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Stacey loves Darren | Wedding at Novotel Sunshine Coast Resort

Sally Townsend — Sun, 05 Jan 2020 16:30:14 +0000

The love between financial officer, Stacey, and electrician, Darryn, grew fast and is furiously unconditional. The Brisbane couple’s love story has taken place in some very special locations. The Sunshine Coast was their chosen wedding location since they’ve many fond memories holidaying together here. Then it was off to Bali for their honeymoon – a no-brainer since it’s where Darryn proposed.

Stacey has kindly shared all her Sunshine Coast wedding-planning secrets below, including how their chosen venue, Novotel Sunshine Coast Resort, helped them to save money. Might I add, they also have super fun golf buggies for the bridal party to get around in, and very photogenic bungalows over the water to get your wedding morning pamper on.

Wedding Planning Priorities

Our most important priorities were to secure a stunning venue on the beautiful Sunshine Coast where we could have everything at the one location which could also provide lovely accommodation for our guests. It was also very important to us for our guests to enjoy flowing drinks, delicious food and live entertainment pre-reception and throughout the reception until close.

We both holiday regularly to the beautiful Sunshine Coast and find it such a beautiful tranquil location. We also wanted to have our wedding closer to the ocean.

Our Dream Team

Each and every one of our suppliers were amazing, and we would highly recommend each and every one of them, they made our day the most amazing day of our lives.

Images by Forever in This Moment Photography

The Proposal

In December 2017 Darryn got down on one knee to propose whilst we were on a beautiful romantic getaway in Bali, he decorated our suite with balloons and flowers which came as a huge surprise to me after a relaxing massage.

How I Knew He Was The One

We fell in love very early, and our love is unconditional. We complement each others lives in so many ways, our relationship has grown effortlessly and honestly, and the life we have created together has been build upon respect, friendship, humour and of course, love.

Wedding Secrets

Biggest splurge: My beautiful wedding gown.

Best money-saving decision: Having our ceremony and reception at the same venue.

Bride’s dress: Pearl Bridal – Beautiful Zavana Bridal Gown

Bride’s accessories: Mother of Pearl Earrings, Pearl Bridal Clips & Pearl Bridal Bag

Bride’s shoes: Saint Laurent Tribute

Groom’s suit: Politix

Groom’s accessories: Tommy Hilfiger Belt & Watch

Groom’s shoes: Aquila

Bridesmaids’ dresses + accessories: Forever New

Bridesmaids’ shoes: Nine West

Groomsmens’ attire: TM Lewin

Honeymoon: Bali

Number of guests: 50

Wedding budget: $30k

Actual cost of wedding: $40k

The Music

Walking Down the Aisle Song: – Brian Adams – Everything I do , I do it for you

Reception Grand Entrance Song: – Calvin Harris – Feel So Close

First Dance Song: Lionel Richie – All Night Long

Leaving Song: Higher Love – Kygo/Whitney Houston

Check out our Spotify playlist of songs to Walk Down The Aisle to – compiled from songs recommended by real couples, and a few of my own suggestions…

Advice for Future Brides and Grooms

Have some R&R time the week prior to your wedding to pamper yourself and to relax you for the biggest day of your life.

Our Next Adventures…

For now we are planning to travel to many more amazing destinations together and work hard so that we can achieve all of our lifelong goals.

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Lush Hamptons Wedding Theme in The Woods | Styled Shoot

Sally Townsend — Mon, 25 Feb 2019 00:35:20 +0000

Twin Waters Golf Club‘s has new outdoors ceremony and reception area. “The Woods” is lush and green, as you would expect for the impeccably maintained golf club. The crew from Cloud Nine Weddings were invited by the venue to create a styled shoot suitable for the surroundings.

Being entrusted with planning the theme and all the finer details, Cloud Nine Weddings got to work creating a style using a favourite colour palette – navy, white and green. The styling crew created a classic elegant Hamptons wedding theme, featuring blue and white ginger vases and stunning cut crystal.

The flowers were abundant arrangements in white and green, lovingly crafted by Magnolia Grove. As the sun set with light filtering through the trees, that’s when the magic happened. Then the fairy lights strung between the trees came a-twinkin’.

Images by Images by Lou O’Brien

Weddings at Twin Waters Golf Club from Jensen & Young on Vimeo.

THANKS FOR SUPPORTING OUR A-LIST VENDORS WHO MADE THIS SHOOT SO DARN GORGEOUS…

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Ellishea loves Dylan | Chapel Wedding Montville

Sally Townsend — Mon, 11 Feb 2019 12:49:37 +0000

Ellishea and Dylan began and finished their wedding day at the seaside, and in-between their stunning ceremony was held at The Chapel Montville. When they returned to Maroochydore, their photographer fromRaconteur Photography took them to Cotton Tree for their photo shoot in perfect afternoon light.

