A little white church, a white picket fence, and a couple in love…

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After an amazing event at the Gold Coast over the weekend (wrap up on its way soon!), we can’t wait for our next event – our Sunshine Coast Wedding Fair to be hosted at The Chapel Woombye on August 10th.

About a month ago we gathered together some of the Sunshine Coast’s finest wedding professionals to collaborate on a promotional shoot at our venue. We also ticked off one of our dreams on the A Darling Affair Bucket List – shooting real love by casting a REAL LIFE COUPLE, Michelle and Sam.

The brief for our shoot was spring inspired lavish florals, romantic glamour, with vintage touches and a modern twist. We love the final result – and I’m sure you’ll agree the added ingredient of genuine adoration between Michelle and Sam is the icing on the cake.

The shoot captured by our friend Chaddy from Dear & Tine features styling by our fair sponsor Style Le Aisle, gowns from the latest collection by our sponsor Marilyn Crystelle Bridal, florals by Willow Bud, Make-up by Natalie Hunter MUA and Hair by Monique from Altered Images. Of course it also features our fair venue – the gorgeously quaint Chapel Woombye that we love and adore!

So with out further a-do, here are the gorgeous images, along with some behind the scenes shenanigans.

Applications for our Sunshine Coast fair are still open and tickets will go on sale later this week, stay tuned for all of the finer details!

Sentimental

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I appreciate the little things in life. The little things that spark a memory and creates a feeling. A smell, a written word, an object.

I love that objects are a sign of affection between a husband and wife or makes you think of one another when you are not together through out the day.

They are also a great keepsakes for you to hand down from generation to generation.

Here are a collection of sentimental items from real brides and grooms.

Images: Figtree Pictures Wedding Photography, Boots Photography, KissStudio, Alyce & Colette

Meet all these talented photographers at The Gold Coast Wedding Fair June 22nd so they can help you capture those sentimental moments and tell your unique story through photos.

Buy your tickets here: https://adarlingaffair.com/tickets/

Know your light

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Chaddy, of Dear & Tine Photography, shares her knowledge and artful management of light in today’s edition of this month’s “Lovely Light” series.

We are fortunate to have Chaddy as our official photographer for our upcoming Gold & Sunshine Coast Wedding fairs.

Here is what Chaddy had to offer on knowing your light…

Know your light

Lighting is a powerful element which sets moods; it can be dramatic or it can be subtle. A professional wedding photographer should know how to master light whether it be artifical or natural. An experienced photographer will be able to work with whatever lighting situation they’ve been given on your wedding day. However, in order to optimise conditions for your wedding photos, it’s a great idea to think about how light works to create different moods and effects.

Scheduling for portraits

As a general rule, it’s also best to avoid the harsh mid-day sun as this often creates challenges with shadows and overexposed features. When the sun is directly overhead, it causes harsh and unwanted highlights on the skin. You’ll also find that it is extremely difficult and uncomfortable to keep your eyes open for photographs during this time. However, with that said, a creative photographer is able to utilise shadows to to their advantage to create different dimensions.

The Golden Hour

Most photographers prefer to shoot sixty minutes prior to sunset. This is called the Golden Hour. As the sun starts to set, the natural light is filtered through the Earth’s atmosphere and becomes softer with a golden warmth to it, which helps to set a more romantic mood to your photographs.

As there is limited natural lighting for outdoor photography, before booking in your ceremony time slot, it’s a great idea to discuss with your photographer how much time they would need for your wedding day portraits. From there, you can work backwards to find out what time sunset is and schedule in your ceremony to allow for enough time for your photographer to work. From my experience, this can vary from wedding to wedding; depending on the size of the bridal party and the location of the ceremony, locations and reception. As a guide, I would usually allow 30 minutes for family portraits after the ceremony, and 1 hour plus travel for bridal party portraits.

Lighting up pitch black

However, some of my favourite photographs have been taken where no natural light has been available. There are many ways to think outside the square by using artifical light to create a dramatic mood.

You can see more of Chaddy’s work across our website and Facebook Page in our Gold Coast Fair promotional images. You can meet her in person at our Gold Coast Fair on June 22nd. Tickets are now on sale (buy one and bring your bestie for free!).

