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  • Our Ceremony: finding the right words…

    Well it’s all systems go at the moment, I have been very popular with Australia Post – my wedding packages have been slowly trickling in.  It’s like having a birthday every few days. Without the cake…Although there is never any shortage of cake at the EW offices. More importantly we received our first draft of…

  • PJs and TV make for a perfect royal wedding night

    PJs and TV make for a perfect royal wedding night

    What would you expect a royal couple to do on their wedding night? Erm, no, not THAT. After all the pomp and ceremony of the day, the newly minted Duke and Duchess of Cambridge spent their wedding night rugged up in their PJs watching telly. Yep, exhausted after their momentous day, the newleds retreated to…

  • Matt was one HOT fireman!

    I met Matt in, of all places, a nightclub. I was working there and, having caught his eye, he waited until the end of the night and pushed past the security guards for my number. I liked him immediately, but, at the time, I had a very complicated relationship with my ex-boyfriend, so Matt and…

  • Why is he so involved in the wedding?

    A wedding consists of two people, but most of the planning is usually left up mostly to one person in the relationship. We’re doing things differently, we’re both having an equal say in most of the wedding and it is working out great! He Says It took me by quite a surprise to be told…

  • Brad and Angelina to marry?

    Brad and Angelina to marry?

    Could Hollywood’s hottest couple be considering taking the plunge and getting hitched? In an exclusive interview with USA Weekend, Brad Pitt has freely mentioned the ‘M’ word – and his changing attitude towards it. In the past, Brad and Angie have insisted they’d only wed if gay marriage were legalised in the US, but after…

  • Grecian goddess inspired bridesmaid gowns

    It’s funny how we start of with an idea in our minds of what we do and don’t like, only to find our final choices making a beeline for the opposite direction to where we were headed. My number 1 thing was I didn’t want long gowns for my Bridesmaids. I think it was less…

  • The Dynamic Duo

    Mmmm where do I begin.. I’m Angie. Think of a clumsy, accident prone, fun loving gal and there you have me. If you look in my handbag, you’d more often than not find a mini screwdriver set or a tube of superglue, sometimes even BOTH. Oh, and also my must have item Lucas Pawpaw Ointment!!…

  • Wedding provides hope to a heartbroken town

    What a fantastic story of hope from deep within the destruction zone of Joplin’s recent tornado. The local paper, The Joblin Globe ran this heartwarming story about Aaron Cox and Brooke Watson who married on Saturday after seven years of dating – despite the fact their homes were destroyed in last week’s tornado. The wedding…

  • Meet the Easy Weddings bloggers

    Karishma: our uber efficient bride Karishma is a 30-year old bride-to-be from Melbourne and an Easy Weddings staff member (she runs the entire office!). She met her now fiancee Craig at a mutual friend’s housewarming party in 2008, and they became engaged in October 2009. Karishma and Craig are planning an Irish/Indian wedding ceremony and…

  • Is it OK to invite people to your hen/stag do even if they aren’t invited to the wedding?

    Great question! Of course it is, but be prepared to explain just in case you are asked why they weren’t invited in the first place. If you have a legitimate reason for not inviting someone to the actual wedding, but would very much like them to attend your hen’s/stag’s night (ie. you are having an…

  • The supermodel and the superstar

     It’s the case of the supermodel who booked the superstar. Yes, Ms Kate Moss has hired the indomitable Dame Shirley Bassey to sing at her July nuptials to The Kills rocker Jamie Hince. Mirror.co.uk has quoted a source close to Kate, 37, saying: “Dame Shirley was always top of her wish list for the wedding…

  • I’ve got loads of guests who can take my wedding photos. Are there any advantages to hiring a professional photographer?

    Of course they can, but says Moira Nell from First Wedding Portraits in Perth. “It’s like comparing a DIY hubby to an architect or electrician.” Moira, who has been photographing weddings for many years, acknowledges that there are plenty of cost effective ways to capture photos on your wedding day, but that it may not…

  • From wow to vow – Bridal bootcamp week 1

    For the next 12 weeks, our wedding fitness guru Blake Worral-Thompson will walk you through a health and fitness regime designed to have you looking – and feeling – your best come your big day! Week 1 The hardest part of anything new, not just a new exercise regime, is getting started. Do you remember…

  • Kim K's (finally) getting hitched!

    After just six months of dating, Kim Kardashian, 30,  finally got her man – and an engagement ring thought to be worth at least $2 million. The uber-hip socialite’s newly minted fiance, New Jersey Nets forward Kris Humphries, 26, popped the question on May 18 – on bended knee, no less – but only after…

  • What is the best way to share my photos with friends and family overseas?

