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Our Wedding Story: Jobberman Co-Founder & CEO Ayodeji Adewunmi weds Fashion Entrepreneur Temitope Williams

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nigerian wedding bellanaija jobbermanTemitope & Ayodeji (W) (688 of 1026)

Happy Saturday! If you’re a groom or bride-to-be looking for planning and DIY tips today’s wedding feature is a real treat.

Ayodeji Adewunmi is the co-founder and CEO of Nigerian job site Jobberman, while his bride is the smart and beautiful Temitope Williams, a fashion entrepreneur who sewed her wedding dress AND also planned her own wedding! Can you say Super Woman?! The bride and her groom found the fabric for her wedding dress together at Tejuosho Market. She did the sewing. He did the fitting. Amazing.

The talented duo are certainly the perfect match. Temitope has some very useful tips below on her dress search, planning and more. Make sure you read them !

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The Meeting
We were both invited by a mutual friend, Femi, to be guest speakers at a youth event in Abuja called Headroom on 20 March, 2012. As someone who is not so fond of flying, I harassed Femi into ensuring another guest be placed next to me on the flight to and from Abuja. Turns out Femi took this as a cue to plan a hook-up of which none of us had a clue. Ayodeji missed his flight but eventually made it to the event. During his speech, I was not listening to what he was saying. I was just lost in thought at how humble the guy was.

Day over! We flew back to Lagos together and literally gisted all the way.

The Proposal
The “intention to marry” came as a joke… first during one of our long “text-versations” and then on one of those late night conversations. And then he said it again and I still thought he was joking. He must have said it about 10 times before I actually believed him.

Wedding Planning Tips & Advice
The bride planned her wedding herself and has some great tips for other couples intending to plan their special day. Hope this inspires you for your big day!

1. Whatever you want for your wedding or in life generally, keep confessing it out loud and it will come to pass.

2. Develop a concept book and stick to it. That way you won’t be too swayed. And ensure you insist on what you want.

3. Don’t compromise on the important things such as your make-up or photography.

4. Stop work at least 2 weeks to your wedding. I didn’t listen and ended up in hospital the week of the wedding. Got discharged the day before the engagement.

5. Ladies, involve your fiancé in everything! It’s also his wedding! My fiancé approved every single vendor I chose to work with, right down to the aso-ebi for friends before I bought it. What he wasn’t too impressed with, we found alternatives till we were both happy.

6. Re aso-ebi, don’t make it too expensive. And ensure you buy in bits at a time. Don’t assume your friends will buy else you get stuck with large inventory or unpaid bills. In my case, I ensured people paid in advance before I reserved their fabric. And I delivered it to them as well.

7. Once you get the vendors together, delegate responsibility to people who know exactly what you want. You cannot handle everything yourself. You will break down.

8. Don’t stress yourself out on what doesn’t matter. Don’t be a diva or a bridezilla. It’s just not worth the stress and you’ll only make people around you, including yourself, miserable. So what if the plates were not exactly 6 inches wide with perfectly square corners? Please… no-one will even notice.

9. Get your priorities straight. Your major goal should be to ensure your guests are well fed and entertained. Nothing else matters that much!

10. Don’t spend too much money on things that will end up in the bin e.g. the invitation or on things you will never wear again e.g. your wedding garments. Also ensure you buy what you can reuse. Eg. My hand bags cost about £15 each from New Look and I am still rocking them. The red tub chairs at the engagement are now part of our furniture. The picture on the stage will now grace our wall.

11. Don’t OVER-plan! When you get to a stage, just step back; let go and let God! I tied my other gele myself at the engagement and forgot to get matching earrings for the necklace. What did I do? I simply took the ones my cousin was wearing and they were perfect. Did anyone notice? Nope!

12. Always look beyond the wedding day. Ensure plans you make must have positive impacts on your marriage.

THE Dress

nigerian wedding bellanaija jobbermanTemitope & Ayodeji (W) (208 of 1026)In fact I was so determined not to make my dress, I ordered one but when it arrived I didn’t like it. So I set out to create one.

