My fabulous Chick of Honour (who shall henceforth be referred to as Miss T) and another good friend did some venue recon for me over the weekend, and today I got to see the videos and photos they took! The venue in question is The Forrest Centre Reception Centre, which looks pretty good from the [...]

Surely, somewhere in Perth city there must be a building that will let me use their rooftop for a ‘first look’ like this. Right?
I love first looks, I think it’s nice to have a private moment to see each other and feel prepared for making the next big step together. Practical too, in that you [...]

I’m so in love with this wedding at Moore & Moore, shot by Samm Blake. Art! Eclectic vintage furniture! Food that is basically art! Lanterns! Fremantle! Rustic goodness! It’s everything I want my wedding to be, and a few things I didn’t realise I wanted it to be.
Unfortunately it looks like it wasn’t meant to [...]

Okay, so I’ve been assured that the guest list situation has been exaggerated, and am at peace with possibly having a slightly-on-the-largeish side wedding. Back to ideas.
After watching ‘Singin’ in the Rain’ on DVD and at an amateur theatre last weekend with The Boy, I was inspired to consider a wedding that doesn’t fear rain [...]

Since I use a bunch of Google tools for everyday use, it made sense to use Google Maps for my wedding planning – mostly for figuring out how far away from each other venues are. I’m now also finding it extremely useful for taking a quick look at places from Street View, to get a [...]

While we were in Perth (for just a few hours in between Margaret River flying back out again!), The Boy and I checked out my latest favourite venues, Darlington Estate and the Boatshed Restaurant. Both are, in my opinion, a cut above the other venues we’d been considering, even though they still have their pros [...]

Adding a couple more venues to the shortlist, which is turning out to be not so short! I think one of these two will be The One though…
Darlington Estate Winery

Very pretty winery in the hills, with a lovely glass walled atrium. I was really having difficulty letting go of having a wedding at a winery [...]

Here’s a few of the fully catered venues that I’ve been looking at and could possibly be what I’m after… This is based purely on the information I can find online mind you, I hope I’m not disappointed when I get around to going to visit these places!
But first, a refreshed wishlist:

lots of natural light
can [...]

In contradiction to my last post, I received a call last night from one of the venues I sent an email to, as a follow up to the email she sent me (I suppose this could be viewed as pushy, but I thought it was nice), and I asked her when I needed to be [...]

In my over-eagerness I’ve sent off a bunch of emails to different venues that look interesting requesting general pricing information and photos, saying that as I’m not in Perth I can’t make it in to take a look or speak to them personally. Of these all but a few sent what looks like a standard [...]