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Sandra's ex wants her at his wedding

Jesse James, Sandra Bullock’s ex-husband, has reportedly ask her to attend his upcoming nuptials. Seriously. Sandra, 48, divorced the Monster Garage host in 2010 after discovering he was cheating on her. However, that small detail hasn’t stopped Jesse, 43, from inviting his Academy Award-winning ex-wife to attend his Malibu wedding to car driver Alexis DeJoria.…
Easy Weddings' ultimate guide to veils

Nothing screams “here comes the bride” quite like a wedding veil – even if your dress is an 11 out of 10 on the grandeur scale! Soft, romantic and feminine, bridal veils are as much a traditional rite, as a symbol of modesty and purity. In modern culture, wearing a veil is no longer a…
Reflections: Black and White wedding photography that sizzles

Perth-based wedding photographer Peter Adams specialises in black and white photography containing clever reflections – and the results are simply stunning.
Groom loses licence – on the way to his own wedding

A 40-year-old Melbourne man has been nabbed drink driving – on the way to his own wedding. Police pulled the groom over early Sunday morning during a long-weekend blitz on Church Street in Richmond only to discover he was driving with a blood alcohol level of 0.104. That’s more than twice the legal blood alcohol…
Step right up: Our circus engagement party was a success!

Wow, OMG and phew all at once! I am glad it’s over, my engagement party, but sad to see it gone all at the same time. I, did however, actually got the opportunity to enjoy myself which, if you host parties you know, is rare.…
Bunting mad at myself.

I thought I had scored big time. I was browsing the internet, as you do, and came across this site that makes buntings to your theme and customises it with your names. So I was ecstatic to see that they had a circus themed bunting. Immediately I purchase one with my fiances name and mine.…
Shrek-style! Our fairytale wedding.

What bride doesn’t want to look like a princess on her wedding day? Heidi Coxshall most definitely did. In fact, she wanted to look like one very specific princess, Princess Fiona from the animated movie Shrek. She and hubby-to-be, Paul Bellas wanted to hold the ultimate fairytale wedding, so they donned costumes and painted their…
A wedding dress that's good enough to eat?

Talk about a wedding dress that looks good enough to eat. British cake decorator Donna Millington-Day’s stunning entry into this week’s National Wedding Show in Birmingham, England was hardly a typical wedding cake, it was a life-size wedding dress – made entirely of sponge cake. Based on the design of Donna’s own wedding dress, her…
Do I need to give favours/bomboniere to my guests?

There aren’t too many things you must do on your wedding day. So, no, you most certainly do not need to give favours to your guests. It is, however, nice to do but only if you can afford it. Favours, also known as bomboniere, are small gifts given by the bride and groom to their…
Vera Wang on how to choose the perfect wedding dress – and veil

Queen of the coloured couture wedding gown Vera Wang has shared her advice on choosing the perfect colour for your wedding gown – as well as the perfect veil. Wang, who is known for the bold use of colour and texture in her bridal gown collections, encourages brides to step out of the traditional mindset…
The most important keepsake… Photographs!

He Says This bloke’s ugly mug needs some soft light and good angles so as no to be stomach churning, particularly next to my gorgeous wife-to-be. I gotta trust the person behind the lens to use just the right trickery for me. But seriously, our memories of the day will be shaped by what our…
I have the best BFF sister friend in the world!

To clarify I am giving a quick shout out to my best friend and my maid of honour who also happens to be my sister. She has truly outdone herself. I saw some yummy-looking hamburger cupcakes which I knew would be perfect for our circus-themed engagement party – and she made them for me!!! The…
Free weddings: One Texan church's bid to help parishioners marry

Disappointed so many members of his congregation were ‘living in sin’ with no apparent intention to wed, one Texan preacher has taken matters into his own hands and offered them a free wedding, ceremony and all. But, his research into why his parishioners weren’t married unveiled something surprising: It’s wasn’t that many of his couple’s…
Celebrity weddings to watch in 2013

Yes, yes, we know celebrities are just people too but you have to admit there is something about a knees-up celebrity wedding that we can’t help love and 2013 will see some of the biggest stars in the world walk down the aisle. Brad and Ange Barring a royal wedding, Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie’s…
I did: Janet Jackson's secret nuptials

Despite rumours of a them planning a lavish, multi-million dollar wedding, Janet Jackson and her billionaire Qatari businessman boyfriend Wissam Al Mana wed in a small, “quiet, private, and beautiful ceremony” late last year. Yep. Talk about being able to keep a secret! The couple only this week announced their nuptials. They did so in…
Our (wonderful) venue is locked in. Phew!

