tremendous during our Wedding breakfast, being prompt with all courses. Although for some reason I never expected to be served first, I was so touched that we were made to feel the priority and had that essence of magic throughout the air during the meal service. So, thank you. I also want to pass on my thanks for the talented catering team who truly made the meal an exceptional experience. I will be biased at my own Wedding but I don’t think I will ever attend a Wedding that will serve food that the catering team at Hawkstone were able to produce. Once again, I have had numerous guests, weeks on, telling me how incredible they found the food during all parts of the day (including the Braai/ BBQ – which we never got to taste! I blame greedy guests!) and how some of the guests told me that the cheesecake really was a show stopper of a dessert.
Laura and Holly, I would like to offer my sincerest thanks from every area of the Wedding planning right up to the execution of the day. I would like to hope I was not the Bridezilla I actually felt inside towards you but I really and truly appreciate your level of communication with me throughout the entire process. My constant and probable pointless emails were all responded to, any query I had was answered and the setting up of stationery and props were all done so very well. Thank you for keeping me calm and feeling excited at the same time in the lead up to the Wedding; particularly the morning. I appreciated your frequent visits to the Bronte Suite, even if you did have to snap a picture of me whitening my teeth with rollers in my hair at 9.30am! I couldn’t help but laugh when Laura remarked about the true behind the scenes work that goes into Bridal Prep.
I have received so many compliments about every aspect of the day and I think it is right to pass on these compliments to all of you at Hawkstone as you are the people who made the day what it was in terms of logistics and preparation. I am sure almost every Bride would say this, but I do wish we could do it all again. I know that so many people say enjoy the moment because it goes so fast, but I’m not sure you can ever truly be prepared for your Wedding Day because it’s a once in a lifetime experience and I’m very grateful to my Father and you all at Hawkstone for giving us the Wedding that was above and beyond what we anticipated when we became engaged in 2018.
Funnily enough, we were due to marry in South Africa, and just before the pandemic, I remember asking God to give me a sign if it was the right thing to marry abroad. I’d like to think COVID was a pretty significant sign. Although, I didn’t wish for the entire world to stop when I had become a new mother just weeks before! And although I was devastated to lose my original Wedding plans, I am so happy that we had the day we truly wanted. And even the weather behaved for us! We felt very blessed.