On the morning of her wedding, bride Chanel had her mum and her bridesmaids by her side. The plan was to create a relaxed, calm environment, free of chaos, to prepare for the biggest day of her life. Champagne, laughter and pampering made the morning a dream. Later on the bride walked down the aisle at Maison La Plage for a Hastings Street wedding ceremony to the ukelele version of “Over the Rainbow”, completely zen and ready to start her married life with partner, Scott.

Chanel shares some of the highlights of the day and how she planned her dream day.

Finding their Dream Team

“Once we organised our wedding ceremony and reception fit out with Splash everything fell into place. With all the suppliers knowing each other as they had previously worked together it came together very easily, each recommending one another.”

Tricky Proposal

“I had just come home from an overseas holiday and was getting ready to unpack and have a shower when Scott followed me into our bedroom with a shell jewelry box I had bought on my travels. He asked me if I had looked inside it and when I opened it and saw my beautiful ring we both burst into tears. He couldn’t spit out the question before I said ‘Yes.'”

Biggest Priority

“The highest priority was having a great photographer. I have always loved looking through photo albums and we wanted to make sure we had images that we loved forever and would never get sick of looking at.”

Wet Weather Back Up

“Our biggest challenge when planning our wedding was working out the wet weather backup. We tried to ensure there would be no rain on our wedding day so we married in June when it is relatively dry. Luckily we had clear skies but for the days leading up that was a bit of a challenge to organise.”

Images by Tara Lee Photography

Big Love

“Scott is the man of my dreams and everything I could ever wish for in a life partner. He makes me laugh like no one else and continuously does things that make me fall in love with him all over again, one lifetime with Scott would never be enough.”

The Perfect Location

“Scott and myself had always holidayed as children in Noosa and it was the first place we went away together as a couple. It really wasn’t something we had to think about because we both had fallen in love with Noosa. Maison La Plage is located on Noosa beach; having a beach wedding was what we both had wanted. We were lucky enough to find such a perfect location that was so well suited to what we were looking for.”

“Our Photographer, Tara Lee, was an integral to how perfect our wedding day was. She took the most beautiful photographs and allowed Scott and myself check out for an hour while we had our photos taken and enjoy being married – we got lost in the moment celebrating and she was there capturing the whole thing.”

“I loved working with Splash Events – their display room you could get lost in. They worked their magic and made our special day so stunning. “

Wedding Secrets

Biggest splurge: Our Reception was our biggest splurge. We had always wanted to have a Restaurant cater our Wedding and for our special day to continue into the night with a beautiful Dinner for everyone to enjoy.

Best bargain: Our invitations, stationary and thank you cards we purchased online. We didn’t pay someone to create the design for us – we managed to find some we liked and the website allowed us to customize them for free!

Bride’s dress: Elizabeth De Varga

Bride’s accessories: Mimco 

Bride’s shoes: Windsor Smith

Bridesmaids’ dresses: Sheike

Bridesmaids’ accessories: Mimco 

Bridesmaids’ shoes: Windsor Smith

Groom’s and groomsmen’s attire: Saba 

Flowergirl’s dress: Elizabeth De Varga

Honeymoon: Koh Samui

Number of guests: 84

Wedding budget: $60,000 (including pre-wedding celebrations)

Actual cost: On budget!

Photographer: Tara Lee Photography | Venue: Sails Noosa | Florist: Blooms of Noosa | Cake: Cake Designs | Favours: Baked by Belle | Transport: Birti the Bentley | Hair + makeup: Silk Hair and Makeup | Styling + decor: Splash Events | Entertainment: Noosa DJs | Stationery: Minted | Celebrant: Karen Faa | Wedding night accommodation: On the Beach, Noosa

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The ultimate beach wedding destination is of course Queensland’s famous Noosa, so Sarah and Callan chose a wedding venue right in the heart of Noosa, being Outrigger Little Hastings Street. They were married by the pool, and barely escaped getting wet as if they jumped right in! A storm was brewing as they Sarah walked down the aisle, and crept closer as they said their vows, and closer still as they signed their registry. Upon the announcement they were married, they squeezed in a quick couple of congratulatory hugs and kisses, a group photo, before being forced to make a mad dash undercover. 