    Email and CDs are now considered the “good ol’ fashioned way” (can you believe it!), and websites and blogs are the latest things to keep your loved ones overseas updated on your life.  And what a fantastic thing to blog about!  You can open a free blog on a variety of sites including blogger.com, blog.com…

  • An unexpected proposal

    I always assumed that I’d be well warned and prepared for the day he popped the question. You know, because I knew him so well that I’d pick up on any secrets in a jiffy! WRONG!!!! I was taken completely off guard!! But first let’s go back a step. In the 2 weeks leading up…

  • Location, location, location!

    Trying to choose our church and reception venues brought in our first real dilemma (well, for me anyway) My mother wanted it at her local parish which is just down the road from where we live. His parents wanted it at their local parish, which…YES, you guessed it..was just down the road from where they…

  • Carys' cosy home wedding

    Michael & I began “going out” on September 23rd, 2001. He was 17 and I was 16, and we both expected our relationship would just be a bit of fun and never imagined it lasting longer than maybe six months. Here we are now, nine years, eight months and three days later – still going…

  • Girls just wanna have…affordable bridesmaids dresses!

    Finding a dress for my two bridesmaids was actually one of the things I wasn’t looking forward to. I looked for dresses that fitted all the clichés, it had to be pretty, it had to suit different body shapes and the age old “something the girls would wear again” – has anyone ever worn a bridesmaids’ dress…

  • Suit-able choices

    Craig tends to roll his eyes…a lot…when anything remotely wedding related is mentioned, he was however quite certain about what he wanted to wear on the day. He wanted a  Mandarin collared suit and shirt, and absolutely no tie! I started in our directory for this search I had seen some suits that matched Craig’s description –…

  • Foods for fat loss

    As winter approaches it’s likely that more of us will tend to eat those winter warming foods that taste so good at the time but leave us with a bitter taste in our mouths come August/ September when the weather starts to heat up and the swimsuit makes its return! It is a common misconception…

  • LeAnne Rimes' Mexican honeymoon

    It took them two months, but newlyweds LeAnn Rimes and Eddie Cibrian finally managed to escape to Cabo San Lucas in Mexico for a well-deserved honeymoon. Shortly after her April nuptials, LeAnn told PEOPLE magazine “We have to go back to work right away… The next four to five weeks hopefully, we’ll be able to…

  • My wedding planner wants to change my music, but I don't like it. What should I do?

    Marie, it’s your wedding and your wedding planner is there to help you plan your big day– within the constraints of your wishes, desires, tastes and personality. It’s really quite simple, you’re the boss. While her expertise is no doubt valuable and, in many instances, will likely lead to some good decisions, the fact is,…

  • Wedding etiquette, or Itaquette?

      Times may have changed but, according to Ita Buttrose, good manners never go out of fashion. And, of course, she’s spot on. Ita may be best known (and admired) for her serious media credentials, but she’s no slouch when it comes to etiquette, or should that be Itaquette? Her latest offering, A Guide to…

  • Pick a date, any date

    There was never any doubt in our minds about what season we wanted our wedding to be in! SPRING won our votes hands down! Now to pick a date. October was our preferred month, but trying to get everyone together on the same date was abit more of a mission. We tried a few dates,…

  • Trash the dress. Engagement shoots with bite

    When it comes to engagement photo shoots, gone are the days of carefully posed shots of couples meandering along a secluded cherry blossom-filled track or running through a field (though, of course, you can have them if you so wish)! Modern engagement shoots are about fun and reflecting the true personality of the couple –…

  • Save the date!

    In my blog travels I found a post from a couple in America that had a framed poster at their ceremony, it was the first verse of “You are my sunshine”. This song never fails to make the both of us smile, so I decided to borrow the idea for our Save the Date cards.…

  • Bridal dilemma number 1

    If I thought my dress went through a million evolutions – my wedding flowers went through more! I am not a huge fan of cut flowers – I’d prefer a pot plant! But it is a wedding I could hardly walk down the aisle with a terracotta pot of roses! I started out looking at…

  • Enter the groom

    So Craig’s involvement in the wedding planning so far can be summarised in two words…No tie. Our wonderful reception coordinator – Stephanie from Elmswood Estate decided to fix that, by accident. When we went to have a tour of the winery she told us a story about a couple that used a sword to cut their cake…

  • Inviting ideas…

    Wedding invites weren’t high on my list of “wedding wants” I am far too practical to obsess about paper and embellishments – shoes on the other hand…well you’ve seen my posts 😉 Some of our very talented forum girls have created their own invites from scratch! Or found some beautiful ready made ones.   Craig…

  • Shoes…Glorious…Shoes!

