Hello!

I’m Ms Polka Dot, Editor of Polka Dot Bride! Polka Dot Bride is an Australian wedding blog dedicated dedicated to inspiring you to create a beautiful wedding uniquely yours.

In my younger days I collected all kinds of bridal information, a lot I still have today. I’d drag my dad to the photocopier and have him help me photocopy my favourite bits out of bridal magazines. My collection of bridal magazines is one I am slightly red faced about, but throwing them out would be too painful!

I’ve always loved what a wedding represents – a big celebration surrounding the love of two people (corny?? maybe). Now as I have grown older and am part of the industry I love the different facets of weddings – the divine couture, stunning papers, delicious food- and who knew there were so many options for a veil?

I’m always scouring international sites for the latest in wedding trends and am continually amazed by the fresh, unique and stylish ideas available. I look everywhere for inspiration – gardens, books, a beautiful piece of crockery.

I’m all for doing things traditionally, but admit there’s a slight touch of anti-bride in my system. I believe that’s more to do with making your wedding unique to you and a heck of a lot of fun! I love a wedding where the couple shines.

I hope to touch on anything wedding related that is useful to today’s bride – style, unique finds, fabulous suppliers all with a little bit of fun thrown in! I want to inspire you, to make you dream, to ease the wedding stress and to create an event that is beautiful, and is ‘you’.

Located in Australia, the options are somewhat harder to find, but when you find one it’s all the more fun! In this blog, I discover the unique, the stylish, the fresh and the quirky wedding ideas for Australian (and international!) weddings – most of all I hope to discover things that can make your wedding fun and about YOU!

For a handy reference guide, here are the people that work tirelessly behind the scenes to keep Polka Dot Bride running!

Wine lover (and grower), flower connoisseur, genius with words & sunshine in the morning, Ms Paisley is the Polka Dot Bride Sales Director and looks after our fantastic advertisers while running Ms Polka Dot’s Directory. Ms Paisley loves working with innovative, gorgeous businesses and can be contacted through our Advertising page.

Grand Designs addict, garden lover, most incredibly patient woman on earth and lover of green tea, Ms Stripey looks after our banner advertisers and assists in editing the Polka Dot specialty blogs, approving new posts and is our behind the scenes maven.

Self confessed Mac geek (without the lining up from midnight part), deliverer of lychees and jelly belly jelly beans, Ms Polka Dot’s computer fixer and king of novel ideas Mr Polka Dot is the one beside Ms Polka Dot every day and the one who inspired Polka Dot Groom! He also contributes to the Polka Dot Groom specialty blog.

Champagne drinker, literary critic, lover of words and genius with children, Ms Floral is the Polka Dot Bride Sydney Features editor covers all the fantastic fun Sydney events, happenings and goings on for Polka Dot Bride!

Best cook in the world (especially of chicken soup), deliverer of incredibly wise words, sensible advice and Ms Polka Dot’s own personal hero, Mother Polka Dot writes a regular column on getting back to the basics of marriage (read her words here).

Co- squealer, idea translator, dreamer and lover of all things red & birdlike, Prue from Gigi & Lulu is the Polka Dot Bride graphic designer, marketing expert and Polka Dot Bride Bright Ideas Director!

Inventor of Ms Polka Dot filter, self confessed geek, Red Bull drinker and king of patience (and persistence!) Matt of Webnovation is the Polka Dot Bride developer, design translator, tech support and web host.

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Ms Polka Dot head shot by ever fabulous brooklit.