We believe every aspect of your day should be nothing short of amazing, and pulling together your very own ‘Dream Team’ of recommended wedding vendors plays a big part in ensuring everything goes to plan.
Having been a part of hundreds of weddings, we get so excited when we experience wedding professionals that go above and beyond and really stand out.
The following recommended wedding vendors understand how special your day is.
Wedding Ceremony Decor & Chair Hire
Brisbane Wedding Decorators
With an extensive range of elegant and luxurious wedding ceremony décor, Cara is passionate about providing immaculately presented elegant wedding ceremony settings. With a super convenient delivery, set up and pack down service, so couples and all their guests can simply arrive and enjoy their day.
As Cara is the Creative Director of Brisbane Wedding Decorators, many of our clients love that they can trust us to take care of everything for their wedding ceremony.
ACHIEVEMENTS:
No.1 recommended wedding décor hire provider in Brisbane on Google
Crowned Best Wedding Decoration Company Brisbane – 2019 at the Lux Global Wedding Awards.
Crowned Best Wedding Decor Hire Company – Brisbane and Award for Excellence in Chair Hire 2018 at the Lux Global Wedding Awards.
Wedding Ceremony Music
Rush Entertainment
Rush Entertainment are specialists in providing premier wedding bands and singers to ensure your dance floor goes off!
Brett Whitmore Acoustic Soloist
Brett Whitmore is a talented and professional singer, who we each individually stumbled across at weddings we were performing – thanks to our couples for finding him!
We were both really impressed, not just by his singing and guitar playing, but also his ability to be 100% focused and on the ball at all the pivotal moments of the ceremony, including when it came to fading out the song at the right moment, and playing at the right moment, avoiding any awkward silences.
Food & Catering
Dalton Hospitality
Florist
Brisbane Market Flowers
Conveniently located at the Rocklea Flower Markets in the first shop on the right, is this sweet boutique Florist with an incredibly creative and talented team. They are passionate about providing quality fresh florals and have a variety of wedding packages to choose from.
Makeup Artist
Leigh McCoy
Cara here, I have had the pleasure of having Leigh do my make-up for an event, and the entire experience was simply excellent. She did a fantastic job and I received so many compliments!
Leigh’s experience and talent shines through as she is highly intuitive and knows exactly what to do and what will work best for each individual skin type.
Being mobile, Leigh can come to you and can also offers a hair styling service.
Hair Styling
Sapphire Bridal & Occasions Hair Styling
Hair is Cherie’s passion and we can see why! Cherie offers a mobile hairstyling service giving you the convenience of coming to you and with over 10 years experience as a hair stylist, she will ensure you leave for your special day, feeling fabulous.
Wedding Photography
We understand that the style of Photography and personality of Photographer you are drawn to is a very personal thing, so below we have listed some of our favourite Photographers with a snippet of their work.
We love working with Photographers that are truly passionate about capturing couples weddings in the best way possible, from scoping out the location prior to the day if it’s new to them, to being professional, warm and amazing company to you and all your guests on the day. It’s important to us that we work alongside equality friendly Photographers that are equally excited about every couples special day.
We know our couples appreciate a fast turn around of quality images and that they find it reassuring knowing that the Photographer they have booked is the actual same Photographer that will be shooting their wedding on the day.
We find our couples really appreciate professional Photographers that are dedicated to capturing the very special once in a life time moments through the lens, and not on their phone for their own Instagram marketing.
Click on the business name to head to their websites and view their wedding galleries and fees.
Twig & Fawn Photography
Kate has a wonderful eye for light and detail and see’s the beauty in everything. She delivers albums with an extensive number of photos (way more than average) each image beautifully captured and edited.
View a wedding performed by Cara Hodge and captured by Twig and Fawn here.
Kate Robinson Photography
Kate is a Photographer, full of passionate and zest with a beautiful soft, light filled style of Photography and a gorgeous personality.
Lover of Mine
Anthony and Kim are the incredibly talented husband and wife duo behind Lover of Mine and they never cease to take our breath away with the stunning images they candidly capture in the most natural and unobtrusive style.
Bulb Creative
With a fine art style of wedding Photography, the Bulb Creative team know how to capture every special moment to perfection.
With several teams of experienced Photographers, this team won’t miss a beat as they capture every special moment of your day, from every angle.
Dreamlife Photo & Video
With a studio in Newstead, the team at Dreamlife will allocate an experienced Photographer to capture your day perfectly. With a fast turn around of beautifully edited images, the Dreamlife team also offer wedding videography.
View the following weddings captured by Dreamlife Photography:
Wedding with the couples dogs, performed by Jamie Eastgate and styled by Brisbane Wedding Decorators here.
Wedding at Lower River Terrace performed by Cara Hodge here.
Soda Photography
A truly talented professional and an absolute gem of a person, with Liz’s gorgeous warm and friendly personality, you and your guests will absolutely love having Liz’s company as she captures your day – and just wait till you see your photos!
View a wedding performed by Jamie Eastgate and captured by Soda Photography here.
Lucas Kraus Photography
The super friendly Lucas will have you all at ease as he captures your day and offers a variety of affordable wedding Photography packages.
Here are some more Photographers who’s work we admire and we look forward to working alongside.
Ivory & Rose Photography
Casey Jane Photography
Casey specialises in light filled fine art photography, capturing all the finer details beautifully. Based on the Gold Coast Casey is happy to capture weddings all over South east Queensland.
Wedding SUITS
Suit Society
Suit Society is a local Brisbane suit stylist providing the modern groom with quality suits and accessories. Suit Society gives grooms and groomsmen the ability to design and customise their very own suit in the comfort of their own home, or alongside their experienced in-house stylists.
