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Planning the wedding of your dreams can be stressful. There is no easy way to say it.
However, there is a more relaxed and waaaayyy less stressful way to plan it
Read moreAmy is our newest member of the Sparrow team and since she started in August she’s proved herself a hard-worker, as well as a total sweetheart. We just love the energy and enthusiasm she brings to our little family!
What can I say about 2019? It was a year of big growth and change for Sparrow, and we again had the great honour to celebrate with and support some gorgeous couples down the aisle.
James and Nicole initially met in 2010 at a mutual friend's birthday party. After the party finished James kindly asked the mutual friend for Nicole's phone number, to which he received a resounding no - she was too young for him.
I first met Lauren and Carl around twelve months before their wedding, where they expressed their wish for a wedding planner to manage their big day. Both are teachers and the school schedule keeps them pretty busy, with holidays being the only time they were able to dedicate to wedding planning.
Jeanette is from Southampton, England and moved here eight years ago for a geology position at Roxby Downs, where Jonothon was also stationed. Her gave her a tour of the mine, and she was quite impressed. But it wasn’t until a couple years later when Jeanette went out to see him play football, and the sight of Jono in his footy shorts helped her decide to accept the date he offered her!
Today I’m chatting with Dan Harkin of Oscar Hunt Tailors, a made-to-measure tailoring service located in Norwood, who have recently expanded into Adelaide from the eastern states.
I see a lot of debate online about who pays for what, in terms of dress, shoes, hair, etc, and sadly I also see a lot of women falling out over it. If it’s true that money is at the root of most arguments for married couples, then it seems the same can also be said of you and your besties.
Kendal, Reece and I all worked together for almost two years to bring together their wedding day at Serafino, a winery on South Australia’s Fleurieu Peninsula.
Congratulations! You’re about to get married, and in a beautiful venue to boot! You’ve spent all this time finding the perfect dress, booking your favourite photographer, and coming up with the best wedding hashtag (which is a feat to be celebrated all on its own!) and now you need to be sure your guests can make the most of it, particularly those who have travelled to celebrate with you.
Cayleigh and David met at church and Cayleigh made the first move, inviting David out on a date to the movies. When it came time to propose a year or so later David took the lead, popping the question on a private boat while the couple were cruising around Sydney Harbour.
We met Kelly and Jake through the wonderful I-Do Crew, a nationwide wedding coordination service that we work with to help their South Australian couples get hitched!
If you’re planning your wedding and there are kids in your life, it’s really a no-brainer to invite them into your bridal party, right? It’s an honour to be asked, and it makes their family super-happy, proud and even more excited for your big day.
Emma + Josh met seven years ago when they both worked at Woolworths. Josh took Emma on a date to Zapata's Mexican Restaurant to catch up after he left Woolies. Emma had no idea they were even on a date, and she hates Mexican food, so she suggested they head to Elephant Walk next door for dessert (she has a HUGE sweet tooth).
Today I'd like to introduce you to one of my fave Adelaide celebrants, Michael Elwood. When you consider that the celebrant you choose will perform the most important task of your entire wedding day (getting you legally married!) you realise how vital it is that you find someone who understands your vibe, who makes you feel comfortable, and will make the journey easy and stress-free.
Continuing on in our quest to showcase some of the best wedding vendors in town, today I'm so happy to introduce you to Mel at Paper Halo. What an absolutely beautiful soul she is, I felt I'd stumbled on one of Adelaide's best-kept secrets when I found her.
Look, we're all modern women here right? Online shopping is awesome - it's convenient, easy, and so much fun when that little gift to yourself arrives promptly on your doorstep! But we can probably all admit to having been caught out on occasion by a few of the pitfalls too. The sizing is wrong, it doesn't look like the pic online, and all of a sudden there's no way to contact the site for help.
Today I am so happy to announce the first in a series of blog posts featuring some of my favourite wedding vendors around Adelaide. I get to work with the best people in town and thought it was only fair that I share them with you!
Ladies (and Gents, if you're reading), I ask you now to consider the dress code you'd like followed by guests on your wedding day. Do not brush me off, or decide that it's a boring and un-necessary detail, maybe too formal for the day you're planning. It's important, and I'll tell you why...
Set on the bride's family vineyard in South Australia's Fleurieu region, Zoe was so dedicated to her vision for the wedding that the day before I found her up a ladder, getting her arms all scratched while hanging gum tree foliage from the ceiling of the clear marquee. When she was finished she took a look at the effect and we both knew the sacrifice had been worth it!
I have found that while many people think a wedding planner's life must be super-glamourous, they don't often have a clear idea of exactly what we do. Yes, I have seen the movie 'The Wedding Planner' starring the fabulous Jennifer Lopez (in fact I love it and often pull out my battered DVD copy on a rainy Sunday afternoon for yet another viewing). Very occasionally my job does look like that, and that's awesome. But not often.
Sarah & Adrian are both doctors and as you'd expect they first met at work. With such high-pressure careers they both felt they wanted to take a step back from the usual hustle of their day-to-day lives, and create a wedding day that was intimate and relaxed.
If you're planning your wedding right now, I'm sure you've got a to-do list a mile (or two!) long. You've probably chosen your dress, designed your invitations, and booked your dream venue. Although you're focussed on the things you need to do for the event itself, a lot of brides are not aware that they need to be prepared for things to get a little cray-cray during the 'getting ready' phase of their wedding day.
Firstly, coming up with a business name is H.A.R.D. I know all you business owners out there will agree that it's no picnic coming up with something that's easy to spell, easy to remember, not already taken, can be married (ha! see what I did there?) with a recognisable logo, and all the other considerations that go along with it.
Natasha & Chardon had an Adelaide destination wedding on Chardon's parents property just outside of Oakbank in the Adelaide Hills. A lovely old homestead with a carefully tended cottage garden for the ceremony, followed by a large marquee reception for one hundred guests on the rolling lawns.
When we first got together to discuss the direction we wanted to take this one in, Sasha & Jason spoke of their love of travel, and together they have a very impressive list of destinations they've ticked off the list! In particular they have enjoyed time in Bali recently, and together with the generous offer of friend's lovely home with it's tropical gardens, a Tropical Bali theme seemed the natural choice.
At our first meeting Catey told me she wasn't sure what colours she wanted to go with yet, but she knew she wanted the whole design to fit in with the Victorian setting. She also told me that she loved fairy lights, flowers, greenery, lace, and simplicity overall. A little further into the design process we decided on neutrals, white/ivory/cream with a touch of blush pink, which suited both the venue and Catey's own personal style.
Lots of things come into play when you’re deciding on your wedding date, but today we’re talking seasons and how the time of year may affect your decision. The seasons here in Adelaide are really lovely and there’s a definite change from one time of year to another, offering lots of amazing photo opportunities and wedding styles. Here’s a few of the pros and cons that may help you make up your mind…
Setting up a wedding registry has to be one of the most fun parts of planning your wedding, maybe second only to choosing your dress. You get to wander around a department store in a happy daydream, picking and choosing household items and décor at will, and building your perfectly styled home in your mind as you go along. It’s like a pre-internet version of ‘adding to cart’ when you’re fantasy shopping online (come on, I know you do that too!). Let me give you a few tips to make the whole thing run smoothly...
Planning the wedding of your dreams can be stressful. There is no easy way to say it.
However, there is a more relaxed and waaaayyy less stressful way to plan it