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Upcoming bridal expos & wedding events across South Africa

May 12, 2026 No Comments

Wedding planning is equal parts dreamy and chaotic. Between choosing the perfect venue, finalising your guest list and finding suppliers who truly understand your vision, it can often feel like you’re making lists for the lists you still need to make.

To make the process a little smoother (and far more inspiring), we’ve rounded up some of the best upcoming bridal expos across South Africa. Whether you’re searching for fresh ideas, meeting suppliers face-to-face or simply looking for inspiration to bring your dream day to life, these events are well worth adding to your calendar.

The Tying Knots West Coast Pop-Up

Date: 30 May 2026
Time: 09:00 – 15:00
Where: Langebaan NG Church, Langebaan, Western Cape
Entrance: Tickets available via Webtickets
Website: Home – Wedding Co-Ordinator West Coast
Facebook: Facebook
Contact: [email protected] | 071 881 2831

A charming West Coast showcase designed for couples looking for wedding inspiration in a relaxed coastal setting. Expect supplier showcases, planning ideas and plenty of inspiration for your big day.

Winter Wedding Expo

Date: 6 June 2026
Time: 09:00 – 18:00
Where: Kirstenbosch National Botanical Garden, Old Mutual Conference and Exhibition Centre, Cape Town
Entrance: Tickets available via Quicket
Website: aspirepromotions.co.za

Facebook: Facebook
Contact: [email protected] | 079 757 2459

Set against the iconic beauty of Kirstenbosch, this elegant bridal fair offers inspiration, expert suppliers and a premium planning experience for couples looking to refine every detail.

Oakfield Farm Bridal Expo

Date: 27–28 June 2026
Time: 10:00 – 16:00
Where: Oakfield Farm, Honeydew, Gauteng
Entrance: Tickets available at the gate or via Webtickets
Website: Bridal Expo – Oakfield Farm
Contact: [email protected] | (011) 933 3464

One of South Africa’s most well-known bridal expos, Oakfield Farm remains a must-visit for engaged couples. Expect a wide variety of exhibitors, décor inspiration and access to leading wedding suppliers under one roof.

Greater Garden Route Wedding Expo

Date: 29–30 August 2026
Where: Mentors Country Estate, Jeffreys Bay
Entrance: Tickets available via Quicket
Website: ggrweddingexpo.co.za
Facebook: Greater Garden Route Wedding Expo
Contact: [email protected] | 071 896 6831

This regional favorite connects couples with some of the Garden Route’s most sought-after suppliers, making it ideal for destination weddings and coastal celebrations.

Winelands Bridal Fair

Date: 5–6 September 2026
Time: 09:00 – 15:30
Where: Klein Joostenberg, Stellenbosch
Entrance: Tickets available online or at the door
Website: Home – Donato Events
Facebook: Facebook
Contact: [email protected] | 076 406 4020

For couples dreaming of vineyard views and sophisticated celebrations, this bridal fair in the Cape Winelands offers inspiration, curated suppliers and a luxurious setting.

Sun Boardwalk Hotel Bridal Fair

Date: 6 September 2026
Time: 10:00 – 14:00
Where: Boardwalk Hotel, Casino and Convention Centre, Summerstrand, Gqeberha
Entrance: Tickets available via Quicket
Website: SA BRIDAL FAIRS
Contact: 060 504 0408

A polished showcase for Eastern Cape couples looking to meet suppliers, discover fresh trends and explore wedding planning ideas in a stylish venue setting.

Radisson Blu Durban Bridal Fair

Date: 25 October 2026
Time: 10:00 – 14:00
Where: Radisson Blu Hotel, Umhlanga, Durban
Entrance: Tickets via Quicket (coming soon)
Website: SA BRIDAL FAIRS
Contact: 060 504 0408

Durban couples can expect a chic and contemporary wedding planning experience at this sought-after bridal showcase, featuring local suppliers and plenty of inspiration.

Brahman Hills Wedding Expo

Date: 24 May 2026
Time: 10:00 – 15:00
Where: Brahman Hills Wedding Venue, KwaZulu-Natal
Entrance: Tickets available via Quicket
Website: brahmanhills.co.za
Facebook: Facebook
Contact: [email protected] | (033) 266 6965

Set in the picturesque Midlands, this wedding expo offers couples a beautiful countryside experience paired with expert suppliers and elevated wedding inspiration.

Planning your wedding? Start here

Whether you’re looking for supplier inspiration, hoping to get your partner more involved in the planning process, or simply feeling curious about what’s trending in the South African wedding space, these wedding events across South Africa offer the perfect place to begin.

Bring your questions, your Pinterest boards and your vision — and let the planning magic begin.

