{"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 <\/p>\n <\/p>\n