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Today’s beautiful client wedding is of Rachael and Drew. Rachael and Drew were married in Sts Peter & Paul Church in South Melbourne, followed by a reception in the Grand Ballroom at The Royce Hotel, St Kilda Road Melbourne. Rachael and Drew have two gorgeous boys which they involved in the wedding celebrations, take a look at little Jonty on is trike – awww!

Rachael and Drew chose our Latte Lace wedding invitations which fitted well with the art deco style of Rachael’s Gown and the Reception venue.

Above: Rachael’s stunning gown was created by Mariana Hardwick; Hair & Make-up by Lady Belle Rouge “absolutely fantastic girls” says Rachael; Flowers by Function Accessories Brunswick

“My favourite part of the day was the ceremony.” says Rachael “We live together with our two boys, so we had our 4 year old ride his trike down the aisle first with the ring cushion in the back tray, (definitely an awww moment for our friends, and a teary one for our parents!) then Drew walked down, and I followed holding Benjamin’s (17 months old) hand. It was beautiful.”

“Fr Bob did a great service and had most people laughing and feeling at ease. It was a real family ceremony in that the boys did what they had to do on the official side then they were free to walk around during the service. It was very relaxed and made the guests feel relaxed too. We arrived early and had to wait on the road outside the Church to allow everyone to go in. Even when we got out and were assembling at the entrance, guests were still arriving behind us. The weather was a perfect 20 degrees.” says Rachael

“We put aside the old tradition on not seeing each other before the ceremony and stayed the night before in our suite at the hotel. We had a lovely quiet dinner together in a little restaurant down the road, got to bed early and had a good night sleep. We got dressed together and had fun with it. It really relaxed us. We loved that we got that extra time (in the morning and before the ceremony) by ourselves together, it was our day and we got to enjoy a lot of time to ourselves to soak that up. We also got to have our photos together before the wedding instead of after the ceremony, to allow us extra time to sit in our suite before the reception to gather & refresh ourselves.”

The wedding photos were taken by Boxer Wedding Photography, locations included the suite at the Royce, the Victoria Barracks on St Kilda Road and at the Church.

Above: Cake by House of Elegant Cakes, Bomboniere – Donation to the Cancer Council of Victoria, Entertainment (MC & DJ – Black Tie Events), Table settings – Function Accessories Armadale.

Congratulations Rachael and Drew on a beautiful wedding day, it was a pleasure working with you and thanks so much for sharing your day with us!
Suzi
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Another beautiful black and white themed wedding for you today, also using our gorgeous Hollywood Nights vintage wedding invitations.

Kelly and Nico were married in Noosa on Friday 24th April 2009. Having lived in Switzerland for the last few years, Kelly wanted to travel home to be married. The elegant setting of The Plantation in Cooroy, Queensland was chosen to celebrate their nuptials. Kelly’s father had been restoring a vintage car and the 1924 Delage became the inspiration behind the sophisticated vintage theme of their wedding day.

Kelly’s stunning gown by internationally revered hollywood designer Jenny Packham, was embellished with intricate beading and was accessorised with a soft floral bouquet by Liz at A Sculpted Leaf.

Above: Arriving in style – Kelly’s fathers 1924 Delage set the theme for the day

“My father and his friend had spent five years restoring this beautiful automobile so being driven to the ceremony in it was a special part of my day,” says Kelly.

The Catholic ceremony took place in a very private area close to Noosa Beach. The ceremony was witnessed by 50 of their closest family and friends from both Europe and Australia.
“We decided on Noosa for our wedding destination, not only because we love the area, but we also thought it was the most amazing location to really ‘show off’ Australia to our overseas family and friends.” says Kelly

The beautiful gardens of The Plantation, set the scene for the exquisite reception. Long reception tables were decorated with vintage style roses in soft pinks and a soft romantic setting was achieved with the help of a beautiful marquee. The beautiful wedding cake was created by Cake Conversations.

The beaches of Noosa provided the backdrop for their wedding photography by Jodi Mc Donald.

Twelve months on, Kelly & Nico now have a beautiful baby girl. Congratulations Kelly & Nico and thanks so much for sharing your day with us! x
For more details on Kelly and Nico’s beautiful day see Weddings of Noosa and Sunshine Coast Brides.

As promised, part 2 of Sophie and Phil’s gorgeous black and white themed wedding.

