Introducing our FASHIONISTAS!

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COOPER BROTHERS

In a nutshell, who are you and what do you do?

We specialise in custom made ties and bowties that will turn heads and ensure you get noticed.

What is it about weddings that you love so much?

Besides from all the glitz and glam, I just love seeing a bride and groom who are happily in love, ready to start their new life together as husband and wife.

What do you do in your free time?

In my free time I enjoy going outdoors for a bike ride, playing sports and playing guitar

Introducing our STATIONERS!

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PEACHY FLAMINGO

In a nutshell, who are you and what do you do?

I’m a Designer, Illustrator & Tote Creator!

What is it about weddings that you love so much?

The celebration of Love! It is truly one of the happiest and special days that a couple will experience together and to share it with your most favourite people in the world makes it even more special!

What do you do in your free time?

I draw, brainstorm new ideas for my collections, and try to get to a beach & blog. I have a Fiji Destination Wedding Blog called Bula Bride.

MAYTIDE

In a nutshell, who are you and what do you do?

Maytide creates embossed and foiled boutique wedding and event stationery catering for those special few who appreciate the sophistication of simplicity and the value of individuality and personal style. Everything by Maytide is absolutely 100% sustainably produced using recycled materials and handmade processes.

As for me a bit about me. I love pink things, silly old songs, Melbourne, grapes, French films, flower s, soft kitty cats, gold, silver, les bon vivant, blah, blah, blah, all shades of white, electro folk music, neon lights, knitted things, déjà vu, clumsy people, P O P C O R N, and Julien to name just a few!

What do you do in your free time?

Eat fish and chips with my husband, trawl second hand markets, with my husband trailing behind holding the bags, and get as many hugs as I can from my husband.

…yep…corny.

If you were a colour, which colour would you be, and why?

White. I’m trying to be pure…HA! I would also like to be holographic silver sparkle a little bit at the moment.

No really, I love all shades of white. I guess being a stationery artist, I get to use lots of colour, and so I get my satisfaction in white. The different natural whites you find in nature especially thrill me. ie. Snow, cotton balls, recycled papers, flowers and things like that.

For some reason, everyone buys me pink things…I guess I secretly like it too, but I can’t really say I like pink, or LITERALLY my entire apartment will be like a pink elephant…eeeked all over the place.

GEMMA LAUREN INVITATIONS

What is it about weddings that you love so much?

The creative individuality that you see in each different couple and of course 2 people head over heels for each other

What is the most unique thing you’ve seen at a wedding?

Maybe not the most unique thing but it was very sweet… we attended a friend’s wedding by the lake, as their guest book they had all the guests sign an old fashion paddle that belonged to his grandparents. Now that paddle is hung proudly on their wall with their wedding photos and a ton of beautiful memories.

If you were a colour, which colour would you be, and why?

White (I know it’s not really colour) its peaceful, fresh, clean and inspiring a blank canvas

WITH LOVE STATIONERY AND DESIGN

In a nutshell, who are you and what do you do?

WITHLOVE stationery & design specialise in ready-made and custom wedding invitations and stationery, along with a brand new range of stationery products for all those paper extras you might need for the big day – think recycled timber stamps, foiled thank you cards, favour tags, engagement invites and much more. I’m the kinda gal that gets waaaayyyy too excited about paper stocks and I’m a lover of typography and design in general.

What is it about weddings that you love so much?

I’ve always loved weddings, but it was through planning my own wedding that I became hooked. As a graphic designer by day, I needed something to fulfil my desire to create beautiful things and so WITHLOVE was born. It’s so nice to be a part of such a happy celebration – I love meeting engaged couples who are just beaming about what lies ahead.

What do you do in your free time?

