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Traditional Zulu weddings are marked by vibrant colors
Lebanese-style weddings kick off with music
Lebanese-style weddings kick off with music, dancing and joyful shouting right outside the groom's doors. This is the "zaffe," a rowdy, traditional escort made up of friends, family, and sometimes professional musicians and dancers. This group escorts the groom to his...
Do’s and Dont’s at a Civil Partnership Ceremony
Since we have recently seen the implementation of the Civil Partnership Act in QLD, its time for a few Do’s and Don’t’s on the big day! 1. Don't crash the event. Let me say it again: Don't ever crash a ceremony. Do not attend a ceremony for which you did not receive a...
Russian grooms have to work for their brides
Russian grooms have to work for their brides. Before the #wedding, the groom shows up at the bride's home and asks for his beloved. In jest, her friends and family refuse him until he pays up in gifts, money, jewelry or simple humiliation. Grooms are forced to do...
Instagram Wedding Cakes
I spend probably a little more time than I should on Instagram! Especially looking at #Wedding Cakes. When I'm gazing through my Instagram feed there’s one thing that always gets me and that’s a good wedding cake picture. There are definitely a few favorite Instagram...
Writing your Wedding Vows
Want to know what makes a ceremony go from good to the best ever? It’s when I leave an emotionally charged ceremony abuzz with love and commitment. Because at that point, all I want to do is celebrate how awesome and in love you are. This emotional charge comes...
Planning Civil Partnership Ceremony?
Important Tips for Same-Sex Couples Celebrations require a lot of preparation and sometimes same-sex ceremonies require a bit more. There are some things you will want to take into consideration when planning your civil partnership ceremony that you hadn’t...
To confetti or not to confetti?
Nothing says a party like a little confetti ...but nowadays couples often want something a little different at their #wedding ceremony. At their heart weddings are a lot of fun, a great party to celebrate your love story. One of the prettiest moments is waving...
Smudging on your wedding day
Have you ever thought of having a smudging ceremony on your #wedding day? Its essential to have a ceremony that is special and meaningful to you. You want your wedding ceremony to be a profound expression of your commitment to each other. You can...
Bug Off
Are you having an outdoor #wedding? Don't forget to take care of your guests comfort on your big day. Mozzies, midgies, and flies can take the fun out of even the bet ceremony. Leaving bottles of bug spray out can help your guests relax ad enjoy your...
Winning and losing
When I'm working on something, I just paint and play and paint and play till it feels like it's in the right place. Today there has been some winning and some losing. Some parts of this giant canvas feels like it's done, some feels like a mess. I have been...
Journaling
I've been journaling a lot lately, scribbling and doodling in my sketch book. I'm working on faces and colour. I finally have time to getback in the studio over the xmas period so I can't wait to move from the little book to the big canvas. ...
Marriage History
Around the world, family-arranged alliances have gradually given way to love matches, and a transition from an agricultural to a market economy plays a big role in that transition Parents historically controlled access to inheritance of agricultural land. But with the...
Love is…
Love is like a cloud Love is like a dream Love is 1 word & everything in between Love is a fairytale come true I found Love when I found u
Helpful hints for a stress-free wedding
Your wedding day will be one of the most memorable days of your life. You want it to run smoothly and you want to minimize stress. Ive put together a few tips to reduce the stress so you can increase the fun, the love and the joy!! Keep yourself hydrated and...
I Can Fly
I've been painting in the last little while. This image is an experiment on wings. Giving space to my work is unusual. But I like it. Its really unusual to see a canvas so bare. In real life this canvas is very textured, It has layers and layers and layers behind it....
Trust
I sat quietly and just let emotions flow through me. It was an interesting exercise. To look at it in real life it has much , much more texture and depth. here though, it looks a little flat. Part of my process lately has been very much to be in the present and allow...
My nest.
How do you describe the distance left by years of separation. The kind of distance that doesn't grow, but rather, still feels like the pain of that first moment of separation. That emptiness, that feeling of something, some part of your body being ripped off and...
I’m building a nest
Yes, that's right, a nest. A great big giant empty nest. It's an installation piece that is placed out on the foreshore while the tide is at its lowest point and then removed when the tide is coming back in. When I heard about it, I started thinking about the way the...
Imagination or Inspiration?
Which is better? I’ve been thinking about this a lot lately; which one is better to facilitate solid creative outcomes, the actual work. I flutter about, daydream and get distracted a lot. But 2015 is going to be the year of productivity! Are we better when we...
Connections with the earth
Sometimes we forget we have bodies. That is such a true statement for me. If I’m in the studio, or at the computer, anytime I am engrossed in what I am doing, I can forget to move, forget the connection I have with my body. I’m reading a book called ‘The Art of...
Summer Solstice Celebration
So, here we are, right smack bang in the middle of summer. So much has happened since my winter solstice. When we have big and profound events occur in our life, it gives us markers from which we measure time. Looking back, my journey from there to here, from dark to...
Everyday Ritual; your pathway to daily peace and expanded creativity
We know already that rituals help us mark the ebb and flow of our life journey, celebrations and passing and transitions of all descriptions. However, rituals hold the power to enhance and beautify the small moments of each day as well. The simple rituals you perform...
7 steps to get back on track
A couple of weeks ago I posted about how I was feeling pretty cruddy and the seven main things I discovered most people experience when they are down. So I thought it would be cool to share the things I did (continue to do) to help me get into a better space. You know...
Judith Knowles Lock
Judith is very accomplished woman having travelled the world and worked as a clinical psychologist for over thirties years. Judith has Muscular Dystrophy and when I met her she wanted to share the story of her life and her friends and family. This is Judiths inspiring...
Natural Disasters
These are stories from people who volunteer in times of crisis and natural disaster. This story is from an podcast series and live storytelling show I ran from 2009-2011.
Life Changing Moments
Have you ever had a moment that changed your life? A time that you can look back on and know that that was when your life changed, that moment? Dave had that moment, he shares his story about how it changed his life. This story is from an podcast series and...
Travel Wave
Ever noticed how people acknowledge each other on the road? This story is from an podcast series and live storytelling show I ran from 2009-2011.
Day of the Daisy
A story about not giving up on love. What kind of crazy things have you done to get someones attention? How many times have you gone back after you have been rejected? Do you try a different tactic, or do you give up? In fact when should you walk away? This story is...
Aye, What a lovely arse
A story about finding our place when we don’t think that we fit Beautifully told by Sean Dowling. Its a story about our childhood ideas about where we fit in and who we are, and how sometimes we underestimate how valuable we are to others, even if they can express...
Each of us have the ability to deepen our intuitive knowing.
When we develop this deep sense of knowing, we can make use of it to help navigate through the sometimes stormy waters of our daily lives; use it to help is make decision that are fulfilling; and most importantly, use it to discover a path that keeps us living in a life we love.
When we learn how to hone our skills and start to pay real attention to our inner voice, we soon discover that it points us in the right direction. Developing a strong intuition and learning to trust it gives us a new way of knowing or seeing the truth without need for explanation, double guessing yourself.