Eagle Ridge Two very cool cats 😉 Kaye and Jess don’t sweat the small stuff and their Tauranga Wedding reflected this. If you view their wedding video above you’ll hear some of the funniest lines incorporated into their wedding vows and this just reflected their relaxed attitude to life. I actually hybrid shot their wedding…
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Backyard Wedding – Welcome Bay Backyard weddings! Angela and Steve opted to host their Tauranga wedding in their very own backyard. Welcome Bay on the outskirts of Tauranga has a lot of natural bush and they are lucky enough to have a stream running through the bottom of their property – it’s magical! It was…
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Waikato Country Wedding Wedding Vendors: Wedding Venue: The families back yard in the beautiful WaikatoDress: thebridalhouse.co.nzHair and Makeup: www.lipstickandco.comBridesmaids Dresses: blak.co.nz/collections/blak-bridesmaidsFlowers: morrinsvilleflowers.co.nz And so many other willing happy helpers that helped pull this all together for this very loved couple. I love being able to attend not only country weddings but weddings where there’s been…
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Eagle Ridge on a rainy day “What are we going to do for our photography if it rains on our wedding day”? This is a question I’m often asked. Lets face it – things are easier when it’s not raining but this is something completely out of our control so I’m going to let Kirstie…
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Makoura Lodge Wedding Venue New Zealand Wedding Vendors: Venue: www.makouralodge.co.nzFlowers: www.pineapple-sage.co.nzDress: madilane.comBridesmaids Dresses: evolutionbridesmaids.comBoys Attire: www.tarocash.com.au/nz When Jade and Liam got in touch telling me all about their laid back farm style wedding at Makoura Lodge in the Manawatu, New Zealand I was SO IN! They love the outdoors, hunting, riding, fishing and chill-axing with…
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Lakes Lodge Lake Okataina Wedding Monica and Tom with their beautiful wee family wanted a destination wedding and originally Rarotonga came to mind, then they wondered about a Fijian wedding … and then they did their homework around New Zealand and discovered Lakes Lodge wedding venue in the Rotorua lakes area. lakeslodge.co.nz Perfect! Laid back,…
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New Zealand Elopement Erin and Jamie are one of many lovely couples whose wedding plans here in New Zealand were disrupted due to the Covid lockdown. So they chose a simple elopement ceremony with only their nearest and dearest present – all done very late in the day! True story – earlier that day Erin…
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Tauranga Backyard Wedding Sophie and Ben chose to have their wedding in the ‘back yard’ at Mum and Dad’s up Pyes Pa Road here in Tauranga New Zealand. When Sophie showed me around the property it was easy to see why they’d chosen to have their wedding here. Beautiful homestead with lawns galore for marquee…
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Hawkes Bay Elopement Wedding Elopement Weddings! Nakalia and Jake’s elopement wedding epitomizes everything we know elopements to be and then a WHOLE lot more. I’ve always found what accompanies elopements are some fabulous back stories, and well this is one definitely to tell the Grand-kids. Honestly there were so many stories that still have me…
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Tauranga Elopement Boy oh boy here’s to another couple who decided to have an elopement wedding here in Tauranga New Zealand. Abby got in touch while she was in quarantine and planning her wedding. They were planning their wedding ceremony to be just a simple back yard wedding with only Daniels family present. Her parents…
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Elopement Wedding Number 2 Road Hall, Te Puke Heidi and Luke chose to marry at the very underrated Te Puke Number 2 Road Country Hall. They opted to have immediate families present to share in their elopement wedding. The following day they had friends and family join them to celebrate in a wedding marquee put…
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Lee and Jeremy chose to elope to New Zealand to marry in Jeremy’s Mum’s backyard just out of Katikati that skirts the backwaters of Matakana Island here in the Bay of Plenty New Zealand. It was a small intimate wedding where they got to have some giggles with those lucky enough to attend. We then…
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