THE GOLD COAST WEDDING FESTIVAL – WRAP UP

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The Gold Coast Wedding Festival was just amazing if we do say so ourselves.

It was the perfect weather for the end of Autumn as the industrial venue – Rabbit & Cocoon – is a market style set up with both inside and outside areas. The venue was filled to the brim with the most talented and incredibly friendly wedding creatives on the Gold Coast and beyond. It was set to be a fun night you could feel the anticipation growing in the air.

The bands starting cranking just after 5pm when our guests had knocked off work and headed to the festival to have a great night of wedding planning fun. The brides and grooms to be were cheerfully interacting with our vendors, some who are new to the scene and others who have been perfecting their art for years.

The wedding festival had loads of inspiration, colour, laughs and action with a mammoth fashion parade that was maxed out around the red carpet and orchestrated by The Beauty Case team and Interlaced Media. Our guests had eager eyes checking out the finer details of the beautiful gowns and tailored suits not to mention the models from Katz Management. The Fashion parade featured local and interstate designers. We are so excited that we have vendors traveling from other parts of Australia, like Suzanne Harward Designs, to be a part of the action.

With bellies filled with delicious food and drinks, guests and vendors mingled together like they had been friends from way back. The night went off with out a hitch and we couldn’t have been happier for yet another A Darling Affair event to go down in history as an ‘affair to remember’.

Special thanks goes to our ever so supportive and hardworking sponsor Hello May. We love that they come to our events and get to meet all you beautiful guests and their readers up close and personal. Also a HUGE thanks to When Elephant Met Zebra who works themselves to the bone capturing the wonderful night on camera.

Thank you all for coming. We loved seeing your smiling faces!

We hope you found the perfect wedding supplier for your big day!

There will be more in depth details and images to come of who was at the event and what they do this week. So stay tuned xx

The Belle of The Ball – Hair and Beauty

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We love women who are natural, fun loving, and free spirits. When you are getting married your true inner beauty needs to shine through not covered up with a thick layer of make up or a slicked back fierce hair style.

You want to remember your partners face as you walk down the aisle and see tears roll from their eyes when they see you at your very best. We have the perfect women who can help you to achieve your finest look in both hair and make up to give you that picture perfect glow.

THE BEAUTY CASE

Khesahn and her team at The Beauty Case, where do we start? We couldn’t sing enough praises for this hard working and professional team of women. I have serious writer’s block when it comes to Khesahn as she lives and breathes her work day in and day out. Her drive and passion for what she does is amazing and she only employ’s women with the same traits that deliver high quality work.

The Beauty Case team are women who you want to share your one special morning with getting ready for your big day. They are funny, kind and caring and know how to make you feel special. They know what pampering mean that’s for sure.

The Beauty Case’s work has been featured in countless bridal magazines and websites and their application of hair and beauty styles is flawless.

ALEESHA DARKE – A FASHIONABLE HAIR LIFE

Aleesha is a bubbly and lovely hair stylist that we have come to enjoy working closely with. Aleesha was behind the scenes on our last Brisbane Fashion Parade and worked her magic fingers to give our models beautiful natural hairstyles that suited the ladies faces. This is what you should be looking at when you hire a professional to do your wedding day hair, a style to compliment your face.

Aleesha’s signature style, is natural, soft and romantic. Her dedication to her art, her talent for bringing out the best in everyone and infectious personality are evident to all that know her. She currently lives on the Gold Coast traveling Overseas and Australia wide.

AMY LOUISE HAIR

Amy started chasing her dream at the age of 16 working in a small suburban salon, that was 13 years ago. Since then she has had experience that has sent her up and down the eastern Australian coastline to further her skills as a hair stylist.

Amy took the leap two years ago and started her own business fulfilling the dream she always had. Now two years later, it’s going strong and Amy couldn’t be happier!

When Amy is not beautifying her lovely clients in the salon you will find her looking after beautiful brides to be on their special day, travelling as far south as Byron and North to the Sunshine Coast.

MADE WITH LOVE – JEWELLERY DESIGNERS

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A Darling Affair’s humble beginnings came with a passion for handmade local arts and crafts. We are avid supporters of hard work and love for a person’s craft in the wedding industry. These two wedding vendors have these qualities overflowing from their very soul.