ALSO SEE: Wedding dress inspo for autumn and winter brides

Wedding dress inspo for autumn and winter brides

Image from Sasha Kim – Pexels (Woman in White Floral Wedding Dress Holding White Roses · Free Stock Photo)

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Tips for choosing your wedding’s signature cocktail names

April 9, 2026 No Comments

Signature cocktails are one of the easiest (and most fun) ways to personalise your wedding day.

The good news? You don’t need to overthink it. Naming your wedding cocktails should feel playful. Here’s how to land on names that feel personal, clever, and completely you.

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The ultimate pamper session guide for every bride

August 2, 2022 No Comments

Searching for the feel-good factor? Introduce some positive energy into your beauty routine with a sumptuous pamper session to help keep you calm, cool, and relaxed as you plan your big day. Adding a little self-love will leave you feeling relaxed, rejuvenated and feeling youthful again. Besides, it’s really the little highlights that can make the biggest difference to our well-being!

Follow this guide and get your hands on these luxe products to turn your bathroom ritual into a full-blown pamper experience.

Bath-time bliss

‘Bathing is a brilliant opportunity to give your body what it needs, and your mind a moment to reset,’ says well-being expert Susanne Kaufmann. You can easily turn your bath into a pamper session with a few additions too.

So how would you like to feel while submerged in your porcelain throne?

Relaxed

There’s nothing quite like a long soak to reset the senses. It’s the perfect ritual before bed, helping you have a good sleep: a hot bath followed by being in a cool bedroom is known to help the body prepare for sleep and tricks you into feeling drowsy. Aid those sensations with Ceridwen’s Cauldron (R135, Lush), which nourishes your skin and helps you switch off.

Or, if you are feeling tense, don’t underestimate the benefits of a salt bath. It can help with any muscle aches and pains, leaving you feeling soothed. We love Earthsap Bath Soak in Milk & Honey (R75, Made By Nature).

De-stressed

Feeling restless and anxious? Run a bath and choose products packed with calming ingredients, such as The Naturals Organic Bath Bombs (R320, yumm) or Dr Hauschka Moor Lavender Calming Bath Essence (R465, Woolworths).

As you soak in the scented bath, practise breathing deeply into your abdomen to relax and calm your mind. If you struggle to stay focused, it can help to imagine you are gently inflating your tummy like a balloon as you breathe in, then slowly deflating it as you breathe out. The warm water will aid those feelings of relaxation.

Upbeat

If you need a reboot, try adding a few drops of an uplifting essential oil – juniper is effective in stimulating a positive mood – try Soil Juniper Berry Essential Oil (R133, Faithful to Nature). Give your bath a sensuous twist by adding Jo Malone London Peony & Blush Suede Bath Oil 250 ml (R1 000, Edgars). And light a candle to uplift your senses – we adore The Aromatherapy Co Invigorating Candle (R199, @home).

Comforting Massage

As well as treating skin to a pamper session, use your evening regime as a chance to unwind. ‘Turn your cleanse into a moment of mindfulness,’ says acupuncturist and facialist Annee de Mamiel. ‘Face massage helps you unwind, but it’s also a reminder to begin to switch off from the day. Plus it doesn’t cost a thing!’

Start by warming your cleansing oil in your hands and inhaling the essential oils. Choose something with a soothing scent, such as Bobbi Brown Soothing Cleansing Oil (R1 050, Woolworths). As you massage, you will increase circulation, boost oxygen and detoxify your skin. ‘You’ll be surprised how the texture, volume and radiance of your skin will improve in such a short time.’

Skin saviours

It’s the original emblem of what a pamper session should be!. A face mask is the easiest way to treat your skin and give you a bit of a time out. Just make sure you’re using the best one for your skin type.

Dry skin

Use: FILORGA Hydra-Filler Mask (R148, skinmiles.co.za)

This calming sheet mask contains aloe vera to soothe and hyaluronic acid to hydrate, giving your face a plump, juicy glow.

Sensitive skin

Use: Lamelle Serra Lipid Recovery Mask (R520, dermastore.co.za)

When sensitive skin flares up, leave this soothing mask on for 15 minutes, then swipe away any excess with a tissue to calm flushed, tight-feeling skin.

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Cape Winelands Bridal Fair the perfect spot for inspiration!

July 18, 2022 No Comments

Western Cape brides, can we have your attention! Finding your wedding day inspiration can be as easy as scrolling through Pinterest or meandering through your favorite bridal fair.

Each year, hundreds of bridal couples flock to the Cape Winelands Bridal Fair to soak up the ambience of the renowned and exclusive Winelands Bridal Fair.

