Introducing our CELEBRANTS!

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JOSHUA WITHERS

What is it about weddings that you love so much?

Who the heck falls in love? It’s crazy! If two people can fall in love, then find the guts to commit to that, and then decide to celebrate it with their friends and family, how lucky am I to be invited to come along and lead the proceedings. I’m the luckiest guy at a wedding. Well, maybe the second or third luckiest. But I’m up there!

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

Every single day, I see unique at weddings. That’s my thing. From the few moments I listened in science class in grade nine I learnt that a person is scientifically and mathematically unique and different, one in six billion. If two of these unique people got together and planned a party, it really should be a unique wedding. If two of my weddings are the same I’ll probably quit the game.

What do you do in your free time?

My spare time is usually spent with my best friend, and wife, Britt. Our favourite things to do together is travel, either to the next suburb or across the equator to the other side of the world, or we get addicted to TV shows.

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 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.

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

Stylin’ Stationery

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When we carefully selected our paper magicians for our recent Gold Coast Wedding Festival, they had to have originality in technique so we could fully give our brides and grooms inspiration and maybe even a invitation that they had never thought of before opening their eyes to the WOW factor!

Here’s a round up of the diverse styling/stationery these wonderful vendors put on show. If you see something you like contact them and say “i want that one!”

Sunshine & Confetti

They say “if it’s on paper we can do it!” and you better believe it. We have had the pleasure of working with this lovely lady on a shoot and if your looking for invitations to suit your “theme” Boom! She will knock your socks off! Oh and she also does wedding styling. Yep a lady who does it all!

Fox and Fallow

These guys are the creators of our awesome signage we have dotted around our fairs. “Creative Ink & Dust” is their tag line and the word creative is not to be used lightly when it comes to them. They are a husband and wife team and love oozes out from them onto the paper or boards they design for you. A class awesomeness at it’s best!

Peachy Flamingo

Who needs paper anyway when you can “totes” have a bag! This peachy keen lady prints on ANYTHING! Paper, fabric, awesome personalised cake toppers and wedding aisle backdrops. I’m sure if she was looking at your face she would love to print something on that too!

Kowhai Kreations

If you want a keepsake or a family heirloom this is your go to lady. Kowhai creates canvas prints for your wedding and more. A reminder for generations down the track…yes your babies and grand babies not just for your own home.

Birds of A Feather – A Letterpress Co.

Specialising in letterpress, a printing method where ink is literally pressed into paper using a heavy press. They do love their creative freedom and branch out to wooden invitations, albums and much more.

Be sure to pop over to their websites to research them more! We would but we’d be there for hours because of our stationery addiction!

Sunshine and Confetti – Fox and Fallow – Peachy Flamingo – Kowhai Kreations –Birds of a Feather

Images by: When Elephant Met Zebra

A Special Thank You to One Of Our Favourites!

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Here at ADA HQ there is always a flurry of things happening behind the scenes. Between the three of us, the ADA machine rolls on every day of the week, churning out pretty things for our Darlings to feast their eyes on. What you probably don’t realise, is that we have a select bunch of incredibly talented people who work their butts off to ensure we have the best of the best to show our Darlings. One of the hardest working, and most talented would be Brian from When Elephant Met Zebra (WEMZ).

WEMZ joined us at our Sunshine Coast Fair in 2013 and fast became a good friend of ADA. We loved his enthusiasm, his ridiculously fun Photo Booth and his swoon worthy photography skills. Before long, we had signed him up as our official photographer for 2014. WEMZ is for the fun, romantic & creative people out there. They love to play, love to dream and love to create the impossible. They know how to cut through the clutter and capture a rare and special moment. We’ve seen Brian work a few times now and his passion for his work is contagious. Every time we see the photos from our shoots or events with Brian we feel like kids on Christmas Day… we are constantly faced with the problem of having too many awesome photos to chose from (a problem we LOVE to have!). We love his work so much that our own Darling, Emma, has booked him as her wedding photographer this year!

We’d like to send a big warm and gooey THANK YOU to Brian for all of his hard work so far this year!

If you haven’t checked out When Elephant Met Zebra yet then do yourselves a favour and put this task at the top of your to-do-list. Here are some of our favourite shots so far…

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/