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Amelia Stevens

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Amelia Stevens
Hola I'm a creative based in Sydney. I love print design and beautiful paper. Geometric patterns, shapes and clean lines are the basis of my practice. I love to build things with my hands, and obsess over origami paper, hangtags and patterned socks.
A sage green Paperlust Oliva rehearsal dinner invitation photographed flat from overhead on warm plaster.
August 18, 2026 • Wedding Ideas, Weddings • Views: • by Amelia Stevens

Rehearsal Dinner Invitation Wording

The rehearsal dinner invitation is easier to write than the wedding invitation, but a few mechanics determine the entire text. The most important one: the…

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An engaged couple sitting together on a couch, looking at each other and laughing, one partner's hand resting on the other's with a ring visible.
August 17, 2026 • Wedding Ideas, Weddings • Views: • by Amelia Stevens

How to Announce Your Engagement

You just got engaged. Before you pick up your phone, there is one decision that shapes how the next 48 hours go: who hears it first, and how.

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Two wedding invitations on stone, one dark green and one orange with a scalloped edge, both dated Saturday 15 May 2027, with dried flowers.
August 16, 2026 • Wedding Ideas, Weddings • Views: • by Amelia Stevens

Wedding Colour Schemes for Every Season

Season shapes your wedding palette before almost anything else does. The light in your ceremony space, the florals your florist can source that month, the…

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An elegant table setting features white flowers and greenery with a place card reading 'Gifts' on a dark plate.
August 15, 2026 • Wedding Ideas, Weddings • Views: • by Amelia Stevens

Wishing Well Poems and Verses for Your Invitation

Asking guests for money sits in a different emotional category from asking them to choose a gift. Both are perfectly reasonable. One of them still makes…

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An elegant ballroom with round tables, white linens, chiavari chairs, and white floral arrangements set for a formal wedding reception.
August 14, 2026 • Wedding Ideas, Weddings • Views: • by Amelia Stevens

Wedding Venues on a Budget: How to Cut the Biggest Line Item

Venue hire is usually the biggest single line item in any wedding budget, and it is also the line that surprises couples most often. Not because venues…

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A couple reviews wedding planning documents at their kitchen counter surrounded by budget sheets, a calculator, and a May 2025 calendar.
August 13, 2026 • Wedding Ideas, Weddings • Views: • by Amelia Stevens

The Hidden Wedding Costs Nobody Budgets For

The quote looked reasonable. The invoice was not.

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Couple exchanging vows in a sun-dappled fern gully, twelve guests seated on timber benches arranged in a semicircle.
August 12, 2026 • Wedding Ideas, Weddings • Views: • by Amelia Stevens

Intimate Wedding Venues in Australia

An intimate wedding is not a smaller version of a bigger plan. It is a different plan entirely, built around the people who matter most and a day that…

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A bride in a white dress and groom in a cream suit sign marriage documents at a wooden table overlooking a scenic lake and forested landscape.
August 11, 2026 • Wedding Ideas, Weddings • Views: • by Amelia Stevens

How Much Does It Cost to Elope in Australia?

An elopement in Australia can cost less than $700 or more than $15,000. That range is real but not helpful on its own. The honest answer is built from…

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A couple in their late twenties standing together outside an Australian registry office on their wedding morning.
August 10, 2026 • Wedding Ideas, Weddings • Views: • by Amelia Stevens

Celebrant or Registry Office: How to Decide

Two Australians who want to get married have two legal paths: a registry office ceremony conducted by a Births, Deaths and Marriages officer, or a…

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A couple in smart-casual wedding attire smiling on courthouse steps, from the knees up.
August 9, 2026 • Wedding Ideas, Weddings • Views: • by Amelia Stevens

How to Get Married at the Courthouse: A Step-by-Step Guide

A courthouse wedding is one of the most practical decisions a couple can make. You skip the 18-month planning runway, the venue deposit, and the seating…

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