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Huge flowers and a surprise Smarties cake at Angela & Jean-Paul’s Aussie wedding

This backyard wedding in Sydney is the sweetest thing you’ll see today. Highlights include the GIANT flowers carried by the bride and bridesmaids (and occasionally eaten by the groom), the surprise Smarties explosion cake, and the slightly tipsy father of the groom speech.

Pagan wedding gorgeousness

It’s all magical fairy lights and love at Dawn & Shannon’s pagan wedding

This bride is my plus size beacon of confidence and fabulousness. Please come read about her gorgeous pagan wedding to her sweet groom and be happy that this wedding exists. Don’t miss the feather shouldered dress, the body-posi amazingness, and the lovely, fairy-lit backyard backdrop to this wedding.

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Miranda & Nathan’s short dresses and big beards wedding

Give us big beards and short skirts any day, amirite? This in-the-middle-of-nowhere wedding in New South Wales is a dreamy evening under the stars. Don’t miss the beautiful handmade cake, foxy placecards, and epic backdrop and scenery.

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Ruby & James’ laid-back door games and tea ceremony Chinese wedding

This pair of Chinese Aussies were not ready to take on a whole bunch of Chinese traditions for their wedding, but they did inject a little tradition in the form of some quick door games and an informal tea ceremony. Take a peek at how they combined their bookish, fabric flower-loving, and independent ideals into this sweet lil’ wedding. Oh, and wait until you see how the bride protected her dress en route to the venue!

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Caroline & Dave’s sunrise beach wedding

This week we’re celebrating the tea-length, the mini, the cocktail, and the midi — that’s right, it’s short dress week! Today we’ve got a couple who opted for an early-morning sunrise ceremony, with all of the challenges and gorgeous scenery that entails. You’ll definitely want to hear how they handled the venue and vendors for this particular challenge.

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Jess & Pete’s glam horror and zombie wedding

We’re falling into the so-excited-it’s-almost-fall trap hardcore. But that’s okay: trap us in your cool embrace and crunchy leaves, fall! Here’s a little horror and zombies pre-Halloween preview to whet your appetite for the season. The dessert bar alone is to die for… think anatomical hearts, zombie mousse graves, and a cake with a giant bloody bite out of it. It’s ghoulishly delicious!