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Floral headpiece made of Baby’s Breath
Sometimes, all a bride needs is a simple wreath of Baby’s Breath/Gypsophila.
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Just like a 1930s movie star
Inspired by the innate but understated glamour of old Hollywood, this floor-length J. Mendel wedding dress screams silver screen icon, don’t you think?
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Planning a vintage wedding?
Despite being 51 years old, this hand-sewn, vintage lace wedding gown, complete with a matching, detachable cape and draped sleeves not only looks new, it could be worn by a modern bride – and you wouldn’t know it was more than half a century old.
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Personalised glasses for the bridal party
Here’s a present your bridal party are guaranteed to treasure: Personalised champagne flutes and shot glasses. The artist, Pastinshs on Etsy, creates them from scratch using non-toxic paint. http://ewed.us/QuxQs
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Strapless, blush with a giant bow
Pretty in pink – and all tied up with a matching bow. It’s oh-so pretty – and so are these other blush-hued wedding dresses: http://ewed.us/wIaZP
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Make our bouquet last forever
One of our all-time favourite ideas for saving your gorgeous bridal blooms is to turn them into paperweights! Brilliant!
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Tag your bridal team
For a fun – and practical – touch at your hen’s night, hand out temporary tattoos to all your favourite ladies. They may even score a free drink!
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Floating centerpieces
Hot air balloons carrying a single rose bloom make for magical centrepiece while adding height to an already glittering reception table setting.
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Ashi Studio’s 2015 wedding gowns
Characterised by voluminous full skirts boasting deliciously intricate patterns and myriad figure-hugging bodices, Ashi Studio‘s 2015 range of wedding gowns scream couture.
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Great open back gown with stunning lacework
GASP! Magnificent, just magnificent. You can’t even see the netting holding up the intricate lacework, it just looks like it’s growing there, like ivy!
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10 fun and heartfelt ways for brides to honour their mums
We always love the proud look on a dad’s face as he escorts his daughter up the aisle. But if there’s one person who often goes a little unnoticed at a wedding, it’s the mother of the bride. Which seems a little unfair when you consider how important her role was in getting to this…
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Q&A: Everything you need to know about long-weekend-away weddings
If there’s one thing all guests can agree on, it’s that weddings don’t go for long enough. One second they’re arriving at the ceremony, the next it’s all over. And if it feels that way for friends and family, imagine how quickly the time speeds by for the bride and groom. With this in mind,…
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10 great guestbook questions
Guestbooks have long been a mainstay of wedding memories; a lovely way to remember those who came along to celebrate your big day. Once taking the form of actual books, they’ve now drawn on technology to become everything from photo trees to live video streams. With this evolution has come the opportunity to seek out…
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Stunning succulents for your big day
Flowers may make a bouquet, but as more and more brides are discovering, it’s succulents that can help to add new vibrancy, colour and poise. Here are 10 succulent bouquet (and a centrepiece) we love, in no particular order. Make a splash A little bit of dark green goes a long way as texture takes…
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Video: Love has no labels
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PnDgZuGIhHs Love is blind. It’s an age-old saying – and it’s one that is universal. That’s the concept behind Love Has No Labels, a poignant and powerful video that uses the many different types of love out there to expose those hidden biases we all possess. The 3.5-minute video starts with an x-ray view of…
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Demetrios Bridal “try a dress” days
The folk at Demetrios Bridal Australia have launched their Platinum wedding gown range in Melbourne, and all the gowns are on show at Raffaele Ciuca Bridal in Brunswick. The wedding dresses, which are oozing with luxe materials and ornate beading, can be tried on from tomorrow (Thursday) until Sunday! For more information, visit http://demetriosbride.com.au.
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Keep calm?
Woohoo! How long did it take you to come down from Cloud 9 after you first became engaged? Who was the first person you told?
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All you need is a gorgeous gown…and a smile
The only thing that could improve this ah-may-zing dress, with its beaded bodice and absolutely perfect layers of falling tulle, would be a smile on the model’s face! Ehem! Image: Ersa Atelier
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The Sound of a great wedding dress
Happy anniversary to The Sound Of Music, one of Hollywood’s finest films, which was released 50 years ago today. Maria von Trapp’s wedding dress is definitely one of our favourite things – and it still looks magnificent even half a century later!
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I love this idea, POPCORN BUFFETS!
