WEDDING CATERING PACKED FULL OF FLAVOUR

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At the Brisbane Wedding Fair we were so excited for the food vendors that we had on board to tantalise or guests taste buds. Oh boy was the food good. I think we tasted everything that was on offer and forgot to take some treats home for our kids because we gobbled it all up!

Things literally got sold out on the day because people went back for seconds. So if you missed out on stuffing your face and trying out the caterers who can be at your wedding then here is a review for you.

POP TACO

The team behind Poptaco sure do know how to put on a mean mexican spread. Flavoursome, moist, saucy, juicy oh man it’s making my mouth want to have another pork roll right now!
Poptaco can cater for your event and will make you want to party like a mexican for more. Have a look at their instagram or fb feed and you will see it’s down right authentic food.

A great alternative to a formal sit down dinner and perfect for sharing and loads of talking and interaction between guests. Your money will be well spent on this food.

PIZZANTICA

Woodfired pizza’s on the back of a Kombi. Two of our most favourite things rolled into one! What a clever concept a woodfired oven on wheels!

Hand made gourmet pizza’s for your wedding guests. You can never go wrong with a good pizza especially one made by the masters of traditional pizzas. A great share meal for the masses and less clean up for you at your wedding reception or engagement party.

You pick the location and they’ll roll right up!

CUISINE ON CUE

Well well well…Cuisine on Cue were amazing! Amazing caterers with fantastic and personable people skills, well groomed and most importantly amazing food. This crew really know what their doing and hit the mark all through out the day.

Cuisine on Cue were serving up mouth sized bites packed full of flavour to our guests in the studios and boy were they good. They do much more than serve starters, they can cater for your entire wedding reception. You just choose what tickles your fancy and they will whip up a storm in the kitchen.

Their professional customer service and the attention to detail is what they bring to every event, regardless of the size, catering style or budget. They will work with you to meet your needs.

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:

Lovestruck

The Palace and Co.

Retro in the Rough

The Collector & Co

Autumn Grove Events

Just like Autumn Grove Events sign says “hire me” and click on this link to find your fave stylist: https://adarlingaffair.com/gold-coast-directory/stylists/

Images by: When Elephant Met Zebra

A Picture Speaks…

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One picture is all that is needed to take your breath away.

A Darling Affairs photographers at The Wedding Fair had set ups with loads of images – not just one – on display of their past brides & grooms. They took our guests breath away that they had to stop for a minute and get it back.

It is an essential factor when choosing a photographer for your wedding day that you connect with the photographer and their images. Now it’s your turn to get a sneak peek and swoon over their displays and get a feel for their personalities through their shooting style.

Adam Ward Photography

Adam from Adam Ward Photography is a pleasure to be around. He has a soft natured personality and produces crisp, clean and refreshing images that evokes emotion.

Adam says, “When it comes to shooting you’re wedding, I want you to be able to enjoy the day with your friends and family in a natural and relaxed way, so for the most part, I’ll just let you do your thing and I’ll do mine. That way I can really tell the story of your wedding day.”

Josie Richardson Photography

Josie is sweet natured. She is experienced in both digital and film and it has really made her appreciate every shot, making her more skilled behind the camera.

Josie describes her style of being “predominantly documentary. I prefer images of people being themselves during a real and un-orchestrated moment. Most of us are not models or actors and so on, we are … everyday people.”

Josie is all about “the moment”…your moments through out your wedding day.

Prue Franzmann Photography

Prue has a fun personality. With her gorgeous smile and bright sparkly eyes she will win you over, so we can’t show a picture of you here otherwise we wouldn’t be fair to the other photographers and you’d book her straight away.

So we’ll just let her photography do the talking!

Figtree Pictures Wedding Photography

Soft, whimsical and natural is the words we would use to describe Kristy and they are the same words we’d use to describe her photography. Her camera and the way she see’s through it and captures images of her couples is an extension of herself. She is “obsessed with weddings” as she says herself.

Her display really speaks clearly of her wonderful photography.

When Elephant Met Zebra

Brian lives and breathes his photography. His branding represents himself and his wife: Brian the Elephant dreamer and Sheena the little Zebra. WEMZ is for wild, fun, romantic and creative souls. You will often see Brian taking on the character of a lion, climbing an object to get “the” shot.

Brian has a different edge to all his work and he is always up for anything, just you name it.

Head over here: https://adarlingaffair.com/gold-coast-directory/photography/

to link up to their websites.

