Wedding Planning, Styling and the art of Vintage and DIY
So… you’re engaged!
Congratulations!
So you’ll tell your family, have the wedding and walk happily through life together… right?
(Well yes!)
But there is a whole lot more involved to get to that lovely place than you could have ever imagined when he pulled out that ring!
Wedding Planning and Styling
As a bride organising her own wedding you may well feel that there are a hundred styles to choose from, that you will be making lists of a thousand tasks and only a million things you need to oversee. Here at Serendipity, we want to help you plan a couple of things to make your day go smoothly. We are starting a series featuring unusual and personal approaches to wedding planning — the creative, personal touches that will transform your day, and your reception into something totally you, focussing your budget away from the little things onto big ticket items that will help you truly enjoy the day, like your dress, venue, photography, and (this is a big one) Honeymoon.
We will bring you stories of personal theming, the use of art, eclectic and thoughtful gifts, the sort of things that will help your guests and family really connect with your creativity and imagination.
Are your reaching for the very best? Wanting to find and move further towards your own style and aesthetic? We will look at stories featuring great wedding styling, bringing out the surprising and the beautiful. If your work is demanding and you have the means, a stylist will bring you a wealth of professional expertise and give your wedding more than just that little bit extra.
Wedding Colours
Sorting out your colour themes can be a source of pleasure and a great way to express your ideas and personality. Is your wedding about colour, or tones and shades or both? Black and white can go with bright colours, jazzy sounds, layered drinks and olives, shafts of coloured light and thumping party sound. Alternatively, your style may embrace black and white as classic — all pure white roses (hint of green leaf point can just be allowed here) and a matching set of creamy Rollers, the Bridal Cars curved and gliding up to the Portico of your mansion or estate in subtle mastery.
Stay tuned for more advice about wedding colours, colour and photography post production and wedding theming in the Serendipity Photography blog!
Wedding Fashion, Accessories and DIY!
For all the ladies out there with crafty hands, (especially those lucky ladies who are surrounded by family and friends with crafty hands) making some, or all of your wedding paraphernalia can save big $$, as well as ensure that your wedding is tailored specifically to you, by the person who knows you best… You!
If aesthetics is your natural place of movement then reach into your own bag of tricks for something from your soul, bring out your art and fashion sense in your one day in your life. From Lighting to The Dress, from Bomboniere to the Cake, we’ll be exploring all the ways that the internet can help you plan a beautiful, unique, (and cost effective!) wedding. If you have any stories you would like to share about your experiences planning (or helping plan) any aspect of a wedding, please feel free to comment here, or send us your story at info@serendipitiyimages.com.au
The whole theme to the wedding was to bring along a very fresh spring vibe to September. Many of our guests were from overseas, where beaches are rare. Hence a lot of Yellow was used i.e invitation cards, table place cards, wishing well. However, as the venue was very modern and white, the two bright colours would seem to clash. Therefore, our co-ordinator Yelka at Elegant Occasions incorporated a lot of pink and purple to break it up. Vibrant purple lights aimed at the ceiling, and plenty of white, yellow and pink roses and orchids where used to create a fairytale style wedding with an elegant touch.
Our florist/wedding stylist was Elegant Occasions in Hallam. Yelka and her team were friendly, helpful and super committed. One of her team members even flew down from Darwin just to be a part of it! They battled like troops all through the early hours of the day (6am start) all the way till the end of the night, where everything was put together just as requested. There were no hiccups whatsoever. The ceremony area was set up like that of a fairytale wedding. Yelka acted as more than a wedding co-ordinator that evening, but was an honourary elder sister for the night. She was constantly checking that the flower clips on the groomsman’s suits had not been wrecked, made sure we drank plenty of water throughout the night and attention to detail was second to none. To the point where all the serviettes that Leonda had on the tables where replaced as she felt they would suit the flowers and setting more if they were folded a special way and had a pattern on them.
Marcus