VENUE SPOTLIGHT – THE OLD DAIRY, MALENY

Featuring the Real Wedding of Elise and Barry, Spring – October 2022. The Old Dairy is a dream wedding venue 90 acres of grounds, located along Landsborough-Maleny Road- a stunning drive to the location with even more stunning views overlooking the Sunshine Coast Hinterland. Perfect for intimate and large scale weddings with space for marquee’s...

VENUE SPOTLIGHT- YANDINA STATION

Featuring Cassie and Schyler’s Spring November Wedding. If you are looking for a barn, with a rustic feel with exclusive and private facilities, then Yandina Station is your go to! We have been creating weddings flowers on the Sunshine Coast for 11 years and have been designing wedding dreams at Yandina Station since we began....

CEREMONY SPACE INSPIRATION

Inspiration for wedding flowers and ceremony florals for your wedding on the Sunshine Coast. From the beaches of Noosa to hills of the Hinterland. This designs would work at many different wedding venues and private properties.

Choosing your Wedding ‘Style’

You’re scrolling Instagram and you love everything your seeing. How do your narrow down your style? We find the majority of our couples wedding style can be catagorised into four different feelings. Modern, Garden Styled, Rustic and Boho. But that doesn’t mean you can’t have your wedding style incorporating a few different feels. Other things...

SEASONAL GUIDE

Need a little help working out what flowers and foliages are in season and when? Need some inspiration for your wedding by season? Been googling and pinteresting like crazy and keep finding out things you love aren’t available? This list is written to support our local and Australian growers, there is however access to imports...

FLOWER AVAILABILITY – CURRENT ISSUES

FEAT. RHIANNA AND JAMES real wedding. This post is a little wordy but we want you to have all the information we do, so that you can make the best decisions regarding your wedding day. This information is up to date as of 2nd June 2020. If anything changes we will keep you up to...

BUDGETING FOR FLORALS

What budget to allocate to your wedding flowers and why they cost what they do. Recently I posted questions on my Instagram stories asking about how you felt when you received your wedding floral quote from your florist and if the total price freaked you out. About 70% of you said yes, and that kind...

SUMMER SHOWCASE AT THE OLD DAIRY MALENY

When we were asked to participate in the Hinterland Summer Showcase – AND get to work with our favourite vendors and suppliers – we said YES, YES, YES! We had such a great time at the Wedding Festival at Maleny that we knew it was going to be a great few days.

WHERE TO PUT FLORALS? WHERE CAN I REUSE MY FLORALS?

One of the questions couples ask us at consultations is – “Where do we put florals and where can we re-purpose our ceremony florals?” At Willow Bud we have done over 900 weddings across the Sunshine Coast and surrounding areas. We have been to the most of the wonderful venues from the Hinterland to the...

TOP TIPS FOR PLANNING YOUR WEDDING FLOWERS

First of all planning your dream wedding should be FUN – you should have a comfortable CONNECTION with your florist and all your vendors. If you don’t really ‘click’ with your team, you may struggle to get on the same page or tell them how you really feel. Remember that time you got a haircut...

Some Spicers Clovelly Estate Wedding Flowers That We Had To Share.

With it’s cooler temperatures, stunning backdrops, breathtaking scenery and great Wedding venues it’s easy to see why the Sunshine Coast Hinterland is a favourite for couples tying the knot. As the cooler months come to the Sunshine Coast Willow Bud has been busy once more across the Hinterland. One of our most beloved wedding venues...

A WEEK IN THE LIFE OF A WEDDING FLORIST: PART 3

EVERYBODY LOVES THE WEEKEND Hey, hey it’s Saturday anndddd we have, most assuredly, reached the pointy end of the week! (For those of you who are joining us for the first time, here’s a little recap)… Over the last five days we have been hooking in to the preparations for the weddings and weeks ahead....

4 years old- Happy Birthday Willow Bud!

Four years ago this week I was a mum to a 3-year-old and working 2 jobs to buy our first home with my husband. I had a dream that I could create a small business that could allow me to be creative on my terms and to make my customers happy. I thought at best...

Why do flowers cost so much?

(Image Calli B Photography) I often get asked this question on a regular basis. As a wedding florist I understand what one little flower has to go through to make it into a bridal bouquet. Just think when you plant seeds not all of them pop up, and the ones that do need time and...

A bit about myself

I have decided to write a little blog to let you know more about myself, wedding flowers, wedding inspiration and the amazing sunshine coast. My Name is Sandi and I have lived on the Sunshine Coast now for 5 years and have gravitated toward the Sunshine Coast Hinterland to finally settle. My Husband and I...

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