ENJOY! xx

Images by: When Elephant Met Zebra

Darling Dresses Down The Runway – Part 3

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Today we’re putting a sparkly spotlight on our third fashion parade from our recent Gold Coast Wedding Festival. By the time our third parade was taking place the atmosphere at our wedding festival was electric. Our Darlings were enjoying the live music, the delicious food and having a great time chatting to our vendors (who were also enjoying the food & music!). There was a lot of love in the air and this fashion parade left a lot of people wanting to know more about Bohemian Brides, a beautiful new store just around the corner from The Wedding Festival. Gorgeous gowns are available to order in store at Bohemian Brides. Designers of these dresses shown below, from designer Pia Gladys Perey and the lovely lace gown is by Watters. Stunning hair and make-up by The Beauty Case and amazing florals by GC Flowers +.

If you’re wondering who took these smokin’ hot photos then head right over to When Elephant Met Zebra!

For more awesomeness check out the websites Darlings!

www.thebeautycase.com.au | www.bohemianbrides.com.au | www.gcflowersplus.com

Some Sneaky Fun Behind The Scenes

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Do you guys love photo booths as much as we do!? They add such a fun vibe to any event – especially a Wedding Festival! One of the awesome photo booths at our recent Gold Coast Wedding Festival was the cute and funky When Elephant Met Zebra booth. Brian (the boss man over at When Elephant Met Zebra) doesn’t just take spectacular wedding photos, but he can also provide one of the most fun and interactive props to any event… our Vendors loved this thing so much that we couldn’t keep them away on the night!

Here is a little behind the scenes fun at A Darling Affair – all photos below are either vendors, models, helpers or Darlings… see if you can guess who is who!

If you were there on the night taking happy snaps then head here to find your cheeky photos: http://whenelephantmetzebra.pixieset.com/ada/individuals/

Darling Dresses Down The Runway – Part 2

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If you were at our Gold Coast Wedding Festival then you’d probably already know all about our four interactive fashion parades. You would have seen our models strut their stuff in their gorgeous gowns and then perhaps you had a chat with them, got to see and touch the gowns up close, perhaps you took a few photos of the dress and spoke to the designer too? If not, don’t feel too sad, we’re about to give you another look at our second fashion parade that took place that night. This one featured stunning gowns by Begitta and our models we made (even more) pretty by Elina Valttila.

Thanks again to the amazing, incredible and all round nice guy Brian from When Elephant Met Zebra for these photos.

You can always check out more of this prettiness by clicking on our vendor’s websites:

www.begitta.com | www.evhairandmakeup.com

The Dapper Groom at A Darling Affair

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We are loving all the amazing options for our Grooms out there at the moment. You probably know by now that we’re not your typical ‘top hat and tails’ kinds of girls… we love a bit of creativity and our Grooms are all over these stylin’ designs by Urbbana. You might also remember that we gave 2014 the title of the “Year of Colour” not too long ago, and that is creeping into our Groom’s attire too (which we couldn’t be happier about!). Check out these incredible suits that were on display at our Gold Coast Wedding Festival (we think our models look pretty awesome too!).

Thanks again to our official photographer, When Elephant Met Zebra, for these images.

And that’s a wrap!

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Did you come to A Darling Affair – Gold Coast on Friday 21 February at Rabbit + Cocoon? If you did, then this news will be no surprise to you… but if you didn’t make it, then let me be the first to tell you how FREAKIN AWESOME it was! Seriously, we had the best and most amazing venue, vendors, models, and what a turnout!

Right from the beginning of the day when our vendors were putting in their hard yards setting up their incredible sites, the atmosphere was electric. We all knew something really special was about to go down. We had trucks, minivans, cars and caravans rocking up from 10am that morning and there were ladders, power tools, trolley’s and trailers filling up the amazing venue that is Rabbit & Cocoon.

Come 5 o’clock and we already had a line-up of people waiting for the gates to open. Our vendors had put the finishing touches on their incredible stalls and we opened the gates to get the party started! With a glass of bubbles or a beer in one hand and a totes-amazing A Darling Affair tote in the other (thanks Peachy Flamingo!), the crowds started visiting the stalls of more than 40 of the freshest and most creative wedding vendors on the scene at the moment. The crowds continued to flow through the gates all night.

Our awesome DJ, Aaron from Cut-A-Rug, provided the playlist for the evening and along with our live music acts including Sarah Head, the tone was set for a night of fun and frivolity!

Major highlights of the night included our four interactive fashion parades, made all the more enjoyable by our incredible models who were more than happy to join in the fun with the rest of our guests getting their pics snapped at our photo booths. Thanks again to The Brides Market, Begitta, Bohemian Brides, Urbanna, The Beauty Case, Elina Valttila and our super amazing models!

The piñata smash was another highlight of the night! Guests lined up to take a hit at the incredible piñata supplied by Party Pony.

And finally – the annual Dance Off was a huge success, with guests getting their dance on IN THE RAIN to win $300 off a DJ package with Cut-A-Rug.

By 10pm when we closed the gates, none of us could wipe the smile from our faces. The evening was a huge success and we had received so much amazing feedback from Brides and Vendors, without whom, this event wouldn’t have happened.

