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Weddings

Your wedding is an experience. A celebration of a lifetime.

We know that you have a unique story to share with us. So, we want to help guide you with that, translating your vision, and above all, creating a stress-free wedding planning journey.

Working with a wedding planner is an incredibly personalised service, tailored to suit you and your partner’s requirements. This is the reason why we only work with a handful of couples each year.

It is our responsibility to help you:

  • Save time
  • Manage your financials
  • Build a vision
  • Source and book in your dream vendors
  • Coordinate the day/days

The beauty about us too, is that work with people of all background and love celebrating couples and persons across all genders, race, religion, or appearance.

How does your wedding experience begin?

Let’s hop on a call and get to know a bit about each other. It’s important for Poonam to truly understands your needs and requirements for your wedding and at the end of the day, we both need to feel comfortable working with each other.

From here, we’ll work on a detailed proposal tailored for you and your partner which will outline the full terms and structure. Once you’re happy to move forward with Poonam, we make it a point to meet and learn more about your dream wedding vision. From the look and feel to location and financials. We must build that trust very early on in the wedding planning journey.

To learn more about the different services we offer, please kindly keep reading below.

Full Planning

If you are truly feeling overwhelmed or time poor, you may need guidance with all the finer details of your wedding, then you need to consider hiring a professional to handle your wedding planning.

The Process
Following the initial consultation, we’ll send across the proposal. Once we get you all signed up, we’ll meet and work on building a vision for your wedding that reflects the both of you.

We’ll spend some time learning more about each other and tailor the events to suit your tastes. Here’s where we also make it a point to outline every single task, from choosing your wedding venue to booking in your dream wedding vendors to finalizing the accommodation for your wedding night.
In the months leading up to your wedding especially, we will handle all the details that you don’t want to think about such as,

  • Venue site visits
  • Drawing up floor plans
  • Coming up with a runsheet
  • Locking in appointments with your vendors
  • Ensuring that your vendors understand the scope of their work
  • Styling
  • Scheduling menu tastings
  • Assistance with wedding shopping, including your outfits and favours
  • On the day management

We understand there’s a lot going on for you, between work, life, and wedding planning, so another important detail we manage is your time and communication.

Time is precious, so Poonam wants to ensure that she’s flexible and whether that’s over email, phone or in person, we’re there for you. Majority of your wedding planning tasks are completed during business hours, but meetings can be scheduled in after hours and some weekends.

Vendor Selection

In terms of working with creatives, we only match you with the best of the best in this industry and those of course who love what they do!

Poonam has spent years building lost-lasting relationships with creatives based in Australia and the world. When you start working with her, you’ll understand that she takes this aspect of your wedding planning incredibly seriously. Therefore, she’ll be a part of every meeting.

These meetings are a golden opportunity for us to capture all the high-level details of your wedding.

Of course, if there’s somebody we are yet to work with, then that’s totally fine. Happy to get to know them, ensuring that they’re a good fit for you and us and are fully committed to ensuring you have the perfect wedding celebration.

Financials

You may notice that we don’t specifically outline numbers here because your wedding is unique to you as a couple. What one bride or groom likes is very different to another.

We completely understand though. Your wedding is an investment, which is why we will sit down with you early in the wedding journey to determine what is important to you.

Important for all couples to understand that pricing is all dependent on the location, venue, guest numbers, food and beverage style and overall design.

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Styling

You’ve booked your venue and your vendors and have that mood board ready! Congratulations! Now it’s time to build the vision and execute all the styling elements for your wedding.

The initial style consult begins with a call to understand you and your style personality. It’s time for us to see those Pinterest and Instagram images, so that we can best fulfil the requirements of your dream wedding vision. We’ll then walk you through our design process and how we work with a team of creatives to build the vision.

Upon booking, we will begin by putting the concept together with our creative partners. When you’re happy to move forward, we’ll create a look that best fits your vision and budget.

The next step is to lock in all the design elements. We will consult your venues and the vendors involved and provide regular monthly progress updates.

On the day itself, we look after the styling aspect only and ensure this is smooth and efficient.

Don’t want full styling services from us? No stress. We do also offer “petite styling” services such as creating a design brief or on the day table styling.

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Wedding Coordination

We get it. Sometimes you just need a professional to handle all the details on the day of your wedding. That’s where our wedding coordination services help you and your families simply relax and allow us to handle all the logistics.

Day Of Management

Also known as on-the-day management, this service is designed for people who want to be fully present on their big day without having to worry about whether your vendors know what they’re doing, whether the wedding favours have been placed on each place setting and well you get the idea. You might just need a little extra help in the lead up to your big day as well as on the day itself.

Let us take all the stress away in those final months as we check in with your venue and every vendor you have booked in.

The Process

Unlike full wedding planning, we’ll only step in around 2-3 months prior to your wedding date. By this time, you should have already booked in your venue and wedding vendors.

