This Palmizana wedding was a true celebration of love, set against the magical island scenery.

We met one night whilst Jon was DJ-ing at a bar. I had never seen a scratch DJ before, and being a little bit drunk, I was trying to spin his records back! He wasn’t that unimpressed… An hour later he appeared with a tray of black sambuca – an Italian liqueur! He took my number, but I heard nothing.

It turned out he had the wrong phone number. However, he had tracked me down on Facebook and started liking my comments and pictures. A few months passed, and we didn’t see each other until one night I was going back to the same bar. He was DJ-ing again!

I was with some friends when I spotted him behind the DJ booth… He was much more handsome than I’d remembered through my beer goggles! We chatted, shared a hug, a little kiss, and I went off into the night again.

The next day I woke up feeling different. He was on my mind, and he had definitely made an impact on me! We met up two days later, and I was dying to see him. From that night on, we have been inseparable.

I’d never met anyone so funny, intelligent, gentle, and kind… someone who loves life and thinks the best of everyone and everything. Life is so much better and more fun with him in it.

Four years went by, and Jon finally popped the question a few weeks before my 30th birthday. We always said we would get married in one of the two places we loved most: idyllic Palmizana on Hvar island or cosy Coniston in the Lake District – our happy places. We umm-ed and ahh-ed for months, visited both places, even returned to Hvar a second time, planned the date, time, venue – everything – and still came back to the UK unsure which destination to go with.

In the end, on the way to work one day, we tossed a coin. And there it was – decision made: Croatia! And we never looked back.

We put all the wheels in motion, sent invites, and set off on the journey of a lifetime – three months around South East Asia. Days were spent wedding planning on the beach, sending inspiration ideas over to my parents, who turned our dreams into reality.

My dad spent weeks making paper cranes. My mum lovingly crafted bunting and painted picture frames while we lived our best lives, dreaming of what our wedding day could look like.

And it all became a reality on 22nd September 2014.

Our favourite people in the whole wide world gathered in one place – the beautiful Palmizana on Hvar island – celebrating and sharing the best day of our lives!

Photos by Danijela Kusec One Day Studio

While our photographs tell the story frame by frame, there’s something truly special about seeing it all come to life.
If you’d like to feel the atmosphere, emotions, and rhythm of Anah and Jon’s island celebration in motion, we’ve created a full wedding film just for that.

Watch their Palmizana Hvar wedding video here and let the story unfold again — this time on film.