The evening was spent with their 68 guests at White Ivy Lounge, mingling in the waterfront venue and eating delicious food and cake.

Wedding Day Vision

“Our biggest priority was keeping focused on what it was that we wanted. How did we want to remember the day? What did we want it to look like in our memories, pictures and video? It was so easy to get persuaded by what others might want to you to do, but keeping grounded and communicating with each other was so important. Once we had that everything flowed.”

Love at First Date

“I knew after our first date we would have a long and happy life together. We connect on so many levels, have fun together whatever it is we’re doing and we are best friends.”

Where Ellishea Found Her Sunshine Coast Wedding Vendors

“The Brides Tree, Easy Weddings, images from Pinterest, simple Googling of local suppliers, walking around area’s on foot that we knew we liked (then Googling them!), Etsy, Facebook and Instagram.”

Images by Raconteur Photography

The Chapel

“Early in our relationship we had lunch at Montville with Dylan’s grandparents. Dylan’s Nan made a joke that she would get us hitched at the chapel there. It was awkward and funny the time but it just felt so right to go and check it out once we were engaged.”

Standout Vendors

“Our photographer, Adam, from and videographer, Brittany, from were so amazing on the day and what they produced for us afterwards was better than we could have imagined. They captured all the right moments in the best way, were professional, easygoing”

The Music

Walking down the aisle: Can’t help falling in love – Kina Grannis (from Crazy Rich Asians)

Signing songs: More Than Words – Extreme and What a Wonderful World – Louis Armstrong

Leaving Chapel: Sign, Sealed, Delivered – Stevie Wonder

First Dance: At Last – Beyonce

Check out my playlist, where I’ve collated the best Walk Down the Aisle songs from real brides, plus a few suggestions of my own…

Wedding Secrets

Biggest splurge: Having the ceremony at the Chapel, there were lots of cheaper options but it was the perfect spot for us.

Best money-saving decision: I would say the bar at the reception, drinks were paid by the guests in lieu of any wedding gifts.

Bride’s dress: White Lily Couture

Earrings: Etsy – Dearie Accessories.

Veil: Hand-sewn and individually beaded by myself!

Bride’s shoes: Wittner

Groom’s attire: Stuart Suit Specialist & Florsheim

Page boy’s attire: David Jones

DIY: I did a fair bit of organising myself, particularly the tablescaping and set up of the reception

Honeymoon: Canada

Number of guests: 68

Wedding budget: $20,000

Actual cost of wedding: $25,000

Thank you for supporting our A-List Vendors who helped make Ellishea + Dylan’s wedding so spectacular…

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Renee loves Dominic | Noosa Beach Wedding

Sally Townsend — Sun, 07 Oct 2018 19:15:19 +0000

Sunshine Coast locals, Renee and Dominic, recently moved to the area and decided they wanted to marry in a place that represented the life they were building together. Their Noosa beach wedding ceremony was held at Maison La Plage on Noosa Main Beach among 140 guests. They followed with a reception at Locale Noosa.

Best Friends

“Dom was not only my boyfriend, but over the five years of dating he became my best friend. He is the most supportive, loyal, funny, trustworthy and dedicated person. He Has helped me and supported me to achieve my goals in life. I could not imagine my life without him in it.”

Stand-out Suppliers

“Alan Hughes – what an amazing guy Alan is. He captured the most amazing pictures for us which will be lasting memories. He just blended in with the day.

“Cloud nine – from the moment we decided to go with cloud nine they were so helpful with answering my many questions to creating and transforming our venues to an elegant and beautiful place for people to celebrate our special day.

“Locale – WOW! What a venue. The service they provided to all our guests was incredible. The food was incredible. The atmosphere was incredible. We Had many comments on how amazing this venue was.”

Images by Alan Hughes Photography

Wedding Music

Walking down the aisle: Feels like home by Chantal Kreviazuk

Reception entrance: Happy Together by The Turtles

First dance: Dive by Ed Sheeran

Have a listen of the playlist I created with suggestions from real brides, and a few of my own suggestions, too.

The Most Emotional Moment

“We were able to share the news with our family and friends that come December we would be welcoming our first baby.”

The Proposal

“We were travelling through Europe and arrived in Santorini. We checked into our room which had a private balcony that overlooked the Caldera. There was a lovely bottle of wine and beautiful bunch of roses set up in our room. I walked out to the balcony to take in the breathtaking view and when I turned around Dom was standing behind me. He started to talk about how amazing our relationship was and how he wanted to spend the rest of his life with me. He dropped to one knee and asked me if I would marry him. Of course I could not say no!”

Wedding Secrets

Biggest splurge: The reception – we wanted food that represented our heritage and could provide a great atmosphere for all of our guest.

