Let Me Entertain You

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Looking for something a little special to entertain your guests? The Sunshine Coast Wedding Fair had some great ideas for fun and memorable ways to get your friends and family smiling and in the party mood.

Sunshine Coast Vintage Photo Booths

We fell in love with the oh-so-fun Sunshine Coast Vintage Photo Booths! Their energetic set up is the perfect icebreaker for any event. They supply laugh out loud props and affordable tailored packages to suit whatever needs you have. Their team have created an enjoyable, no stress option to create memories and keep a grin on your guest’s faces.

The White Tree

Tired of the cheesy, old-school wedding vibe, The White Tree decided to put their collective minds and talents together to create a one-of-a-kind wedding experience where couples can get film, photography and live music all under one roof! Their energetic live shows, cool cinematic films, and naturalistic photography have made them a fan favourite and their tight-knit team are one of the country’s top creative talents for modern weddings.

In The Booth

We were so happy to have In The Booth join us as part of our fair lineup! This award-winning business provides retro-inspired enclosed booths, perfect for creating a little privacy for your more reserved guests to get a little silly, or even a space at your event for you and your sweetheart to steal a quick moment away. With convenient locations across Australia, every booth in their network is identical, keeping it easy with no confusing options, colours or styles. Just striking, classically styled booths that command attention in any venue.

Photo credit: Daisy Chain Weddings

The White Tree

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Not your average wedding business, The White Tree do just about everything!

Tired of the cheesy, old-school wedding vibe, they decided to put their collective talents together to create a one-of-a-kind wedding experience where couples can get film, photography and live music all under one roof!

Their energetic live shows, cool cinematic films and naturalistic photography have made them a fan favourite and their tight-knit team are one of the country’s top creative talents for modern weddings. Producing and editing all around Australia and across the world, these guys know how to get a party started!

We are so excited that The White Tree is part of our line-up for the Sunshine Coast Wedding Fair! We just love these guys and we know you will too! Find out more about this rad biz on their Facebook page or website.

Sponsor Alert – Daisy Chain Weddings

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Looking for a photographer with loads of experience shooting weddings? Someone in high demand that leaves their clients raving? Or what about a person with the type of skills that makes other professionals in their field itching to work with them? Well, let us introduce you to Daisy Chain Weddings!

This incredible business covers all the bases, with the desire to offer the chance for everyone to have beautiful and affordable wedding photography and videography on their big day. They know every trick of the trade to capture the moments that bring back all the feels and all the memories, and deliver it for a price that suits your budget-conscious approach to wedding planning. Whether you’re having a big blowout wedding or a small and intimate elopement, Daisy Chain Weddings can tailor their services to help you create the ultimate keepsake.

Launched in early 2017, each member of the Daisy Chain Weddings team have been running businesses in the wedding industry for years. They’re all about good quality, fun times and amazing service. Plus, they’re just really great people to work with!

Come and meet their team and see their work for yourself at the next Sunshine Coast Wedding Fair! To see more from Daisy Chain Weddings, visit their website or Facebook page.

TURN IT UP!

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A great band can bring together any crowd and can even turn someone with two left feet into a boogie master.

The last Brisbane Wedding Festival had some of Brisbane’s favourite bands, pumping awesome tunes and getting feet tapping. These powerhouses of funk know how to get a group movin’ and grovin’ and are a must for any big event.

THE WHITE TREE

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This powerhouse of a business has taken over the wedding industry. Under one creative roof The White Tree offers live band, photography and film services featuring some of Australia’s most talented artists.

With a band line up and set list that can be customised to suit your budget, tone of your event and your preferred music genres, The White Tree Band typically perform chilled background tunes early in the evening, acting more as atmospheric mood music, then can quickly transform into a highly energetic dance band for later in the night (when the guests have had a few more drinks!). For the dance sets, funk and rock classics are always a crowd-pleaser, as well as killer new music – keeping guests satisfied, no matter their age or music tastes.

LOVE NOTE MUSIC

When a close friend asked Ange to sing at her wedding, she wanted to surprise her with something a little out of the ordinary. Unable to find a song that perfectly captured who they were or the awesomeness of their relationship, she decided that she needed to write the words herself. Not only surprising them with their very own original song on their wedding day, she also recorded the track for them to keep forever. (Is it just us, or does Ange sound like the coolest friend ever???)

Dan and Ange are Love Note Music, a Sunshine Coast based, acoustic live music duo who specialise in creating the perfect mood for your Sunshine Coast, Brisbane or destination wedding. Whether it’s performing acoustic covers with a unique twist for your ceremony, cruisy afternoon sets for canapé or cocktail hour, relaxed music or getting the party started at your reception, Love Note make sure that every moment of your day is accompanied by a great vibe.

LARK MUSIC

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A Darling Affair’s Wedding Festivals would just be a plain old boring ‘wedding expo’ if it wasn’t for the killer festival party till you drop sounds that Lark Music produce!

The band’s standard offer includes 180 minutes of live music across a 5 hour period, plus all music between sets taken care of and some basic MC duties. They can provide you with anything from a solo acoustic artist, our standard five piece lineup, up to a rocking ten-piece band, featuring both male and female singers, guitarist, bass player, drummer, latin percussionist, keyboard and brass (saxophone, trumpet and/or trombone).

