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Help! I’m a bridesmaid but what do I do?
Being a bridesmaid can be confusing, after all, some end up doing lots for the wedding, while others need only turn up on the day looking gorgeous! According to Sydney wedding planner Jessica Alvial, in order to be a great bridesmaid you must first grasp the fundamentals of a bridesmaid’s… Read More
Yumbo, three tiers of scrumptious mud cake it is!
So, we finally met with our cake maker. The experience was both productive and delicious! He Says: Today was a good day because I got to eat cake – and lots of it! We finally met with our cake maker for the wedding after a little bit of shuffling schedules… Read More
We’re getting married, but can we stand to live together?
This has been a busy couple of weeks, but we are now living in our own place. He Says As of last Saturday Kate and I are now out on our own as a couple in our own house. It’s a rental house, but it still counts. Unfortunately it means… Read More
With the big stuff out of the way, it’s time to sweat the small stuff
He Says: Over the course of the last week we managed to pay the church deposit which was nice and small while Kate has also been arranging a time to meet up with our minister and start discussions on the wedding. I still have no idea what to expect or… Read More
OMG. Three months to go – and I’m not bonkers … yet!
My friendly email reminder So, I was sitting on the train early this morning, half asleep and just barely keeping my eyes open when my Blackberry beeped. There was a new email and it was from Easy Weddings! It was my Easy Weddings countdown reminder. Well, look at that! I have 3 months… Read More
Who says a bride can’t change her mind – again, and again and …?
One of the amazing things about the Easy Weddings website is the sheer volume of inspiration – whether it’s the suppliers in the wedding directory, the articles, forum and of course the fancy new blog! Working here means an even bigger avalanche of wedding ideas! Creating ads for new suppliers… Read More
My big fat Indian engagement party
I’m not sure how it happened but my calendar tells me it’s the end of June! When did this happen – I’m sure I didn’t authorise it. Which means that there are 283 days til our wedding and only 143 til our engagement party! Time sure flies when you are designing wishing… Read More
Why can’t my bride just have bed hair? It suits me!
Things are progressing nicely… We think! We have a church, and the next big step is the cars. Then we can start aiming towards the honeymoon. Hopefully we haven’t left anything too late! He Says Phew, we finally have a church! After contacting lots of churches to find out that… Read More
Photographer locked in! It’s time to strike a pose!
Our hunt for a photographer was slightly easier than most of the experiences I’ve read about. I guess because our shortlist was made up of photographers whose work we’d seen at other weddings. Then we had the few that we’d seen at the Sydney Bridal Expo last year. Don’t get me wrong… Read More
Celebrity Weddings: Phil & Angela Ceberano
When Phil Ceberano, 44, first set eyes upon his wife-to-be, he was knocked out, later describing her as looking like a 1960′s movie star. Angela Crews, 28, was equally impressed. As a senior publicist at Sony Music she knew a top-notch performer when she heard one. Unfortunately, they were both… Read More
Tattoos: mask or masquerade?
I have a few tattoos; they are covering areas of my body that have scars on them. It was my solution to everyone asking about the scars – a little drastic I know; but it worked! Most of them aren’t visible, not unless I show them to you. However, there… Read More
10 questions to ask your dress designer
When it comes to choosing or designing your wedding gown, there’s more to consider than just how jaw-droppingly gorgeous you will look as you walk down the aisle. Couture wedding dress designer Karen Willis Holmes shares her 10 most important questions to ask any prospective designer before settling on… Read More
Real or fake? A floral conundrum
Starting to think about the floral arrangements, bouquets etc. So now the question arises, should I go with real or fake? I was set on using real flowers, that is until I saw a bouquet that a girlfriend had bought online. From a distance it looked real. It was only once you… Read More
He says, She says: Delays, cars and churches. There’s still so much to do!
Kate now has a second job to help cover the wedding, while also being injured! Hence delaying the wedding plans but we are still getting there He Says Wow things have been busy! Kate’s got a second job now to put some more money towards the wedding, but has also… Read More
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… Read More
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.… Read More
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… Read More
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… Read More
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… Read More
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.… Read More
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… Read More
Let the games begin!
So after many months of careful budgeting (the Easy Weddings Budget Calculator to the rescue) we worked out that we would definitely be able to afford our wedding in 2012! Not only was I over the moon but the goofy grin on Craig’s face was priceless. We decided to have… Read More
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… Read More
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… Read More
Where have all the cheap bridesmaids dresses gone?
We’ve gone out on a limb this week and ordered our bridesmaids dresses online, based only on a photo we have seen. Fingers crossed they turn out! He Says The bridesmaid’s dresses are a recent decision; we ordered them just two weeks ago. Because we are trying to stick to… Read More
Guys also want to look good!
We, just like everyone else, have goals for what we look like on the wedding day. For Kate, it’s that bikini body you can flaunt on the beach, for me it’s being buff and having that rippling six-pack you see on models and in movies. We are 5 months into… Read More
Welcome to the EW blogs
Hi, folks and welcome to the new Easy Weddings blogs. We’re Australia’s No. 1 wedding destination and we’re really excited to expand our offerings to brides across the country (and the world!). Today, we launch four blogs, the main Easy Weddings blog, which will be filled with tips, tricks, news… Read More
A friendly photographer with good photos
Deciding on our photographer this week seemed like a hard task, but after weeks of searching, it became really easy once we had met our final 3. He Says Kate absolutely loves photos! I open my photo gallery on my computer, which includes most of Kate’s photos from when… Read More
A nice reception venue, on a budget
Picking a reception venue has taken us the last couple of weeks, it wasn’t as easy as we thought it was going to be, there are so many options! He Says The reception venue is going to be the most costly part of our wedding, which also means it has… Read More
Keeping the brides dress a secret from him!
We (She), picked out the brides dress this week, he’s not allowed to know about it, she has to keep it a secret. He Says Kate’s dress is, for me, one of those no-go zones. As far as I’m aware, it’s meant to be kept a secret, and I… Read More
Popping the question in the botanic gardens
Getting engaged was one of the most magical days of our lives! We spent the day together which included a picnic lunch, romantic garden walk and then the popping of the question. He Says Our engagement was half planned, half spontaneous. After about nine months together, we got to the… Read More
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