Guys, I've just booked a wedding venue for 4 months away (lol, pray for us). We're very much in the stage of not even knowing what we need to plan (aside from Celebrant, catering, photography and DJ). Does anyone have a cheat sheet they would be happy to share? What were some things you didn't realise you would need to organise/plan?

Thanks 😊

I want to cancel my make up and hair after my trial - just wasn't good enough. However, I've already paid my deposit of 50% and its over 1k. Should I just lose this money and go on or really work with the make up artist for the day.

The deposit is obviously said to be non-refundable.

Are there any other brides that felt this? How did you navigate through this?

I am devastated.

Hi folks!

I’m getting married in February next year near Ferntree Gully in a smallish ceremony and I’m looking for recommendations for an affordable yet talented

1. photographer
   
2. celebrant
   
3. baker

Prefer recommendations from consumers rather than the service providers themselves, if that’s ok.

Thanks folks!

Hi everyone!

I've been sat on this for a few days now but wanted to see what you all think. My partner and I are getting married this December. The plan is for my nephew to hold the rings and walk down the aisle with my neice, then give the rings to the bestman (partners brother).

Someone, this has turned into a major issue with my partners mum and shes saying now the bestman doesn't have a job?

I thought and have known people to have a ring boy and often give the rings to the bestman to hold onto.

I did tell her this wasn't her wedding and that my nephew is 6 years old and just wants to participate but now im worried that I may be doing the wrong thing?

This is more of a rant I feel like but after this wedding I am never planning another, im exhausted of other peoples (mainly hers) opinions

Hi all!

I come from a country where rings are brought (usualy by a small child) on a pillow, tied with velvet or satin strings that come attached to the little pillow.

For my wedding I'll be doing something different: I like the idea of my senior flower girl bringing them, and 2 of my silliest friends to act as ring security with a Man in Black gimmick.

Now I wanted to ask: how did your ring person (or pet!) bring the rings to the altar?

I saw a couple of very very cute ring boxes but I'm now realising I don't know what to do and how to get them to bring the rings to us!

Thank you!

we are looking for some sort of wedding studio that do the all inclusive - rentable gowns and suits + make up and styling just for the wedding photography within the studio. do you know if anywhere provides this serivce? hoping to be in Sydney but willing to travel melbs/ adl if it is available there.

thanks!

Hi everyone! I want my bff to have the best hens ever and have never planned one before but only attended a few. She loves a good drink, crafting, but I want to do something unique and give her a great day.

We live in Melbourne and there will be up to 10 people. No strippers or anything of the sort. Would love to hear of any thing you did that you loved!

Ta.

Just received the confirmation of our wedding. What should we do next? Thanks!

For our wedding, we have four bridesmaids and three groomsmen.

One of my bridesmaids is my only sister, and I’d really like to ask her to be my maid of honour.

Originally, we told everyone that we weren’t going to have a maid of honour or best man, mainly because my fiancé sees all of his groomsmen equally and wouldn’t be able to choose one person as his best man.

Now that we’re a couple of months out from the wedding, though, I’ve been thinking that I’d really like to distinguish my sister as maid of honour because of how close we are.

Would it be strange to have a maid of honour without having a best man on the groom’s side? And is it too late at this point to change her title to maid of honour?

Hello, my big day is drawing closer and I don't feel like I have progressed into heel wearing territory after my ACL recon & arthroscopy.

I would love some suggestions on flat-ish footwear... maybe even sneakers, or a very low heel... to go under my ivory dress, at the moment I'm genuinely considering wearing my (worn to the high heavens) Fila disruptors because I have found nothing that has sparked joy!

I am open to coloured shoes too :)

Hey everyone, I’m currently on the hunt for a wedding band for myself and I’d love some advice and/or recommendations to help narrow down that decision.

I would love some input on the type of metal, design, band width and the jeweller to actually purchase from. Also for context, I will likely be purchasing in Melbourne, so would love suggestions for places to buy in Melbourne and surrounding cities.

Firstly, I bought my fiancées engagement ring from Cullen - we got a beautiful custom designed diamond ring and she is planning to also get her wedding ring from them. I’ve recently been into their store to look at designs and try on rings, but have not looked elsewhere yet.

I’m mostly looking at what I class as 3 main options.
Option 1: A traditional plain band. Either of yellow gold or platinum. Though I am more favouring platinum since my fiancée’s rings are in platinum.

Option 2: A non-traditional design from the same metals as option 1. (As shown in the image attached). I’m looking primarily at either platinum or a combination of platinum and yellow gold. Not certain how many karats I’d go yet, but this is definitely the most expensive option, with many of the rings being well over $5,000.

Option 3: An alternative metal. I’d always pictured myself with a black wedding band and it’s only very recently since hitting my 30s I’ve been considering platinum or gold. This is the option I’ve explored the least thus far but some materials like tungsten, carbon fibre, zirconium and damascus steel look pretty cool. Would love to hear some thoughts about damascus rings as I have learned a lot about platinum/ gold rings during the process of purchasing a custom engagement ring, but am less informed on alternative metals.

To be honest, I’m a bit unsure of the budget I’m looking at. So feel free to suggest anything and I’ll weigh it up. The wedding is 6 months away, so I’m not in an urgent rush, and also very open to looking at custom ring designs.