The months leading up to your big day are critical, so this is when we will,

  • Book in a consultation to figure out how everything is coming along
  • Provide any last minute referrals (if needed)
  • Arrange a venue site visit
  • Communicate with all venue coordinator and wedding vendors
  • Finalise any payments with venues and vendors
  • Manage your timeline
  • Ensure that your vendors understand the scope of their work on the day of your wedding
  • Working with your styling team to ensure set up is completed to your liking
  • Manage Overall logistics management before and leading up to the big day

Our on the day coordination service is quite extensive as we want to ensure on the day itself, the transitions are smooth and timely.

We give you the confidence that your wedding day will be absolutely flawless and be smooth sailing.

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Consultations

Need a little support and ideas on how to just get started with your wedding planning?

Our consultations are tailored to the couple who want to plan and coordinate every aspect of their wedding but just require some guidance.

You may be a bride or groom or someone who requires a little help and direction with setting a budget, how to create a vision, or simply want to know how select the right vendors for your wedding.

Have no fear. In these three sessions, we’ll learn more about your personality and of course, wedding style.

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Poonam was an amazing help to us, we came across The Maharani Diaries early in my wedding planning but wasn’t totally sure what we were after. When COVID derailed our plans we were ready to throw in the towel. It was such a tough time for our families. I reached out to Poonam and she helped us get our planning going again. She guided us (virtually held our hands) through the entire process. Poonam has a great deal of experience, and this shows through her work and professionalism. On the day, everything just went so smoothly, we literally did not have to worry about anything. She was at the venue at the crack of dawn she had picked up our garlands and worked closely with the venue and decorating team to have the venue ready. Every vendor reached out to say they really enjoyed working with Poonam and her team. We can’t thank her enough for helping us have the best day of our lives, and we highly recommend her services!!

– Caajal & Arnel –

Poonam was an absolute dream to work with! Planning three weddings in the midst of a pandemic, with both halves of the couple working busy full-time jobs is no mean feat, but Poonam pulled it off with both flair and professionalism. Poonam was always happy to lend an ear and offer advice on everything from outfits to decor to logistics. She not only coordinated our five events exceptionally but styled them beautifully. She truly understood our vision and made it into a reality, and we could not be happier with how each event looked. She was invaluable and an integral part of ensuring our whole week and the lead up went smoothly. She was detail-oriented, ensured nothing was forgotten and flexible when the weather necessitated a last-minute venue change. Throughout all the events her team went above and beyond whenever it was required and ensured any would-be disaster was averted. We are so lucky that we had Poonam by our side during the most memorable week of our lives, we couldn’t have done it without you!

– Anjali & Muditha –

Poonam was an absolute dream to work with! Planning three weddings in the midst of a pandemic, with both halves of the couple working busy full-time jobs is no mean feat, but Poonam pulled it off with both flair and professionalism. Poonam was always happy to lend an ear and offer advice on everything from outfits to decor to logistics. She not only coordinated our five events exceptionally but styled them beautifully. She truly understood our vision and made it into a reality, and we could not be happier with how each event looked. She was invaluable and an integral part of ensuring our whole week and the lead up went smoothly. She was detail-oriented, ensured nothing was forgotten and flexible when the weather necessitated a last-minute venue change. Throughout all the events her team went above and beyond whenever it was required and ensured any would-be disaster was averted. We are so lucky that we had Poonam by our side during the most memorable week of our lives, we couldn’t have done it without you!

– Krishna & Sagar –

Poonam was an absolute dream to work with! Planning three weddings in the midst of a pandemic, with both halves of the couple working busy full-time jobs is no mean feat, but Poonam pulled it off with both flair and professionalism. Poonam was always happy to lend an ear and offer advice on everything from outfits to decor to logistics. She not only coordinated our five events exceptionally but styled them beautifully. She truly understood our vision and made it into a reality, and we could not be happier with how each event looked. She was invaluable and an integral part of ensuring our whole week and the lead up went smoothly. She was detail-oriented, ensured nothing was forgotten and flexible when the weather necessitated a last-minute venue change. Throughout all the events her team went above and beyond whenever it was required and ensured any would-be disaster was averted. We are so lucky that we had Poonam by our side during the most memorable week of our lives, we couldn’t have done it without you!

– Krishna & Sagar –

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Where do you stand on florals at your wedding? Ad Where do you stand on florals at your wedding?

Adding flowers to your wedding not only enhances the beauty of the occasion, but also symbolizes growth, love, and new beginnings!

Love how Priya and Blake gave us creative freedom to design their floral backdrops, centrepieces, cake florals and garlands for their wedding day. Of course, we had a fab team of pros to bring this vision to live. 

What do you think of the colour palette though? Dreamy right? 

