Local Wedding Magazines

Hey there!

I have noticed that the new editions of a couple of local wedding magazines have come out in the last few weeks.

White is a wedding magazine that covers the Central Coast, Newcastle, Hunter Valley and even further. The one thing I especially love about this magazine is all of the real wedding stories.

Another magazine that came out recently is the Newcastle & Central Coast Wedding magazine. If you are planning a wedding in the area, you should get this one as a starting point. It only comes out once a year and has so many suppliers in it for you to look at.

I advertised in it this year. You may remember me the photo shoot that I posted about in November and me showing you the bouquet I had made for it. Well here is how it looks through the lens of a professional...

And do you know what was even more surprising when I flipped through the magazine? There are a few photos from my wedding in there! Even the page that introduces the 'flower' section is a full page of my actual wedding bouquet! So unexpected!

New Wedding Magazines out now

Oh no. It's that time of year again when all of the new editions of my favourite wedding magazines are released, and I have to avoid all of the newsagents so that I don't indulge my addiction to them. Here are some new ones that I have noticed on the shelves over the last couple of weeks: White Magazine: I love this magazine for all of it's local content (especially the real weddings) of the Central Coast, Hunter Valley and Newcastle.

Cosmo Bride: this is my favourite of all of the wedding magazines. Doesn't the cover look just gorgeous? It always takes my breath away and I always found so much inspiration from them.

Bride To Be: an oldie but a goodie. I never liked how loaded this one was with advertising, but I am definately in the minority as others seem to love it and find it extremely helpful. Mind you - when I was wedding planning, I would still buy every edition so I couldn't have had too much of a problem with it. So do any of you have a favourite? Or at least have some advice on how to cure my magazine addiction? Or is it OK to still buy wedding magazines even 6 months after your wedding? (Please say yes). LOL!

Congratulations Delisser Photography!

Last night I attended the magazine launch of the new 2009 edition of the Newcastle Central Coast Wedding magazine.

Now when I was planning my wedding, this became my bible. It has so many vendors listed in the one place and I found it very helpful.

All of the magazine advertisers are invited to the launch so I dragged my hubby along and we actually got a lift up to the party from our wedding photographer - (who I have since become friends with) - Julie from Delisser photography and her husband Grant. This is the first time I have advertised in a magazine so I was pretty excited.

We had a bit of sparkly, some lovely canapes and then the formalities got underway.

One of things that I didn't find out until last night was that there is alot of secrecy about the front cover of the magazine. All of the photographers are invited to submit a random selection of their work that may be featured throughout the magazine. On the launch night, the front cover is revealed for the first time and the photographers find out who gets the prestigious front cover position.

Well last night as I was standing next to Julie, the cover was revealed, I heard Julie gasp and then the MC announce that Delisser Photography had won the front cover! Julie was genuinely surprised but to be honest, I wasn't surprised at all. I have always raved to people about how gorgeous my wedding photos are. Julie and her husband are an extremely talented team and they are so deserving of this accolade. I don't know how the publishers picked which photo would go on the cover because that particular wedding that Julie and Grant shot had so many breathtaking photos. Congratulations guys!

So it turned out to be a very fun and successful night in the end. We even noticed that two photos from our wedding were in the magazine!

Newcastle Central Coast Wedding magazine is released in stores today.

*These are the 2 photos from our wedding that featured in the magazine!

Cosmo Bride

I finally got my hands on the latest edition of Cosmo Bride magazine. I was suprised it took me so long to buy as it was one of my favourite magazines when I was planning my wedding. I loved looking at all the real weddings that are included in it and getting inspiration from real brides.

One of the weddings featured in this edition of the magazine (which also landed the front cover) is a Central Coast wedding. Karlee and Jonathan were married at the Holy Cross Catholic Church in Kincumber and followed it with a reception at the popular Reef Resaurant in Terrigal.

Karlee makes an absolutely stunning bride. Her dress is amazing and she carries a beautiful bouquet of pink peonies. Although I am a little biased as I had peonies as my bridal bouquet too. Gorgeous wedding.