Getting started on your wedding planning? Here’s some advice on where to begin and what to do when you’re just beginning to dip your toes in the wedding planning pond :)
Finally, you’re engaged! You’ve posted a ring-pic to Instagram, updated your relationship status on Facebook, and joined Southern Bride. Now you’ve got to do the old school task of putting an engagement announcement in the newspaper (… mainly to keep your parents happy, but you’ve been secretly stalking them for ages so…why not!). Here are some engagement notice wording… Read More
One of the biggest stressors when it comes to wedding planning (and let’s face it, life in general) is money. Figuring out how you are going to pay for your wedding (or who pays for the wedding) isn’t much fun – your wedding budget is not exactly the most glamourous fun part of planning a… Read More
Last night I had an email from a bride, feeling stressed that she didn’t have a wedding theme yet, and wondering how she could find one. The night before, I was talking to a couple on Skype who hadn’t figured one out and were a bit overwhelmed by the thought of pinning their dream wedding… Read More
One of the biggest challenges to throwing the wedding of your dreams is usually somewhat related to money. Chances are, your wedding plans will be in some way constrained by your wedding budget (or the lackthereof!). What’s the average cost of a wedding in New Zealand? It’s tricky knowing how much you might expect to spend on your… Read More
Been busy getting mucky with your sparkly girls best friend on your finger? There’s nothing better than watching your engagement ring sparkle on your finger (ok, maybe secretly wearing your wedding ring and engagement ring *just to check* they still look good together). So how can you keep your engagement ring looking its best, without rushing to the… Read More
When people trot out the “it’s your day, do what you want” line… I roll my eyes. Seriously. “It’s your day”. Oh fuck, I had no idea. Thanks for the heads up! No piece of “advice” is trotted out so often and so readily as this overused, cliche platitude. Do you think the person asking the… Read More
With the launch of the Little White Wedding Planning Bundle, a set of wedding planning tools to plan your wedding with, we ran a competition to win the Little White Book. To enter, you had to give a tip to combat wedding planning overwhelm. There were dozens of entries, and heaps of awesome ways to stay cool, calm and… Read More
The primary goal of Southern Bride is to provide super-useful, practical wedding planning advice. I do this by dishing out down to earth advice that’s tailored towards New Zealand brides (although I have lots of lovely brides from around the globe too – hi!). The reason Southern Bride has been so successful, is because I… Read More
I had a coffee with my friend the other day, and she shared that one of the diamonds in her engagement ring had disappeared! They’d spent hours scouring the floors of her house, to no avail. She was lucky – her engagement ring is insured, so she’s getting a replacement stone (although she’s waiting to hear if she’ll have… Read More
You’ve been with your partner for what seems like an age. And despite persistent suggestions (I won’t say nagging) he hasn’t popped the question, yet. Ugh. Hello not-quite-engaged person. I was you, once. And I feel your pain. It look my now-husband 5 years of cajoling to get him to finally ask the question. “Why… Read More