    This was my second favourite search – ok I lie – this was my other favourite search – wedding shoes! It was also the hardest search – there are literally millions of pairs of shoes and they were all sky high! Craig and I are similar heights, he may be a few inches taller, so…

  • Wedding bling

    I am having such a blast choosing my wedding jewellery! I’m a self confessed accessories junkie from way back – so naturally I was in my element. Even though I browse the web for jewellery every now and then – this time I had a purpose! My bookmarks folder at this point was on strike and took a…

  • Princess Beatrice's "Octopotty" hat fetches $124,869

    Oh, dear. Poor old Princess B’s godawful wedding hat (which I’ve nicknamed the Octopotty) has attracted an embarrassingly high final bid of £81,101. That’s $124,869 AUD, folks! The now legendary Philip Treacy creation was put up for sale on eBay to raise funds for Unicef and the charity, Children in Crisis, and received more than…

  • Why a diamond ring? Head here

     Description: A diamond ring is the ultimate engagement symbol, but this hasn’t always been the case.  Discover the significance and story behind this sparkling tradition. Significance of a diamond engagement ring   A sparkling diamond engagement ring is the stuff that dreams are made of, and most men turn automatically to diamonds when they…

  • How to shop for an engagement ring

    The engagement ring shopping trip should be a special and pleasurable experience as long as you do some research and planning ahead of time.  Here are five top tips on arranging your ring shopping excursion. Engagement ring shopping trip tips So your boyfriend has just become your fiancé and you’re off to look for an…

  • Costume change

    As my family is Indian and we aren’t having an Indian wedding I wanted to honour that part of my heritage by adding a few elements into our wedding.  So after the first lot of photos – after the ceremony, I will be changing into an Indian outfit.   I am looking at a red, blue…

  • Who pays for the bridesmaids'/groomsmen's gear?

    Who pays bridesmaids dress? Traditionally bridesmaids pay for their own gowns, or in the case of younger bridesmaids, their parents pay for them. However, some brides feel uncomfortable about this, or would prefer to pay for the dress themselves for various reasons. The third option is to split the bill for the dresses, perhaps paying…

  • Always and forever for Keyshia Cole

      Hit songstress Keyshia Cole married NBA player Daniel Gibson last weekend in a private ceremony after a year-and-a-half engagement. Daniel proposed to Keyshia on New Year’s Eve in 2010 and today tweeted, “Just like I Promised.. Me & @keyshiacole Couple Wedding Pics!!! The Gibson Family #Luv Enjoy.” He continued with, “Always & Forever!! It’s…

  • The hunt for the perfect dress

    My idea of the perfect wedding dress went through a few evolutions. I started with a long, strapless mermaid gown with a lace overlay and a small train.  Then I decided my dream wedding gown was a sleeveless chiffon gown with hand beading on the bodice and a v neck.   At one point I think I…

  • Music to our ears…

    So I’ve been told that feeding our guests and letting them watch us parade around in our splendor is not enough – who knew?  So my next challenge was to find the entertainment for our reception. So did we want a band, a duo, trio, DJ, a circus troupe or a magician? Don’t laugh it’s…

  • Finding our photographer

    After a few thousand emails I had given up hope of finding a photographer within our wedding budget.  Our needs were very simple, we wanted 4-5 hours of photography on a high res disc, nothing more maybe a little less.  Our budget just didn’t extend far enough to go with some of the amazing photographers…

  • Even Barbie gets a Vera Wang wedding dress!

    Barbie gets all the cool clothes, including this stunning and timeless wedding gown, designed by none other than bridal couture queen, Vera Wang. Called The Traditionalist, it is the third and final personalised wedding dress Wang has created for the Barbie Collector bridal doll collection and is based on here real-life Dovima gown. This tailored,…

  • The Venue

    Our original idea was to have a garden ceremony and reception in the Rose Gardens at Maroondah Dam in Healesville. We both loved the idea of a big marquee in the gardens with a spit roast buffet, lots of music and drinks. And then we got the quotes back…suffice to say that rained on our…

  • Our story…

    Craig and I got engaged in October 2009, it was a chaotic year for us so it was a beautiful way to end the year. We planned a small engagement party with our friends in March 2010 and planned to be married in 2011. And then everything happened at once – as life usually does.…

