High school sweethearts, Molly and Isaac, had one of the most unique and cool country weddings we’ve seen. Back in 2019, the pair were married in a countryside setting, yet they included tons of contemporary details in their wedding fashion and styling. 

From head to toe, the bride was a vision of modern personal style with on-trend head-turning elements, like her metallic silver boots and long shimmering cape. 

After getting ready at her parent’s local Sunshine Coast home, Molly took off in style  in an FJ stretch Holden. Her er hubby-to-be, Isaac, was awaiting her under an arbour of greenery and white florals, which offset her bridesmaids’ deep green dresses. 

Molly has kindly shared her wedding planning journey with us in her own words. Images by Yani Rae Photography 

My Wedding Day Posse

All my favourite girls. They were there to jump on my bed and wake me up, right through to offering their dresses to me when we noticed my dance outfit was missing right before our first dance!

Most Unforgettable Moment

The lightning strikes and cracks throughout our ceremony. It was so memorable that we both got lightning tattoos a couple days after. A beautiful storm rolled through right when our ceremony was scheduled. It had the darkest rumbling clouds I’ve ever seen which created such a moody, emotional and beautiful atmosphere.

The One Thing I’d Change

I would tell myself to stop checking the radar… you can’t control the weather and that storm will end up being one of your favourite parts of the day.

The Proposal

Isaac invited me to meet at our local beach lookout (Point Cartwright) where his Mum’s memorial is. He wanted to place flowers and watch the sunset together – nothing unusual for us. He then got down on one knee and popped the question while our family and a photographer watched from the bushes! We celebrated with lots of tears and champagne.

Why I Married Him

Isaac is the most loving, kind-hearted and dorky person I know! We have grown through so much together and I simply couldn’t imagine life without him.

Wedding Secrets

Biggest splurge: We were able to get the incredible David from Josué Films to film our wedding video. He was worth every cent and more! David crawled under fences, whizzed us around the property in his car and got amongst the dance floor to capture every moment.

Bride’s attire: Two-piece by Marilyn Crystelle Bridal, Haven Cape by Chosen by One Day Bridal

Hat: Bridal Ivory Rancher hat from Lack of Color

Boots: Style Tread

Groom’s and groomsmen’s attire: Suits Direct

Groomsmen’s suspenders: LondonJaeApparel – Etsy

Bridesmaids’ dresses: Bec and Bridge

DIY: Creating our DIY confetti cones were a fun crafter-noon activity leading up to the day!

Honeymoon: Hawaii

Number of guests: 120

Advice for Future Brides

Someone gave me this advice before our wedding and I would love to pass it on! Take a couple of minutes to stand back away from the party to just admire and enjoy this moment with your partner. Watch your family and friends dance, drink and celebrate your love.

Our Next Adventure

Saving for a house.. or maybe a potential baby Witten. We don’t know which will happen first!

Photographer: Yani Rae Photography | Cinematographer: Josué Films | Florist: From the Garden Bouquets | Catering: Safe Hands Catering | Cake: Tome | Transport: F.J Indulgence | Makeup artist: Sally Townsend Makeup Artistry | Hair: Sass & Niki’s Wedding Hair | Styling: Boho Sisters | Entertainment: Josie Cubis | Venue: Yabbaloumba Retreat | Dance instruction: Templeton Dance Studio | Celebrant: James McLauchlan | Photo booth: Kombi Kartel Photo Booth | Teepee camping hire: Pitch Luxury Camping

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Grace says the storm that started from 5:00am on her wedding day to Nick didn’t phase her whatsoever, even when it continued all day long. She put down her calmness to be a lot to do with her faith in Sunshine Coast wedding photographer, Emma Nayler, who she knew would capture her day beautifully, no matter what. That’s why she booked her date around Emma’s availability. 

Grace shares her wedding day story below… 

Our Highest Wedding Day Priority

Second to our photography, we put our guests as high priority. We wanted to make sure no one left hungry and everyone danced the night away. Our caterers and entertainment were a huge part in making this work.

The Most Unforgettable Wedding Day Memory

My dad seeing me in my dress for the first time. His reaction was absolutely priceless and something I will cherish forever.

Our Biggest Wedding-planning Challenge

Sticking to the budget was definitely a challenge. All our vendors were worth every cent though and we wouldn’t change a thing.

Images by Emma Nayler Photographer

Our Stand-out Vendors

Emma Nayler Photographer – We picked our wedding date around Emma‘s availability. I had never imagined anyone else doing my wedding photos and it was the best decision we made.