Wedding Videography
We love working with Videographers who candidly capture the essence of the day, the happy tears, the adoring looks, fun, the laughter and atmosphere and all the special details.
We love watching couples highlight films that includes audio of the couples story together and their personalised vows to each other, as these are unique to each couple and we know our couples put so much time and thought in to creating these parts of their ceremony.
Blue Vale Films
Working alongside Ed, his professionalsim, friendliness and experience really shines through as he works seamlessly with Photographers and other suppliers, so they can all share capturing all the special moments, without being in each others way/ shot. We were particularly impressed to see our couples wedding highlight film was ready just 1 month after their wedding – before they had even received their professional photos! As Celebrants, we know how much thought and work goes in to personalising a wedding ceremony, and Ed truly values the parts of the ceremony that are particularly special to his couples and includes these as both audio and video, creating a timeless keepsake for his couples. We would highly recommend Ed for his dedication to capturing the day so perfectly, and for his efficiency in delivering the finished product within a professional timeframe, which also shows how passionate he is about his job.
Forever Features
Tyrone from Forever Features is the talented Videographer behind our Introductory video, our rehearsal video and Veronica & Justin and Michael and Philips wedding films which you can view here.
Your Wedding Story
Michaela’s attention to detail is second to none. She actually contacts the Celebrant prior to the wedding day to gain a clear understanding of the unique inclusions of the ceremony. By understanding the thought and effort the couple and Celebrant put in to designing the ceremony, Michaela is able to deliver a fantastic film that includes the parts of the day that are most significant to the couple. On the day she is bubbly, helpful and enthusiastic. I have no hesitation in recommending Your Wedding Story. Cara Hodge – Brisbane City Celebrants.
Wedding Cakes and Cookies
The Sweet Society Co
The lovely Diane from The Sweet Society Co has an amazing ability to translate a wedding style, and colour palette to a beautiful work of art. We have been lucky enough to taste her creations and we can attest that both her cakes and cookies taste as good as they look.
Wedding Planning
Celebrations by Alysia
Alysia is a Brisbane based highly acclaimed luxury wedding planner with an eye for beautiful details and a vision for creating breath taking events and experiences.
Olive Rose Weddings & Events
The lovely Janette from Olive Rose Weddings and Events offers both wedding planning and an on the day coordination service.
Story Book & Co
Kirsty and her team of professional wedding planners provide both wedding planning and on the day coordination services for weddings in the South East Queensland area.
Wedding Venues
Victoria Park
Brisbane’s iconic Victoria Park venue is located inner city on an elevated spot providing stunning panoramic views of Brisbane City from day to night.
With a gorgeous variety of custom designed ceremony and reception venues to choose from, the passionate and thoughtful Event Coordinators are a wonderful asset to this venue, always on hand on the day ensuring everything goes smoothly.
City Winery
Located centrally in Fortitude Valley, City Winery is every foodies dream come true. With a fine dining experience combined with seasonal produce, cooked over a fire pit you are in for a mouth-watering experience.
The oak wine barrel wall creates a warm inviting winery vibe, the wines are divine and the service is impeccable.
The Calile Hotel
This thoughtfully designed unique venue is centrally located in the James Street precinct of Fortitude Valley. With function spaces created to suit bespoke wedding ceremonies and receptions, including indoor and outdoor terrace spaces, a rooftop space with breathtaking views of Brisbane City, and even a unique amphitheatre, with inbuilt seating for wedding guests.
W HOTEL
This funky Hotel in the heart of Brisbane’s CBD is the ultimate venue for couples looking for a modern, bright and fun space, with a variety of function rooms and spaces, from non-traditional ball rooms, through to penthouse suites with floor to ceiling windows all with a luxury meets contemporary vibe.
Howard Smith Wharves
Located on the historical riverfront site in Brisbane City with the Story bridge soaring directly over the complex offering a breathtaking river frontage.
With 12 venue spaces, designed to cater for 10-1000+ guests, Howard Smith Wharves offers the perfect venue for the smallest most intimate wedding through to the grandest of celebrations.
The Warehouse Brisbane
This elegant old building is full of old world charm and character. Having been refurbished to host bespoke celebrations, this venue includes an open-air rooftop space – perfect for a wedding ceremony, with the grand loft style function space pictured below with exposed brick walls ideal for receptions.
QUT Venue Collection
Centrally located in the QUT grounds in Brisbane City by the City Botanic Gardens, QUT Venue Collection offers a variety of elegant and unique spaces, from Old Government House with it’s vintage charm to the modern Room Three Sixty with stunning views.
Elopement Photographers
As many wedding Photographers only accept full day bookings, when we find talented Photographers that love shooting elopements just as much as full day weddings, we need to let you know about them.
Still Wild Love
Offering professional fine art style Photography, with beautiful edited images and a fast turn around, we love working alongside the lovely Trang from Still Wild Love.
Smile Darling Photography
If your vision for your wedding is a fun filled day, look no further. Mary is the queen of making your wedding photos maximum fun! As soon as you tell her about your wedding she will be brimming with excitement with all the fun photography ideas she has spinning around her head, like incorporating vibrant wedding smoke flares to planning fun unique captures with your wedding party.
Jess Took This Photography
The lovely Jess has an innate ability to put even the most nervous at ease. With her sweet personality and genuine interest, she will instantly connect with you and your guests and will be an absolute pleasure to share your day with while she captures a high volume of photos for you to treasure.
Proposal Planning and Styling
We hope you have found our guide to Brisbane’s recommended wedding vendors helpful. Don’t forget to tell your favourite wedding professionals that you were recommended by us, as we have no doubt they will look after you exceptionally well.
If you are looking for a Celebrant for your special day, we would love to hear from you. Contact us to confirm availability for your special day.