Basically Lark music has any musician you want right at their finger tips and you just need to decide what vibe you want for your unique wedding celebration. Lark Music promises you a live soundtrack that you and your guests will never forget!

Event images thanks to Rob and Lizzie

THE WHITE TREE

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We are so excited to announce that the super talented team from The White Tree will be supplying some sweet tunes at our next Brisbane Wedding Festival.

This powerhouse of a business has taken over the wedding industry. Under one creative roof The White tree offers live band, photography and film services featuring some of Australia’s most talented artists.

This dynamic team perform, entertain, shoot, produce and edit all around Australia and the world, with their HQ in Melbourne, Sydney and Brisbane.

For more information on The White Tree’s services, visit their website or find them on Facebook.

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ANCHORED CINEMA

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11407297_546931188781211_5604648277278401464_n Introducing Anchored Cinema! This collection of like-minded creative souls travel Australia wide to compose wedding films that are honest and heartfelt and we are so excited that they will joining our line up of amazing vendors at the next Brisbane Wedding Festival held on January 30th, 2016.

Being friends from a young age, it was an easy decision for the guys at Anchored Cinema to pool their talents and start conquering the world with their amazing cinematography skills.

As a creative bunch of story tellers, they not only understand how important your special day is, but how meaningful it can be to capture entirely the first step of your journey of everlasting love. Not wanting to just document your wedding, Anchored Cinema create and tell your story through a film as unique as you are.

With packages to suit all styles, themes and budgets, the Anchored Cinema team know how to perfectly capture every aspect of your day.

To see more of their amazing work, visit their website or find them on Facebook.
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UNIVERSAL YORK

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For founder Ben, Universal York started as a passion project and turned into a full-blown creative film force.

With friends Andrew and Bree, the Universal York team create unique wedding films, along with other quality products, knowing that the way to achieve that properly is to hand craft everything they do.

With a love of working with people and collaborating with other artists, the team believe that the heart behind every one of their projects is to create something unique and inspiring, while having a good time doing it! Life is for living, that’s why they do the things they do.

This small team of bright, creative minds come with over eight years of experience between them. Ben is a self taught cinematographer and editor, Andrew has a degree in film and Bree brings the style to this dynamic trio.

Keep your eyes open for Universal York at the next Brisbane Wedding Festival being held on January 30th, 2016. For more information on this amazing company, check out their Facebook page or visit them on their website.

ALYCE AND COLETTE PHOTOGRAPHERS

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Self proclaimed sisters from other misters, Alyce and Colette are the ultimate photography team.

Describing their work as a joy-filled job, these high school besties are able to work in efficient harmony, allowing couples to enjoy quiet moments together on their wedding day. Both recently married, they know how important it is to honour their clients and support them along their planning journey.

Alyce and Colette Photographers thrive on authenticity and connection. Constantly striving to induce goosebumps, happy tears and laughter from their work, both as they are shooting and when people see their images. Believing that their work as wedding photographers is a privilge, they feel humbled to be asked into a couples intimate moments, documenting images in a family’s collective history.

Also offering the unique service of Fusion Videos, Alyce and Colette Photographers are able to combine cinematography and still images, not readily available through all companies.

With four years of wedding and portraiture experience, these lovely ladies tick all the photography boxes. Be sure to come and meet them at our Brisbane Wedding Festival on January 30th, 2016 and stop by and say hi to them on their Facebook page.

ANNOUNCEMENT: A DARLING AFFAIR BRISBANE 2016

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You’re hearing straight from the horses mouth. We have been keeping this under wraps for some time now and we are excited to announce our new Brisbane venue to kick off 2016!

The Brisbane Racing Club is a unique venue that has our hearts racing with delight. With it’s fantastic history and character the venue is opening it’s doors to loved up couples tying the knot.

A Darling Affair will be filling the venue to the brim with the most creative, friendly and jaw dropping displays put on by our Darling vendors. Our festivals are full of life, colour, fashion, live music, fun and flavours.

We are also excited to be teaming up with some incredible sponsors who will be bringing out the big guns to make this event pop!

The Beauty Case will be heading up the fashion department and looking after the interests of all our style savvy brides-to-be. You will be inspired by some stunning fashion parades and a visit to the Brisbane Racing Club’s Bridal Lounge to try on some designer wedding gowns.

Moreton Hire is bringing one of their huge marquee’s that will be packed with some insanely talented wedding vendors. You will experience their grand marquee onsite – not just in a brochure. It’s all about the ‘experience’ when you come to A Darling Affair.

The amazing team behind AVIdeas is going to deck out the fashion parade area for your viewing pleasure with a stunning display and they will be going gangbusters with their incredible lights through out the outdoor areas as the sun goes down and the night life starts.

It will be our biggest wedding festival to date. Your not going to want to miss this, with more big announcements to come so stay glued to your screens.

Where: The Brisbane Racing Club, Ascot (home of the Eagle Farm Markets)

When: January 30, 2016 – 2pm to 7pm

To get you excited here is our exclusive promotional shoot to get you ‘chewing at the bit’ and wanting to grab a ticket to the event. Put together by an all star cast featuring The Beauty Case, Jennifer Gifford Designs, Florido Weddings and Bella Blooms Floral Designs, all of whom you will be able to visit at the fair.

It’s just a taste of what’s to come!

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