Teasing and tempting little peeks of the new Baz Luhrman Great Gatsby film, being made next door in Australia, have started to appear on the world wide web and I for one can not wait! Carey Mulligan, the with her ever chic hair in a bob, as the effervescent Daisy Buchanan and Leonardo Dicaprio in the dapper lead……..

It’s Friday (I can almost hear the chorus of woo hoos) and before breaking for a relaxing weekend with Mr E, it is time for me to share my pick of this week’s blog posts….. 1. I couldn’t start with anything other than one of the most luxuriously beautiful weddings ever to have graced the wide world…

I have something of a CVB first for you today – today’s real wedding is the first from New Zealand! I can’t believe it…. it doesn’t seem possible…… we all know Kiwi brides, grooms, photographers and wedding planners can do chic, elegant, vintage/whimsical/retro weddings as well as our dear neighbours (if not better :-)) and yet it’s…

I am shocked and dismayed that I have only managed two posts this week, but please don’t think I am just being slack, I promise that’s not the case – I have been busy working on future posts including the sweetest treat of a real wedding for Monday and a rather fabulous (even if I do…

My has this week whizzed by – I only hope the weekend doesn’t do the same! 1. We kicked off the week Sunday with the Oscars – and we all know the red carpet is a great place for bride’s and bridesmaid’s dress inspiration. Polka Dot Bride‘s Red Carpet Style highlighted the stand out gowns by colour…… Octavia Spencer in Tadashi Shoji…

Now I may be slightly biased, as she is the lady that made me feel like a goddess/screen siren/starlet on our wedding day, but for me Jenny Packham is and always will be THE bridal designer for glamorous cuts, glittering details and gorgeous vintage inspired dresses.  I adore Jenny’s attention to detail, all the beautiful beading and embellishment sewed…

When UK blog Rock My Wedding featured Jessica & Justin’s delightful Yarra Valley wedding last week, they went so far as to say it might be one of the best weddings they will see this year…. and they may well be right! The warm light and dreamy photography, not to mention the bride & groom,…

There were just too many weddings in the wedding blogosphere this week that stopped me in my tracks (did you see the Beautiful Toowoomba Wedding on CVB?) for me to choose just one, and after the success of my Snippets, Whispers & Ribbons of Inspiration Boards the other week, I decided rules be damned, this week I…

Oh gosh is today’s wedding a treat! It gives me the greatest pleasure to introduce this inspirational real wedding – Alexia & Michael’s amazing celebration, captured by the lovely Darren at CK Metro Photos, which took place in Toowoomba (somewhere I had never heard of until I came across Darren and his blog, but that is definitely now on my…

With Valentines Day, the news that Temperley is arriving in Australia and the launch of Twigs & Honey’s latest collection this week produced an abundance of romance and loveliness! Including……   1. A Valentine’s Day inspired, gloriously rich inspiration board, Fruitful Romance Board, from Magnolia Rouge – how delectable!   2. This delicious Valentine’s Cocktail from Style Me Pretty……… chocolate lover’s heaven! (wouldn’t…

The exquisite vintage bridal headwear of Twigs & Honey was the subject of one of my first posts, so I could barely contain my excitement when I discovered, through the inimitable Claire Pettibone no less, that not only was a new collection being launched but that it was being captured by Elizabeth Messina, and would feature…

Valentines Day (already – I can’t believe how quickly this year is flying!) I have high hopes for lots of happy couple and engagements today 🙂 Of course every Valentines Inspiration board has to include a nice bright Scarlet. I went for a light turquoise and a soft fuschia to go with mine – maybe slightly…

I am so excited about todays post I can hardly stop my fingers from trembling enough for me to type! Thanks to Helen Rodrigues, who is soon to be stocking the London based fashion house, Australian and New Zealand brides can join the long list of admirers of  Alice Temperley‘s delicate and feminine designs (a list…

After a lovely long weekend (and with Mr E’s birthday to plan for) this week has just flown by! And what a week for beautiful weddings, inspiration boards and shoots – so good in fact I struggled to find my favourite five…. but here they are, my pick of this week’s posts (apologies for the…

I am so excited by today’s gorgeous real wedding, there is nothing not to love about it! It is a complete reflection of the Bride and Groom Keirra and Chris’s style, refreshingly unique and the epitome of rustic elegance…… ….. oh and set in the most picture perfect setting – Noosa Australia (What is it…