I’ve said it before, but I’ll say it again, we have the BEST vendors, venues, models and Brides any Darling could ask for… thank you for being so amazing!

To see a little video wrap up, check out this sweet little video from When Elephant Met Zebra: www.whenelephantmetzebra.com/ada

Thank you to the super talented When Elephant Met Zebra for all of our official event photos.

A MIXED BAG of Darlings

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WEDDING FLOWERS BY JULIA ROSE

A little bit about me, well to start with I LOVE my Job ! I am one of those lucky people who just adore what they do! Who wouldn’t love helping inspire people for momentous moments & Special Occasions in their life.
And doing it all with Exquisite Flowers and Beautiful Styling Props.

I love creating & designing Beautiful Pieces of Floral Art, for Weddings, Sweet & Simple…through to the Spectacular! Creating a Brides Vision of her Special Day.
Working with Event coordinators to help bring a Room, Marquee or Simple Area to life, filling it with Flowers helping to create an atmosphere which will relax, be-dazzle, Impress and Evokes Guests senses, Visually or Emotionally through Sweet perfumes.

ELYSSIUM BLOOMS

Elyssium Blooms is about design, love, passion, family and of course FLOWERS.

We are a small team of florists, providing specialist service within the Wedding and Event industry. We LOVE flowers and everything to do with them, and we are here to make your floral dreams come true. We don’t try and fit you into a “one size fits all” style wedding. Instead, we provide personalised service to create something seamless, unique and gorgeous for your special day.

Elyssium Blooms has a reputation for having the freshest flowers, creative new ideas, and a team of florists with a true passion for flowers and design. Creating beautiful bouquets, ceremony displays, draping garlands and reception flowers to take your breath away.

GRACE BIJOUX

Grace Bijoux is a boutique designer and manufacturer of individually crafted Headpieces, Body Chains, Body Armour , and Shoe Jewels. Also making statement necklaces, rings and many other unique jewellery pieces.

Grace Bijoux is based on the Gold Coast Australia and is a regular participant at the Village Markets, Bondi Markets and other specialised designer markets throughout Australia.

Lisa McDonald, the head designer (and model in many of the shots on the site) has clients throughout the world, including France, UK, USA.

Lisa started the business in 2012 after completing a silversmithing course in 2011 to realise her vision to individually craft stylish and affordable jewellery to the Australian and world fashion scenes.

Be sure to check out these super cool websites too!

www.gracebijoux.com.au | www.weddingflowersbyjuliarose.com | www.elyssiumblooms.com.au

Introducing HAIR & MAKE-UP!

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THE BEAUTY CASE

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

We are bridal hair and makeup specialist that love looking after Brides on their Big day! We help create the perfect look so that you can feel amazing walking down the aisle

What do you do in your free time?

Khesanh- I’m a mum to a rocking 2 year old- Lola- so that keeps me pretty busy otherwise I love to spend my free time thinking of fun photo-shoot ideas and grand plans for The Beauty Case- boring I know!!!

Elisse likes to attend Rockabilly gigs when she can and hangout with her friends. Loving all things 40s and 50s Elisse draws a lot of her inspiration for hairstyles from here.

Luckily for us we get along famously as we spend a lot of our free time together learning new styles and conjuring up our next projects.

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

Khesanh- Well my favourite colour is black! But if I were a colour I would like to be yellow! Yellow instantly makes people happy and feel fresh and alive. And I hope that when people meet me that’s how I make them feel.

Elisse- PINK!! It’s fun and bright and I wear it well!!!

KYLIE’S PROFESSIONAL

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

I am a Hairdresser, a make-up Artist and the founder of Kylie’s Professional Mineral Goddess products. I have been in the hair and makeup industries for over 20 years. I absolutely love what I do.

I have a salon at Burleigh heads where I do hair and make-up for photoshoots, fashion parades, special occasions and weddings.

I love to create everything from soft natural looks to dramatic styles.

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

The most unique thing I have seen to do with a wedding is a Bride giving a gift of a photoshoot to her bridesmaids before the big day. It was a bridezilla gothic style photoshoot. The girls were all such characters.

What do you do in your free time?

Enjoy Family time, Surf and enjoy healthy food.

EV HAIR & MAKE-UP

Professional Make-Up Artist and Hairstylist servicing the Gold Coast, Brisbane, Sunshine Coast and Australia wide.

Elina has been described as fresh and flawless. Her approach to beauty has made her indispensable to many designers, photographers and production companies.

Elina has been known to create unique and beautiful hair and makeup designs for Brides. She brings out the best in every Bride enhancing their own individual and unique beauty. Her passion and creative ability and innovative ideas have progressively built a reputation for attracting Brides and women in Australia and internationally.

For more hair and make-up inspiration check out our beauty star’s websites:

www.thebeautycase.com.au | www.kylies.com.au | www.evhairandmakeup.com