This year is no different with service provides and products from across the Cape available for brides and grooms to peruse through. It’s also a great spot for those looking to speak to various experts needed to plan your big day and make it a success.

Live music, wedding dress designs, and a win-4-your wedding lucky draw!

Interested? Make sure you grab your tickets via Webtickets or when you enter the expo.

Cost: R100 per person
Date: 30 – 31 July; 09:00 – 16:00
Location: Klein Joostenberg. R304 Muldersvlei, Stellenbosch

Feature Image: Dear Heart Photos / Instagram

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All about Kourtney Kardashian and Travis Barker’s big Italian wedding

May 23, 2022 No Comments

When the news surfaced that Kourtney Kardashian and Travis Barker had gone lowkey with their wedding (a simple courthouse ceremony with a guest list you could count on one hand) people began to speculate that something bigger was in the works.

And, as internet sleuths often are, the suspicions were right!

Little under a week since their original wedding, the pair celebrated their married status with an incredible Italian wedding bash on Sunday, 22 May, at Castello Brown, Portofino, as per Page Six.

As expected, the Kardashian-Jenner clan all attended, with brother Rob Kardashian’s attendance still in question.

Kourtney’s dress saw a magnificent mini Dolce & Gabbana wedding number, with a veil longer than the hem, inspired by a tattoo on the back of Travis’s head, accompanied by gloves and white heels. Travis played the perfect pairing with his black suit, also by Dolce & Gabanna.

Kourtney later swapped the vision of white for a striking black dress again featuring matching globes and a Virgin Mary emblem in the centre of the dress – something many have likened to a copy of a similar dress sister Kim wore in 2017. But hey, if it goes with the energy, let it prevail!

More wedding details reveal that Kris Jenner was reportedly getting down on the dance floor, Travis gave a heartfelt speech with his new wife by his side, the clan’s union of children from their respective sides were happily present, and the internet’s most fascinating couple, Megan Fox and Machine Gun Kelly were also in attendance, as per E!

Picture:Ellen von Unwerth

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Wedding planning tips that could save your life

May 9, 2022 No Comments

While planning your wedding can be a time that’s filled with cake tasting and venue scouting, it can also be a time that’s filled with pulling out your hair and stress eating. Planning your impending nuptials can be a stressful affair, but it doesn’t have to be!

If you’re hoping to look back on your big day and smile with contentment and not sneer at the thought of all the stress you were under, check out these helpful tips.

Manage Your Expectations

You can use Pinterest and photos to inspire you, but your wedding won’t look exactly the same. There are so many different factors at play when you see those images on the internet: Where in the world was it taken? Is it even a real wedding, or a staged shoot? Are those flowers available in SA? So whatever you do, make sure you don’t get upset or stressed when things aren’t perfect – you’ll just ruin your day.

Come Prepared and Avoid Wardrobe Malfunctions

You or anyone in your bridal party might need a hook-and-eye closure, so be sure to carry spares, needle-nose pliers, and a sewing kit. Just one lean over into the gin table and pop! Disaster.

Stick to your Budget

It’s your wedding and it’s all very exciting, but you have a budget for a reason. Don’t set yourself into years of debt, or sell your prized pony. Set a budget for your wedding and download a wedding-planner app on your phone. Stick to it, and you’ll be glad that you did once the confetti has settled.

Don’t let your self-consciousness get the best of you

“I wish I had known how beautiful I looked.” Make sure this is not something you say four months, or years, later. Make choices that are your own when it comes to your dress or suit, and on the big day, rock it. Don’t worry about the fat roll you think is there, or the laugh lines under your eyes. Enjoy the moment; it goes quicker than you think.

Put your own spin on it

Listen to your mom, best friends and Aunt Joanna. But whatever you do, do it your way.

Don’t go cheap on certain things

Food poisoning for all your guests? Not fun. Blown-out or unflattering wedding photographs? You’ll regret that. While everything else lasts for the one day, you’ll have those pictures forever, so you want to get your money’s worth.

Don’t nitpick on the details

Months of planning, crammed into four or five hours, which are so charged with emotions and tears, you might not even notice that small calligraphy initials on the stem of every rose… Don’t stress about every little thing while planning your wedding and on the big day. Such a cliche, but words that couldn’t be more true.

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Go big or go home! Tall table centrepieces to add to your wedding decor

April 12, 2022 No Comments

“The devil is in the details,” and boy, can planning a wedding sometimes feel like taking a quick trip to hell if you don’t have the right support. I’m sure I don’t need to tell you how stressful planning your impending nuptials can be, but with so many details to think about, some things can slip through the cracks.

