Jadee McGowan

20/06/2024

Cheers to the weekend

Hannah and Padraig the most special surprise elopement just outside of Cape Town in the heart of Wellington 🇿🇦

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01/06/2024

Rhone For Aishwarya + Avinash

Day Two of our multi day destination wedding a relaxed ceremony and early dinner, the weather played havoc but with a back up indoors venue it worked out perfectly as it always does.

28/05/2024

The fleeting moment

This post is dedicated to Lukas.
It’s not often we have grooms on every single call and with us on every step of the way.

Thank you for your kind words and support, your ideas and constant encouragement when planning, your floating napkins truly were a showstopper even though the rain came and dampened the day, you cheerfully let it be.
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28/05/2024

The Gloria

Your visions came to life so perfectly and we are so grateful that you trusted us to bring it all together, your abundance of tears throughout the night was a reminder of why we do what we do.

Thank you 💫

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28/05/2024

The first and last

For Gloria and Lukas

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16/05/2024

Aishwarya + Avinash

Thank you for being the kind and caring clients that we will always remember 💫

3 days spent with you and your friends from across the globe and seeing in NYE will always be one of our highlights.

08/01/2024

Work life be like ✌🏼

We spent our last weekend of the year doing what we love ❤️

And kicked off a 3 day wedding at the breathtaking old dame situated on the famous for a truly spectacular South African welcome 🇿🇦

Thank you to the truly amazing for capturing this special moment, the calm before the choas. This was one of those weddings when everything was just perfect, falling into place, giving us time to breathe and be present 💫

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01/05/2023

Our new little division has opened with a bang, so it seemed only fair to not spam you with all our Mauritius island life but instead for it to have its own new home.

Give us a follow Watermelonbyjadee 🇲🇺🥥✈️🍉

Honeymoons, babymoons, elopement’s or a family vacay we can’t wait to find you your own slice of heaven 🍉

Hi, my name is Jadee 🧿

Welcome to my new page, all about the island life of magical Mauritius and few snippets of South Africa in between 🇿🇦🌴🇲🇺

Cape Town might be home but our hearts are always in Mauritius, so it seemed only fitting that my business has officially launched a travel division for both Cape Town and Mauritius 🥥

It has been so many years in the making and we have opened with a bang and so very excited to share all the wonderful behind the scenes moments and incredible travel options to this beautiful island with you ✈️

Whether for leisure family holidays, honeymoons, baby moons, celebrations or an elopement with your toes in the sand, it will be my absolute pleasure to plan your trip to experience a slice of paradise 🍉

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13/04/2023

M A U R I T I U S

Our new travel and concierge division is going from strength to strength and we are so incredibly excited to be able to add this magical island to our portfolio of offerings.

A special place that has always held incredible memories for us as a couple and we are so excited to announce that I am now officially a travel planner for a few resorts on the island of Mauritius 🇲🇺

So whether you are wanting an elopement with your feet in the sand, a romantic honeymoon, a relaxing babymoon or an adventurous family vacay it offers something for everyone and I would be happy to assist no matter how small or large your booking.

Please contact Jadee for more details on travel packages🌴

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29/01/2023

H E L L O

And happy 2023, we are officially back in the office after an extended holiday - finding that mother / work life balance while the kids have school holidays was fun😝

We have been inundated with incredible enquiries and are happy to announce we have opened bookings for 2024 and our new packages are ready 🧡

To contact us please WhatsApp us on +27727756344 in case your DM gets stuck in spam.

We can’t wait to hear from you, all our love Jadee & Hayley 💫

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29/01/2023

Mark and Annette

Inspired by her showstopper wedding shoes we created a bright, colourful and fun wedding to match the shoes and the couple’s incredible personalities 🧡

How do we even begin to say thank you for bringing all of us so much joy and laughter on your wedding day - swipe for some of the craziness.

Thank you to all the service providers who made this micro wedding a possibility under the watchful eye of the last full moon of 2022. Pure magic unfolded 💫

29/12/2022

Greetings from Magical Mauritius 🇲🇺

I was so utterly excited to be gifted these special shells for my Christmas table by the very talented that I carefully packed them into our luggage for our little vacay and don’t they just look so beautiful under the tropical sun 🌴

The are now taking on custom orders for wedding favours, engagement gifts and event decor, they truly are one of a kind and such thoughtful gifts that are handmade with so much love and effort 🐚

Thank you for capturing them 😘

10/12/2022

Missing this gorgeous happy couple and their special all white wedding 🤍

We really are lucky enough to have the most beautiful connections with clients who become like family ✨

24/11/2022

Happy happy birthday to our superstar Hayley 💖

Thank you for bringing so much calmness and joy to all that we do, sorry I always make you take five million photos (even at our worst) it’s these special moments that I will always cherish💕

Thank you for being by my side the last few months, I am so proud of you 🦢

PS. just for you, see we don’t share and photoshop our wardrobes 😝

I have always had a thing for matching uniforms and it continues to show when I always dress my team, nothing better for me to create a sense of belonging 🧿

02/09/2022

This time last week 🦓

A truly South African welcome wine farm for our special clients birthday weekend with a traditional South African spit braai and wine tasting to get the weekends festivities started in the iconic wine town of Franschoek 🍷

Thank you to all our vendors for a magical evening under the Franschoek stars

01/09/2022

Bloom where you are planted 🌸

Thank you for this beautiful memory reminder and just in time to celebrate Spring Day in the Southern Hemisphere 🇿🇦

A look back on these breathtaking florals and our welcome dinner at the 6th annual in Dubai, even with pouring rain the DWP team pulled out all the stops for one magical event 💫

Finally getting to meet some of our family along with all the top international wedding industry professionals was just one of the many highlights of this once in a lifetime experience 🙏🏽

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29/08/2022

This is 40 💫

We often get tasked with the most beautiful celebrations and it’s in these moments that my heart skips a beat.

