The importance of inclusiveness
We’ve all been on the outside before. We’ve been the person not picked for the sports team, the friend not invited to dinner, the person not thanked in the shopping list of thank yous. It sucks. I hear...
View ArticleIs social media destroying weddings?
Instant apologies for the clickbait headline, but lets be honest, if I’d used my original headline “The internet isn’t having your wedding, only you are” there was a 50% less of a chance of you getting...
View ArticleA Duchess’s Dillemma: the aisle
Over my long career creating wedding ceremonies there have been numerous occasions where a parent, or parents couldn’t attend their child’s wedding. At our own wedding it was because some weren’t...
View ArticleMissing Dave
My favourite thing about weddings is that they’re a rare sanctioned time for all of us to be real with each other. We say things we don’t normally say and talk about things we don’t normally talk...
View ArticleSeven things you should actually splurge on for your wedding.
There are thousands of articles spread across the internet which list, in great numbers, all the things you can save money on at your wedding. This article is not one of them. I’m going to try and turn...
View ArticleThe big guide on getting married overseas
Anyone tuned into my socials would see that Britt and I spend one to three months a year in countries without a Waltzing Matilda or a koala in sight, for weddings and elopements. Whether it’s a Bali...
View ArticleKeeping that guest list low
Weddings are getting smaller and smaller, and it’s actually quite nice. I was interviewed for Mozo’s blog recently: “I attribute this to the cost of catering and wait staff ever increasing, the growing...
View ArticleTotally splurge on these things at your wedding
There’s a thousand articles spread across this fine establishment we are lucky enough to publish on called the Internet that list in great number all the things you can save money on at your wedding....
View ArticleWhat are weddings for?
What is a wedding for? Is it for getting married? Surely it’s more than that, because the legal simple act of getting married only requires 120 words and five signatures. Is a wedding for the couple?...
View ArticleA wedding trend we can all get behind: minimalist guest lists
Like anyone in the wedding industry, I love a good trend. They give us just enough guidance to keep our creativity flowing, with an equal outpouring of freedom so we can find our own way through the...
View ArticleTo the wedding guests, a guide on how to attend a wedding
Hey, wedding guests, I’m talking to you today. There are two people getting married and you’re invited to celebrate with them. I know what you’re thinking, gosh, another bloody wedding but this is no...
View ArticleEmma and San at Milton Park, Bowral
My favourite part of your wedding is the ceremony of course, but then outside of the actual day you get married, my favourite is seeing how you felt about it all afterward. I was Emma and Sam’s...
View ArticleI’m a guest on the Wedded Podcast
Jenn and Steve Van Elk invited me onto their podcast, Wedded, a conversation about getting married and being married. We talked about a subject that I’m far too passionate about: getting married your...
View ArticleHow to get a free honeymoon on Qantas points
Qantas just emailed me with with an offer to refer people to the American Express deal I’m on, and it got me thinking … there’s a free honeymoon in this deal. So here’s how it works: applying for this...
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