When I’m not designing stationery for my amazing couples or dreaming up products for my new stationery range, you’ll find me deeply engrossed in a design or wedding magazine/blog, or chilling with the husband. I also love to indulge in a relaxing bubble bath with my favourite candle, enjoy a G&T and long girly chats with my BFFs, brunch (I can’t express how much I love coffee and brunch!), and hanging out with my puppies, a beagle named Herman (Merman) and a lab x retriever, Kumar.

To see more crafty prettiness, head to our Stationer’s websites:

http://peachyflamingo.prosite.com | http://maytide.com | www.gemmalauren.com | www.withlovestationery.com

Introducing our PHOTO BOOTHS!

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THE PHOTO BOOTH GUYS

In a nutshell, who are you and what do you do?

My name is Max Power and I am the patriarch of The Photo Booth Guys. Along with my children: Max Junior, John Wilkes and Betty B, we turn the awesomeness of weddings up to 11.

What is it about weddings that you love so much?

The thing I love most about weddings, are photo booths. Basically, a wedding is just an elaborate excuse to have a photo booth. We pretty much love ourselves.

What is the most unique thing you’ve seen at a wedding?

One time, at a wedding, I got propositioned by the mother of the bride.

CARAVAN OF SMILES

In a nutshell, who are you and what do you do?

Caravan of Smiles is Australia’s first mobile photobooth caravan. Perfect for weddings, parties, anything! Your guests receive a printed 4 post photostrip to remember the day forever.

What do you do in your free time?

Most free time is spent with the family, although there is always time for golf!

If you were a colour, which colour would you be, and why?

I would be yellow. Yellow is a happy colour.

WHEN ELEPHANT MET ZEBRA

In a nutshell, who are you and what do you do?

We are storytellers, film photographers, and digital J And we have super cool open air photo booths just for fun!!!

What is it about weddings that you love so much?

Our photo booths love weddings .. everyone is looking fabulous and up for a good time, the perfect recipe for some fun photo booth antics 🙂

What is the most unique thing you’ve seen at a wedding?

Well our photo booths have seen some, you could say unique things, all of which provide us with so many laughs, so we may keep those to ourselves 🙂

One idea we did love was when a couple gave the guests mini picture frames as wedding favours which our photo booth strips fit perfectly into.

Find out more about these ridiculously fun photo booths here:

www.thephotoboothguys.com.au | www.noosaphotobooths.com.au | www.whenelephantmetzebra.com

Introducing our FLORISTS!

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TWIG & GRACE

In a nutshell, who are you and what do you do?

We are floral stylists and creative innovators. Designing and styling incredible, heartfelt and memorable weddings and events.

What is the most unique thing you’ve seen at a wedding?

Recently we had the pleasure of creating a 3m giant mega wreath! It was friggin awesome.

If you were a colour, which colour would you be, and why?

Let’s start with intriguing indigo blue oh but I am also partial to a pop of bright red and I do love my moody charcoal greys… really do I have to just be one colour??

Introducing our FILM STARS!

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JASPER & RUBY

In a nutshell, who are you and what do you do?

We make kick ass wedding films. We try to push our own creative boundaries at every wedding. Also, we are husbo and wifey.

What is it about weddings that you love so much?

We believe in marriage and it is such an emotional experience to be part of a couple’s day when they take the leap together and to witness the tangible love in the air. It sounds lame but it is so real. Delyse actually does cry at every wedding.

What do you do in your free time?

Family is very important to us so we spend a lot of our spare time with our son Israel going for bike rides, to the beach, the skate park.

Sweet Wedding Tunes!

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Sending you into the long weekend we are sharing some rockin’ wedding music!

The Gold Coast Wedding Festival had some fantastic music performances that took our event to the next level.

At a wedding you don’t want to hear the crickets chirping or awkward silences. You want to be partying late into the night with all your loved ones. Your night is the celebration to remember!

Cut A Rug

Wedding Favour-ites

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These two suppliers are ones that we just LOVE working with and the ADA crew has their products in our homes. We decorate our houses with a touch of “darling” vendors, we just can’t get enough!