Branch and Blossom, our florist – The flexibility and advice they gave was second to none in helping us achieve the florals we dreamed about, within our budget.

MCP Film – This was a huge decision for us as we weren’t sure if we would stretch the budget for film, but MCP not only filmed for us, but Jessica corrected my makeup and Mickey fixed the boys ties. They really blended to be a part of the bridal party.

Music

Walking down the aisle: If This Is It – Newton Faulkner

Bridal party entrance: You Make My Dreams – Hall and Oates

Our first dance: From The Ground Up by Dan & Shay

Check out this First Dance playlist, curated by me using songs from real weddings, and a few of my own suggestions… 

Things We Wouldn’t Change for the World

I wouldn’t change a thing about the day (honestly!), but I would definitely take more time to enjoy the planning process. Looking back, that was some of the most exciting times – meeting new vendors, taste testing cakes, picking out flowers, choosing the venue!

Our ceremony was perfect. We chose a non-traditional ceremony, and our celebrant made our ceremony entirely personalised. It was inclusive of our guests and if they weren’t laughing they were crying. We received so many compliments about our ceremony and we felt so comfortable sharing our story with our friends and family thanks to our celebrant.

The Most Emotional Moment of the Day

Meeting Nick at the end of the altar. Finally seeing each other for the first time after all the wild weather we had and just being able to take a moment to check in on each other and realise we were finally getting married. It definitely felt surreal.

Wedding Secrets

Biggest splurge: My wedding dress! I had a particular designer and price in mind but I had a moment when I put something on that just felt right! Cliché, I know, but it actually happens!

Best money-saving decision: Re-purposing our flowers. Our florist was amazing at designing our floral arrangements so that they could be repurposed during the reception for styling. Our arbour flowers were used on the bridal table and tables ends and the various bouquets were placed in vases throughout the reception.

DIY: Stationary and signage! At the time I worked in Graphic Design and printing so I was able to design, print and hand-make all our stationery. We also set the outdoor reception styling ourselves using our own outdoor furniture, hay bales, crates and lighting.

Bride’s dress: Ferrari Formalwear – ‘Adara’ by Wilderly

Veil: Ferrari Formalwear

Shoes: Nine West

Groom’s and groomsmen’s suit: Ferrari Formalwear

Belt + shoes: Tarocash

Cufflinks: David Jones

Ties: Connor

Pocket squares: Handmade

Rings: Michael Hill Jeweller

Bridesmaids’ dresses: Show Me Your Mumu

Bridesmaids’ accessories: Lovisa

Bridesmaids’ shoes: Novo

Honeymoon: Hamilton Island

Number of guests: 85

Wedding budget: $30,000

Actual cost of wedding: $40,000

Advice for Future Brides and Grooms

Don’t fret the weather! Our photographer managed to create the most amazing shots with the weather we were dealt on our wedding day. We had storms from around 5:00am that morning and carried on all day. My mum still can’t believe how relaxed I was as it stormed all day, but it honestly never bothered me! I just couldn’t wait to get down the aisle and see my man!

Our Next Big Adventure

We absolutely can’t wait to start a family so our next step is to renovate and sell our house so we can buy our dream family property. A nice house on a piece of land just like we were raised on.

The Crew

Photographer: Emma Nayler Photographer | Videographer: MCP Film | Venue: Yabbaloumba Retreat | Florist: Branch & Blossom | Cake: Jessie & Co. | Entertainment: John Veloso Music | Wedding planner: L&L Co Events | Catering: Beauty and the Beard Eats & Events | Favours: Cooloola Colour Graphics | Hair + makeup: Hair Review Gympie | Dance instruction: Bronwyn Molloy Dance Centre | Celebrant: Kath Tilly Marriage Celebrant

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Bridal Beauty

 

Ceremony 

Floral Design

Unique Bar Service 

Say cheese! 

Creative Crew

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Laura + Tom Yabbaloumba Retreat from Rachel Cutler on Vimeo.

Laura and Tom’s private retreat wedding on the Sunshine Coast is one full of lots of love and smiles, all captured in this here wedding film by Tawny Photography & Film.

Visually, the epic drone shots and dreamy montages will get you, but for me the moment when Tom gets choked up reading his vows, saying, “You’re my best friend, my travel buddy, and my one and only” is the killer. This is the kind of moment you want to look back on and feel all the feels in years to come. The moments you can’t recreate, and make that choice to have a wedding videographer worth every cent. 