Things We Love – Minty Freshness

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“Things We Love” is all about what makes us excited at A Darling Affair.

We will be sharing loads of gorgeous images on colour palettes, themeing, styling, blooms, objects used in different ways, cool ideas that are out of the ordinary and basically inspiring you to understand your own individual style.

Minty Freshness!

I love mints! I love to eat them. Mint chocolate, mint lip gloss, peppermint scents, it goes on and on. I’m pretty addicted to it.

So it’s not surprising that I LOVE the colour Mint!

Mint is a soft pale green with a touch of blue. It can come across as fresh and pretty, or icy and cool.

With our two Wedding Fair locations sharing a common theme being on the coast – Sunshine Coast & The Gold Coast – it’s safe to say that mint blends in with the freshness of the sea, as mint is sometimes referred to as ‘seafoam’.

So here is all the prettiness of the different shades of mint and how to style it!

Gorgeous mint props like vehicles – boats and cars – make for awesome back drops to you in the foreground.

Photography: Wholehearted Studio

Kombi: Woody’s Surf Car Hire …… Photography: Feather & Stone

Mint is stunning teamed up with white, making it fresh and crisp. A bridesmaid in mint will not drown you out as a bride but will help the centre of attention – YOU – to stand out.

Photography: Alyce & Colette

A must have for the beach wedding. No sand in these shoes and the mint feathers look soft and sweet. Grace Loves Lace‘s collection of “feather feet”

Add some old world charm to your table setting – tinted bottles.

Props: Sunshine & Confetti

Add colours of pink and yellows to give it pop!

Stationary: Gemma Lauren Invitations

And for something a little out of the ordinary – a mint skull styled next to a dainty tea cup. Surely a conversation piece amongst your guests.

Styling: Style Le Aisle

Hope you’ve enjoyed my colour LOVE – MINT!

I hope I’ve tickled your taste buds. Now off to find something minty to eat….nom nom nom!

Carrie xxx

Creating Waves of Flavour on The Coast – The Celebration Fair Vendor Feature

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Waves of Flavour is a family run business. A husband and wife team, Paul and Sonia with their 2 children who are their our chief ice-cream tasters! You know it’s going to taste good when it has a child’s tick of approval!

Their van fits the Sunshine Coast lifestyle perfectly. Serving delicious real fruit blended into ice cream to make a soft serve. Mango, strawberry, blueberry and banana, perfect for our tropical climate. However if you want that energy kick try the coffee ice cream with freshly ground coffee!

Paul and Sonia also make smoothies and frappes and sell some canned drinks, water, and snacks.
They love their new business and spent a few weeks choosing a coffee bean and blend they were happy with. They settled on Vincenza coffee, a local company based in Maroochydore.

Waves of Flavour mostly attend events and are happy to attend family celebrations, work functions, sporting events and anything else you can think of. They love their ever changing office location, meeting new people and are more than happy to chat to you about your upcoming occasion or event.

As a fresh new business Waves of Flavours experience includes a gallery opening, a park opening for Stockland, private family parties and markets.

They can now add The Celebration Fair to their list. Come and grab yourself a tasty treat from their van March 16th Lake Kawana Community Centre. We will be!

Vendor Feature: Boots Photography

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Here we go! Lucky last before the big day!!! Deb from Boots Photography, creates images that seem to radiate the joy of the moment they capture. So bright and cheerful, you can’t help but smile. You will find her with her good pal Anne from The Rose Room in the morning at our fair (but only for a little while before she dashes off to a wedding). You might notice another familiar “face” amongst Deb’s featured photos – she is also well acquainted with our friends from Deluxe Kombi. Such a happy little family are we all…

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Whether you want to scream your love from the highest mountain or like to celebrate in a more intimate way, I love telling stories through my pictures of two people who are lucky enough to find that special someone.

My pictures are a blend of photojournalism [documentary], fun and creative quirky shots to capture the mood of the day as well as romantic portraits of the couple. I’ve had other careers but none more satisfying than creating beautiful pictures at a wedding or during one of my lovebird engagement sessions.

