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Exciting Melbourne

Melbourne, an exciting lifestyle city where everything happens from international sporting events to all the good things in life including food, shopping and wonderful entertainment, is a great place for a honeymoon ...Read more

Wedding Cakes

Here are some tips for you to think about when choosing your wedding cake. ...Read more

Wedding Co-ordinators

We all know that organising a wedding can be quite a stressful time. Having to find time to view venues, talk to photographers, look at flowers, try on dresses.all while juggling your normal day to day commitments - it can all become a bit much. This is where wedding co-ordinators can come into play. ...Read more

Keeping the Romance

While a wedding is all about the love and commitment between two people very much in love, it is surprising how often the romance gets forgotten in the hurly burly of the planning of the event. We have eight great tips for ensuring that the wedding remains about romance rather than family obligations! ...Read more

Wedding Flower Preservation

Pressing and framing your bouquet is a great way to ensure your special flowers stay with you forever. ...Read more

The Wedding Reception

Let's eat, drink and be merry. Once the solemnity of the ceremony is over it's time to party - but what happens at the reception and in what order? ...Read more

Beach Ceremonies

Some tips for planning your beach ceremony. ...Read more

The Magic of Beads

Beautiful beads can provide a truly individual touch to your wedding. We talk with Jo from Beads Glorious Beads to find out how. ...Read more

Fitness - the Zone

You've set your wedding day, it's several months to go and you've made a resolution to be slim and gorgeous. You also need the energy to handle the stress, and you don't want to feel drained and tired by cutting down on your food. Julianne Taylor outlines the Zone Nutirtion Programme which can help achieve this. ...Read more

Tying the Knot

While informal weddings are becoming more and more common these days, many of us still prefer to head down the traditional route and don a tie for the occasion. Here are some step-by-step instructions for ensuring that your tie looks perfect on the wedding day. ...Read more

Shelley & Josh

Shelley and Josh - 19 November 2005

The day started off with brilliant sunshine and we got 24 degrees and fantastic weather. The makeup lady arrived at 8.30 and started her magic on the first bridesmaid and then worked between me and the 2 bridesmaids. We had several people pop in through the morning and my surprise was delivered.

The photographer and the videographer arrived at 1.30 and proceeded to take some shots at home. The florist had done a magnificent job with the flowers. The black 57chevs arrived at 2.30 and off we went to the chapel at 2.50 and pulled in the drive at 3.00.

The ceremony was great as we had written our own vows and it meant a lot. My surprise was monarch butterflies and everyone was very surprised as I had them delivered to me that morning individually placed in boxes and when the boxes were open and the sun hit there wings it was a magic sight, the celebrant said a few words while they were being released.

After the ceremony wine and chocolates were served and we had a few family shots within the village we then went off to Cockle Bay and had the bridal photos. Josh and organised the basket of goodies for the beach and had brought cheese, crackers and MOET which was great.

We got back to the reception at 5.30 and everything was running exactly to plan and our background piano man was sounding great. An awesome dinner was served, speeches were said and I said a few words and then the band started and we got a lot of cheers to our first dance song which was "Leave your hat on" by Joe Cocker which is not your normally wedding song. We danced the night away till midnight and then proceeded to another location.

All in all a fantastic day and the piece of advice I can give future brides is make sure you do what "you and your future husband" want as my day was perfect and make sure you are an organised person.