Videography/drone: Tawny Photography & Film.

Venue: Yabbaloumba Retreat
Celebrant: Cassandra Neilson Coastline Celebrant
Flowers: Willow Bud
Dress: Grace Loves Lace
Hair Uptown Hair Studio
Makeup: Samantha Maddison
Event Stylist: L&L Co. Events

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Sydney-siders Nat and Tom had one main priority for their wedding – fun! They wanted to laugh all day, and I think looking at their images we can all agree – mission accomplished! I had a lot of fun just looking through their wedding album by Alan Hughes Photography, especially seeing no opportunity to show off a few Dirty Dancing-style lifts go wasted! 

About their decision to marry on the Sunshine Coast, Nat said, “I wanted our wedding day to actually feel like a fairytale and you can’t do that when your office is three blocks away. The Sunshine Coast is simply calm and charming.” 

Nat generously shared more of their wedding planning details and sage advice for future brides below… 

The Proposal

“I’d been travelling for work all year so Tom came to me and said he wanted to spend Christmas Eve just us. The night before he was frantically packing a picnic and whispering with my roommates but I just assumed it was about my Christmas present! Tom took me up to Luke’s Bluff at O’Reilly’s and we set up the picnic. I started pouring the tea without realising that my mug changed with the heat to say “I want to have tea with you for the rest of our lives. Will you marry me?”. Before I knew it both our mums and our best friends came barreling down the hill to celebrate with us!”

Standout Suppliers 

“Alan and Harry our photographer and videographer were just so much fun. Their work speaks for itself! Cannot thank them enough for the memories we now get to keep! Sandi from Willow Bud did not have an easy task! My brief was that I literally don’t like flowers. She absolutely NAILED it on the day. I was walking down the aisle with a bouquet with the most divine mix of dried natives and what actually looked like angel wings.” 

Most Emotional Moment 

“We lost Tom’s mum only two months before the wedding. She was such a big part of our lives and of organising the whole day and we all wanted her to be there so badly. Her absence was painful but our families were all there for us. Walking down the aisle was a really emotional moment for the both of us, it’s such an overwhelming feeling and we’ll never forget it.” 

The One Thing We Would Do Differently 

“We’d probably try and be more relaxed after the ceremony, we were so hyped after it that it would have been good to take a beat and just take it all in. As for all our vendors I wouldn’t have changed a thing!” 

Wedding Secrets

Biggest splurge: The dress! I couldn’t find anything else like it!

Best money-saver: We restricted our floral and decorations budget to a minimum and let the gorgeous barn at Yandina Station speak for itself, being particular in our choices of floral and decorative set ups to highlight the rustic appeal rather than going all out on flowers and decorative items that would take away from the venue. Also, it’s crazy how al the small things add up so DIY and Ali Express was a BIG cost saver!

Greatest inspiration: The Bride’s Tree, Instagram and Pinterest

Bride’s dress: Darb Bridal Couture

Bride’s shoes: RM Williams 

Groom’s suit: Custom made in Thailand

Groom’s shoes: RM Williams 

Bridesmaids’ dresses: Ali Express! The dresses were a bargain!

Bridesmaids’ shoes: Wittner

Flowergirl’s dress: Princessly 

DIY: The arbour, menus, bombonnieres, name tags, seating chart and the welcome sign. Ali Express was the HERO for all things DIY; couldn’t recommend it enough!

Honeymoon: South America and New York

Number of guests: 85

Wedding budget: $60,000

Actual cost of wedding: $55,000 

Unforgettable Moment

“Our dance was a little wild and very us. We threw in a few of our favourite acro flips and it made it so fun for us and our guests. From there the band really brought the dance floor to life, everybody was up on their feet dancing like maniacs!” 

Advice for Future Brides

“Please stick to your guns! It’s your day, people will get over disagreements but it’s your day to remember forever! Take everything as it is on the day, even mishaps can end up being your favourite memory of all!”

Our Next Big Adventure

“Tom and I have a wacky dream of moving back to Queensland in the next 2 years to open a barn styled cafe on the Sunshine Coast… stay tuned!”

