ABIA Notebook — Spring Wedding Ideas and Inspiration
Warming weather, budding leaves and blooming flowers declare that spring wedding season is here, and for couples choosing to exchange vows during this time of growth, renewal and hope, we’ve handpicked the latest spring bridal looks and wedding style trends, that flirt with bright colours, abundant florals, fresh fruit and infinite happiness.
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Compiled by Tanya Bywater of ABIA Weddings Australia | September 2024
Given its potential for charming outdoor ceremony settings, festoon-lamp-lit festival-style receptions, flower-ensconced garden-party gatherings, bare-shouldered wedding dresses and colourful decorating and accessorising, it’s little wonder spring is one of the most popular seasons for weddings. So, as the weather reaches not-too-hot-not-too-cold perfection, ABIA shares some ‘on trend’ spring wedding styles and suggestions.
Spring Wedding Flowers
Design by Willow Bud
This assortment of seasonal blooms, in the most cheerful combination of yellow, peach, pink and blue, spells Spring in this stunning Willow Bud-designed bridal bouquet.
@figtreepictures
Spring Blossoms
Shop at Simply Rose Petals
Real, edible, sunshine yellow daisies, organically-grown, picked at their prime and carefully freeze-dried, feature among the stunning preserved florals offered by the innovative team at Simply Rose Petals for the likes of cake decorating, table decoration or as eco-friendly confetti options.
Courtesy Simply Rose Petals
Spring Wedding Stylist
Design by Symphony Events
This incredible Indian wedding mandap, styled by Symphony Events and bejewelled with a rainbow of blooms and citrus, sings spring in a snapshot.
@cinevisionproduction
Spring Skincare
Shop at The Jojoba Company
It’s jojoba’s close ‘botanical match’ to our own skin’s oil that allows it to infuse active ingredients beyond the surface, according to The Jojoba Company. So, the potent blend of vitamins, turmeric and tomato oil in this Vitamin C Glow Potion, may offer a solution for brides, grooms and wedding tribes seeking radiant spring skin.
Spring Wedding Stationery
Design by White Cherry Invitations
Spotlight spring with boldly-coloured circular menus, table numbers and assorted invitations and signage, designed by White Cherry Invitations to suit any wedding style or theme.
Eternal Spring Bouquet
Preserved by Perpetual Blume
Save the essence of spring, and a precious memory of your day, by having your wedding bouquet or decorative florals pressed and preserved by Perpetual Blume in one of these timeless timber flower frames.
Spring Wedding Catering
Served by Aquava Boutique Catering
Carry the season through to your wedding menu, by serving up pretty sweet treats, like these mini raspberry, white chocolate and rose petal torta by Aquava Boutique Catering.
Spring Wedding Jewellery
Design by Gerard McCabe
The Calypso Jewellery Collection of pendants, rings, bangles, bracelets and earrings, by South Australian jewellery designer Gerard McCabe, celebrates spring with a fascinating interplay of colours and gemstones — featuring South Sea Pearls and Tahitian Pearls carefully paired with complementary sapphires, amethysts or diamonds in delicate floral motifs — with each piece intended as its own individual sparkling statement.
Spring Suntan
Shop at Camino Rose
Brides, grooms or guests looking for a sun-kissed spring glow without damaging sun exposure often turn to fake tan, and after a trial we’re fans of Aussie new-comer Camino Rose tanning mousse. It recently launched in two tones — medium to light Dolce and dark Toffee — goes on smooth, is enriched with eight skin-loving botanicals and embraces spring scents of vanilla and peony.
Spring Wedding Cake
Design by Matsuri Patisserie
If spring were a wedding cake we’re pretty sure it’d blend lively butterflies, beautiful blooms and brightly-coloured bows, like this spectacular edible creation by Matsuri Patisserie.
Spring Bridal Fragrance
Shop at Myer
Combining uplifting notes of jasmine, vetiver and banana blossom, Marc Jacob’s Daisy Wild eau de parfum brings brides a scent that epitomises spring and is the latest, refillable, addition to the designer’s Daisy fragrance collection.
Spring Signature Cocktail
Served by The Tipsy Mare
We adore the idea of a signature wedding cocktail and this Spring Fling gin cocktail, stirred by The Tipsy Mare mobile bar, combines fresh spring flavours of lime, pomegranate and grapefruit with Empress 1908 Indigo Gin to create a visual and drinkable delight.
Fresh Flowers
Named for Nadia Duran
A “rose by any other name” might smell as sweet, but we’re rather taken with the recently-released Nadia Duran Spray Rose, given it takes its name from multi-ABIA-Award-winning wedding decorator Nadia Duran of Events by Nadia. The beautiful lavender-petalled bloom, cultivated by VOORN Spray Roses in The Netherlands, should be available to Australian wedding couples in the not-too-distant future.
@michael_zennaro
Spring Wedding Venue
Located at The Gardens at Bullimah
Alive with blossoms and scent come spring time, garden-style wedding venues, like The Gardens at Bullimah in Elleker, Western Australia, set the scene for outdoor wedding ceremonies and receptions that pay homage to the season.
@kathandcophoto
Spring Wedding Dress
Design by White Butterfly Bridal Couture
Spring wedding fashion suggests bare-shouldered wedding dresses and a focus on flowers, and with its strapless sweetheart neckline and three-dimensional floral embellishment the Rhianna gown, by White Butterfly Bridal Couture, combines seasonal style with a hint of Hollywood glamour.
@by_danny_photography
Spring Wedding Entertaining
Catered by Memory Lane Weddings and Events
Caravan serveries and mobile bars, like the sweetly-bedecked ‘Florence’ of Memory Lane Weddings and Events, come into their own at this time of outdoor spring soirées.
@bybiancakayes
Spring Festival Wedding
Hosted by Happy Glamper
Surely spring is the best time of year for a festival-style wedding complete with onsite glamping, and luxuriously-appointed bell tents, conveniently setup and packed down by Happy Glamper, offer guests a comfy place to rest their heads.
Spring Champagne Tower
Arranged by Champagne Towers Perth
We’re fans of a champagne tower — like this spectacular display by Champagne Towers Perth — at any time of year, but spring offers couples the ideal excuse to elevate events with the likes of pink champagne and colourful cocktail mixes.
@chantelleventerphotography
Spring Wedding Décor
Design by Flowers by Varu
Flowers are almost-essential to spring wedding decorating, but these stunning raised table centrepieces, designed by Flowers by Varu, take spring wedding styling next level.
By sharing the latest wedding ideas and trends, our intention is to inspire and inform, but Notebook inclusions are not necessarily endorsed by ABIA, or its employees, and readers should make their own enquiries to determine the products and services best suited to their needs.
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