“The bridal party photo shoot was so much fun – we popped the champagne and nibbled on club sandwiches that a family friend had prepared for us and spent nearly two hours laughing and posing. Our photographer was Joanna Wickham who did an amazing job of capturing our wedding. Joanna specialises in a romantic reportage style of photography which captures all the special moments of the day in a natural stylish way. Joanna said how much the photos reflected the fun and love she could feel on the day.”

“One of the most special things about the wedding was having all of the people we love and find inspirational in one room celebrating with us.”

“Everyone commented on the wedding stationery – we used Alannah Rose invites, order of service booklets, place cards – right through to the thank you cards. I loved the elegant black and white colour scheme and the gorgeous contrast of the stripes and damask pattern. It really tied everything together. The invites also announced the classic black and white theme to all of our guests.”

“We showed Sue Humphrey’s from Cassels our wedding stationery – she loved the black and white theme and so she suggested mismatched black and white votives on the reception tables along with the floral centre pieces we had designed: vases of phalenopsis orchids with beer grass which she delicately sprayed black. We had Alannah Rose place cards on the table along with our favours. We gave all our guests white noodle boxes tied up with black ribbon – inside the noodle boxes were black and white striped personalised strawberry flavoured rock candy with Sophie loves Phil in the centre.”

“Cake Couture did an amazing job with our a classic 3 layer square cake with black ribbon – it was decorated with a trailing stem of orchids. The bottom layer was decadent white chocolate, the middle layer was banana and the top layer fruit – which we have kept for our first anniversary. We included black framed photos of both sets of parents cutting the cake on their wedding days on the cake table which highlighted what great examples of marriage our parents have given to us.”

“Enjoy the planning process by celebrating along the way, arranging things together as a couple and having plenty of fun thinking up creative ideas. After we had booked each vendor my husband and I would have a glass of wine and celebrate ticking something off the list of things to do. We had plenty of pre-wedding dinners with family with my mum baking mini wedding cakes for us to practice cutting, after each bridesmaid dress fitting we all met for coffee and cake, after my wedding dress fittings my mum and I would have drinks and nibbles and talk excitedly about the dress.”

“After 10 months of planning the day exceeded our expectations and was just amazing -we would love to do it all again!”

Thanks so much for sharing your wedding day with us Sophie & Phil, we loved working with you!
Suzi

Today’s wedding is the gorgeous black and white themed soiree of Sophie & Phil. It’s taken me a little time to get this one up on the blog due to the fact there are so many amazing pictures to choose from – I’ve decided I couldn’t decide on just a few – so enjoy – this is a big post!

Sophie and Phil were married in New Zealand on the 27th March this year, their black and white theme was complemented perfectly by our Hollywood Nights wedding invitations and stationery. Sophie has done an amazing job of writing up her thoughts on the day, so I’m using quite a few of her quotes for this post.

When I asked Sophie her number one tip for brides, she said
“Aim to be a bridechilla not a bridezilla – have fun, enjoy yourself and just get lost in the magic of the experience.“
I think the photos of the day sum this up perfectly – a couple and their friends, relaxed, happy and having fun on a truly magical day!

“The girls got ready at my parents beautiful villa which my mum had decorated with fresh white lilies and sweet smelling white stock, white tulle, and large ornate mirrors for us to get ready in luxury. The bridesmaids wore black singlets with “bridesmaid” on the front, and I wore a white “soon to be mrs wong” singlet.” says sophie

“I wore a beautiful sweetheart Martina Liana dupion silk dress. My dress was classic and elegant and without any embellishment – I wanted to save the “bling” for my earrings as I love decadent chandelier earrings. I fell in love with these Westwood earrings from Stephanie Browne when I saw them online and ordered them immediately.” says Sophie.

“Considering our black and white theme I was on the hunt for some funky black wedding shoes. I went to Mi Piaci and happened to try on a blue pair of shoes for sizing and they look absolutely stunning – the bright blue satin just popped. However, I was still a bit wary of getting them as I felt it didn’t really work in with my colour scheme but my husband to be said “its your something blue” and that was it – I was sold! They looked absolutely stunning with the dress, a bright blue flash in a sea of off white dupion silk and petticoat. They were definitely the talking point of the wedding and made for some fantastic photo opportunities – I have to thank my husband for his great fashion sense!” she laughs.

“Whilst the girls were getting ready, the boys warmed up with a little game of back yard cricket.”