Our mouths actually started watering when we saw pics from Hey Suga Sweet Buffets’ latest offering: Popcorn buffets! Yep, a WHOLE BUFFET of popcorn. There are so many dee-lish flavours, from salted caramel and creamy bacon to burrito magic and, of course, plain old salted popcorn with lashings of butter! Yumbo! What’s your favourite popcorn…
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Two striking wedding photos
Wow! The team at Haring Photography sure know how to take a striking wedding photo. We can’t even imagine how much work and thought went into snapping these two shots, but it was well worth it!
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The gift of life: 12 living bomboniere ideas
When it comes to bomboniere, there are endless fun and creative options available, but one theme that is gaining favour with modern couples is that of living bomboniere. Tree saplings Tree saplings are a wonderful choice of living bomboniere. There are many suppliers who can provide baby trees in small tubes which are easily…
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Magical mermaid gown – with a winter wrap
Oh, my! This striking mushroom-coloured mermaid gown is covered in layers of fine sweetheart lace – and comes complete with a matching winter wrap. We’re not sure how warm it is, but it looks fantastic, like a cross between a cape and veil – without the cape and veil!
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Heart-shaped macarons
Why give guests traditional round macaron bomboniere when you can hand over equally scrumptious heart-shaped macarons?
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Glam head table, just for the newlyweds
Well, this is a divine and tres modern idea for a no-fuss yet utterly glamorous head table! It’s a simple table covered in an eye-catching and seriously blingalicious cloth that is only set for the bride and groom. They can sit there when they want a few minutes alone – and mingle with guests the…
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Knee-length pearled gown
Traditionally long gowns aren’t every bride’s idea of their perfect wedding day look, which is why this cheeky knee-length gown caught our eye. It’s figure-hugging at the top and the scoop neckline boasts pearls enough to make Lupita Nyong’o envious! The short skirt is covered in a layer of embroidered lace that will swirl…
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For tall, tall brides 🙂
From Tony Ward Couture’s 2015 collection, this stark white column gown opens at the bottom to reveal silky soft layers, and it would suit a tall bride’s silhouette perfectly. Looking for more wedding dress trends? Drop by http://ewed.us/89FRE.
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Tulle curtains and hundreds of roses
If your wedding budget stretches to marquees with flowing curtains of tulle – and roses – here’s a wonderfully romantic idea for gathering them neatly. And imagine the smell on a Summer’s day… Divine.
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No fuss no muss!
With just a single full tier to cut and lots of mini versions to give guests, this is a novel and fuss-free idea for your big day!
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Glittering Badgley Mischka gowns
The bridesmaids, in their glittering Badgley Mischka gowns, are the stars of this wedding photo!
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Wedding hats: your definitive guide
When it comes to headgear, there are only two types of people: those who wear hats and those who most certainly do not! The thing is, hats are not only useful (and just a little bit cool if you can pull it off), but they can really help a bride stand out from the crowd,…
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Is it modern or just intimate?
Modern couples like modern wedding photography – and these intimate wedding photos certainly won’t be found in your grandparents’ wedding photo albums! Did you have particularly intimate photos of your wedding taken?
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What colour is THIS dress?
Really, who cares? it’s white though and more important, fabulous! 🙂
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THE confusing DRESS
Ok, we all know the deal, folks. What colour is The Dress? I’m seeing blue and black. You?
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Ok now, hop into the hot tub!
We’re a pretty imaginative bunch here at Easy Weddings – and even we couldn’t think of a SINGLE EXCUSE for this hilariously inexplicable wedding photo. Can you?
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Boho-chic and stunningly lovely
The contrast of a traditionally dressed groom and his lovely boho-chic bride makes for some beautiful wedding photos – and look at the way he’s peering at her… *Shivers*
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That is a beautiful gown, have a seat!
As exquisite and eye-catching as these Atelier Antonio Riva wedding gowns are, they don’t look terribly practical – unless you don’t fancy sitting down once during your 18-hour wedding day. Ehem. What’s more important? Looking great – or being comfortable?
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The sweetest groomsman ever!
Happy Thursday, folks! Here’s a little something guaranteed to put a smile on your dial! 🙂
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Why wait?
Indeed! DO. IT. NOW! 🙂
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Nail art – newlyweds portraits
Now, that’s some serious wedding nail art! It’s by Nails by Mei who truly is an artiste and created the bride and groom’s likeness on this bride’s nails for her big day!
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Just get up and start dancing!