The best compliment is when my couples want to have their photos hanging on the wall or printed in an album because to me nothing beats a beautifully printed photograph. I have scoured the world and specially hand picked some beautiful wedding albums for my couples because they are of the highest quality combined with contemporary edited photographs and designs, proving that quality does not have to cost a fortune. I believe every couple should indulge in a beautiful wedding album because it the ultimate gift to yourselves to celebrate this wonderful time in your lives.

Check out my website and my latest adventures on the blog. You can also find me on Facebook. If you have a connection with my images, then Id love to hear from you so we can have a chat about me photographing your wedding

Vendor Feature: The Rose Room

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One sugar, or two?

The Rose Room is a boutique Vintage China Hire Company on the Sunshine Coast offering a personalised service to make your special occasion truly unforgettable, from weddings to the quintessential English High Tea Party, a favourite for bridal showers.

Their range of beautiful and authentic vintage and antique china, silver ware, crystal, linens and unique antique accessories & props will bring old world glamour and charm to your special day. You can browse their fine collection online at www.theroseroom.com.au or join their Facebook page to get the latest on Vintage Weddings!

You can also take a peek at these stunning images, courtesy of the lovely Boots Photography…

Vendor Feature: Behind The Curtains – Photo Booth Hire

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Looking for that something a little different, something fun for the guests to be involved in? Photo booths are a great gimmick that is sure to entertain the crowds, as well as capture some of the fun and excitement of your party in a few happy little snap shots. Nothing says “party” like a photo booth. Needless to say, we are excited to have Behind The Curtains and one of their fabulous photo booths functioning at our event!

Behind The Curtains: It’s Happy Snaps Time!

Behind The Curtains offer a range of First Class Photo Booths specifically designed for Weddings, Corporate events and Parties. We have a range of packages to suit any budget, we provide one of the most unique and stylish photo booths that South East Queensland and Melbourne have to offer.

We have a range of booths available for hire, from our Executive Booth, to our Theme Coloured Corporate Booth and our White Wedding Photo Booth. Behind The Curtains Photo Booths stand out from any other with their stylish Leather Exterior and a number extra options to choose from; we can easily fulfil all of your Photo Booth requirements.

Our professionally made, high quality booths are made and imported direct from America and are international industry leading photo booths. They are equipped with a high quality camera and printer, with a print turn around of 16 seconds. The booths produce pre-cut double strips of photographs in your choice of colour, or black and white images and allow up to 4 photo’s per strip. Every host that hires a Photo Booth also receives a CD of all of the images in from their event high resolution.

Vendor Feature: Matt Rowe Photography

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Revealing beauty in both nature and people

Matt and Amanda of Matt Rowe Photography found romance whilst training in photography together, and as such it is only fitting that as photographers they are able to capture romance of your special occasion.

We specialise in unique wedding photography for couples desiring photographs with a difference. Our aim is to provide a dynamic of expertise, creative expression and personal attention. We will capture the essence of your relationship, the truth of each moment and the candid interactions that lay the foundation for memories.

Since the birth of their daughter, Matt and Amanda expressed that the importance of relationships and the significance of the memories that each of us hold dear became clearer. As such the couple also specialise in baby and family portraiture in their well established studio. However, originally working in landscape photography, Matt is certainly no stranger to shooting on location. He finds that people’s personal relationships with places add depth and meaning to photographic and artistic works.

Vendor Feature: Anna Gilbert Photography

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The lovely Bek (left) and Anna (right)

Anna and Bek of Anna Gilbert Photography have been offering personalised wedding coverage for over ten years between the Gold and Sunshine Coast. They are guaranteed to be there for every important detail of your day – the pride in your parents eyes, the perfect shoes you spent months looking for, his grandfathers cufflinks, the first glance, the tears, sunkissed smiles and stolen kisses.

Their coverage style is dreamy, caught-in-the-moment, clean and simple but inspired imagery. They specialise in creating a relaxed atmosphere on your day and inciting fun and laughter! They capture it all to keep the memory of your wedding day alive for many, many years to come.