PHOTOGRAPHY: SANDY AND ODYSSEAS | Wedding Planner & Styling: The Twelve EventsCeremony VenueBle Azure | Reception VenueIsland Art and Taste | VideographerJim Grillas | Wedding Dress & VeilAndrea Iyamah  | Bridal ShoesLK Bennett | Bridesmaids DressesClan | Wedding RingsAce of Diamonds | Groom SuitCad And Dandy | Groom ShoesTom Ford |  Groomsmen SuitsSuit Supply | Cake and SweetsPavlov's Lab | Furniture (ceremony)Stylebox | Furniture (Reception)Zazoo Event Rentals

Ibiyinka & Ebruba

as seen in: Style Me Pretty

〝YOU REALLY DID SUCH A PROFESSIONAL AND BRILLIANT JOB〞

〝It took us a whole day to get through all the photographs, you really captured everything! Thank you for all the attention to detail, for capturing the story from every possible angle and contributing to making our day amazing. Going through the photos allowed us to relive the day again and we were able to feel the same joy we felt that day.

You really did such a professional and brilliant job and I am very happy we picked you to be our photographer.〞

A TOTALLY GLAM NIGERIAN WEDDING ON ATHENS RIVIERA WITH 400 GUESTS AND ONE OF THE BEST-DRESSED GROUP OF WEDDING GUESTS

When Oscar Ibru’s son Ebruba is tying the knot with an absolutely elegant Nigerian beauty like Ibiyiinka you can only expect this Nigerian luxury wedding on Athens Riviera to be nothing sort of dashing! And if there is anyone who knows utter style and sophistication on a wedding day, then let us say that Nigeria does it the best!

Exquisite style is what we have been dreaming of pretty much every hour of the day, and if you can’t have enough of milky whites and all-encompassing shine then this totally glam Nigerian wedding on Island Residence designed and styled by The 12 Events is your go to!

Ibiyiinka and Ebruba came all the way from Lagos to exchange their I Do’s in Athens and to join them on this incredible journey came four hundred super-stylish friends and kin from London and the U.S.

Their big day began early in a swirl of preparations on their hotel suites while our team staged an absolutely lush ceremony on the incredible grounds of Ble Azure, a verdant peninsula that takes wedding magic to a whole new level. A sweep of mirror installations white blooms and greenery was placed before an optic-white ceremonial arch, overflowing with white florals and turned into a beautiful garden-inspired backdrop. In lieu of pews white infinity chairs- an absolute must for an ultra chic celebration-  were amphitheatrically placed to engulf the couple’s pasty aisle.

If you haven’t attended a Nigerian wedding then you certainly are remiss; soon this open-air venue was teeming with superb wedding guest fashion -think off-this-world headpieces and haute couture for days. The perfect accessory for this uber-hot day? an array of white wooden parasols!

As the couple’s piano soloist tuned to the sweetest wedding music Ibiyiinka and Ebruba’s 14 maids of honor and groomsmen lead the way for the ravishing bride’s walk down the aisle to her groom.

Nothing spells classic style more than all-enveloping whites and this bride and groom’s decor came straight out of a dream (and enough to have you think twice about going overboard with your wedding color palette).

kind words

Ibiyinka & Ebruba

Wow!

It took us a whole day to get through all the photographs, you really captured everything! Thank you for all the attention to detail, for capturing the story from every possible angle and contributing to making our day amazing.  Going through the photos allowed us to relive the day again and we were able to feel the same joy we felt that day. We absolutely love the editing , we looked great and so did all our guests, I especially love the décor photos.

You really did such a professional and brilliant job and I am very happy we picked you to be our photographer.

Thank you again so much, everything is truly perfect!

Bride

From the

How we met and the proposal

Our Wedding looks

We met in 2014 through my cousin who is friends with my husband. My cousin invited me to the beach with him and my husband was also invited so I met him there.  We talked the whole  day and everything just fell into place from there. The proposal happened soon after his 30th birthday, my sister tricked me into coming to his house where he had set up candles and balloons saying 'Marry me'. After I said yes, our closest friends came out of hiding and surprised me and congratulated both of us!

I know my sense of style really well and tend to favour more fitted outfits so picking a mermaid style dress was a no brainer. I worked with Nigerian designer Andrea Iyamah and she designed me the beautiful dress I wore on the day. My husband went with his friend to Daville row where they interviewed the finest suit makers in london and they settled for a suit that was made for the princes.

SPECIAL MOMENTS OF THE WEDDING

Our favourite part of our wedding was dancing into the reception as husband and wife! 

Why we chose Athens

We chose Athens because we found the venue perfect for what we wanted and that was where it was located !  We wanted a luxury modern wedding with a lot of white and greens and we worked with the event planners to make sure we got exactly that. We wanted to give our guests a Greek experience seeing as the majority of them had come all the way from Nigeria, so at the welcome dinner we had breaking of plates incorporated with traditional Greek dancing and everyone loved it! Our wedding day was absolutely perfect!

MOST ANTICIPATED MOMENT

My most anticipated moment was seeing him for the first time at the altar.  His was his wedding speech!! Which was really amazing!

Advice to other couples

Don't take planning your wedding too seriously and obsessing over everything being perfect. Focus on having fun with your best friend and feel how lucky you are to have someone perfect for you that you can share your life with!

Décor and florals

We both are really busy with our  full time jobs so we weren't able to get very hands on with the decor but thankfully our wonderful event planners ran with the theme we gave them and did an amazing job.  We wanted a very modern look with a lot of white and glass and we got exactly what we wanted and more!

Flowers were a huge part of our wedding and were essentially part of every element of the wedding!! Mainly white flowers were used with different flower types and compositions.

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