Curious to know how much wedding celebrants cost and why? Find out here.

So… who pays for what? Search ‘what does the bride pay for when it comes to bridesmaids’ and 11.3 million pages will appear. That’s a lot of opinions. We figured why not add ours to the mix.

We chatted to the team behind the wedding fair with a social conscious Mindfully Wed to get some seriously amazing eco-trends that you can easily adopt for your own wedding without compromising on the vision for your big day. In fact, we promise these ideas will only enhance the good feels and love surrounding your special event. Read on.

Wedding celebrant Andrea Calodolce shares the weird (and outdated) history of some of our most common wedding traditions – and what you can do instead.

Hell to the f-yes for surprise weddings. We’ve always wanted to attend one – they just look so damn delightful. And for the couples that decide to go down this path, we’ve heard it helped them alleviate the stress and pressure of planning a full-on traditional big day. If this sounds like your bag, we’ve got some tips to share to plan a surprise wedding that a) remains a surprise, and b) is full of joy.

Victoria Eustace of All We Need is Love is, among many celebrants, an advocate for marriage equality in Australia. Here, she shares some clever ways to use your wedding as a catalyst for change.

Getting engaged is exciting! Having a fiancé is exciting! Planning a wedding is… well it can be a real ball ache – which is the exact opposite of how you thought your balls would feel, right? The wonderfully honest Kate Forsyth of styling and hire company Good Day Rentals is back with words of wisdom in the second part to this series on retaining your sanity while organising a big day. We highly recommend a read.

Got questions about booking a band for your wedding? We chatted to Josie from Event Entertainers – a collective of musicians and creatives that are super experienced in making your big day that happy, joyous party you hoped for – and asked her some of ours. Check it out.

Why does wedding planning carry such stigma of psychosis? As though we all get engaged and suddenly turn into batty lunatics that can barely blink, let alone consider a table seating chart? Not you, my friend. You’re going to keep it together with a little bit of wisdom and honesty from Kate Forsyth of Good Day Rentals.

Thinking of writing your own wedding vows? Great stuff. Seriously, this is a must-do in our eyes. You just cannot beat personal, unique wedding vows. And we’re going to help you craft them.

Delicately, that’s how. We’ve shared some advice on how to ask your guests to leave the little ones at home, as well as some alternate ideas that might work for your wedding. Check it out.

We sent a bunch of wedding suit FAQs to the good (and handsome – that’s the team pictured) gents at Oscar Hunt Tailors. From costs to styles to timings and more, this is a good read for dapper grooms-to-be.