Here at Southern Bride, we believe planning a wedding doesn't need to be overwhelming. That's why we share practical and down-to-earth wedding planning support for NZ brides and grooms wanting an amazing wedding day.
Southern Bride is a website, community and email course (all free, because weddings cost enough already). Our main goal here is to empower you to enjoy your wedding planning. There's an expectation that your wedding day will be the best day of your life - so why don't we make those months of wedding planning awesome too?!
Weddings (and the planning of them!) shouldn’t be overwhelming or complicated. Less stress sounds lovely right?
Get your wedding planning started
To get started on your stress-free wedding journey, sign up for a wedding planning to-do list here. This wedding planning checklist is a helpful list of tasks, broken down roughly when they should be completed, so you can prioritise.
Wedding Planning Support at Southern Bride: How We Help
Step 1: Amazing PRACTICAL Wedding Planning Advice
Nearly 200 articles that tackle a wide range of wedding planning dilemmas are covered off on the Southern Bride website. Check out our archives for advice on bridesmaids, wedding budgets, dealing with guests, planning your ceremony, the logistics around wedding receptions and more.
Step 2: Wedding Planning Support via Top Notch Vendors
We aren't doing this alone. Two heads are better than one, so we have pulled together some awesome wedding professionals to help with their advice and opinions on the tough stuff - this team is called Southern Bride Verified.
These guys sponsor the content on the blog (i.e. help pay for it to be created) which is why we can give so much helpful wedding planning support and advice for free.
They are on hand to answer the tough questions and they're awesome people to hire for your big day. (If you are a wedding professional and you are interested in joining, leave your details here).
Step 3: Practical, Useful Wedding Planning Templates
We have created and curated a selection of awesome wedding planning diaries, budget templates, guest list spreadsheets, checklists and more available for purchase. Get organised for your wedding, without reinventing the wheel.
But wait, there’s more - Enter Stage Left: The Wedding Planning Support Group
Okay, last thing and we'll let you go!
Dive into our wedding planning advice now - here's a selection of our most popular posts to get you started:
They've been your right-hand-ladies, threw an amazing hen's night and scrub up alright... so you want to treat your Maid of Honour and Bridesmaids with a present to say thank…
It's often said that the photos, dress and invites are the only things left after your wedding... but there's another keepsake from your wedding day to put some thought into: a…
More and more people are asking the question - "how do I tell parents that we don't want their children at our wedding?" The reality is that more and more…
One of the most-argued parts of the wedding planning process is the guest list. Each guest who gets that golden ticket (i.e. wedding invite!) is carefully considered. You both want…
What's the difference between a place card and an escort card? An escort card tells guests which table they will be seated at. A place card tells guests which seat…
You’ve been given the honour of being a Master of Ceremonies or wedding MC. Happy dance! Sure, you’ve probably got different emotions about this. You may be thrilled that you…
If you're waiting for your wedding day to come around, time is probably dragging. But for us old-married-people, time goes freaking fast. Wasn't I just married a couple of months…
Many couples now request money or gift vouchers in lieu of receiving multiple platters, toasters and vases as a wedding gift. More and more couples are already living together, so don't…
The horseshoe wedding tradition is one as old as time. When I was a bridesmaid earlier last year, I found myself trying to coordinate when a guest with children needed…
It's fair to say my love language is gift giving. I get so excited about my loved ones birthdays and Christmases... and my own wedding anniversary. Finding the perfect present…