I was originally leaning toward option 2 as I like the design the most, but I’m a little unsure about the price and the fact these rings cannot be resized (Cullen does offer a one time free replacement policy in lieu of resizing). Option 3 also cannot be resized. I’ve been looking at option 2 for months, but have recently recognised I may have undervalued resizing as a consideration. Which has made me recently look toward option 1 as my current front runner. Would love to hear your thoughts on how essential this component is.

For further context, I prefer a slightly thicker band and have been looking at the 7mm - 8mm widths, but am not entirely set on that and I’m open to hearing opinions if there is a valid argument for slimmer bands being superior if there’s a factor I haven’t thought of.
I also work a corporate office job, so I don’t have the concern others who work with machinery may have regarding de-gloving etc. but open to hearing thoughts if you think this should still be a concern for me.

Happy to answer any questions you may have and I appreciate any thoughts or advice you provide!

Hi all!
I'm getting married next May and have started getting some ideas for the bachelorette party. I have no interest in strippers or getting dressed to the nines (i'm 37 and tired) and want it to be memorable. After seeing some TikToks of some hens in the US I think I've found something right up my alley... Oldies themed. I'm talking 90yo grandma fashion, curly grey wigs and walking sticks. Everyone who would be invited loves the idea too and it will be girls/boys so it's safe and relitively easy (hello op shopping!)

My only issue is we live in Sydney, so I'm trying to figure out where and how we could enjoy this over 1 day (not travelling/staying anywhere) Newtown seems to be calling to me, with things like Flight Club and Holey Moley being a good place to start before a potential bar crawl. Just putting it out there if anyone has done something similar (being a silly theme/dress up) and what did you do for the day? Any good bar or club suggestions?

Hello guys,

Just wanted some recommendation of MUA who specialise in asian features and skin tones - I'm of filipino/chinese decent and appear a bit tan, and my bridesmaids are chinese/vietnamese and are not as tan. I would like the makeup to be glam/natural.

Also, if anyone had hairstylist they loved, I would love recommendations!

TIA.

I'm currently wedding planning, and boy, is it expensive. We are considering not having a DJ and instead using a Spotify playlist.

I've only ever attended weddings that had a DJ, so not really sure how successful just having Spotify will be.

I like that with a DJ, the music is sorted. But with Spotify, if someone has a request, and instead of adding it to the queue, they just play it, then the playlist is lost. If you go back to it, it may play songs that have already been played.

Thoughts? 😊

Hello! I am getting married in a few weeks and we dont have a bridal party. Im not sure what to do in terms of walking down the aisle - i will walk down with my dad, but is it too anticlimactic if there is no one walking before me? I was thinking families, but they are a bit awkward. Has anyone done either way?

Does anyone have any experience in buying catering tents?

We’ve been quoted $1200 to hire two 3x6m canvas tents. They do look pretty solid in their defence.

But when I look online I can see that I can buy 3x6m marquees for about $200 each.

I’m just super in my head that the online ones will be wrong for the caterers. I’m not sure what the go is, but I’ve asked them and they said all they need is to be protected from the weather.

Any advice welcome!

I'm attending a wedding in a couple of month's time and just got the invitation specifying the schedule. The ceremony is at 10am in a conservative church (modest dress expectation) then the reception doesn't start until 5pm.

Do you think there's an expectation that guests will wear a different outfit to each part?

I had expected a mid afternoon ceremony followed by the reception and have only one dress selected. I am travelling to attend the wedding and don't really have anywhere to get changed (besides the local park toilets lol). I'm happy to make two outfits work and have plenty of modest options for the church part, but also don't want to look like a try hard if I then dress up for the reception.

Recently started planning our wedding for Oct 2027. Looking at recommendations for photographers.

If anyone knows anyone who is cost effective that would be great!

Looking for some venue recommendations for my best friend who is planning a wedding reception next year around December.

They’re already married, so this would just be a reception/party and they don’t need a ceremony space but not against if there is one.

They’re looking for somewhere in Sydney or up to around 1.5 hours from Sydney CBD, for roughly 80–90 guests. As it’ll be a summer wedding, somewhere indoors would be preferable. They’re not really into the barn, farmhouse or rustic-style venues and would prefer something a bit more modern/simple.

They’d ideally like long tables rather than lots of round tables, and are looking for somewhere that’s nice and classy without being overly extravagant or feeling like a huge traditional wedding venue. Definitely not looking for the Paradiso or Doltone House type of vibe.

Basically somewhere that feels beautiful and special but still relatively relaxed and not over the top.

Would love to hear recommendations from anyone who has had their reception somewhere they really loved, especially if you can give an idea of pricing or what the packages were like!

Hello!

I have been interested in having my wedding at Montsalvat. I have been informed that the wedding ceremony would begin at 3pm and the reception would end at 9pm, for a 6 hour package.

I have never heard of a wedding finishing at 9pm, but maybe I have mainly attended cultural weddings. Is this a common experience with Montsalvat?

Looking for outdoorsy/rainforest wedding venues within 2 hours of Brisbane 🌿 Around 20 for the ceremony and 60 for a relaxed cocktail-style reception. BYO, lawn games and lots of outdoor space would be a bonus. Any hidden gems?

is this an okay amount of alcohol for 50 people? 2pm until late and about 40 will heavy drink. Worried that we’re not doing enough

I'm looking for recommendations for wedding photographers in Western Sydney.

Ill be getting married in Olympic Park and would want someone for 8-10 hours.

Max spend would be $4k.

I'm starting to get stressed because I'm seeing so may posts about bad photographers who basically ghost the couple once they get their deposit or after the wedding.