To all my gorgeous Brides and Grooms who made 2015 so awesome for me as my first year as a Marriage Celebrant!
Your trust meant a lot to me and it was my pleasure to be part of your wedding day and officially pronounce you marriage partners!
And for those beautiful couples I’m marrying in the new year, I’m looking forward to performing a fabulous wedding ceremony for you!
I wish you much happiness and even more love in 2016!
Happy New Year!
I was reminded of what an awesome idea PhotoKombi is at an event I attended on Friday.
Complete with props and speech bubbles that will have you and your guests in stitches. You sit down on a comfy booth seat (or the floor if you’re testing how many you can cram in the van for a photo opp!), pick your props, pose and the instant photos pop out for you to laugh at.
Create some unique and memorable photos of family and friends on your big day! They will even compile your photos in a cute glossy album for you.
Check them out at www.photokombi.com
(That’s me on the left in the bunny ears and glitter glasses- I couldn’t resist!)
What a spectacular wedding for a spectacular couple!
The Modern Family starlet and Magic Mike hunk tied the knot last weekend in Florida.
Hot Joe couldn’t be more far removed from her on-screen older Modern Family husband Al from Married with Children!!
Sofia was walked down the aisle by her 22 year old son. Sofia married his father/her first husband in Columbia when she was only 18! Check out the retro wedding photo below.
For more pics check out Popsugar. http://www.popsugar.com.au/celebrity/Sofia-Vergara-Joe-Manganiello-Wedding-Pictures-2015-39171107#photo-39171106
Being in love is so good for you.
Often when people are newly in love, things that have been bothering them for a long time get better. Something wonderful is calling the majority of their attention, so they’re holding themselves in a better vibrational place, so the stuff they’ve been wanting all along can now zoom in.
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From kiwi contemporary to historic Tudor!
Amanda and Anthony were married a few weekends ago at historic Nathan Homestead in South Auckland. Their elegant day started with the sun shining on them (after a week of rain)!
The bridal party made a grand entrance in classic cars driven up the horseshoe driveway.
The colour theme was purple, black and white with pretty lavender coloured potted flowers lining the garden courtyard where the ceremony took place.
The bride wore a striking black and purple graduated colour dress and the groom donned a traditional Maori feather cloak, a korowai. They both looked very regal.
And the sun stayed out the entire time!
This unique home just outside Matakana in coastal Tawharanui can be hired as a wedding venue.
I married a gorgeous couple today on a very atmospheric wild and windy day – the ceremony took place inside an intimate lounge room overlooking the rolling green hills down to the ocean.
Watch this space for photos from the day, coming soon.
To take a closer look at Koru House click here.
Giving favours at your wedding is a unique and special way to thank each guest for their presence and support. Choosing your wedding favours however, can be a challenge because there are so many awesome ideas out there… What should you include? How should you present it? What’s the difference between cool or tacky? To help you choose a wedding favour perfect for your theme here are some tips for creating a unique gift your guests will be sure to love!
Something Beautiful
Pretty Packaging
Packaging is perhaps the most important aspect of the wedding favour design. Your wedding theme, colour scheme, and personal touch, can all be reflected through your favours. All the photos included in this article are lovely examples of nicely presented wedding favours.
Tags
Tags are a usual addition to any wedding favour. Some details to include might be the wedding date, the name of the couple, and a thank-you message. These tags are the perfect place to add a bit of pizazz with glitter, ink, or colourful ribbon.
Written content
While it’s not imperative that a wedding favour includes any written content, this might be a nice place to express your gratitude for the guests’ attendance, especially since you won’t get a chance to talk to everyone on the day. Little phrases such as, “Sending you ‘smore love”, or “You’re tea-rific”, are two cute examples.
Special Touch
By adding a personal touch to your wedding favours, every guest will feel included in the celebration. The favour itself could be something that is special to you as a couple, like a favourite food, song, or item.
Matchy-Matchy
It is imperative that your wedding favour fits the theme. A cute jam jar tied with twine could fit a rustic wedding, a coloured bag of sherbet would suit a “bold & bright” theme, and a bag of lavender might fit nicely in a vintage themed wedding.
Something Useful
Lasting memories
It’s a great idea to give your guests something to keep that reminds them of your wedding day. Ornaments, candles, or personalised teaspoons are a few examples of wedding favours that will last longer than a year.
Practical Gift
A wedding favour with a practical use, such as a hanky, bottle opener, mini blackboard, or cork coaster, is a smart idea. Every time your guest uses the item, they will be reminded of your beautiful wedding day of which they were a part.
Pamper Me
This is something especially for the ladies. Home-made body scrub, a nail-polish, or a sample of hand cream could be the perfect, personalised wedding favour.
Tuning In
A cd for the road, or a compilation of you and your fiance’s favourite tunes, are two unique & thoughtful ideas.
Alive & Growing
A small potted succulent, or a packet of seeds are two popular wedding favour choices at the moment. The guests can take these home and watch them grow – a wonderful reminder of the love growing between the two of you!
