Hair and Make Up at A Darling Affair

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Your wedding day is your one chance to look jaw-droppingly AH-MAZING. You get to spend the whole morning getting fussed over and trust us, you will want people around you who you feel super relaxed and comfortable with (while still trusting that they’ll do a tip top job of making you look and feel your best).

We searched high and low to bring you the best Hair and Make-Up professionals we could for our recent Sunshine Coast Fair and we know that a lot of you have already booked in with some of these vendors (high fives to you! you will LOVE working with these girls). If you’re still on the hunt then let me introduce you to Sass & Niki, Boudoir Blush, The Beauty Case and Kayla Marshall Hair. Awesome chicks with style and great personalities to boot!

Awesome photos by When Elephant Met Zebra!

The Fashion at A Darling Affair

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Aside from the two spectacular fashion shows on the day, we also had a lot of other bridal fashion on show at our Sunshine Coast Fair – and not just for the ladies either! If you didn’t get a chance to see what our creative and unique fashion stars were offering up on the day then fear not Darling – here is a little recap in images to get you through your day.

Thanks to When Elephant Met Zebra for the photos below featuring the stalls from Begitta, Urbanna, Judy Copley, Ivie White and the very cool Cooper Brothers.

The Afternoon Fashion Show – A Wrap Up

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Just in case there wasn’t enough prettiness on display for you at our Sunshine Coast Wedding Fair last weekend, we thought we better provide you with ANOTHER fashion show at 2pm for you to feast your lucky eyes on. This parade featured stunning gowns from the local Judy Copley Bridal, who also provided that amazing dress for our promo shoot earlier this year. Our models got to enjoy the company of the very bubbly, fun and talented girls from The Beauty Case who were in charge of hair and make-up for the afternoon parade and our handsome men were lucky enough to be dressed again by the supremely talented Urbbana.

More amazing photos from When Elephant Met Zebra are about to make your morning so much more enjoyable!

The Morning Fashion Show – A Wrap Up

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Were you one of the faces in the big crowd at our 11.30am fashion show at our recent Sunshine Coast Wedding Fair? If so, you would have seen first hand how amazing our models looked with fantastic images from When Elephant Met Zebra the stunning girls were dressed by Begitta (two of these dresses were brand new and made their debut from the new “White” range!) and had their hair and make-up done by the fabulous Sass & Niki and Boudoir Blush. Our very dapper male models were decked out in AMAZING suits by our favourite – Urbbana.

A HUGE thank you goes to Twig and Grace for the AMAZING fashion parade fit out. An amazingly solid wooden arbour construction fitted out with gorgeous greenery cascading down thew posts is available from their hire range as well as the pallet wall structures. The magic that they created transformed the exterior of the building to a completely new space. The team can create your dream wedding with no doubt. Don’t bother doing it yourself.

When the fashion parade was over the crowd followed the the models down to the marquee and lounged in the Bridal lounge by Simply Style Co for our guests to have a closer look at the beautiful gowns.

Don’t panic if you weren’t able to make the morning show Darlings, we’ve got all the images of the prettiness right here for you to feast your eyes on.

So. Many. PRIZES!

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Image credit: When Elephant Met Zebra

This year’s Sunshine Coast Wedding fair is our BIGGEST and BEST yet! We’ve got more than 50 vendors spread out across the Chapel, the Hall and the Marquee at The Chapel, Woombye and lots of them are offering up awesome prizes and promotions on the day… seriously, just LOOK at how many prizes and promotions there are on the day!

MAIN PRIZES

Begitta – FREE wedding dress to the value of $1,500

Urbbana – $500 voucher to go towards a suit

MORE AMAZING PRIZES

With Love Stationery & Design – A grey linen guestbook and your choice of either notelet or advice cards in any colour

Wild Heart Weddings – Quick Start Wedding Planning Package valued at $500

Love Note – Personalised Ceremony Entertainment (Pre ceremony:To set the tone for your day we will play 20 mins of acoustic music while guests arrive. Ceremony: Live performance of 3 songs during your ceremony) Valued at $580

The Photo Booth Guys – Free Insta-Printer Hire valued at $580

The Curious Caravan – Win a $50 off voucher for the curious caravan event feature packages

Willow & Sage – A free E-shoot with 25 images high resolution print ready on USB along with a guest book for signing with 25 images inside

Cloud Nine Weddings – Free Wedding Ceremony Package (see Cloud Nine for details)

Confetti & Cake – $50 Gift Voucher

Kayla Marshall Hair – Free trial for a bride and one bridesmaid

JR Music – Voucher for $150 off your wedding entertainment package

Love My Food – Gourmet picnic for two (delivered) valued at $120

PROMOTIONS ON THE DAY

The Curious Caravan – Free babycino for the kids with the purchase of a regular or large cup

Coast Wedding Creations – 10% off all bookings made on the day and 7 days after the event

Made to Match Events – Receive complimentary hire of any Made to Match items of your choice when you book the “I’m Getting Married” wedding package valued at $300

Frozen Sunshine – Book a Frozen Sunshine package on the day and they will customise your sticks for FREE.

Miss Poppins – Book on the day to receive 50% off your booking

JR Music – 50% off your wedding package if you book on the day

Confetti & Cake – 10% off bulk order of 50 or more wedding favours with free shipping

AND – on top of this there are heaps of other promotions and prizes being run through our vendor stalls on the day… so make sure you visit EVERYONE to see what’s on offer!

How to be in the draw? Just bring your smiling face along to our fair on 19 July at The Chapel, Woombye – click here for tickets!

Wanna Win a Wedding Dress!?

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Ladies if you are still on the hunt for the dress of your dreams then you NEED to come along to our Sunshine Coast Wedding Fair! The amazing and incredibly talented Begitta is giving away (yep that’s right – GIVING AWAY) one of her swoon-worthy bridal gowns.

One lucky bride (with up to 2 darling guests to accompany her) will be treated to a consultation with designer Begitta over champagne and cupcakes (yum!) to choose her stunning gown from her new WHITE collection of Ready-to-Wear Gowns. This prize is valued at $1,500!

So if you don’t already have your tickets to the fair, you’ll probably be wanting to purchase some now… so here’s where you can do that: Tickets to A Darling Affair Sunshine Coast

Introducing our HAIR AND MAKE-UP experts!

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THE BEAUTY CASE

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

The Beauty Case are team of fun loving gals who ensure that you walk down that isle looking a million bucks!

With hair and makeup stylist that come to you in the comfort of your surroundings we are here to make your morning easy, fun and memorable!

What is it about weddings that you love so much?

I think we all love a bit of romance and weddings are our perfect fix for that and there is nothing better than making women feel great about themselves on such a special day

“Looking good is feeling great”!

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

As a team we would be a rainbow!!!

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 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??

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: