Meet Nicole Hopkins | Splash Events Director

24th January 2022

She was the first stylist we ever worked with when we started The Bride's Tree magazine, and after 15 years in business, she now runs the largest events company on the Sunshine Coast with an incredibly talented and passionate team.

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Styled Shoot: Sparkles and Light

8th October 2014

We were out on a super busy day yesterday with a gah-gah gorgeous styled shoot for our upcoming magazine edition, due out at the end of this month. I started to get nostalgic about one of my favourite shoots we featured this time last year. Let us flashback…  One of the prettiest styled shoots we have ever featured can be found on the pages of our free online magazine as our cover story for October 2013. It’s full of sparkles and glitter and all things gorgeous. A bunch of our A-list Vendors are responsible for creating this magical wedding inspiration, which makes…

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Bridal Boudoir in the Woods

10th April 2014

You may remember a few months ago we held a competition to win a bridal boudoir photo shoot. For our lucky winner, Renee, the two most important things were to use her own bridal veil and to have the shoot take place outdoors. Renee decided on an ethereal feel to her shoot, and as you can see the results are just beautiful – classy, modest and sophisticated. //// Wedding photographer Jodi McDonald found the perfect woodsy Sunshine Coast location and, of course, took these gorgeous photographs. Trish from TF Makeup did a fabulous job on Renee’s makeup, which perfectly complemented…

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High Tea Bridal Shower

21st March 2012

If you are going to have your sister plan your bridal shower, make sure she is an incredible, creative event stylist. If you achieve this one simple thing straight up, the rest will be a breeze.  At least that's what lovely Sunshine Coast bride, Jane, found when she enlisted the help of her sister, Hayley Shum of Hayley Wholehearted, for the job of planning and executing her very special high tea bridal shower. from the decorating, to the food, the flowers and of course the tea cups, everything was perfect. The party was full of ladylike loveliness and genuine vintage pretties that…

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Hi, I’m Sally, Founder and Editor of The Bride’s Tree. Over the past 13 years I’ve written thousands of articles about all things wedding from tips and trends to etiquette and ideas. On this blog I bring you the best of Sunshine Coast and Brisbane weddings.