Photography: Alan Hughes Photography | Videography:Harrison Hertrick | Venue + accommodation: Yandina Station | Florist: Willow Bud | Cake: Chocolate2Chilli | Makeup: gjmua | Hair: Coastal Style Mobile Hairdressing | Entertainment: Baker Boys Band | Stationery: Paperless Post | Celebrant: Say I Do with Drew

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One of the most beautiful things about a same sex wedding is that there is so much choice when it comes to tradition and logistics. Of course in modern weddings we can all turn tradition on its ear, but the level of expectation to follow tradition within families can be heavily felt by couples. 

At this point in time, same sex wedding “rules”, for lack of a better term, are being written by each individual couple – or the rule book is being thrown out, is another way of looking at it! 

I was very interested to discover the choices Whitney and Robyn made for their stunning wedding with all the trappings at the Sunshine Coast’s Yandina Station. For example, both beautiful brides wore traditional gowns suited to their own personal styles. Whitney wore a jaw-dropping princess gown with strapless bodice, while Robyn went for a full lace fitted silhouette and donned a veil. They both carried bouquets and had three bridesmaids each, who wore different styles and colours that all blended to create one very pretty pastel colour palette. 

Logistically speaking, the brides took turns being escorted down the aisle and at their reception they simultaneously tossed their bouquets. 

From the fashion to the flowers to the styling, Whitney and Robyn’s wedding was absolutely gorgeous luxury country estate wedding. This film by BXCSMXTH gives you a glimpse into the joy and love shared on the day, as well as all the decorative details. 

Videography BXCSMXTH | Photos Bonnie Jenkins Photography | Venue and catering Yandina Station  | Hire Splash Events | Flowers Ginger Lily Rose | Wedding dresses Karen Willis Holmes + Watters | Brides’ shoes Jimmy Choo + Novo | Brides’ jewellery Samantha Wills  | Makeup Bec James Makeup | Hair KM Makeup Studios + Emma Wilson | Rings Underwoods Fine Jewellers | Celebrant Vogue Vows Celebrancy | Stationery Zazzle + Etsy | Music Unique DJ’s

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Under new ownership, Solothurn Rural Resort has been returned to its former glory with the love, care and dedication from its new owners. To celebrate, some talented Sunshine Coast wedding vendors have put together a styled shoot for your wedding inspirational pleasure. From bride and groom fashion to wedding hair and makeup, this shoot is on point. 

The country setting is stunning with photo opportunities at every turn. Natural surroundings are the highlight of the property, located just outside Maleny in the Sunshine Coast hinterland, but the onsite chapel is also a charming element. Fitted with stained glass windows, rich slate flooring and wooden pews, the interior of the chapel is matched in vintage style by the chapel’s exterior facade. The quaint country chapel vibes are complete with stone wall and lush tree. 

A country setting like this lends itself perfectly to a vintage style incorporating a few quintessentially Australian elements, like a pony, rustic wooden fences and native Australian blooms in the contemporary style bouquet. 

Images by Life & Love Photography

Photographer: Life & Love Photography | Location: Solothurn Rural Resort | Hair + makeup: Evoque Makeup Artistry | Dress: Marilyn Cristelle Bridal | Suits and ties: Suits Direct | Pink Bouquet and buttonhole: Woods and Bloom | Hair pieces: CC Collective | While silk bouquet and arbour: Carina Ulrich Designs | Models: Kristen Shania and Jared Mahoney | Pony model: Dolly

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For their Yandina wedding, Samantha and Jesse invited an intimate group of just 30 guests and spent a modest budget of $15,000 on what they call the perfect day they dreamt of. 

Bride, Samantha, said, “I wouldn’t want to change anything about my wedding. I married the man of my dreams witnessed by close friends and family.” 

Samantha kindly shared some more details from her Yandina wedding at countryside venue, The Rocks… 

Sweet Simplicity

“We wanted our wedding to be about us and our love. Our wedding was everything we loved and wanted and the people who came were so important to us. We didn’t want a big fancy wedding but something simple and lovely” 

Venue Perfection 

“The Sunshine Coast is where we live and our venue The Rocks was so beautiful and ticked all our boxes plus more for everything we wanted in our wedding venue. The Rocks staff were amazing, there was always somebody around doing something and the whole day ran so smoothly because there new what they were doing.”

The Proposal

“Jesse took me to a very romantic dinner at The Long Apron, Spicers Clovelly Estate. Opening the menu folder Jesse had arranged for a card saying “will you marry me” to be on the first page of the menu. He got up from his seat and came and got onto one knee. It was so romantic.”

Images by Nicola Holland Photography.