Party Pony Designer Pinata’s

A Darling Affair has a massive crush on pinata’s – with the original pinata bash kicking off at our first ever wedding fair it is a tradition that lives on.

Our guests line up and go all crazy faced bashing the bajinga’s out of these awesomely crafted pinata’s. Brides and Grooms use them at their receptions. They can also be used as decoration hanging from the roof for a geo inspired wedding. Sometimes they are just too pretty to destroy!

Nicola has a brain that never stops creating. Tassels, Bunting, feathers and the list goes on and on! She keeps pulling off incredible displays and The Gold Coast Wedding Festival was not short of a shimmery spectacular.

Blushing Bride to Be

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One of the Darling’s – Carrie – is going to a special event tonight – we’ll fill you in later – and she wishes she had one of these amazing teams living in her back pocket.

The makeup and hair artists from the Gold Coast Wedding Festival.

What we love about these teams is that we have no problems with leaving them to work their magic on our models without us hovering over their shoulder. In short they work magic and when we come back after running around at the fair and stop to watch the fashion parade ourselves we are always blown away.

These experienced teams have qualities we adore. Funny, personable, kind, great listeners, and pleasing to the eye – we mean come on your going to spend your most exciting morning of your life with them getting ready. You need to be able to speak your mind and feel at ease with them.

Take it from one of the Darling’s who had a make up trial for her wedding that made her eyes look like a panda bear. So if you don’t want that experience, then these are the ladies you are looking for:

Elina Valttila Hair and Makeup

The Beauty Case

Kylie’s Professional

Check out their websites for tips, tricks and inspiration for make up and hair. Leave your wedding day prep to the professionals and all will be ok!

Images by: When Elephant Met Zebra

A whole load of sweetness

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Cake and friends is always a great combination. The taste of the smooth mud cake melts in your mouth and you start eyeing of the persons piece next to you as you finish off the last morsels on your own plate. Ok i’m hungry are you?

Well feast your eyes on the sweet goodness that exploded onto the tables at The Gold Coast Wedding Festival. Food inspo at it’s best.

If your looking to book one of these ladies to bake, make and create your wedding cake or dessert table don’t take too long to decide. Some of them are booked months in advance!

Sweet Ruby Cakes

This lady can whip up anything. So much diversity on display…people spent a good while taking it all in at her display.

Milk and Sugar Events

Your go to crew that will last a life time and will see you through all your occasions even after the big ‘I Do’s’.

Perfect for Baby Showers, Bridal Showers, Kitchen Tea’s, Birthdays, Engagements , Weddings, Mothers Day, Christenings, Bapitisms, Graduations, Hen’s day or just an excuse to catch up the with the girls. Keep their contact number on your phones ladies.

Rebellyous Cake Co

Rebel is the best of the best. We can’t get enough of this lady. She knows her craft and delivers A class creations. As you can see the sample cake at the front of her stand was goggled up and crumbs were left!

Perfectly Sweet

The ADA crew are just flabbergasted at what Perfectly Sweet comes up with…every time they make our jaws drop…and we mean EVERY TIME!

Desert table queens hands down! Boom!

If your trying to stay off the sugar and have a detox, i think we might have might have sent you running to the fridge or you’ve opened up your office draw to have your sugar fix! Woops!

Images by: When Elephant Met Zebra

Style It Up!

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The important thing on your wedding day is to create an atmosphere that your going to feel comfortable in. Have surroundings that reflect your personality and to make it special.

A lot of brides think DIY is the way to go, only to find that they turn into ‘bridezilla’ trying to find the perfect table centre piece.

Don’t go down that path! Get a stylist! Hire that perfect piece or go all out and let them take it off your hands, but whatever you do BE INVOLVED and put your heart into the planning with your stylist.

Our recent Gold Coast Wedding Festival Stylists all have unique flair of their own. There was something to suit our brides and grooms individual taste.

None of them do the same thing as you can see for yourself below: