It's the silly season good and proper. For us business folk, that means lots of parties and opportunities to network. Something that doesn't always come easy, especially if you happen to be an introvert.  //// For those people who know me in my life now, you may be surpised to hear I was a painfully shy child. Yes, it's true! When it came to social situations, I was always nervous, unless I had a close friend or my sister nearby. And still then, I would merely feel like I could actually get through it with someone close to me by…

The sun may be shining, but we are feeling more warmth and inspiritment from this Maleny engagement shoot. Here is what their photographer, Edwina Roberston had to say about the loved-up couple…. //// “Joel and Kayla really liked the idea of having their engagement shoot at Joel’s parents house at Maleny as they are marrying in Brisbane. They really wanted a lovely outdoor backdrop and to have their lovely pooch Molly feature as well. They are both heavily into their fitness and participate in Triathlons so it was lovely for them to experience the outdoors for their session. “The beautiful little old…

I am very pleased to share with you today the charming Maleny wedding of a couple of long-time lovebirds. Already a little family of three, this was an extra special day for their adorable little boy. Elyse and Peter’s chapel ceremony in front of their 50 guests was followed by a photo shoot in the Sunshine Coast hinterland’s most iconic spots with photographer-in-the-know, Chesterton Smith Photography.  Here is the story of Elyse and Peter’s magical day. Enjoy! //// “My mother and my sister-in-law both gave me beautiful garters to wear on the day.” “Pete proposed to me when I was…

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This morning I asked you to guess which sensationally photographed dog belonged to which super-dooper Sunshine Coast photographer. Now it’s time for The Big Reveal. Did you guess correctly? Sid + Lola belong to Katie Takes a Picture “Every now and then I bribe my dogs with cheese and in exchange, they tolerate me doing pretty much anything with them for a few minutes. Because I am a documentary style photographer at heart, sometimes it’s nice to stretch my brain in the other direction and photograph them in a posed way – but definitely not in a light and fluffy…

Just for fun today, we are playing a game here on The Bride’s Tree. It’s called Guess Whose Dog? As you can imagine, the canine-loving photographers on the Sunshine Coast have the most gorgeous pics of their best pals. If you love a furry friend photo oggling sesh, you are going to flip out! What else is the internets for if not for sharing cute dog photos? And these are some seriously cute dog photos! Take a look at these pooches, and see if you can name the photographer they belong to! Our happy guy above leads a very lovely…

Little Cove, Noosa is the perfect beach wedding ceremony location. It is private, serene and hands-down one of the most stunning places in the world. The natural surroundings of the beach, bush and headland are impressively pretty indeed. //// Style Le Aisle are Sunshine Coast wedding decorators, who absolutely love this beach location for Sunshine Coast weddings. They created an inspiring wedding ceremony style we simply adore, and we know you will, too. It is called From Here to Eternity, and it embodies and compliments all the things we love about the serene setting of a Sunshine Coast beach. These gorgeous…

Following on from last week's article on how to take your own fabulous photos of your products for use on social media, today I'd like to share the one thing that could very well make or break your business in terms of marketing and promoting. The wedding industry is nothing if not visual. Complementing and perpetuating this is the endless foray of stunningly gorgeous images from the professional photographers, who work in the industry.  //// As any one of the other kinds of professionals who work in weddings, from celebrants to makeup artists, you no doubt relish in the visual…

It's my baby's birthday today! He is now eight years old. The first thing that means to me is that there is no more booster seat. I will miss it, if I'm honest. I have an attachment to it, which albeit may be unnatural, but I do. It makes me feel like my small giant is not in fact almost a big boy, which is almost a pre-teen, which is almost a teenager, which is almost flying the coup.  Really. First they made me give up his cot. Then his high chair. Then his baby seat – and now this….

Who could forget those gorgeous electric blue shoes Carrie Bradshaw wore when she became Mrs Big/Preston? Those gorgeous little morsels kicked off a trend of brides having brightly coloured shoes with their white gowns. Electric to pastel, blue shoes to accessories, it’s a two-birds with one stone theme – you will have an abundance of luck with Something Blues aplenty!  //// Main image by Level Eleven Photography 1.   Sapphire Dusk Wedding Garter from Rosebud Lips 2.  Twinkletoes Shoes from Hey Lady 3.  Flower bouquet. Photography by Corbin Gurkin, via Style Me Pretty 4.  Suits and blue ties. Photography by Corbin Gurkin, via Style…