When planning your Sunshine Coast wedding,  you will of course check out many ceremony venues and locations. It's a toughie – indoors or outdoors? Beach or hinterland? Will you fit all your guests in the one spot? Will it be private enough? Can I get a permit to hold my wedding ceremony in my perfect spot?  Well you are in luck, beautiful brides-to-be, because The Bride's Tree team have been scouring the Sunshine Coast for all of the best outdoor ceremony spots around. We have surveyed the areas, taken photos from all angles and found out where and how you…

"This is my son, Jonah, and I doing our level best to keep things real."   The spotlight is on Miss Sally Townsend this time, who is one talented wedding makeup artist here on the Sunshine Coast. Her business is faces, and she knows them well. Her other special talent is making people feel comfortable and relaxed on their wedding day. Well, who wouldn't be carefree when you're in this woman's very capable hands?  Sally's makeup work is amazing, as she is not only trained and experienced in bridal makeup, but special effects for film and television, stage and period-style makeup…

Classic black and white. There is nothing more elegant or versatile. The striking black against the purity of the white wedding is always going to be a winner, and when you're talking about styling an entire wedding event with this theme, you would be hard pressed to go wrong. Add to the elegance with a classic car and some crystal table setting detail, and there you have it – your stunning, elegant wedding that will never go out of style.    1. Lace detail wedding dress with black ribbon. Photography by Alex Ball.   2. Drop dead gorgeous black and white wedding shoes. Photography…

Happy New Year to all of our lovely Brides-to-be and Sunshine Coast wedding industry vendors. We hope you enjoyed your celebrations and brought the new year in with a bang and a boogie.  So, what's the goss? Any New Year's Eve proposals? Photo by Emma Nayler Photographer.   

Think a little storm is going to ruin your wedding day? Okay, yeah, perhaps you won't be able to frolick on the beach for hours in the Sunshine. However, if after your wedding day you wait for your photos to come back from your awesome Sunshine Coast wedding photographer, like Ben from Velocity Images, for example, and you get a shot like this in the mix… A little bit of thunder and lightning won't matter a wink. Queensland weather might be unpredictable, but it can also produce spectacular results in photography!  This photo was taken at Kings Beach in Caloundra,…

Flowers, butterflies and bows. All super pretty hair pieces, alternative to the bridal veil, all on-trend for Sunshine Coast weddings. There are a stack of lovely handmade headbands and hair clips in all colours and materials out there, and we have found our fave few to share with you. Aren't we just delightful? Enjoy the cleverly fashioned fabric flowers and sweet crochet pieces in today's inspiration board. Oh, you're entirely welcome.    1.  Vintage floral headband. From Which Goose, Photography by Ashley Maxwell, via Green Wedding Shoes  2. Teal 'Subterranean' floral fascinator. From Which Goose 3.  Ivory ‘Subterranean” flower fascinator. From Which Goose 4.  “Among the wildflowers” fascinator. From Which…

Your wedding songs might have you tearing up, laughing with joy, or dropping it like it's hot. Or, all of the above! The most important things is they should evoke some kind of emotion from you and your betrothed.  We recently asked Sunshine Coast brides-to-be and past brides to share their walking down the aisle song choices with us, for inspiration if you're still undecided. The one thing we learnt when going through the responses is that Sunshine Coast couples have rather varying musical tastes! So here's a little something for everybody:  Relaxed, Sweet Songs  Forever, Ben Harper – Melissa…

Following on from yesterday's Red Wedding Inspiration, today we bring you a really easy and fun red confetti DIY as another way to infuse the colour into your wedding styling. Actually, you can do it with any colour!  Some people are so clever, it just makes me sick. Jordan from Oh Happy Day is one of those people. As it is she who has devised this simple way of making plain old boring white confetti into delightful watercoloured itty bitty pieces of goodness to brighten up any old wedding aisle.  Sunshine Coast weddings will be revolutionised with this step-by-step guide,…

Meagan and Will were married in May of 2011, on what they describe as being an absolutely perfect day, both weather-wise and in terms of everything running smoothly. A dream come true for Meagan, who only wanted to be able to enjoy her big day without the worry of things going awry. How did she pull it off? 16 months of careful planning, my friends. Their classic romantic theme with roses, and pearls and lace detail, is a lesson in elegance and timelessness. But of course this is no typical couple – as you will see in the absolutely awesome…

There are a few reasons why we named this here beautiful website The Bride's Tree. We saw our site becoming firm, strong standing fixture in the Sunshine Coast wedding industry, that branches out, creating networks, all interconnected. When I picture The Tree this thought represents, it has a beautiful tall, thick trunk, with long branches, like the ones you could really climb and swing off and build treehouses upon without fear of breaking any boughs and ending up like an ill-fated babe in a cradle. It has large light and dark leaves in rich greens, and also tiny, sweet green,…