HE SAYS: We only get one crack at marrying so the where part is really important. We didn’t realise how many factors need to be considered from size and style of venue to the ceremony options. The list seems to go on and on… The location of our wedding ceremony ended up being the most…
Blogger challenge: Style a tall, thin bride. What do you think?

Melbourne’s The Glen shopping centre last week held a wedding bloggers challenge in which three Australian wedding blogs were asked to style a Mariana Hardwick gown using only accessories from The Glen shopping centre. As Australia’s No.1 wedding website, we were asked to style Amber, a tall, thin bride wearing Mariana Hardwick’s delicate, ivory silk…
Win your wedding band

Want to win an awesome band for your big day? Answer one question and you could win a night with acclaimed wedding band, The Baker Boys.
4000+ diamonds makes for a $51-million wedding cake

Believe it or not, this is the world’s most expensive wedding cake, allegedly valued at a whopping $51 million (£32.4 million). Yep, guaranteed to blow even the biggest wedding budget, this fairly simple, eight-tier doughy delight is emblazoned with more than 4000 diamonds, skyrocketing its value well beyond the typical several-hundred-dollar mark into the millions.…
Argentine bride marries twin sister's killer

An Argentine woman last week married the man convicted of murdering her twin sister. Twenty-three-year-old Edith Casas (above) married Victor Cingolan in a civil ceremony on Valentine’s Day 2013, claiming he is innocent of her sister’s murder. Unsurprisingly, none of the bride’s family were present at the controversial nuptials, however an angry mob did wait…
The 'temporary' ring…

HE SAID: Technically, I got the idea to propose with one ring and then buy Jess her dream ring, from my brother who proposed to his now wife a year before I popped the quesiton. Jess has amazing taste, so the thought of choosing something so important with no help and no Jess was overwhelming.…
Wedding gifts appropirate price?

It’s the middle of the week, folks, and my mind is already wandering. With several weddings this year, I’ve been thinking a lot about wedding presents. How much would you spend on a wedding gift and does it vary depending on how many people you are attending with (ie. a family, a partner, alone etc)?…
Wearing a veil

Wow. This look wouldn’t work on everybody, but this is a gorgeous and fun way to wear a veil and, boy, does the bride look stunning! Have you worn or seen a veil worn so differently? Would you wear something like this?
How to pick a wedding gown that flatters your body shape

Of the hundreds of decisions, big and small, that go into creating the perfect wedding day, one of the most agonizing can be choosing the dress. After all, you can only wear one. Wedding dresses come in hundreds of shades, shapes and sizes and, even if you think you know exactly the type of dress…
Of favourite love songs

Let’s listen to what Nat King Cole has to say about the L word 🙂 Nat King Cole’s L-O-V-E is still one of my all-time favourite love songs. (Yeah, yeah, I love soppy old songs!) What’s your favourite love song of all time?
Happy Valentine's Day from Easy Weddings

“When I saw you I fell in love, and you smiled because you knew.” What wonderful, wonderful words from William Shakespeare, a man who knew a thing or two about romance and that’s what Valentine’s Day is all about, the love you have for that special person in your life and the love they feel…
Here 'crumbs' the bride, all dress in… bread tags?

Victorian bride Stephanie Watson has been saving for her wedding dress for 10 years. Saving old plastic bread tags, that is. The 29-year-old fashion designer from Trentham, in Victoria’s North-West, turned her decade-old collection of 10,000 bread tags into a wedding dress when she married high-school sweetheart Will Wapling last month. Stephanie started collecting the…
My DIY circus themed engagement invitations

I knew exactly what type of invitation I wanted but I just couldn’t seem to find the perfect one in any samples that I was shown.So, I thought I would give it a go of making them myself. Materials I used: Candy Striped metallic paper – I found mine at an invitation store…
What's a party without games, right?

