~ with Sunshine Coast wedding celebrant, Kari ~ When McNamara married MacKinnon, there was bound to be some tartan around somewhere!!! But what a lovely use of tartan. And what a choice of place! Congratulations Sandra and Jason, married at Gardeners Falls, Maleny. Unique, different, touching, romantic and down to earth, their DIY wedding was…
Who shall be the ring bearer? At your wedding, who do you choose to be the ring bearer? A charming little nephew? An eagle? The Best Man? The Best Woman? Mum? Or your pet? Congratulations Diane and Patrick, for choosing Ruby. They married in the charming pergola at Tiffany’s, looking out over the Glass House…
~ with Sunshine Coast wedding celebrant Kari ~ Decorating your wedding day can be such fun. There are ideas all, over for special themes, colours or designs. Sometimes it is helpful to have a specialist help you, sometimes you just want to DIY the entire day. At a recent wedding at Kenilworth Homestead, Jess co-opted…
Handfasting wedding ceremony Vintage wedding down at the homestead …and here comes the beautiful and totally happy bride, Jessica, to her wedding ceremony. The story continues. Jess and Joel are a relaxed couple who planned their DIY wedding at Kenilworth Homestead on the Mary River. There was plenty of space down on the farm to…
Vintage wedding at the homestead Thank you Jessica and Joel for your inspiration, and congratulations on your marriage. Where does one start with such a delightful vintage style wedding? Kenilworth Homestead Shall I begin with the choice of venue? Kenilworth Homestead provides a classic farmyard or vintage wedding, with rolling paddocks of horses and animals,…
~ with Sunshine Coast wedding celebrant Kari ~ What does a truckload of wheel-barrows have to do with ceremony? Intrigued? read on…. Ritual and ceremony find a place in many different contexts. Marriage celebrant Kari recently had the opportunity to be a part of an unusual ritual and an extraordinary project in Bali, Indonesia. Instigator…
…just like Jo and Len did to their wedding ceremony along the riverfront at Noosaville. ~ with Sunshine Coast wedding celebrant Kari ~ Congratulations to newly weds, Jo and Len, your wedding was such fun. But here is how it began…. Before the wedding began, guests were a little surprised when the Groom unbuttoned his…
~ with Sunshine Coast wedding celebrant Kari ~ Congratulations to Fanny & Tommi married in both French and English at Flaxton Gardens in brilliant sunshine. Fanny contacted me to request a marriage ceremony on the Sunshine Coast Hinterland Range, that both her family and Tommi’s family could understand. In fact they wanted the entire ceremony in…
~ with Sunshine Coast wedding celebrant Kari ~ Don’t we love vintage for weddings? It’s cosy, it’s close, it’s timeless, individual; like marriage. Harking back to the nostalgia of a time when families were the centre of social life, vintage style lends itself to weddings. And what is there not to love in a classic…
~ with Sunshine Coast wedding celebrant Kari ~ Many a bride wishes to arrive at her wedding in a glamorous car. However when I was a bride, I arrived with my husband-to-be in a retro wooden canoe …… but that’s another story. Cars have been the traditional wedding arrival vehicle for as long as the…