Sunday Mail Feature – Jan 8, 2023
Have a look out for Ritamaree and Sydney’s wedding that was featured in the Sunday Mail today! It’s always fun to have a wedding I shot be featured in a big newspaper like the Sunday Mail!
It’s the 4th time I’ve had a Sunday Mail Feature, with the last being back in March of 2021 🙂
Sunday Mail Feature – Jan 8, 2023
Ritamaree Varricchio &
Sydney Sparrow
Married at Sunnybrae Dunction Centre, followed by a celebration at the Donato Reception Centre
PEONY-loving bride Ritamaree chose the date for her marriage to Sydney based on when her favourite flower would be in bloom.
“I wanted peonies… yes, I based my entire wedding around these flowers,” she laughs.
“I also wanted a cake that would showcase some beautiful pink peonies and Rebecca (Rebecca’s Cakes) made this dream come true.”
The couple opted to have their ceremony, officiated by celebrant Annette Perry, in the pavilion at Sunnybrae Estate, which they say is a first, moving to an indoor location for their reception, sharing the special occasion with 170 guests.
Photos were taken in the garden at each venue, as well as Port Adelaide’s wool stores.
“Sydney used to live in Port Adelaide and the very first time we drove past (the wool stores) together he told me that we would take our wedding photos there.” she says.
Social Worker Ritamaree, 27, the daughter of Dernancourt’s Elisa and Silvio Varricchio, pays tribute to her sister and matron of honour Cassandra whom she says she couldn’t have done it without, in the lead-up to her specil day.
Cassandra was joined in the bridal party by bridesmaids Chelsea Marks and Medica Eliepa and Ritamaree’s godson, Miliano Di Pinto.
Sydney had two best men, Ashley Olsen and Kieran McCutcheon, accompanied by the bride’s brother, Luciano Varricchio, as a groomsman.
Draftsman Sydney, 29, proposed to Ritamaree, who he met on dating app Tinder seven years earlier, in the rose garden at the Adelaide Botanic Garden.
The couple plan to honeymoon in the US later this year.