I wanted a white and black dress with bits of apple green to match my groom, but the first attempt, after days of trying to get the right fabric, wasn’t quite it. Seeing how upset I was about the earlier attempt, my fiance decided to follow me to the market to help out with selecting the right fabrics and trims. So early the next morning, we were both off to Tejuosho to buy fabrics and trims for the dress. In less than 30 minutes, the right fabric came along which we BOTH loved, though he had no clue what I planned to churn out though I had shown him various sketches.

In fact, let’s just say we both made the dress. I did the sewing, he did the fitting. I was done with the shell of the dress in about 2 weeks and once we both got the silhouette, I started the sequined dress for the reception. Was done with that one as well, he did the fitting and once we were happy with the fit, I left it to concentrate on creating my siblings clothes and one of my mother’s dresses.

He had no idea what the final dresses looked like since I completed them all the night before the wedding. He was completely gobsmacked and so was everyone. And so yes, I got exactly what i wanted in my dress, something different, not a ball/princess gown or mermaid silhouette. I didn’t want any of those. I made myself a white dress with green undertones and with black/dark grey trims with the focal detail… a Chinese fan! Yes! the fan is part of the dress! 😀 {Editor’s note: there’s also a Chinese element in the wedding cake. Lovely attention to detail!}

Best Moments

1. Completing both dresses. No better feeling than that.

2. Consoling my cousin who had burnt a portion of my wedding gown the night before the wedding. It was just too funny to me and it really was no big deal… in fact… nothing could have upset me.

3. Having so much fun the morning of the wedding. Everyone was just laughing and playing none even imagined a wedding was going down in just a few hours.

4. Looking at the mirror after ShoMya was done! I could NOT believe it was me!

5. Walking down the aisle in church to the organ playing “Here Comes the Bride”. I fought to get that tune played.

6. My husband literally jumping up and down when the band was playing. Perhaps he was soooo ecstatic he ran out of dance steps. Lol.

7. Seeing old friends and people from all over… even friends from primary school.

8. Dancing into a packed hall! I could not believe all those people were there because of us. Even the section carved out for our friends was full to the brim.

9. Cutting the cake & getting sprayed.

10. Watching our “acrobat” of a photographer at work. The guy is just too funny!

11. Everyone just doing their thing and catching their trips. The biggest achievement was leaving at 8pm and leaving enough people at the hall still enjoying themselves and dancing! It was great! I hear some people got home at 12 midnight!

In fact… everything was perfect.

That was so refreshing! Such a humble bride and groom. BellaNaija Weddings wishes Ayodeji & Temitope all the blessings of love and marriage.

~ Photography: Ayodeji Samuel formerly known as Majickbrush Photography

White Wedding

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Photography: Ayodeji Samuel (formerly known as Majickbrush Photography) | (+234) 809 409 6045 | ayodeji2002 (at) yahoo.com

Wedding Details
Engagement: Thursday, 27 June, 2013
White Wedding: Saturday, 29 June, 2013

Venues
Engagement/Traditional Wedding: KFA Event Center, Lekki-Epe Expressway, Lekki, Lagos
Church Ceremony: Wesley Cathedral, Olowogbowo, Apongbon, Lagos Island – Lagos
Wedding Reception: The Haven, Archbishop Vining Compound, Oba Akinjobi Way, GRA-Ikeja, Lagos

Wedding Attire
Bride’s Wedding Dress & All Outfits: By bride’s label, T. Williams of Martwayn | www.fashionbeyondstitches.com
Groom & Best Man Suits: All garments – suit, neck tie etc. from Ouch in Lekki Phase 1. (+234) 806 800 9588
Maid of Honor Dress: Debenhams
Bride’s Makeup & Gele Tying: Shomya | http://instagram.com/shomya_lag

Vendors
Wedding Planner: Bride Temitope & her sister & maid of honor Omolara sourced 90% of the decor and planned both events.
White Wedding Cake: Cakes By Andy Clark – 0807 560 1312
Engagement Cake: Miss Baker – 0703 709 0010

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