SASSY & SHORT WEDDING DRESSES Trends for 2021 2022
Short wedding dresses after 2020, more fun to dance in, easier for elopements, and a look you can wear again, from Audrey Hepburn to a simple white mini.
View post
Weddings I Do
Weddings
Checklists, traditions, and a few real wedding stories
Venue questions, planning notes, elopements and ceremony ideas from my work around Sydney. A chat in Balmain is still the best place to talk it through.
Contact Me
Elopement Tips & Secrets with Weddings I Do
Janet’s elopement day secrets: do not scale down the beauty just because the guest list is small, and think about venue, witnesses and what you will wear together.
View post
Romantic Honeymoon Experiences in Blue Mountains
Quiet Blue Mountains hideaways after the wedding, including Magical Manderley in Leura and a bush hut in World Heritage forest, built for two rather than a crowd.
View post
~ Peacock Point Balmain ~ Your stunning Sydney Wedding Ceremony Location
Peacock Point in East Balmain, with Bridge, Barangaroo and city views, a five minute walk from the ferry, picnic rugs for kids and a restaurant on the water.
View post
Balmain Park Wedding Venues ~ Your Sydney Wedding
Two Balmain parks for ceremonies: Elkington Park under the big fig with Cockatoo Island views, and Ballast Point with its industrial harbour history.
View post
Your Wedding Vows
Why vows are the most important words in the ceremony. Keep them authentic, agree a length if they stay secret, and use Janet’s 30 options if you want a starting point.
View post
Covid-19 Weddings in 2020 & 2021
How Sydney couples still married through COVID, with small family ceremonies now, the bigger party later, and a Spring date that felt like the wedding you meant to have.
View post
Top Five Wedding Trends for 2020
2020 wedding trends Janet was seeing: recycled florals, second hand gowns, potted plants instead of cut flowers, honey pot gifts and a stronger green brief.
View post
Sydney's Native Wedding Flowers
Australian natives for Sydney bouquets, including proteas, leucadendrons and banksias with a nod to May Gibbs, especially for rustic and boho ceremonies.
View post
The Oldest Wedding Vows ~ 1549
The 1549 Book of Common Prayer vows, for better for worse, for richer for poorer, and how that Sarum wording still echoes in ceremonies today.
View post
Wedding Traditions & Wedding Rituals
Rituals that deepen a civil ceremony, from a Thai Buddhist monk blessing to family customs, plus why explaining the history to guests makes them land.
View post
Random Wedding Questions for Brides ~ 'Let's talk about the First Kiss?'
Small ceremony questions brides actually ask: who lifts the veil, where the engagement ring goes during the vows, and how the first kiss is timed.
View post