One of us in the ADA team has a sense of awe when it comes to jewellery making. Have you ever made a piece of jewellery from scratch? Have you visited a jeweller’s workshop? Well you are in for a treat on Friday night when you meet these adorable women at the Gold Coast Wedding Festival.

You will know that every piece that they have made has been touched by the creator’s hand when you put it on. These women craft custom pieces for your wedding day to make you feel extra special, to make you feel like a woman in all her glory.

FRANKLY MY DEAR

Australian duo Samantha Martin and Amber-Jade Scherrenberg’s Frankly My Dear Store has made their mark on the Australian jewellery scene with a love and friendship that has allowed the brand to flourish in the most intimate of ways.

Frankie was born in 2012, sparking not only an indescribable amount of joy in the founder of Frankly My Dear, Samantha Martin, but also, inspiration. Sammi found a synergy of creativity, style along with her love of working with her hands that has consistently transcended through each unique piece.

Amber-Jade Scherrenberg stood alongside Sammi on her wedding day and she continues to stand by her with an incredible talent for developing business’. A Bond University graduate, Amber has joined forces with her dear friend of eight years and former co-worker to continue to create quality and most importantly, memorable statement pieces.

Stemming from an insatiable desire to make every woman feel beautiful, each Frankly My Dear piece is hand made with integrity, love and a bohemian influence that are affordable, unique and above all a reflection of pure friendship.

MEEKZ CONTEMPORARY JEWELLERY

Jemica, from Meekz Contemporary Jewellery has always been passionate about art and design. She studied fine art and trained to become a qualified jeweller. Relocating to the country to be with family, Jemica found home and was able to transform an old horse stable into her studio and pursue her jewellery full time.

Meekz Contemporary Jewellery offers a range of handmade recycled jewellery that is ethically responsible and follow environmentally friendly practices. Inspired by fashion design, costume jewellery and urban geometric form, Jemica creates custom pieces that can be individually personalised to suit your needs.

Jemica also provides a unique experience by holding a one on one masterclass for couples. Why not begin your new journey together and create each other’s unique wedding band. Now that is so beautiful!

LADIES DAY OUT!

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Are you and your gal pals not the ones to have a drunken boozy night for your hens that you can’t even remember the next day?

Do you want an ‘experience’ and try to get reach your full potential and be calm, cool and collected so you can enjoy your big day?

Well it’s simple you need one or both of these unique services to help you out. When we came across them we were blown away!

LUNA AND LACE

Angela from Luna and Lace loves bringing women together to laugh, have fun, create and bond. Luna and Lace developed naturally after Angela went to a few hen’s nights that were a bit of a flop. What Luna and Lace promotes are a refreshing alternative to these ‘traditional’ hen’s parties and turning it on it’s head making women feel good, not a horrible mess.

With many different packages to choose from Angela organises boutique bridal showers based in Byron. Take me there now i say!

Just listen to the name of some of the packages: Breathe, Create, Pamper – Divine Goddess, Blessing Way. Have you been swept off your feet? Are you relaxed already? Well here are some images to tip you over the edge and will make you want to book straight away!

LOVE ME DEARLY

Love Me Dearly was created by Sarnia who has always had a passion for fitness and events, so she has combined the both fields of expertise into one. Her team provide wedding planning, fitness coaching, bridal boot camps and workshops.

Love Me Dearly helps brides get into shape and can take the stress away of planning your big day.

Ultimately, their goal is to share our knowledge & passion with you so you can be balanced, happy, and be the best you can be on your special day and always.

HAIR & MAKEUP SPECIALISTS

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Two crucial elements to a brides day, is her makeup and hair. With the restless and excited sleep the night before your big day, you really need to be in the hands of a professional to touch up, conceal and most importantly beautify your face and rustle up that bed hair into something glamourous.

It’s one big day you can go all out and really treat yourself and your bridal party to the most wonderful make over. It’s such a fun occasion with loads of giggles, laughs and tears when your getting ready. You need to have wonderful hair and makeup artists who love what they do and make you feel comfortable and look a million bucks.

PEEKABOO MAKEUP

The gorgeous ladies from Peekaboo are not only makeup artists but they do the whole shebang! Yep that’s right, makeup, hair styling and spray tanning. It’s really clever of a bride to book one company who is a trick of many trades rather than having separate businesses who don’t know each other and who have different visions for your wedding day style.