The folk at The Heart Bandits specialise in helping guys (and gals) pop the question in serious style. We’d have loved to have seen how they managed to pull off this vibrant Bollywood-inspired surprise proposal.
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Fabulous rainy wedding photos
Here’s proof that rain on your big day needn’t ruin your precious wedding photos. American photographer Tierney Cyanne did a marvelous – and magical job – capturing Paige and Jesse’s beach-side nuptials despite a little too much precipitation!
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Party like it’s the ’70s
What do we think, people? This ’70s inspired boho chic bride has donned both a hat AND a veil for a most striking look. ♥ Image: Bohemian Diesel.
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Blend in with the bridesmaids!
What a fantastic colour scheme, and equally snappy shoe shot! ♥ Love this idea, swapping colours with the bridesmaids!
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Better bring that blacklight at the ceremony
Tattooed wedding rings are on the rise but this idea, blacklight tattoos that only appear when exposed to UV light, are a brilliant evolution. Did you have a tattoo to commemorate your big day?
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So royal and elegant
Nope, this isn’t a candid behind-the-scenes shot of a royal bride on her big day, but a photo of a radiant Spanish bride wearing one of Ani Bürech‘s stunning new bridal crowns. The effect is, well, most regal.
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Wedding worthy gowns from the Oscars red carpet
As always, this year’s Oscars red carpet was resplendent with beautiful people, beautiful gowns and beautiful jewellery, much of it absolutely wedding worthy – and much of it by wedding gown designers such as Vera Wang, Jenny Packham and Elie Saab. Here are just some of our favourite outfits, accessories and overall looks on show…
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Fun and laid-back
From the land of Anne of Green Gables (Canada’s Prince Edward Island) comes this fun, super laid-back wedding that we absolutely adore. It’s whimsical and, as Anne would say, most certainly the joining of two kindred spirits! Photos: JK Murphy Photography
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Show off your engagement ring…and nails
Planning an engagement ring selfie? Don’t forget about your nails! Here’s one bride-to-be’s glittering idea. Did you share an engagement ring selfie?
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Sure, it’s hard to put a dress on it, but…
This couple ditched the traditional flower girl, opting instead for a flower, erm, pooch… 🙂 Image: DJamel Photography
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As romantic as it can be!
New York groom Oliver wanted to propose to girlfriend Rosemary in the most romantic way possible, so he pulled out all stops. There were roses. There were candles. There was even a harpist – and an ombre rose petal aisle! Thankfully, Rosemary said ‘Yes!’ – with a tear or two in her eye. Image: Makayla…
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A+ for efforts and wit!
LOL. A brilliant student fail, that wasn’t quite a fail. They know what we know: The strongest force on Earth is, indeed, LOVE!
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Daring and sexy!
Aside from being terribly sexy, this Nasty Gal lingerie set, called Snapdragon, is also terribly beautiful with its scalloped lace detailing. The low back and thin straps means you could wear it comfortably under most styles of wedding dress and, well, it’s sure to kick off one hell of a wedding night.
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It was just mint to be fresh!
Wedding favours that are practical – and will ensure your guests have great breath. It’s a win-win, really! 😉
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Go all medieval and gorgeous on your guests
Ohhhh. This slimline cream wedding gown features clusters of rather ornate embellishments – and has a decidedly medieval look and feel. Now, to find a jousting stick… 🙂
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The perfect distraction
Oh, Badgley Mischka, how we love you. Imagine walking down the aisle in these! The only problem is that nobody would be looking at your dress…Talk about first world problems, ha? 🙂
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Top 10 travel apps and gizmos
Whether you’re travelling interstate or overseas for your honeymoon, an exotic destination wedding or just a fun trip away with the gals for one last pre-wedding getaway, there are dozens of apps, services, tools and gizmos available for ensuring your trip is a whole lot less hassle free – and just a little bit fun,…
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Pink gown – straight out of a fairytale
This fairytale pink gown which is dripping in tulle and flowers had us quivering with deee-light, as did the equally enchanting and very delicate head wear. ♥ Are you opting for a white wedding dress or are you wearing a coloured gown?
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5 Deadly Terms Used by a Woman 🙂
An oldie but a goodie… :))) Still makes us laugh! LOL!
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Simple hairstyle: Hold it back with a barrette
What a simple and elegant solution for brides not wanting too much fuss when it comes to their wedding day hair: An ornate barrette or hair clip keeping the bride’s hair back – and nothing more!