This is where you’ll find the bulk of the wedding planning advice and tips – plus resources, DIY and checklists for your big day
You’ve booked your wedding manicure in for one to two days before your wedding. Great! Have you decided how you would like your nails done? Don’t worry if you haven’t, because we’ve been chatting with Culverden wedding manicurist Sarah Black Nails for her favourite ideas. Popular Wedding Manicure Ideas with Canterbury Brides As a professional… Read More
It’s time to choose your flowers, but with the wide variety of wedding bouquet styles, how do you know where to start? We’ve talked with Evergreen Elegance’s Dunedin florist Corrine Flawn and will share her thoughts on picking the right wedding flowers with you. Make sure you follow Evergreen Elegance’s Facebook page for upcoming giveaways… Read More
Your wedding date is set, making it time to start looking for save the date ideas. After all, you don’t want anyone to double book themselves for your wedding day! Save the dates, which are used to notify your friends and family that you’ve set a wedding date, have been around for ten years. They’re… Read More
When it comes to alcohol, hiring a wedding BYO alcohol friendly venue sounds like a great idea. You can purchase your own alcohol in the quantities you will need. Plus, you can hunt around for the alcohol at the best prices too! But if you are considering using a wedding BYO alcohol friendly venue, there… Read More
When planning their wedding, couples often ask if they should hire a wedding videographer. This is someone who captures your wedding day on video. It may be a stylised version they edit to music and break into different parts on a DVD. Or it could be a straightforward recording of what happens at set parts,… Read More
Since you had that ring placed on your finger, you’ve been dreaming about going wedding dress shopping. You’ve spent hours online, scrolled past thousands of dresses and well thumbed the latest bridal magazines. But there is one problem – you’ve not actually physically started your wedding dress shopping. You have yet to see the inside… Read More
Have you made a list of questions to ask your wedding photographer? Did you even realise you should? Your wedding day photos will give you a lifetime of memories, which means choosing the perfect wedding photographer should be high on your priority list. To help you in your decision making, we’re sharing some of the… Read More
A small, but often overlooked, wedding budget item is postage. If you’re sending Save the Dates, Wedding Invitations and Thank you cards – do the math, it quickly adds up. Unfortunately, as of 1 July 2018, this bit of your budget is going to get bigger, as NZ Post has announced postage is going up… Read More
Fancy getting married in one of New Zealand’s most extreme wedding venues? From inside a cave, on the shores of the Blue Lake in the Nelson Lakes Park to the beautiful Abel Tasman National Park, NZ is a country full of unique spots for an adventurous wedding day. We’ve made a list of the top… Read More
Now that you’re engaged, it’s time to choose the venue for your wedding. With that decision, many questions arise including should you use one venue or have a different one for your ceremony and reception? We’ve chatted with the team at the Wingatui Function Centre to find out their thoughts, plus added a few of… Read More