The rain had no chance of dampening their day, so a backup plan was devised and instead of having their planned beach photos with amazing Sunshine Coast wedding photographer, Images by Lou O’Brien, they were able to make use of the resort’s gorgeous penthouse. However, never fear, the weather ended up clearing, allowing them to venture back to the beach, where their hearts belong, and take a few snaps before their sit-down reception. 

This beach-themed wedding includes shell decorations in a pretty and classy way. 

“One special moment for me was making a note of listening to the music that was playing when I walked down the aisle, it’s a memory I will never forget.”

“I did up a run sheet for the day and that was fantastic. Made life so much easier – I gave a copy to both parents, photographer, the wedding coordinator at the outrigger, and celebrant, so everyone knew when and what was happening.”

“For the ceremony we did a ring ceremony, where the rings get passed around to all the guests throughout the ceremony and they are to give us a wish or prayer.”

“I had my sister as my Maid of Honour and Callan has his best friend as his Groomsman.”

“We decided to ask both our Mums to sign as our witnesses for the day as we wanted to include them somehow.”

Wedding Secrets Revealed

Biggest Splurge: Reception venue and honeymoon

Best money savers: Biggest save was my dress as I already had it. I spent $120 altering it a tiny bit, so it was a little different. And also hair and makeup – I am lucky enough that I did my own and my sister’s and mums. Probably also flowers – after doing the hair for a styled shoot for the One Dress, Three Ways article in The Bride’s Tree magazine Volume One at Anna Bella Chapel, I loved the idea of baby’s breath bouquet, so that is all I had, which saved money as it was not too expensive and I think it was beautiful!

Bridal gown: Bought in 2006 as my school formal dress from Bardot!

Accessories: Bracelets – Collette and earrings – Diva. Together came to under $35

Shoes: Youth Culture at local boutique in Sunshine Plaza – $90. I wore these to our engagement party shoes as well.

Bridesmaid dresses: Sunny Girl at Sunshine Plaza

Bridesmaid’s accessories: Earrings, bracelets and handbag from Collette – under $50

Groom’s and groomsman’s suits and shoes: Suit – $150 ex hire suit from John’s Formalwear in Maroochydore

DIY: I made the invitations, I bought a bird’s cage for the wishing well and had to paint it white, I made our wishing well sign, I put together all of our bombonieres. I bought all the tables decorations and myself and friend set it all up the day before the wedding.

Music: We did up a fairly big playlist for our DJ. The majority was probably songs we love from Triple J but also some new music that we could dance to. Some oldies but goodies too. I think we had a great mix of music as there was lots of dancing happening.

Food: The food was beautiful, we had canapes, entree, main and then cake for dessert. Entrees were prawns and lamb, mains were chicken and steak. It was all delish! 

Number of guests: 57

“The plan was to go down to the beach at Noosa for our photos, but because there was a huge storm right after the ceremony finished, we ended up going to one of the penthouses at the resort to get photos done. When the rain had passed we ended up going down to the beach as well, which was great. “

“We are best friends and we talk to each other about everything.”

“Our wedding planning priorities were finding the right place for the ceremony and reception.and finding songs which we loved and wanted for our special day.”

“We both love the beach so it kind of just happened that we had shells and a beachy theme for the day.”

Sarah and Callan’s Hand-picked Team That Made It All Happen

Photographer: Images by Lou O’Brien

Florist: Ultimate Florist

Venue and Catering: Outrigger Little Hasting Street

Cake: Made by a friend of the bride’s

Hair and Makeup Artist: Sarah did her own, as she is a professional with her own business, Bohobello

Decorators: Circle of Love Weddings Sunshine Coast

DJ: Dj Rick

Celebrant: Suzanne Riley Marriage Celebrant

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