BOBBI & TANAKA
1 DECEMBER 2025
VENDOR LIST
35MM PHOTOGRAPHY — UNSEEN
LOCATION — MCKELL PARK
BRIDE WORE — DEME BY GABRIELLA
GROOM WORE — BELANCÉ
RINGS — OLIVIA BOND
STYLIST — LOVESTONED
FURNITURE — LOVESTONED HIRE
CELEBRANT - MARRIED BY JADE
CAKE — TIRAMISU SYDNEY
CAR HIRE — THE VINTAGE AND CLASSIC CAR HUB
BOBBI & TANAKA, HOW DID YOU MEET ONE ANOTHER?
TANAKA AND I MET ON STUDENT ACCOMMODATION WHEN WE WERE BOTH NEW TO SYDNEY! I WAS FROM WESTERN AUSTRALIA AND MOVED TO SYDNEY TO STUDY FASHION, AND TANAKA HAD MOVED FROM ZIMBABWE TO COMPLETE HIS MASTERS! WE MET ON MY BIRTHDAY THROUGH A MUTUAL FRIEND AND REALISED WE HAD SO MUCH IN COMMON, WE’VE BEEN INSEPARABLE EVER SINCE.
WHEN DID YOU KNOW IT WAS FOREVER?
TANAKA — I KNEW IT’S MEANT TO BE FOREVER BECAUSE WERE ALMOST THE SAME PERSON. WE CAN READ EACH OTHER’S MINDS, WE ARE ALMOST IN SYNC WITH EACH OTHER, WE LIKE THE SAME THINGS, I CAN SENSE BOBBI’S ENERGY EVERY TIME YOU TRY TO SNEAK UP ON ME. WE ARE INSEPARABLE.
BOBBI — WHEN WE WEREN’T TOGETHER I’D BE THINKING ABOUT HIM ALL THE TIME.
HOW DID THE PROPOSAL UNFOLD?
TANAKA PLANNED DINNER AT HUBERT IN SYDNEY FOR OUR 7 YEAR ANNIVERSARY, FOLLOWING DINNER TANAKA SUGGESTED WE GET COCKTAILS AT EAU DE VIE, WHERE WE HAD OUR FIRST DATE. HE HAD COORDINATED WITH THE STAFF TO BRING OUT THE RING WITH OUR COCKTAILS. HE PROPOSED WITH A FAKE RING SO THAT WE COULD LATER DESIGN IT TOGETHER WHICH WAS SUCH A SPECIAL PROCESS.
HOW WOULD YOU DESCRIBE THE STYLE OF YOUR ELOPEMENT?
FOR OUR ELOPEMENT WE WANTED IT TO FEEL INTIMATE AND EFFORTLESS, AS WE HAD A BIGGER CELEBRATION PLANNED IN CAPE TOWN SOUTH AFRICA WITH OUR FAMILY AND FRIENDS, WE WANTED OUR CIVIL CEREMONY TO BE UNIQUELY US.
WHAT INSPIRED YOUR VISION?
WE WERE INSPIRED BY BETTINA LOONEY’S VOW RENEWAL IN CAPE TOWN, SHE HAD BEAUTIFUL EARTHY TONED FLOWERS AND HER CEREMONY WAS CAPTURED ON FILM. WE ALSO WERE INSPIRED BY AN IMAGE WE SAW OF A CHAMPAGNE MOMENT SET UP ON THE BONNET OF A VINTAGE CAR. WE WERE SO LUCKY TO HAVE HAD RYCHELLE OF LOVE STONED STYLING BRING OUR VISION TO LIFE, IT EXCEEDED ALL EXPECTATIONS!
WHAT MOMENT FROM THE DAY WILL YOU CHERISH?
THE VOWS - THEY WERE SO SPECIAL
WHAT WAS YOUR FAVOURITE PART FROM THE ENTIRE DAY?
SEEING THE MAGIC OUR BEAUTIFUL VENDORS HAD CREATED FOR US; FROM LOVE STONED’S AMAZING SET UP, TO THE IMPECCABLE TIRAMISU CAKE TO SEEING ALL THE STUNNING IMAGES AFTERWARDS FROM UNSEEN.
“WE’RE SO GRATEFUL TO BE ABLE TO RELIVE THE DAY THROUGH OUR SPECIAL PHOTOS TAKEN BY UNSEEN. SHE MADE US FEEL SO COMFORTABLE IN FRONT OF THE CAMERA.”
HOW WAS YOUR EXPERIENCE WITH UNSEEN?
AMY FELT LIKE SHE WAS A FRIEND CAPTURING MEMORIES AS SHE MADE US FEEL SO COMFORTABLE IN FRONT OF THE LENS AND GUIDED US THROUGHOUT THE DAY. AMY IS INCREDIBLY CREATIVE AND HAS A GOOD EYE FOR WHAT WORKS AND CAPTURED SO MANY BEAUTIFUL BEHIND THE SCENES MOMENTS.
