If you’re considering a New Zealand destination wedding, awesome. Our beautiful country has some of the world’s best scenery, not to mention wedding venues! Both the North and South Islands have contenders in our minds for the prize of New Zealand’s destination wedding venue, but we’ll let you decide which one… Top 5 New Zealand… Read More
Warning – I swear a bit in today’s post. Soooo… don’t read it if you’re not into that. I’ve regularly said to friends and family that I’d make a shit employee now. I’m too used to doing things when I want, changing something if it doesn’t work. There’s no patience here for bureaucratic nonsense. Get… Read More
On 14 July Southern Bride’s first live event was held in Dunedin. ‘A Practical Wedding Planning Evening’ sold out a week before the night, and went off better than I dared hope. First off, I guess I should explain that this has been an idea in my head for a very long time – years… Read More
I am excited to share something I have been working on behind the scenes for you. Southern Bride is going LIVE! Woohoo! You are invited to join us for “A Practical Wedding Planning Evening”, being held in Dunedin on Saturday 14 July 2018. Enjoy a night of wedding planning tips, tricks and & unbiased expert… Read More
In the last couple of weeks, a few variations of this question have cropped up in the Southern Bride group and in personal PMs: “Help! I’m trying to organise my wedding and noone is emailing me back!” Basically, couples are emailing wedding vendors to make enquiries, and not hearing back… super frustrating when you’re trying… Read More
Keen to get your hands on the Little White Wedding Planning Pack? How about winning a copy?! The Little White Wedding Planning Pack helps you figure out where to begin with your wedding planning. By using the worksheets, questions, checklists and templates you will build a strong foundation on which to build your wedding. Inside the… Read More
As we wind down to the Christmas/New Year break, I have been trying to avoid contributing to the ridiculous NOISE and pressure that is Christmas: ads, marketing emails, to-do lists, last minute absolutely urgent orders and, of course, parties. I’ll continue the reduced posting/emailing schedule through January, to give y’all time to recover from your New Years… 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
Happy Friday lovely people! I have a treat for you today… how would you like some help with your wedding budget? Would $50 worth of wedding stationery help you out? I’ve teamed up with three other businesses to bring together a range of wedding planning prizes. Win $50 towards your wedding stationery Southern Bride is giving away… Read More
This week I teamed up with 9 other kiwi wedding businesses to give kiwi brides a chance to win one of 10 awesome prizes, perfect for your wedding! Want to be in to win? Here’s how: You enter by joining in on our loop giveaway on Instagram. If you’ve never participated in one of these, here’s how it works… Read More