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Simple Steps To Start Planning Your Wedding
Planning a wedding is no small feat, so don’t worry if you are feeling unsure about where to start – feeling unsure is really normal! Read on for our simple steps to start planning your wedding. Before you do anything though, enjoy being engaged! Lap up this amazing...
The Practical Wedding Day Essentials You Mightn’t Have Thought Of!
Here’s our list of the practical wedding day essentials you mightn’t have thought of! You’ve likely started your wedding day list already gathering ideas of things for your preparations on your wedding day. You absolutely need things like your emergency kit, vows,...
Our ultimate quick tips for every engaged couple! Here’s what you need to know from our first 100 weddings!
Ultimate wedding tips for every engaged couple! What a total privilege it is to look back over the last 6 years and know we’ve seen over 100 couples get married! That’s over 200 families we’ve seen join together to celebrate, on average 200 bridesmaids and 200 best...
6 easy steps to nail your wedding guest list!
Coming up with a wedding guest list can be a minefield. Both you and your partner will have numerous people from friendships over the years, workplaces, sports teams, university or school days, let alone your respective family members! It’s easy to think you need to...
Create Your Wedding Seating Plan: Your Go-to Guide!
Wondering how to get started on your seating plan or considering not having one? We hear you; it can be tempting to forgo a seating plan especially if you are feeling overwhelmed. We've designed your go-to guide to creating your wedding seating plan to make it a whole...
How to Create Your Wedding Budget!
Ok, let’s be honest from the get-go! Your wedding budget may not be one of the most exciting parts of planning your wedding, but it’s a very important part! Our top tips on how to create your wedding budget will outline why it’s important, how to actually create your...
8 Tips to Beat Wedding Planning Overwhelm!
Beating wedding planning stress is important - overall planning your wedding should be fun and hopefully enjoyable! Sometimes it can be like riding a wave of emotions, full of highs and lows and everything in between! Those initial euphoric feelings when you first get...
Five Unique Wedding Ideas
Weddings are steeped in beautiful traditions as most of us know, but not everyone wants a hugely traditional wedding. If you find yourself looking for alternative options for your wedding, read on for five unique wedding ideas! These days, weddings really do come in...
Pros and Cons of a First Look
Pros and cons of a first look! Just when you thought you had your head around wedding planning and a list to tick off… you might start hearing some unknown terms being flung around in wedding circles. A ‘first look’ can be one of those terms – it certainly has had...
How to plan your wedding during Covid and avoid unnecessary stress?!
Wedding Planning During Covid! How to plan your wedding during Covid?! As if you didn’t have enough to think about with wedding planning alone, throw a global pandemic into the mix and wedding planning takes on a whole new level! So, why are we putting this blog out...
5 Things to Avoid Doing on Your Wedding Day!
No doubt you’ve had plenty of advice on all the things you should do on your wedding day – have you given any thought to the things you should avoid doing on your wedding day? Here we have it, our 5 things to avoid doing on your wedding day! You’re in the midst of...
Ten Reasons for a Magical Waipuna Wedding
Here are ten reasons for a Waipuna wedding! We could go on and on about why you need a Waipuna wedding! To make it easy, we've picked out our top 10! Jaw-dropping views Wanting a picturesque location for your wedding with views stretching to the majestic Southern...

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