“We found our suppliers at the Sunshine Coast Bridal Showcase, in the Sunshine Coast Brides’ Tribe Facebook group and Google.”

“My flowers we were so beautiful, I have dried them and they are sitting on my dining table still.”

“For our next adventure we would love to travel more and renovate our house.”

Wedding Secrets

Biggest splurge: My wedding car 1948 F1 Ford Pick Up. These are beautiful cars so to find one for my wedding was very special.

Best money-savers: Mum made the top tear of my wedding cake and my sisters are hairdressers so they did our hair for the day.

Bride’s dress: LUV Bridal

Bride’s shoes: Sandler

Groom’s attire: Tarocash 

Honeymoon: England, Scotland & Northern Ireland 

Number of guests: 30

Wedding budget: $15,000 

Actual cost of wedding: Not sure, but I didn’t go over budget!

SAMANTHA & JESSE | THE ROCKS YANDINA from Graeme Passmore on Vimeo.

Photographer: Nicola Holland Photography | Videographer: Graeme Passmore Photography + Wedding Films | Venue, Catering + Flowers: The Rocks, Yandina | Makeup: Jenna Turner Makeup Artistry | Hair: Out & About Mobile Hair , Vibe Hairdressing | Transport: Sunshine Coast Classic Car Services | Entertainment: Marty Sima | Celebrant: Kay Walding Celebrant | Master of ceremonies: Daniel Marshall 

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When you really love somebody, you can’t wait anymore than five months to marry them! At least that’s how Alanna and Nate felt when they became engaged. So when they couldn’t find a venue they wanted inside of 12-18 months, they sought out a family property for their wedding instead. 

With a budget of only $12,000 (which they only slightly went beyond!) they pulled together their dream wedding day for 100 of their closest family and friends. 

Why We Got Married 

“Nate is the best person I have ever met. He has so many wonderful qualities that make me love and adore him so much. We have been inseparable since we met and I couldn’t picture my life without him. He really is my best friend and I know that we will have an amazing life together!”

The Proposal

“We were on a ski trip in Japan, on top of a mountain with our friends. We were taking photos of each of the couples. It was our turn last and my friend suggested I turn around in the photo and point at the opposite mountain. I did, and when I turned back around, Nate was down on one knee and gave the most beautiful proposal speech!! I jumped on him after and we kissed in the snow.”

The Wedding Planning 

“We had a five month engagement and all of the halls we tried to hire were booked up for the next 12-18 months! We actually didn’t find wedding planning hard, and had everything done in about three months. But I also have a really amazing husband who did a lot of the planning, research and booking.” 

Photos by White Images

The Most Emotional Moment

“Walking down the aisle and seeing Nate at the end- he was teary and looked so handsome and I was filled with joy, excitement and expectation. And I was already so teary and overcome with emotion, it was amazing to see him after the build up of the day.

“Looking down the aisle before my Dad walked me down, and I asked him if we could run down because I couldn’t wait to marry Nate. My Dad laughed and looked so happy. When we got down to Nate, everything felt so right. I never want to forget that feeling of blissed-out love.”

The Location 

“My brother in law’s grandparents have a beautiful macadamia farm in Wamuran and it was the perfect venue for us. We wanted to have our wedding on the Sunshine Coast because it is such a beautiful part of the World and so close to home for us.”

Bride to Bride Advice… 

“Keep calm! You get to marry your love on the day, so don’t stress because that is the best possible outcome. All of the other parts to the day are just a lovely bonus!

“Eat a substantial breakfast on the morning of your wedding day. You probably won’t feel like eating for the rest of the day because you will be so filled with excitement.”

Wedding Secrets 

Biggest splurge: We wanted a photographer who took beautiful, natural photos. We aren’t into posed photos or over-editing. Chloe at White Images was a dream to work with! She made us feel so comfortable, and we are so happy we chose one of the bigger photography packages.

Best money-saver: Buying a marquee as our wet-weather back-up, we had it set up, but didn’t have to use it for our reception. We sold it on after the wedding, so essentially we hired a marquee for a really low cost!

Bridal gown: Justin Alexander from Sugar & Spice, Chermside

Bride’s accessories: David Jones

Bride’s shoes: Alan Pinkus

Bridesmaids’ dresses: Pilgrim Clothing

Bridesmaids’ accessories: Lovisa

Bridesmaids’ shoes: Famous Footwear

Flowergirl dress: Ebay 

Groom’s and groomsmen’s attire: Politix (jacket), Van Huesen (shirt), David Jones (pants), RUMI (tie) 

Page boy attire: David Jones

DIY: Nate made a donut wall, we made the ceremony seating along with Bruce who owned the property. We set up the entire reception ourselves, with some help from our family and bridal party.

