Just engaged and celebrating their love are Dan and Melika. How sweet are these two, and how sweet is the location, Montville Lake Terrace! This place is quite magical, so we can see why Dan and Melika’s incredible Sunshine Coast wedding photographer, Matt Rowe Photography, found so much inspiration when shooting here. Impeccable interior design is just the cherry on top of the icing that is the amazing Montville location the Lake Terrace cottage is located in. This place just screams romance and relaxation, which is why it’s a great spot to stay for your wedding night, and make a little…

These are some of the most beautiful bridal gowns we have seen. Stunning in their design and impeccable in their construct, Jennifer Gifford Designs wedding dresses always bring the pretty in abundance. For a Sunshine Coast beach or hinterland wedding, the latest offering from Jennifer Gifford’s made-to-wear collection would be absolute perfection.  We love Jennifer Gifford’s designs so madly, truly, deeply that we chose to feature one in our own Marquee Romance styled shoot in Volume 4 of The Bride’s Tree free online bridal magazine.  Designer dressmaker, Jennifer Gifford, loves that personal touch and designing a gown specially for her…

What a week of beautiful things! The first of many was a gorgeous 1950's bridal style shoot, which was shot by an incredible Sunshine Coast wedding photographer at a hinterland property. Then we kept the pretty going with some bridal makeup trends for 2012 from one Sunshine Coast wedding makeup artist with her finger on the pulse.   We tackled hump day with a real wedding, which was amazingly planned in just eight weeks with the help of a very savvy Sunshine Coast wedding planner.  The back end of the week had us bringing you some fab ideas for a…

Happy Saturday, beautiful Sunshine Coast brides! We have a doozy for you today. Sunshine Coast wedding photographer, Karen Buckle Photography is one of our absolute favourites, and for good reason. Her images are undeniably stunning, and today’s Photo of the Week is absolutely no exception.  Aideen married Elijah, and looked amazingly beautiful and confident. This picture really says it all. What a memory they have in this one image, in this one moment. He is a lucky man, and he knows it. It’s all eyes on Aideen for her special day! We LOVE!     

The musical selections played at your wedding can really set the tone of the celebration, and none more than your walking down the aisle song and your first dance song, or bridal waltz song. It’s also a moment you will have to revel in the romance of dancing with your husband for the very first time!  If you don’t have a song that’s both meaningful to you as a couple and appropriate for this very important moment in front of all your family and friends, you might be lucky enough to find one to suit your particular tastes in this…

The day Lara married her soul mate, Tim, couldn’t come soon enough. In fact, this loved up couple were so keen to kick off their married life together, they planned their entire wedding in just eight weeks! It was a bold move, but they pulled it off. Of course this ambitious idea was not something they could have achieved on their own, so they enlisted the help of wedding planner and coordinator, Emma from Wild Heart Weddings.  Lara and Tim say hiring Emma from Wild Heart Weddings to help plan their wedding, as well as coordinate the whole event on the day, was…

Today we have a guest blog post from one of the Sunshine Coast’s amazing wedding makeup artists, Tasleema Nigh Makeup Artist. We asked Tasleema to share her expertise in the wedding makeup trends about to hit us for 2013 weddings, as well as images of her amazing bridal makeup work.  More and more brides are requesting natural makeup, most specifically in the foundation department.  Natural makeup means soft eyes, lips and cheeks in shades of pinks, peaches or browns depending on your colouring.  There is a big trend towards vintage which in terms of makeup means soft muted smokey eyes…

The 1940’s were all about glamour and extravagance when it comes to ladies and their style. Brides today take elements from the 1940’s era and infuse them with contemporary styles to make for an extremely elegant wedding day look.  Some incredible Sunshine Coast wedding professionals came together to create this stunning shoot with oodles of glamour and style. The bride was pure vintage Hollywood movie star glamour with sleek finger waves and pin curl rolls, chocolate brown smoky eye colours, vintage claret lips, and of course the classic beauty spot! The bride carried a bouquet made of red ippeastrums, red…

The big news this week is we launched Volume 4 of The Bride's Tree Free Online Bridal Magazine. It's a beautiful edition, full of the prettiest of pretty things, if we do say so ourselves.  The rest of the week was just as special. We kicked off the week with a wonderful way to ask your besties to be your bridesmaids. We shared what we thoroughly believe to be the cutest flowergirl dresses we have ever seen, and some sweet styling to boot. We gave you all the details of a Latin American wedding ceremony custom we adore and a…

This lovely Sunshine Coast bride and groom wanted something fun for their engagement shoot. That sure is what they got! We love what the lovely Kristy from A Look Photography has done to make this the most fun engagment shoot we have ever seen!  Those balloons look like they have enough helium to take the bride flying, but something tells us this lucky groom will never let her go. Happy Saturday, lovely Sunshine Coast brides!