I really want games at our engagement party and, of course, they have to match our carnival theme, which should not be hard. I’m going crazy with ideas. I saw these cute and colourful plastic bath ducks on eBay. I loved them and absolutely had to have them. There must be some sort of game…
Ain't love grand? 🙂

Happy Friday, folks. Ain’t love grand?
Choosing the perfect perfume for your perfect day

As a bride-to-be, you’ll spend hours fretting about the smallest wedding-day related decisions: what shape, size and colour the table scatters at your reception should be; what order your songs should be played in; what shades of green ought to be present in your bouquet. The list goes on. Yet, with all this attention…
He Says, She Says: We were after-high school sweethearts

SHE SAYS: Jared and I met in high school and became great friends, but I would actually call us ‘after high-school sweethearts’. We officially got together after high school but our friendship formed over many years.. We would often walk home from school together, then sit in the gutter in front of his house…
He Says, She Says: About Jared and Jess

Jess and Jared are Easy Weddings’ He Says, She Says bloggers. They’re a 20-something Melbourne couple planning a modern vintage wedding set for November 2013. HE SAYS: Hi, I’m Jared. Jess and I love living on the outskirts of Melbourne’s CBD. I currently work as an operations manager for a window graphics company and have for the…
I've hired a band who don't like the idea of a string quartet kicking things off. What to do?

Extended question: We are thinking of having a string quartet as entertainment for canapés and pre-dinner drinks and that, rather than having the band we’ve hired play our bridal party entrance, the string quartet would play something and we could have our first dance immediately upon entrance. We mentioned this to a band who did…
Gifts for your in-laws

I love these words: Thank you for raising the man/woman of my dreams. They’re perfect for embossing or engraving on a gift for your in-laws. These are available on Etsy (http://www.etsy.com/listing/83877731/two-thank-you-for-raising-the-woman-of?ref=market) in sets of two (one for each set of in-laws) but it’s the wording I love and you could add it to anything yourself.…
Vintage cars for the wedding

How stylish (and fabulous) would it be to arrive at your wedding in this gorgeous Jag? I snapped this yesterday evening, not on its way to a wedding but in the local Nando’s carpark! Yep, the owner had toddled up to the shops in this stunning Jaguar, presumably to grab a bite of take-out… Now…
We booked our (fantastic) celebrant!

We can finally tick off another job on our wedding to-do list: we’ve booked a celebrant! I wanted to make sure I got in early with our celebrant because I really wanted David Schneider from Professional Ceremonies. Matt and both come from religious backgrounds. However we both don’t practice any religions presently. Matt was quite confident that he didn’t want…
Barrels… barrel any one?

I am on the hunt for barrels. I just want to hire it for the day as a prop but it is much easier said then done. Does anyone know where I can hire barrels? I cant find one anywhere.
To video, or not to video?

I have been thinking about whether to have a videographer at my wedding or not. We have our photographer sorted but I am unsure about a videographer because of my budget. We don’t want to go overboard with cost, so while I’d love to have a videograph document my big day. But I sometimes wonder…
The secret to happy long lasting marriage

So, today is my parents’ 40th (ruby) wedding anniversary! I’m in awe. What an achievement, to still be so happy and loving four decades later. I asked my mum what the secret to a happy marriage was and she said, “You never take a break from good manners.“ That’s so true… as long as you…
Mi casa es su casa!

My fiance’s one request was that there be a jumping castle at our engagement party, which usually would be random but it fits perfectly with our circus theme. So, like a good little wifey-to-be, off I went to organise my love’s one request. Along the way, I came across not just any castle but THE…
My first wedding expo

Wow! I attended my first wedding expo over the weekend and, let me tell you… Wow! There is everything and anything you could imagine and, well, I think I may need to increase my budget now because I saw things I wasn’t even considering before going there and now I must have! The question is,…
Real brides, real grooms and hundreds of photos of real weddings

Easy Weddings has re-launched Real Weddings, a fantastic collection of stories from real brides and real grooms as well as hundreds of real wedding photos. http://www.easyweddings.com.au/real-weddings
Psst. Wanna sell your wedding day – or buy someone else's?

They say every cloud has a silver lining and, in the case of cancelled weddings, that silver lining can be ensuring someone else enjoys your big day. One enterprising American university student has come up with an idea to help cash-strapped couples wed while reducing some of the financial sting that often results from a…
10 out-of-the-box wedding themes in 2013

There’s nothing wrong with a simple colour-based theme for your wedding but if you’re feeling a little more adventurous, the possibilities are endless. From fairytale nuptials, complete with tiaras and horse-drawn carriages to a Las Vegas themed wedding complete with tuxedoed croupiers and roulette tables, whatever your passion or style, there’s no reason why your…
I'm paying for my wedding. How do I address wedding invitations to my parents?