Honeymoon: Tasmania + Byron Bay

Number of guests: 100

Wedding budget: $12,000

Actual cost of wedding: $14,000 

Wedding Music 

Walking down the aisle – Ben Folds ‘The Luckiest’

First dance – John Mayer ‘XO’

Leaving the reception – Rusted Root ‘Send Me On My Way’

Listen to my playlist collation of all the wedding songs real brides have used for their big wedding day moments (and a few suggestions from me too!) 

Photographer: White Images | Cinematographer: Joel Tronoff | Florist: Wallflower | Catering: FB Pizzas | Cake: Cakes by Shaani | Donuts: Krispy Kreme | Makeup: Juliana Cruz | Hair: The Mia Collective | Stationery + signage: Melissa Lee Creative | Gift registry: Peters of Kensington | Officiant: Pastor Alywyn Matt from Downpour Church | Wedding night accommodation: Cabins at The View, Mt. Mee

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Over their nine years together as a couple, Carly and Haydn had built a beautiful life together. The next logical step was to get married. The two best friends and life partners chose to have a homestead wedding on the Sunshine Coast. The invited 118 guests and managed to bring their dream homestead wedding day vision to life with their $28,000 budget. 

The Proposal 

We had just arrived in Ireland for the beginning of our 3-month European backpacking adventure with Haydn and our friend Maddie. We had a camper we were travelling around in for a week to explore beautiful Ireland. It was the most perfect day, sun out and clear blue sky (very rare for Ireland) and we decided to head up to the Cliffs of Moher for the day. The view was spectacular. This is where the proposal occurred, right on the cliff’s edge. It was something I am never going to forget. All the stress of travelling with the ring overseas, getting it through customs without myself finding out was completely worth it in the end. 

Vendor Love 

Daisy & The Duke, honestly, they went above and beyond in everything, best photographers ever. Vanteen Catering. The food was unbelievably good and the guests just kept commenting on how amazing it was. Rebecca from Vanteen was amazing to work with. Johanna and Jayden, they are incredible musicians and really created the perfect atmosphere we were after. Kennilworth Hotel, they also went above and beyond with the drinks package, they catered for everything we needed and more.

Weekend-long Celebrations

It was so good being able to spend time with the guests over the weekend, both with the BBQ we had Friday night and breakfast the morning after the wedding.  It was perfect, better than we ever imagined.

Advice for Future Brides 

Just remember that this is your wedding day, you don’t have to do something because that’s what someone else did at the last wedding you went to. Make it your own and bring your vision to life.

Best Resources 

The Bride’s Tree (so much inspiration for weddings on the coast), Facebook pages and reviews (we choose our food caterer from the Facebook reviews), Google and Pinterest (DIY decoration ideas galore).

Wedding Secrets

Biggest splurge: The Venue! We really wanted a wedding weekend, a place where all the guests could stay for the weekend and soak up the atmosphere. 

Best money-saver: Creating all our own decorations for the tables, the ceremony and reception. A lot of work but completely worth it as we were able to create exactly what we wanted. 

Bridal gown: Destination Bridal from Sugar & Spice 

Bride’s accessories: Lovisa 

Bride’s shoes: Betts Shoes 

Bridesmaids’ dresses: Sheike 

Groom’s and groomsmens’ suits and shoes: Hallenstein Brothers and Roger David 

DIY: Decorations 

Honeymoon: New Zealand 

Guests: 118

Wedding budget: $25,000

Actual amount spent on wedding: $28,000

The Music 

Ceremony Music (All covered by Johanna and Jayden)

Bella – Angus and Julia Stone

Big Jet Plane – Angus and Julia Stone

Believe (like a version) – DMA’s Better

Better Together – Jack Johnson

Reception entrance song: Can’t stop the feeling – Justin Timberlake.

First dance song: Better off (The Captain Planet song) – Ziggy Alberts.  

Photography: Daisy & The Duke Photographers | Venue: Kennilworth Homestead | Hair: Happy Hair | Cake + Makeup: Lauren Finnen (sister of the bride) | Catering: Vanteen Catering | Flowers: DIY | Entertainment: Johanna + Jayden Music | Celebrant: Toni-Maria Gitsham 

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