A COLOURFUL + HANDMADE WEDDING WITH AMY FRANKS
PODCAST: THE FEEL GOOD WEDDING
Polka Dot Wedding’s awesome Feel Good Wedding Podcast recently featured one of our amazing brides - all round legend and creative genius Amy Franks, chatting about her handmade winter wedding at The Line.
The whole episode is absolute gold and well worth a listen [here], Amy’s thoughts and advice is spot on!
We were so flattered to have been mentioned and we’ve distilled some of our favourite bits from the podcast below, alongside Tanya Volte’s gorgeous photography from the day.
Photographer: Tanya Volte
Venue: The Line
LOVE AT FIRST MEETING
Dorothy [Ms Polka]:
Your event crew, which was Fourside Events, not only helped event manage your day, but also did all your catering.
So tell me about your Fourside Events experience and how that worked and your rave reviews for them.
Amy:
Rave reviews, seriously! I will not stop raving about them.
We have so many cool amazing caterers in Melbourne, we really do. It was hard to choose to be honest.
But then, when I met Katie from Fourside, I was just like, okay, this is easy. Like one and done.
We met her I didn’t meet anyone else, because I just after meeting her, I was like, why would you look anywhere else?
So we talked through the menu, and Katie was like, okay, love it.
Like, you sound like a ……. This is awesome. Like my ideas already, were like crazy at that point. And yeah, she loved it. She was on board.
At Fourside I think they really love weirdos. It was good match!
Amy:
We kind of nipped off a little bit and did group photos with the wedding party and family. During that time, they [Fourside] moved all of the chairs that were in the aisle back into the reception area, opened up the curtain and then sort of just transformed that ceremony space into a dance floor.
You didn’t even notice that happening. Like you didn’t.
There wasn’t loud tables moving or anything like that. It was really seamless.
Dorothy [Ms Polka]
And I feel like that’s a really good part for professionals in that sense, because there’s no way you could DIY that for wedding.
Amy:
Oh my gosh, can you imagine!
It just made it really relaxed and chill like, everyone could just come downstairs and have a drink, and then ‘oh look they’ve already done it!’.
Photographer: Tanya Volte
Aerial Installation: Banging Hangings
Dorothy [Ms Polka]:
And they didn’t just cater your wedding, did they? Because they also helped you with all event management of like managing the venue on the day, etc.
Amy:
Yeah, absolutely. Katie ran everything.
So really, like really, really easy to work with and if anything was coming up, she was just, really upfront and clear and it was just a dream. It was a dream.
And I especially remember, on the day, it was just before the ceremony - So we’d already done our first look and we were coming back to the venue and Katie was like ‘Okay, everyone else out - It’s just the two of you now!’.
And she gave us this, like made sure we had like a moment in the place like in the little bridal suite. And like brought us some champagne and some nibbles. She’s like ‘make sure you’re eating because I know you’re not going to eat!’ like she was just really on it! On it like so good.
I loved it. It was really nice.
To hear more about Amy’s incredible pompom mission, for shoutouts to the other wonderful vendors involved & for tips for managing wedding planning + prep as a perfectionist, head on over to Polka Dot Wedding, Episode 13:
A Colourful and Handmade Wedding with Amy Franks.
After listening, we’re sure you’ll love her as much as we do!