“My dad and I traveled to the wedding venue in an amazing white Excalibur Phaeton Sedan from Excalibur Cars.“

“I wanted my bouquet to be a little different so had a number of full orchid stems in trailing form with bridal white ribbon and pearl buttons.”

“Our ceremony and reception was held at Cassels, on the west coast of Auckland. The venue is European in style but is contrasted by the beautiful New Zealand native bush which serves as a backdrop. We choose the venue because it had three distinct gorgeous areas to hold the ceremony, drinks & canapés and the reception. The ceremony was held in the lower garden complete with fountain and an Italian belvedere. Canapes were served to guests after the ceremony in the courtyard surrounded by fern gardens, whilst a romantically lit ivy-covered entrance way led the way to the dining area where the reception was held”.

“Walking down the aisle with my Dad was such a special moment, he kept me calm and made me laugh. My beautiful mother joined us close to the altar area and we all walked arm in arm towards my husband to be. At that point I didn’t think I could get any happier until I saw Phil standing at the end of the aisle – such a wonderful combination of nerves, love, happiness, excitement and elation.”

“Our ceremony was beautiful, funny and emotional. One of our good friends, who is an amazing opera singer, sung Ava Maria, unaccompanied, whilst my Uncle read the Irish Blessing to us. Meanwhile my parents agreed to a “100 year lease” for me, instead of giving me away!”

“For my two bridesmaids we choose a long simple elegant design – a grecian style dress in black from Nadia Couture in Ponsonby. We added the asymmetrical ruffled black strap to add a glamorous touch. The bridesmaids had their hair up with plenty of volume, long black earrings and dark nail polish. Both carried orchids in a posy style with black ribbon wrapped around the stem, secured by crystal pins and an orchid in their hair. My junior bridesmaid wore a shorter satin dress which we accessorized with an orchid wrist corsage in black ribbon and black and white parasol for her walk down the aisle whilst an orchid sat nestled into a braid in her hair.”

“The boys looked very handsome in pin striped suits. The grooms and groomsmen wore charcoal pinstriped suits with matching waist coats with grey ties and white shoes. The junior groomsmen wore classic black suits, whilst both fathers wore the same pinstriped suits with silver ties and black shoes.”

To be continued… – we’ll be back a bit later today with more gorgeous images. x

I have another beautiful wedding to share with you today. I love these images, they are so pretty and fresh.
Jenny and Dave were such a lovely couple to work with, along side Jenny’s mum who we also worked with in the preparation of the stationery.

The ceremony was held at the Shore School Chapel, North Sydney followed by a reception at Doltone House, Pyrmont.

The theme for the day was Elegant Jazz, which started with wedding invitations and stationery from our Deco Lace stationery range in custom ivory and charcoal.

“I loved my gown by Sarah Devine. Sarah was great to work with and I was thrilled to find a dress that suited my body shape and was very me.” says Jenny

The bridesmaids gowns from Scanlan and Theodore were chosen for both their colour and style. The gorgeous pink rose bouquets by Sweet Violets.

“My favourite part of the day was walking into the church and seeing Dave smiling back at me. Although, the whole day was amazing. I would LOVE to do it all again.” says Jenny

Elegant crystal vases held bunches of pink flowers, uplit by soft candle light, they created a romantic ambience. Table name cards by Alannah Rose were named after luxury brands.

The cake created by Faye Cahill to compliment the couples Alannah Rose wedding invitations and stationery suite.

Alannah Rose also produced wedding menu’s in the Deco Lace design. Each menu was personalised with the guest’s name to also act as a seating card.

“The stationery was absolutely incredible! Everyone commented on the stationery. It matched in so well with the colour scheme and the mood of the wedding. It was everything we wanted.” says Jenny

Imagery by Inlighten Photography.

Congratulations Jenny & Dave on a beautiful wedding day, thanks so much for sharing with us.
xx

I’ve got quite a line up of gorgeous client weddings to share with you this year, and I’m thrilled to start with the fabulous wedding of Sarah & Stephen.

Sarah & Stephen first came to me in September 2008 and we created their Save the Date cards in our Gorgeous Deco Lace Design.

We then worked on creating the wedding invitations and amazing stationery suite in the same theme for their wedding day last year. The results I’m sure you’ll agree we’re stunning, so many beautiful details pulled together under one common theme – Black & White Vintage.

above: The wedding held in Adelaide, South Australia, was held on a country homestead in a lavish outdoor marquee.  Deco Lace wedding stationery by Alannah Rose. We assisted Sarah with the printing and design of the order of service cards, Sarah then assembled them into these gorgeous fans for guests to use at the ceremony.