One detail that’s not always necessary, but that’s great to include if you’re looking to have your guests “ooh” and “ahh” is the centrepiece. An interesting fact is that a table centrepiece is often overlooked by brides and planners.

Who wants to talk over a ginormous centrepiece, right? But despite a few cons, a table centrepiece is a fantastic way to elevate your wedding theme, adding a little je ne sais quois to your already incredible event.

Go big or go home you say? If you’re looking to add a little drama to your wedding – with decor, that is – adding a tall centrepiece can be a great way to add that pop you’re looking for.

Take what resonates and toss what doesn’t! Here are a few tall centrepiece ideas that will steal your heart as they have mine:

A drama that’s subtle

A dramatic centrepiece that offers a subtle touch. Bridal couples looking to keep things simple when their guests sit down will certainly love this minimalist geometric design. Keep it elegant with gold and floral trimmings.

A reception by candlelight

There’s something cosy yet alluring about a candle and flame. After all, don’t all romances start after an intimate candlelit dinner? This amazing design keeps things simple, using levels to add a subtle drama that’s not too much while the addition of greenery and flowers beautifully tie things together.

A whimsical addition

I love the idea of bringing nature into the mix, and this tall centrepiece is certainly perfect for nature lovers looking to bring the outdoors inside. Wisteria can be a great addition for bridal couples looking to add more romance to an already romantic setting. The best part? Your guests will definitely be able to see and talk to each other.

Keep it traditional

Looking to make a statement but hoping to keep it traditional? This floral design, which is mixed with classic white blooms and pops of purple and pink will provide a striking arrangement while allowing you to stick to something more traditional.

Fancy grass

I have a confession to make. I’m a little obsessed with pampas grass. There’s something so subtly elegant and fancy about it… it must be the feather-like texture that this plant offers. Nonetheless, it can be a gorgeous addition to your guests’ table. Similar to this design, all you need is a tall stand and as many pampas grass as you can dream of. They’re also pretty affordable to purchase, so we’re winning!

There’s nothing wrong with simple

Sometimes it’s okay to let your gorgeous venue do all the talking. This simple table centrepiece adds a little light and romance and ensures that the decor does all the talking. While there’s nothing wrong with going big, this design proves that simplicity can often speak louder.

Feature Image: Elizabeth Wells Photography

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A closer look at Megan Fox’s stunning diamond and emerald ring from MGK

January 13, 2022 No Comments

After a year and a half spent publicly professing their love for each other, Machine Gun Kelly went down on one knee and popped the question.

Megan Fox took to Instagram to share a clip of the proposal with a beautiful caption that celebrated their journey together.

“– he asked me to marry him. And just as in every lifetime before this one, and as in every lifetime that will follow it, I said yes,” she posted.

https://www.instagram.com/p/CYpcFruB2UB/

In the clip, the rapper turned actor proposed under a towering banyan tree as a shocked Fox knelt down beside him.

“In July of 2020 we sat under this banyan tree, we asked for magic …” she wrote.

While the proposal was simple and intimate, the engagement ring was a bit more ostentatious. The breathtaking emerald and diamond engagement ring has a deeply personal meaning as Machine Gun Kelly revealed on his Instagram.

While a traditional sparkler may have one stone that takes centre stage, this one has two and is a custom piece that features Kelly‘s birthstone (diamond) and Fox‘s (emerald).

Also Read: 6 Unique engagement rings that will wow your soon-to-be fiancé!

Check out the gorgeous piece below:

https://www.instagram.com/p/CYpdvOgJ4eP/

Picture: Kevin Mazur

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Pamela Anderson secretly tied the knot on Christmas Eve

January 29, 2021 No Comments

Pamela Anderson is a married woman. The former Baywatch star secretly tied the knot with her bodyguard Dan Hayhurst on Christmas Eve, a representative for the star confirmed to CNN.

Speaking to the Daily Mail, Anderson said she married her beau on the property she purchased from her grandparents 25 years ago.

“This is where my parents were married and they are still together. I feel like I’ve come full circle,” she told the outlet.

For her big day, Anderson wore a vintage beige blouse paired with a blue satin corset and blue tulle skirt. She accessorized with a polka-dotted white Valentino veil.

This news comes less than a year after Anderson reportedly married producer Jon Peters in a private Malibu ceremony on January 20 2020, a fact she later disputed.

This is the star’s fifth marriage. Anderson previously married Tommy Lee in 1995 but divorced in 1998. She married second husband Kid Rock in 2006 but they split a year later. Third husband Rick Salomon came in 2007 but their marriage was annulled in 2008. She then remarried Salomon in 2014 but they split again in 2015.

Picture: Instagram / Joanna Delaney