If there is one thing covid has taught us in life, is that we need to celebrate every moment, birthday or milestone and I am so eternally grateful that we get to be a part of these journeys.

A very big thank you to our fabulous client for trusting us with your vision and for choosing South Africa for your 10 day birthday extravaganza experience 🇿🇦

To my incredible team of management and our on the ground staff who worked around the clock to ensure that our guests were always taken care of, thank you 🙏🏽

To our vendors and venues, you did Cape Town so proud and set the bar ever so high for our clients next return to our beautiful country we all get to call home 🇿🇦


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22/08/2022

Ready to welcome guests to this incredible view today 🇿🇦

Cape Town is pulling out all the stops and showing off for their arrival ☀️

Follow us over the next few days as we visit some special places and locations to find our couple their perfect venue and location for their intimate elopement and civil wedding in a few weeks time ❤️

17/08/2022

T A B L E F O R T W O

Did you know we love elopement weddings, in Cape Town or nationally across South Africa 🇿🇦

It’s bought us such joy over the last few weeks to have such beautiful and exciting elopement enquiries and we can’t wait to share these special days with you soon 🧡

All our love Jadee + Hayley

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16/08/2022

Cocktail Weddings 🧡

While this beautiful couple are currently on honeymoon in Portugal, I am here to reminisce about this med inspired cocktail reception setup 🍊

A little planning tip:

Cocktail weddings are still one of my favourite styles for a large fun wedding, and although both formal and cocktail style have their pros and cons it’s best to consider the size of your party, your age of audience, venue layout and catering requirements when planning and selecting your style.

A big thank you to our client for trusting us with this beautiful brief and to our incredible vendors for bringing this vision to life 🍋



PS. Swipe to the last photo to see the incredible transformation filled with guests 🧿

13/08/2022

The Houghton

Our first official travel feature, an exceptional lifestyle resort in Johannesburg that offers a 5-star deluxe experience for travelling or weddings.

Delivering resort living to the most discerning residents and travellers alike, providing a lifestyle destination to those who want to extract only the best Johannesburg has to offer.

The Houghton Hotel, showcases the best of South African luxury design, with bespoke furniture, art and a level of attention to detail on par with the best hotels in the world and not mention
5 breathtaking swimming pools.

Accommodation is made up of an array of suites for the discerning client, all designed for ultimate comfort and luxury living, with views over either the esteemed Jack Nicklaus Signature Golf Course or magnificent city views.

Follow our stories to see more from this incredible property, voted the best five star hotel in South Africa many times over.

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10/08/2022

Happy Women’s Day

Since it’s also a whole month dedicated to celebrating Women in South Africa, it’s with much excitement that we announce our registration with the has been approved and we can’t wait to welcome more same s*x couples to our shores 🇿🇦

Stay tuned as we share more from this beautiful and fierce all female shoot. Such an honour to know and work with such incredible and brave women in this industry, thank you to everyone for making this a reality 🎀








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05/08/2022

H A P P Y B I R T H D A Y

One of our most requested local Cape Town musicians loved by everyone and celebrating his birthday today.

Thank you for your incredible passion and for bringing so many events and weddings to life with your energy.

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19/07/2022

H E L L O

Introducing Jadee, Hayley and baby Jordan who was born less than 48 hours later, a little earlier than anticipated but after all the excitement from our event + shoot he couldn’t wait to come earthside 💕

I am so excited for this new journey with Hayley by my side and very happy to announce we are officially open for business again, taking on select and return clients from January 2023.

All our love Jadee + Hayley

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01/07/2022

Here for the blooms and exactly 6 months left till the end of the year 🤍

01/07/2022

Alex + Tanya

It’s not everyday we get to celebrate the coolest couple arounds, union with a week long celebration.

But this incredible couple let our creativity run wild and their guests enjoyed an experience of Cape Town like no other.

Not only is it time to wish a happy birthday but also a big birthday wish to who brings all our crazy entertainment dreams to life, we hope you have had the most incredible week celebrating another year around the sun ☀️

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05/04/2022

Birthday Bride ✨

05/04/2022

Here for the blooms 🌸

making all our flower dreams a reality ✨

12/03/2022

Weekend Harvest 🍍

And my favourite fruit of the season, home grown and organic granadilla or passion fruit served with absolutely everything besides fresh figs straight from the Karoo my other obsession.

Reminiscing about this welcome event for Rohan and Renette which started off on a sunset cruise aboard then dinner under the stars with magical views over truly kicking off their wedding festivities and a Cape Town welcome with a bang ⚓️

21/02/2022

Hello Monday 🌙