Best money-saving decision: Not hiring a car to arrive to the wedding in. We opted for an Uber for all the girls and to my surprise a jaguar arrived to transport the girls to the ceremony location.

Bride’s dress: Wendy Makin Bridal Designs

Bride’s earrings: Swarovski

Bride’s shoes: Myer

Bridesmaids’ dresses: Show Me Your Mumu

Bridesmaids’ accessories: Sportsgirl

Bridesmaids’ shoes: Betts Shoes

Groom’s attire: Politix

DIY: Wedding ceremony booklets

Honeymoon: Spicers Tamarind Retreat

Number of guests: 140

Wedding budget: $45,000

Actual cost of wedding: $55,000

Bride-to-Bride Advice

“Don’t let the planning and minor details get in the way of remembering what this day is really about – you marrying the person that you love. This day should represent you as a couple.”

Next Big Adventure

“Our next big adventure is welcoming the first of our children in December. What an amazing adventure this is going to be!”

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Ella loves Eric | Wedding at The Lakehouse Sunshine Coast

Sally Townsend — Wed, 28 Mar 2018 02:26:35 +0000

Ella says her favourite part of her wedding day was when her now husband, Eric, recited his vows. She says Eric’s beautiful nature, giving soul and his quirks are the main reasons why she married him. Apparently Eric is cultured and a wonderful life teacher, and the man certainly knows how to wear his heart on his sleeve, as you will see from their wedding film below!

The couple were married atThe Lakehouse – Sunshine Coast with 90-odd family and friends gathered to witness. They chose to have their ceremony and reception in the one place so their guests could relax throughout the afternoon. Cloud Nine Weddings made their ceremony on the lake look absolutely divine with gorgeous florals by Magnolia Grove featuring impressive King Protea and a sweet touch of blue thistle, which brought out the colour of the beautiful bride’s eyes.

The Proposal

We went to Melbourne for my 29th birthday, it was freezing cold and rainy, but we ventured out into the rain to find to a nice fancy restaurant for my birthday dinner. We had finished dinner and went walking. We found a nice photo spot and Eric insisted I stand up on this big rock to get the prime photo, which I struggled to get up onto after it being raining and slippery! After fixing myself and readying for the photo I turned around – Eric had a little box out and asked me to marry him!

Wedding Music

Aisle walk – Perfect by Ed Sheeran

We’re married! End of ceremony – Just the Way You Are by Bruno Mars

Reception entrance – Is This Love – bob Marley

First dance song – Can’t Help Falling in Love by Haley Reinhart

Throwing the bouquet – Whatta man by Salt n’ Peppa

Advice for Future Brides

Just be calm, enjoy the planning and it will all fall into place as it did for us. The day goes way too quick to stress the small stuff! And we can’t be in control of ‘everything’.

See how the day was lovingly captured by Nicola Holland Photography on stills and BXCSMXTH on film.

Ella & Eric from bxcsmxth on Vimeo.

Wedding Secrets

Biggest splurge: Our videographer – I wanted the best and certainly got that with BXCSMXTH. It’s something we can look back on and show our children in the future.

Best money-saver: Making our own bonbonniere for each guest (succulents).

DIY: A home made arbour for behind the bridal table! My huband and the groomsmen did an amazing job, plus I did a few knick knacks for the reception. Photo frames, favours, and little keepsake mementos for us to look back on.

Honeymoon: Kuala Lumpur and Sumatra (my husband’s village)

Bride’s dress: LUV Bridal

Bride’s accessories: Samantha Wills earrings

Bride’s shoes: Forever New

Bridesmaids’ dresses: ASOS

Bridesmaids’ accessories: The Iconic

Bridesmaids’ shoes: Girls’ own choice of nude-coloured shoe

Groom’s attire: TK Maxx

Groomsmen’s attire: Yd.

Number of guests: 94

Wedding budget: $25,000

Actual cost: Just under $25,000!

Thank you for supporting our A-list Vendors, who made Eric and Ella’s day so perfect…

Learn more about… Nicola Holland Photography + Cloud Nine Weddings + Magnolia Grove + The Lakehouse – Sunshine Coast + Erin Fedele Beauty and Makeup Artistry + Deluxe Kombi Service + Sass & Niki’s Wedding Hair + BXCSMXTH

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Pinboard Love: Magnolia Grove Flowers

Sally Townsend — Wed, 23 Mar 2016 13:34:57 +0000

Who doesn’t want to say goodbye to the working week and jump into the Easter long weekend with some pretty posies? I see no hands, so I’ll proceed.

Magnolia Grove is a team of highly experienced and super professional Sunshine Coast wedding florists. Every week they are creating wedding flowers for brides and grooms beyond their wildest dreams.

Take a peek through their pinboard gallery to gain some floral inspiration for your wedding. Personally, I can’t go past the gorgeous floral anklets for a beach wedding. Divine!

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