Above: Sarah planned her theme down to the tiniest details, the wedding stationery suite included bon bon tags, signage, seating cards, menus, table cards and more, all in our beautiful Deco Lace design.

You can read the full story of Sarah & Stephen’s wedding in the Current Issue (13) of Wedding Style Guide, but here’s a sneak peak of the magazine spread below.

Imagery by casson.com.au, Wedding invitations and stationery by Alannah Rose, cake Heidelberg Cakes

Congratulations Sarah and Stephen, thanks so much for sharing your day with us.

xx

Our new spring/summer wedding invitation collection is now live in the Alannah Rose Boutique.
There’s 15 new designs – beautiful birds, gorgeous gardens, vintage looks and mongrams all feature in this collection. The new colours feature bold reds, delicious chocolate, pretty pinks and luscious lattes. Plus don’t forget with our new colour palette you can choose from over 100 other colours to suit your theme. To see the new 2008/2009 wedding invitation?collection, click here.
Or to view the full collection of Alannah Rose wedding invitations visit this link.

Some images of the new range below.

Above: Butterfly Garden wedding invitation in black & white with a dash of lime

Above: Chantilly Chandelier wedding invitation in pink (also available as standard in latte)

Above: Love Me Tender wedding invitation in striking red and white

Above: Two Birds Blue wedding invitation (also available in pink as standard)

Above: Pink Embellish wedding invitation as featured in Real Weddings Style magazine – “Think Pink” “Sophisticated” article

I’ve just come across the most divine site for flower girls.
(thanks to The Bride’s Guide).
Take a look as this divine flocked flower girl dress from US angels. I think I need an event for this one!

Above: US Angels Fleur de Lies flocked taffeta dress.

Would be perfect for a wedding with our Hollywood Riches wedding invitations and stationery.

Above: Alannah Rose Hollywood Riches Wedding Invitation and wedding reply postcard

We are thrilled to have one of our gorgeous clients weddings featured in Real Weddings magazine this month.

Sally and Siva were married on the 25th August 2007 in Western Australia and the images of their wedding are just breathtaking.

Working with Sally and her wedding planner Cathrin D’Entremont, we put together a stationery suite using our gorgeous Vintage Night design in black and ivory to help set the scene of her magical day. Engagement invitations, Wedding Invitations, rsvp cards, place cards, thank you cards, guest book, menu’s and a magnificent seating chart were produced.

The stunning black and ivory vintage night theme was carried throughout the wedding from Sally’s divine Johanna Johnson gown with black back sash, to the swirls on the cake inspired by the stationery, and a magnificent black candelabra.

Included below are some of the beautiful photographs taken by Natasja at NK Photography of Sally and Siva’s wedding to admire and inspire.

Photography by NK Photography clockwise from top left: Sally’s stunning hand-dyed silk tulle veil, vintage night swirls on the cake, The Vintage Night Design invitations by Alannah Rose had an anonymous quote inscribed “some people move our souls to dance”, personalised Vintage Night place cards, Vintage Night Service Booklets, Vintage Night Menu Cards, all by Alannah Rose

Above three images: The stunning boathouse was the perfect backdrop for a ‘Vintage Night’. Sally’s ‘Grace’ dress was designed by Johanna Johnson. The happy bride and groom.

For the full story and more stunning photographs, head to the newsagency for
Real Weddings Magazine Issue 13.

Congratulations Sally & Siva – we wish you every success for the future ahead. xx

For those that missed our last newsletter or haven’t visited our boutique for a while, our new Autumn/Winter Wedding Invitation and event series has been launched.

To view the new collection at a glance visit the new designs section in our wedding stationery boutique.

Classic black and white, warm latte, chocolate and soft pinks all feature.

We have also added some exciting new products to the collection including menu’s, gift registry/wishing well cards, table numbers and save the date cards.

Clockwise from left: Le Boutique in black and white, Hollywood Nights, and Fleur De Lys

Clockwise from left: Le Sweet boutique, Hollywood Glamour, and Hollywood Riches

Clockwise from left: Mademoiselle Polka Dot in Black & White, Pink & Black, and Buttercup and Chocolate