Design, planning and coordination: @themaharanidiaries
Styling: @vip_decorating
Venue: @lauristonhouse
Photography: @shaadicapture 
Cake: @coastalcakedesigns
Garlands: @saigarlands

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Some things are guaranteed to please a crowd don’t you think?.. Like having fireworks at your sangeet party perhaps!

We’re gearing up for 2023 wedding season.. and it’s seriously going to be incredible! 

Who is getting married this year?? Drop an emoji below! 

Event management: @themaharanidiaries
Styling: @annawangstylist 
Venue: @thewilliaminglis 
Photography: @danielgriffithsphoto 
Videography: @rolling_canvas_ 
DJ/Entertainment: @vijaybhasinmusic 
Fireworks: @sydney_fireworks_pyrotechnic 
Bride’s outfit: @falgunishanepeacockindia
Bride’s accessories: @tyaanijewellery @jarwahouse 
Bride’s makeup: @shairyjalilmua 
Bride’s hair: @dodiejayhair 
Groom’s outfit: @dhruvvaish 

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Will you accept this rose? 🌹 If you were to de Will you accept this rose? 🌹

If you were to describe your perfect Valentine’s Day, how would it look?

Personally I am a hopeless romantic and so I love spoiling myself with either a sweet treat or cooking a lovely dinner for my better half. ❤️

Now it’s your turn. Spill the beans (or roses 🌹) 😉 

Planning, coordination, design: @themaharanidiaries
Photography: @emmawright.weddings
Florals/props: @florist_law @fablestudioco
Grazing box: @lionsinthewind 

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How beautiful is this invitation? I don't know ab How beautiful is this invitation?

I don't know about you, but I love a gorgeous wedding invitation, especially when it's captured from this angle!

Your wedding invitation suite introduces your guests to the style of your big day/days. It creates a sense of anticipation of what is to come at the celebration, so make it memorable for your guests.

Loved how Samiha and Mishkat entrusted the help of myself and the wonderful @invitesbyveasnachea to bring their ideas together for their wedding invitation. If it wasn’t for their input though, in particular design and colours, we wouldn’t have been able to pull this off. Team effort! 

Don’t forget, creating an invitation actually requires weeks and months of preparation and work behind the scenes. We gather all your wedding ideas, determine the colour palette for each event and then the fun part, decision making process! This is the level of quality our planning clients have grown to expect from us.

So tell me, are you excited to design your wedding invitations?

Design/Planning/Coordination: @themaharanidiaries
Florals: @fairytaleeventsau 
Stationery: @invitesbyveasnachea 
Photography: @emmawright.weddings

#weddinginvitations #invitationdesign #flatlayphotography #weddingphotography #weddingdesign #weddingplanning #weddinggoals #weddingideas #bangladeshiwedding #bengalibride #indianweddings #indianbrides #southasianbride #southasianwedding #acrylic #weddingplanner #sydneywedding #sydneyweddingplanner #sydneybride #outdoorwedding #summerwedding #weddingdesigners
It’s that time again, when we start feeling refl It’s that time again, when we start feeling reflective and looking back on the year that was..

Here are just a few highlights from some of the beautiful weddings I have worked on, some personal milestones and I’m also filling you all in on some exciting news for 2023.

💫 We kicked off January with a prestigious book launch at Sofitel Darling Harbour, featuring local and international delegates. We were quite chuffed to be honest that we managed to screen a recorded video message from former President and Prime Minister of East Timor, Xanana Gusmao and current President of East Timor, Dr José Ramos-Horta.
💫 Weddings were back baby! From planning a beautiful 3 day Bengali wedding at the beginning of the year to coordinating and styling our second Melbourne wedding and an epic 4 day Bengali wedding in regional New South Wales, it truly was quite special.
💫 I made a brief come back on the blogging scene and published my first article in a pretty long time. I was thrilled to be asked to pen an article for one of my favourite online wedding publications, Polka Dot Wedding. 
💫 We finally went on a holiday after 4 long years! Like so many other Aussies, we traveled to Europe and visited my in-laws in Singapore. Hubby and I celebrated our 10 year wedding anniversary. Boy was it hot though!
💫 I made a lot of new friends and built new industry connections along the way. One of the highlights was finally meeting a few extremely talented ladies, who I had connected with virtually during the lockdowns. Shout out to @decorasian_uk @niche_weddings @theweddingtouchuk and @anjlislookbook for spending time with me in London back in July. 
💫 This milestone kind of slipped my mind to be completely honest with you, but I finally celebrated 5 years in business. It’s been a wild ride and there’s so much more to look forward to, including a destination wedding in Bali in 2023!

To all my amazing clients, beautiful and talented colleagues and partners, my supporters and friends, from the bottom of my heart, thanks for all your continued support. It’s been an honour to serve you. Wishing you happy holidays and happy new year! See you back on the ‘gram bigger and better in 2023.
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