For the Kids
If you’ve invited children to your wedding, chances are, at least one of them will get bored or fidgety. Here’s why the inclusion of some children’s wedding favours would be a great idea! Colouring-in sets, or chalk drawing boards are two neat ideas.
Something Fun
Accessorise Me
Get everyone to join in the fun by wearing something cute and personalised on the big day. Temporary tattoos of love hearts or cupid arrows could be worn, or perhaps a bow or flower for the guests to place in their hair or pin to their shirt.
Sprinkle & Throw
This is a fun one! Flower petals, sachets of glitter, or paper cones filled with rice could be passed out during the ceremony or during the reception for the guests to shower you with as you walk down the aisle or leave the reception venue.
Smelling Good
A scented favour is another popular, but timeless idea. This could be in the form of a scented candle, a potpourri bag, or perfumed wardrobe sachet.
A Little Different
If you’re a couple who don’t want a classic wedding, you might want a wedding favour that’s a little different. A margarita salt and cocktail rimming sugar kit could be just the thing!
Exciting Activities
If you want your guests to be involved, it’s a great idea to make a wedding favour that gets them up and doing something. Sparklers or bubbles, for instance, would be a fun activity for guests to participate in at some point during the reception (a great photo opportunity as well!).
Something Tasty
Sweet Treats
Everyone loves a wedding favour that they can eat! Biscotti, chocolates, or lollies are a few ideas. These could be kept for later, or eaten during the speeches – something to tide your guests over until dessert.
Yummy Beverages
A bottle of coca cola, a mini bottle of liqueur, or a bag of loose-leaf herbal tea make for unique and affordable favours. These could become first toast material during the reception or be taken home to enjoy later.
Popping Corn
This is the cutest wedding favour in our opinion! A little jar of corn kernels, or a cone filled with flavoured popcorn is a gorgeous idea. A few examples are shown in the image above.
DIY
Instead of including a pre-made edible treat, what about including ingredients for the guests to put together themselves? A container filled with a mocha mix for example, could be the perfect wedding favour.
Kimberly Sanders ♥ Marriage Celebrant, Auckland ♥ Lucky in Love Wedding Day Event Management
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WOW!!!! When I first saw this photo I was in awe! What a strikingly bold and beautiful colour to include in your wedding theme! Not only that but how on earth did they manage to do such an amazing job colour-matching the dresses with the cars!!! This really had me ‘green’ with envy – when I was picking props for my Tiffany Blue wedding theme – it was a crazy nightmare trying to get just the right shade of blue!! And forget trying to find a Tiffany Blue bridal car!!
The beautiful Bride looks even more gorgeous – her elegant white gown just pops surrounded by the vibrant green. Plus the handsome Groom and groomsmens suits perfectly balance this colour scheme.
Other bold and bright colour combo’s you could consider for your wedding are orange – one couple I recently married had bridesmaids dressed in long flowing bright, bright orange gowns with silver sequin bodices and the most stunning Bird of Paradise orange tropical flowers to complement. Another bride and groom chose to integrate purple into their theme with the boys wearing purple ties and pretty purple floral arrangements. Even if it’s not the main feature colour, it’s unique to have striking accents or to mix and match more traditional colours with a blast of brightness (we used Tiffany Blue, White and Sunshine Yellow). You could even have a variety of different bright candy colours to really make a statement!
Thank you so much Mr & Mrs Lobb for sharing your incredible photos with us! They are beautiful!
My beautiful friend Lia is now offering the most incredible pamper sessions for hen parties. With much more love and energy – and at a fraction of the price you’d pay at a city day spa! Lia’s massage studio is located in idyllic countryside 30 or so minutes south of Auckland CBD in her lovely country villa.
Just escaping the city will make you feel relaxed – but when you book an awesome all day pamper session for the Bride and her girls – you will feel like you’ve floated off out of this world! Lia will treat you to a luxurious massage with lavender oil or olive oil, followed by arestorative and relaxing facial all with natural products she hand makes herself, then to top it off you’ll be given a heavenly foot massage!!
Not only will you be pampered from head to toe by a massage therapist who puts alot of care and special touches into your treatments – you’ll get to enjoy a sumptuous long soak in the outdoor hot tub – plus delicious delicacies throughout your stay, prepared by Lia! Check out her facebook page and get in touch to book your pamper session.
Lia also opens her country villa gardens for wedding ceremonies. It’s such a beautiful setting for a country wedding! (and a much prettier alternative wedding venue to Bracu!). I can also act as your Marriage Celebrant!
Make your wedding day an awesome event to remember. You don’t need to spend a lot of money. All you need are smart, funny and nifty ideas that will add a touch of pizzazz, make people laugh, touch their hearts, and leave a memorable mark that everyone will cherish for many years to come.
♥ Give the page boy this prop to carry down the aisle!
♥ Quirky invitation
♥ Name badges for guests, with funny one-liners
♥ A refreshingly straight-to-the-point Order of Service
♥ Your Grandmothers as flower girls!
♥ Pre-mixed help yourself ‘booze’ coolers
♥ Something to read…
♥ Hilarious best wish letters
♥ The Bride & Groom’s Love Story printed on the aisle runner
