What if your wedding felt like the best party your family and friends have been to all year? In this episode, a recent Adelaide ceremony at a legendary live music pub shows what happens when a couple starts with the party they love first and then puts their wedding inside it. Donna and Heath’s day proves a ceremony can be heartfelt, personal and quick without losing any of the fun and energy of the party. It’s a practical look at planning a modern wedding with a ceremony outline you can borro...
Oct 26
25 min
What is the one thing that sends so many DIY wedding flower plans off the rails, yet has almost nothing to do with the blooms themselves? I found out the hard way, two days before my own big day, armed with nothing but some floppy succulents and a roll of floral wire. This is an encore of Episode 71, because the wisdom is timeless and my disaster is even funnier in hindsight. Lisa Roeser from FiftyFlowers in the United States joins me to share budget friendly ways to create stunning arrangeme...
Oct 19
43 min
Have you ever saved a wedding dress to Pinterest, absolutely loved it, then found yourself looking at something completely different a week later? And how much of what you think you want to wear on your wedding day is genuinely your personal style, versus what you've been told a bride is supposed to look like? Yesterday, I went along to the Sposa Bride show, where I learned about the historical influences behind the modern bride and how bridal fashion has evolved into what we see today. And i...
Oct 12
33 min
You don’t know what you don’t know and weddings can be like that. There are dozens of little unglamorous things that never make it onto a wedding mood board, but that couples end up wishing they had planned for. This episode is a companion to episode 66, where I counted down 9 regrets I've either lived, read about or heard from my own couples. Well, there are more. 9 more, to be exact. I’m going to take you from the moment you wake up on the morning of your wedding to when you first step into...
Oct 5
21 min
What if the couple getting married this weekend already said their vows privately three days ago, over takeaway dinner, in their pajamas, with absolutely no one else in the room. Wedding ceremonies as we once knew them are being rewritten right now, not because the words matter more than they used to, but because couples are deciding who gets to be part of that moment, and when. Today I am getting into what a private vow exchange actually looks like in practice and some of the options availab...
Sep 28
18 min
What do you do if you feel lonely even while surrounded by people who love you? This episode takes a different turn from the usual conversations on this show, discussing a topic that touches wedding vendors and engaged couples alike. An experienced wedding photographer opens up about a period in his life when he felt profoundly lonely, even while building a career and a family he loves. You'll hear: What loneliness can look like when everything on the outside seems to be going rightHow ...
Sep 21
34 min
How do you create a wedding day that's happy and hopeful, that still feels light and fun, when there's someone who's passed away that you feel a deep need to honour the memory of? This episode isn't about telling you whether to include a tribute or leave it out. Both are completely reasonable choices, and love doesn't disappear just because someone has, along with the instinct to want them included in some way on a day like this. But it is about finding the middle path between ignoring a loss...
Sep 14
21 min
Are the flowers you're dreaming of for your wedding going to be out of season when you want them, or just completely out of your budget? Let me say first, I have so much love and respect for live flower traditional florists. They are some of the hardest working people in the wedding industry, and their artistry deserves to be recognised and valued. This episode is not about choosing a side between real flowers and faux flowers. But it is about the couples who’ve found a sweet spot between fre...
Sep 7
41 min
If you are feeling stuck right now, caught between styling ideas, colour palettes and hire decisions, and not sure what to commit to first, I’ve got something I want you to hear. It sounds unrelated, but I assure you, what I learned this week at a high school book week awards night just might be able to help you find perspective and a solid direction with your wedding planning too. It’s shifted the way I think about that stuck feeling I sometimes find myself in, the same one so many of you de...
Aug 31
9 min
WITH NEVER MISS MOMENTS MID-ROLL AD READ What would you do if your fiancé wanted you to change your last name to theirs after you get married, but you're not completely sold on it? We had someone ask us this on socials recently, so I've brought back Gen from Easy Name Change to answer this question and three other name change questions that our followers most wanted to know the answers to. Including if you can change parts of your given name or names after you get married and wh...
Aug 24
47 min
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