8 tips for wet weather wedding planning
Rain is a modern wedding’s worse enemy! But you can plan for it. 1. The first thing to note when you’re thinking about wet weather options, or if you’re a few days out from the wedding and the forecast...
View ArticleAll about the NOIM – The Notice of Intended Marriage form 13
Second to choosing a wedding dress or getting everyone’s RSVPs to your special day, completing the NOIM, the Notice of Intended Marriage, is probably the hardest thing you’ve got to do to be married....
View ArticleBJ’s Decent Proposal, to Carla on B105
I’m a sucker for an amazing proposal and this one orchestrated by B105′s Labby, Stav and Abby, brought a joyful tear to my eye. By the way, nice cameo Bill McDonald! The post BJ’s Decent Proposal, to...
View ArticleLog out of Pinterest, put down the magazine and get the right wedding photos
Wedding magazines, for all of their glamorous photos, great reads and reams of dresses, exist primarily to serve the industry, says award-winning American photographer Anne Almasy on the Huffington...
View ArticleProblems with wedding vendors and unhappy brides
What do you do if there’s a problem with your reception venue, perhaps they are double booked. Or what if your flower supplier gives you late notice that they cannot supply your bouquet. Even worse,...
View ArticleKim Kardashian’s Wedding: 7 things Britt learnt
My wife is obsessed with the Kardashians, particularly their weddings, so I’ve asked her to write a guest blog on seven things she’s learnt from Kim Kardashian, and her sisters’, weddings. 1. Make some...
View ArticleA revealing wedding RSVP
One Bride has revealed on Reddit how she encouraged her wedding guests to RSVP. The post A revealing wedding RSVP appeared first on Fun, young, male celebrant, Josh Withers, Brisbane wedding celebrant.
View ArticleEight must-ask wedding venue questions
It’s the party of the decade, in your honour, and you need it to be amazing. You’re paying three arms and four limbs for it, it has to be special, but most couples that I meet forget to ask these...
View ArticleBrides: Why aren’t you changing your last name?
I wrote earlier today about the technical details behind Brides changing their last names on their wedding day, and how you do it legally in Australia. It’s often an awkward point in meeting with a...
View ArticleDancing celebrant
No one has ever requested my dancing services at a wedding ceremony I’m performing. I don’t know if it’s because they’ve talked to my wife, or anyone that has ever known me. But regardless of their...
View ArticlePaul and Victoria at Tamborine Gardens by Kitanobo Photography
On Thursday I was lucky enough to wed two upstanding members of the Brisbane community, not just regular old good people, but Paul and Victoria serve our community and are an important thread in the...
View ArticleHow to: use your iPod for wedding music
Even if you’re hiring a DJ or a band for your wedding, some songs, particularly songs for the ceremony in many cases, need to be played off iPod/iPhone/iPad/MP3 player. Here’s my tip on how to playlist...
View ArticleWant a different wedding? You need a different celebrant
If you want a different wedding, you have to start with a different celebrant. I’m a young celebrant and almost everyone that sits across from me as we meet for a coffee, usually on a Sunday afternoon,...
View ArticleWhat do you suppose this bride is doing on her mobile phone?
It’s not the “done thing” to use your mobile phone during a ceremony, but no-one’s ever seen a bride do it. What do you suppose she is doing on her mobile phone? The post What do you suppose this bride...
View ArticleWhy most weddings are boring, and how to make sure yours isn’t
The famous line from Henry Ford is “You can have any colour you want, as long, as it’s black”, and I feel like the wedding industry has been ran the same way, even though it doesn’t have to. Model T...
View ArticleA ‘Pleasant’ Canberra wedding at Duntroon
I was lucky enough to be invited into Scott and Rebecca’s wedding on the grounds of the Royal Military College at Duntroon. Rebecca and Scott had lots of nice things to say about me, but it sounds made...
View ArticleWhat makes Joshua Lincoln Films different?
You’ve probably already found there are millions and millions of wedding vendors out there, so this is my contribution to trying to help you out: What makes you different? From time to time I’ll catch...
View ArticleRay and Linda’s Halloween wedding
This is the surprise Halloween wedding I performed that got the interest of Channel Nine’s Today Show – see the video here - and still stands out as one of my favourites. Ray and Linda wanted to...
View ArticleAnt and Jacqui’s Salt wedding
In November 2013 we were lucky enough to see the storm clouds part, the winds calm, and the sun shine on Salt Beach at Kingscliffe for Antony and Jacqui’s wedding. Styling: Beautiful Weddings...
View ArticleJosh on Sunrise with Kochie and Sam talking Pop-Up Weddings
A bunch of likeminded wedding industry people have gotten together on the idea of pop-up weddings, and our second event is a Star Wars Day themed pop-up wedding. This idea sparked a conversation with...
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