24/04/2026
Today hubby and I are celebrating 9 years of married life! So here are 9 photos that explain it all. It was truly the perfect day, but I’ve included a few little tips that I have since learned as a wedding vendor. 🥰
1.) Stew and I were married on the Gold Coast as we were living there. We were SO incredibly blessed to have over 100 people fly to celebrate with us. Most were from Perth, but we had guests from Scotland and England. So unfortunately I won’t have any local vendors to recommend in this post!
2.) Our cake was delicious and we served it as our dessert. No regrets as it cut out a meal course and that money went to 🍺 + 🍷
3.) We honoured as many special people as we could, involving our parents and siblings in the ceremony, but one of the most special inclusions was my Dad. I had one of his shirts wrapped around my bouquet so he was holding my hand, a photo of him attached to bouquet and had a part of his shirt sewn into my dress. His nickname was Chopper and a chopper flew over just before our ceremony started.
4.) Hubby and I walked home at the end of the night and it was so memorable. We laughed the whole way and we were cheered on by strangers.
5.) We had chocolate favours made, as nice as they were, 100% wouldn’t bother again
6.) We didn’t do an official first dance, just simply stomped on each other’s feet for 30 seconds. BUT… we invested in a great DJ and our dance floor was full all night. Never ever do a Spotify playlist… book the DJ, book the musician. Every 👏🏻 damn 👏🏻 time 👏🏻
7.) We wish we had of forked out a bit more for a good photographer. Some of the photos we really wanted were out of focus. 🥲 And content creators were a thing of the future. Lesson learned, don’t skimp on a good photographer, get the content, you won’t regret it. We loved the photos we had done on the beach.
8.) Didn’t honeymoon, but made it to Sydney for a quick trip.
9.) We wanted to get married on the beach but our INCREDIBLE celebrant recommended we find a park overlooking the beach. It was perfect, no sand, minimal wind and incredible views of Coolangatta beach. Always invest in an incredible celebrant, they set the scene for your whole day.
