{"id":193253,"date":"2016-03-27T21:00:08","date_gmt":"2016-03-27T10:00:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/content.easyweddings.com\/au\/real-weddings\/going-distance-nicki-cals-elegant-garden-wedding\/"},"modified":"2022-03-16T18:04:35","modified_gmt":"2022-03-16T07:04:35","slug":"going-distance-nicki-cals-elegant-garden-wedding","status":"publish","type":"au-real-wedding","link":"https:\/\/www.easyweddings.com.au\/real-weddings\/going-distance-nicki-cals-elegant-garden-wedding\/","title":{"rendered":"Going the distance: Nicki and Cal’s elegant garden wedding"},"content":{"rendered":"

Nicola James and Callum Glanville prove that sometimes true love is worth waiting for.<\/p>\n

The Melbourne pair met at high school, but Nicki, 26, was too focused on her goal of a tennis scholarship at an American college to think about a relationship.\u00a0After moving to the US, Nicki returned home every summer holidays, catching up with Cal, 26, whenever she could.<\/p>\n

“Two\u00a0years into my degree I realised I was falling in love with Cal, he was much more than just a friend and deep down we both knew this, so we decided to make it official,” Nicki says.<\/p>\n

The couple toughed out a long-distance relationship for two years before Cal brought his future bride home.\u00a0“Cal came over to South Carolina to see me graduate and bring me home for good. It was like a fairytale, we have both been waiting for this day for years,” Nicki says.<\/p>\n

A proposal while holidaying on the Gold Coast followed and the loved-up pair began planning their garden wedding<\/a>.<\/p>\n

DIY was the order of the day and family and friends also pitched in to make the celebrations, at Nathania Springs Receptions<\/a> in Melbourne’s\u00a0Dandenong Ranges, one to remember.<\/p>\n

The couple wed on December 30, 2015 in front of 100 guests and bride Nicki says she wouldn’t change a thing.<\/p>\n

“Probably the highlight of the day was when my sister (and maid of honour) hip-and-shouldered the other girls out of the way to catch the bouquet<\/a>. Captured beautifully by our photographer!” she says with a laugh.<\/p>\n

Photos courtesy of Alan Rogers Photography<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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Kendal Deckert Professional Make-up and Hair Artist<\/a> helped Nicki look beautiful\u00a0on her big day.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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Celebrant Lisa Newman married the pair.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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Nicki sourced her gorgeous gown from Bluebell Bridal<\/a>, while her bridesmaids wore dresses from For Her And For Him<\/a>.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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Groom Cal and his groomsman were dressed by Ferrari Formalwear and Bridal<\/a>.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"author":19,"featured_media":139256,"parent":0,"template":"","au_real_wedding_category":[6855],"au_real_wedding_tag":[7911,7009,7122,7145,7164],"au_real_wedding_style":[9004],"au_real_wedding_location":[9045,9027],"au_real_wedding_setting":[9014],"au_real_wedding_colour":[],"au_real_wedding_competition":[],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.easyweddings.com.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/au-real-wedding\/193253"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.easyweddings.com.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/au-real-wedding"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.easyweddings.com.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/au-real-wedding"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.easyweddings.com.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/19"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.easyweddings.com.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/au-real-wedding\/193253\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.easyweddings.com.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/139256"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.easyweddings.com.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=193253"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"au_real_wedding_category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.easyweddings.com.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/au_real_wedding_category?post=193253"},{"taxonomy":"au_real_wedding_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.easyweddings.com.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/au_real_wedding_tag?post=193253"},{"taxonomy":"au_real_wedding_style","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.easyweddings.com.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/au_real_wedding_style?post=193253"},{"taxonomy":"au_real_wedding_location","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.easyweddings.com.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/au_real_wedding_location?post=193253"},{"taxonomy":"au_real_wedding_setting","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.easyweddings.com.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/au_real_wedding_setting?post=193253"},{"taxonomy":"au_real_wedding_colour","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.easyweddings.com.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/au_real_wedding_colour?post=193253"},{"taxonomy":"au_real_wedding_competition","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.easyweddings.com.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/au_real_wedding_competition?post=193253"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}