  • Getting fit for success in THAT dress

    Have you ever got through a whole week without one of your girlfriends mentioned those two words? The two words that dominant the health industry? The two most important words for most brides to be after ‘I do’. Weight loss. It dominants every health and fitness discussion. For a large percentage of brides to be,…

  • The art of being a brilliant bridesmaid

    NSW-based wedding planner Jessica Alvial has had a hand in more than 16 weddings during her two years as a wedding planner. Alvial, who runs For All Eternity Wedding and Event Planning, says that one of her most frequently asked questions is, “How can I be a brilliant bridesmaid?” Below, she shares her tips on…

  • Your wedding in the palm of your hand

    Australia’s No.1 wedding planning directory has landed on the iPhone – and it’s free. Easy Weddings connects brides-to-be with more than 3500 suppliers nationally for everything from wedding dresses and photography to wedding invitations and cake makers. Our new iPhone app lets you plan your wedding anytime and from anywhere. You can also: Choose and…

  • How to choose a wedding photographer

    After many years as a wedding photographer, Moira Nell believes there is something truly special about wedding photographs – no matter, she says, how “no matter how old or young or how in or out of love” the couple are! “I can look at wedding photography for hours – just admiring the magic of it…

  • Experts' weddings

  • Classic cars

      1) Rare, classic vehicles Having transported Prime Ministers, movie stars and sporting legends, our fully-restored, chauffeured vehicles won’t fail to turn heads on your big day. Our fleet of limited-edition, classic American cars includes a jet black a 1936 Cadillac Limousine, a 1946 Buick Convertible, a 1939 Buick limousine and a 1939 Buick Roadmaster,…

  • DJ tips for an iPOd

      http://www.hughmonroe.com/ Monroe@cairns.net.au Since I was about 11 now 48  2 – 3 weddings a week about 4000 weddings 0414 665 081 Can be very competitive, it’s the cheapsets For a DJ, easywedings, should pay more than about $300 and $500 and been an MC.   If an MC and a DJ does a really…

  • Why a wedding planner?

    CAtherine D’entremont – about 100 Germna -weddings in Malaysia – CAnada  – I’m very creative, in an emgerency I could do a bougquet – I have so many people com eup – prjoect manager for your event, a style the whole wedding in front of them so they get a vision and lifts a lot…

  • Eco-friendly weddings

    Weddings that won’t cost the earth http://www.ecofriendlyweddings.com.au/Resources.aspx

  • Faking it…

    Fantastic faux flowers

  • Wedding planner's wedding

    http://cdweddings.blogspot.com/p/contact.html CAthering D’entre, 50, – 6 years started 7 ears ago by reseraching, and about 70 weddings, canada, malayasia, germany, on the wedding day, everyoen is tress ind their best closed, onrying on their best befhivoru and once the alcohol get s in its chagnes, beautiful tables, some write own vowes, and what htey write…

  • 10 wedding day essentials

    CAthering D’entre – 6 years started 7 ears ago by reseraching, and about 70 weddings, canada, malayasia, germany, 1) a lot of people come flying in, she’s rushing up and down to the airport – she should have everything tickte off her list two days before so that the last day, she needs ot calm…

  • Engagement rings fit for a princess

    Engagement rings Whether you or your beau pick your engagement ring, you’re probably going to love it! My diamonds.com.au six years, but head jewller, making jewelrs for 28 years traine din belgium as a jeweller, I’m a gemm Supun Amarasena start at about $10,000 (2.5 carat blue saphire with 1.2 cart of dioands, top end,…

  • A playground crush that never faded

    Peter and I went to primary school together. He was my younger brother Aaron’s friend. Because we were only two grades apart Aaron, Peter and myself were part of a group of about eight kids who used to hang out together. Peter was a regular visitor to our house after school for about two and…

  • How to set wedding weight-loss goals

    So, you want to slip into that fabulous wedding dress without needing to hold your breath for 12 hours, eh? Well, the first step is realising that is your goal! It may not sound exciting, but one of the most rewarding parts of any new health regime is setting your goal. However, the problem with…

  • Cultural weddings Angie & Phuong

    ANYONE FOR TEA? I’m Angie & I’m a Filipino. My fiancé is Vietnamese. His name’s Phuong We got engaged in May 2010 & I’m only JUST starting to find a way to keep everyone happy The 2 traditions I’ll be telling you about helped us avoid stepping on A LOT of toes during this whole…