This very much depends on the wording of your invitations but also your relationship with your parents. For example, if your invites say something along the lines of; Mr and Mrs Nguyen request the pleasure of __________’s company at the wedding of their daughter etc… It’s going to look a little strange to say; Mr…
My first wedding freak out (the first of many, no doubt)!

I had a freak out today. Over what you may ask? The popcorn at the engagement party. Yes, I know it seems trivial but, trust me, for a control freak like me, it’s not! I was cooking popcorn for my daughter and son and. whist adding in the icing sugar (you really do need to…
Buy Beyonce's 'Best Thing I Never Had' wedding gown

A pre-loved wedding gown website claims to be selling the stunning $85,000 couture dress worn by Beyonce in the memorable video clip for her hit single, Best Thing I Never Had. The listing’s wording is ambiguous, so it doesn’t make it unequivocally clear whether it is the very same dress Beyonce wore that is for…
Yay! Bridesmaids' dresses fabric bought.

Yes! I finally found the perfect fabric for my bridesmaids’ dresses! I absolutely love it and it’s the exact colour I want. The best part is that it was on sale for half price. I got a fantastic deal and material for all four of the bridesmaids dresses and flower girls’ dresses has been bought…
Just got back to work, already tired 🙂

It may only be the first week back at work for the year, but I already feel like this… TGIF! Tell me I’m not alone, peeps!
Woohoo! I’m having a circus-themed engagement party.

We are all fired up and ready to start the planning for our big February engagement party. I know we have left it so long and, to be honest, I hadn’t really decided if we were going to have one because of how long we have been together. But the decision has been made and…
The hunt for a caterer begins

So, I have been emailing I think just about every caterer in the Melbourne to get quotes and information as well as suggestions on a menu for our wedding. My fiance and I are not really food guru’s but we know we like to eat. I am surprised with the amount of caterers that would…
Easy Weddings app update

If you’re using the popular iPhone version of the Easy Weddings directory and the “Your Current Location” button has suddenly stopped working, fear not, there’s a quick fix: turn on Location Services. Recent changes to Apple’s latest iPhone operating system, iOS 6, automatically turn off Location Services, which are used by the Easy Weddings app…
10 (awesome) wedding traditions from other cultures

Something old, something new, something borrowed, something blue. It’s a lovely wedding tradition but it’s not terribly adventurous, is it? Western weddings, while just as wonderful as those taking place in other parts of the world, feel fairly straightforward, even staid and boring compared to the thoughtful (and often fun) wedding traditions of other cultures…
Bride-to-be jilted before wedding – by text message

It must have been one of the most painful moments of her life. With just days to go before her big day, Angela Burrow’s fiance called of their wedding – by text message. But, after three solid days of weeping, the 52-year-old bride-to-be did something remarkable. She put on a brave face and decided to…
With this computer game, I thee wed…

You don’t have to a Star Trek lovin’ computer geek to realise just how seriously cool Katie Martin and Barry Abrams’ Save the Date notice is. The American couple spent months creating a multi-level computer game to announce their wedding date and in it, guests must save the bride or groom after an evil robot…
New Zealand couple's nude new year nuptials

Most couples spent inordinate time, money and effort choosing the perfect outfit for their big day but not New Zealand couple Nick and Wendy Lowe who last week married, well, in the buff. Yep, the couple, kicked off the new year by marrying at the Wellington Naturist Club – and they did so absolutely starkers.…
Affordable (but awesome) wedding gift

What a clever and thoughtful wedding gift, an embroidered panel containing a picture of the bride and groom and their wedding date! It would look fantastic framed and placed at the entrance to your home (inside, of course)… What was the most thoughtful hand-made wedding gift you received – or would like? A quilt? A…
Billionaire dad's $150 million wedding dowry

Billionaire Chinese tile magnate Wu Duanbiao has given his daughter a whopping $150 million dowry that included millions of dollars in shares, cash and gold jewellery as well as luxury cars and several homes. Dowries, any property, goods or money brought to a marriage by a woman, are commonplace in many parts of the world…
Our 10 most popular wedding stories in 2012

Wow, what a year 2012 was. We’ve written hundreds of stories, from in-depth features on wedding trends to fun pieces on celebrity weddings as well as our core stories on wedding tips, tricks and trends . Of the hundreds of stories we shared with you, here are the 10 you found most fascinating: 10. Is…