Peekaboo Makeup have been featured in many of the on trend bridal magazines with some stunning photo shoots up their sleeves. Just check out their facebook page for a quick sample of their exceptional and flawless styles and looks.

The team are bright, bubbly and love what they do and will make your wedding preparation morning a whole lot of fun. Just let their hands work their magic and you will be one glowing bride!

BLISSFUL MAKEUP

Karla from Blissful Makeup is just the sweetest thing. Pleasant and soft natured, her personality transfers over to the makeup skills she has mastered.

Working alongside many of Brisbanes’s finest in the wedding industry, Karla is constantly exposed to what’s on trend and what the modern day bride is after. She will understand your taste and preference in make up, and will achieve a flawless and stunning finish on your face that will accentuate your finer features.

Karla is always gushing over her lovely brides that she gets to work with. You can see the real weddings she has worked on over on her facebook page and the joy that she gets out of her work. So if you haven’t picked up on it already, we think Blissful Makeup is amazing.

VELBELLA

Now Velbella is something unique and different all together. You can either be a total DIY bride or get the ladies from the Velbella to work their magic on you.

Let me explain. Velbella specialises in the makeup technique of airbrushing. You can either purchase one of their air brushing kits and do it yourself – which is a great investment for your future events that you attend well after your wedding day OR if you don’t feel 100% confident the team can come to you and beautify you and your bridal party.

Check out their website for more details about their products and kits available for purchase.

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BRISBANE FASHION PARADE – PART 2

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The lunch time crowd at The Brisbane Wedding Fair hung around and grabbed their seats early for the next installment of the 1 of 3 fashion parades. Each fashion parade featured a new bridal gown designer and this time it was Anna Dutton Couture‘s turn to wow the crowd.

Anna is located in Mackay and flew in for the event – however in saying that she works a lot with Brisbane brides and loves the variety in clients that she has in the broader area.

Black Jacket Suiting joined the parade line up with the brides-to-be looking closely and imagining their grooms in them as the guy models were strutting their stuff – or were they just checking out the guys? Either way the models looked great in them.

The Beauty Case was on hand for touch ups on the make up after round one and also Aleesha Darke – A Fashionable Hair Life, both working their magic all over again. Both these teams were professionals at the highest level, relaxed and calm and knew their way around their brushes so the models from Mystique Model Management looked gorgeous in the crazy heat wave that hit Brisbane that day.

These gorgeous images were captured by the When Elephant Met Zebra photography team and we are so excited to look at them again and relive the whole experience. For some of you this is the first time seeing these images – maybe you couldn’t make it to the event – so enjoy! x

A special thanks goes to Interlaced Media for their backstage support and also to Autumn Grove Events for supplying the gorgeous tree that created a beautiful backdrop to our fashion parade. xx

Brisbane Fashion Parade – Part 1

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Well, well, well.

Brides and grooms-to-be came out in full force for the first fashion parade of the day and we couldn’t have been more pleased and what a show it was. It was just stunning and one of us from the A Darling Affair team even shed a tear because of the beauty of it all.

Autumn Grove Events set the scene with their inspiring and jaw dropping hand crafted vintage tree filling the room as a backdrop to our parade and it’s available for hire too!

Jennifer Gifford Designs showed off her gorgeous award winning gowns. Textures, patterns, lace, fitted and flowing gowns, floated down the runway on our gorgeous models giving a fantastic diversity of designs that Jennifer tailor makes to her brides and their individual tastes.

Combined with the fantastic ever flawless make up of The Beauty Case, giving you a ‘real brides make up’ look up close rather than ‘parade makeup’ and hair by Aleesha Darke – A Fashionable Hair Life, our brides-to-be could really get inspired by the variety of styles.

We certainly don’t forgot the men in our lives, and the suits made to perfection by Urbbana were also centre stage and are of high quality that was easily evident on the catwalk.

The parade went off without a hitch thanks to the efforts of Interlaced Media and their calm, behind the scenes approach for such a huge event.

We highly recommend all these vendors and have worked with them all in the past and couldn’t be more happy to show them off to those who attended on the day and also to those that couldn’t and are still searching for their special day. Presented in gorgeous photo’s taken by our hard working photography sponsor – When Elephant Met Zebra – we hope you get inspired all over again and find your perfect wedding professional.

Models credit: Mystique Model Management