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February 5, 2026
How to Find the Perfect Wedding Venue
If there’s one decision that shapes the entire feel of your wedding, it’s the venue. It sets the tone for your entire day, influences your guest count, shapes your styling, and determines how the whole celebration flows. It’s also likely…
December 22, 2025
12 top tips for the newly engaged
So, you’re engaged – congratulations! We hope you’re soaking up that just-engaged glow. Along with the excitement, it’s completely normal for a touch of overwhelm to creep in too. If you’re wondering where to even begin now that it’s…
December 2, 2025
Seven ways to make your wedding venue work best for you, from the experts at Lakeside Pavilion, Albert Park.
Finding a stunning venue in Melbourne isn’t hard, but knowing what’s required to make your plans work well and your vision come to life, is a different situation. That’s where expertise and experience are invaluable. Layout & logistics: Think flow,…
November 27, 2025
Dream day dilemma: dress code
An Ivory Tribe reader asks: Is it okay to request guests wear a certain colour to tie-in with my wedding style?   This is a tricky one. We wholeheartedly believe the answer is yes—your wedding day is a canvas…
October 29, 2025
Common wedding planning arguments (and how to solve them)
Planning a wedding can be so many things – exciting, stressful, fun and at times tiring. It’s an emotion-charged process, and can often bring with it disagreement or disappointment along the way. With family tradition or expectation, cultural symbolisms,…
September 1, 2025
Top wedding ceremony songs as chosen by our celebrants.
At some point in the wedding planning process, choosing the soundtrack for your ceremony will come into play. For some, the decision may be easy; you might have a set of songs that give you all the feels. For others,…
September 1, 2025
Why hire a professional MC?
More celebrants are expanding into MC services, recognising the natural flow between ceremony and reception. We asked the talented Precious Celebrations to explain why this dual approach creates such seamless celebrations.   The number one thing that all couples…
August 27, 2025
Real Wedding words of wisdom: advice from couples who’ve been there
We hear so often that you love the inspiration and experiences of real couples. Nothing compares to hearing the stories from newlywed couples themselves, from what worked and what didn’t, what they loved and enjoyed, and perhaps, what they…
July 27, 2025
Hidden wedding costs: what couples wish they’d known.
When we asked you about the wedding costs that caught you off guard during planning and beyond the day, the responses revealed some important patterns. Here are your questions and the realities behind these unexpected expenses.
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