Deanna & Simon’s English Country Garden Wedding in Wanaka

My last wedding for the 2010 summer wedding season was possibly my biggest. An absolutely gorgeous couple, Deanna and Simon engaged my help around August 2009. They wanted a wedding at Rippon but were cautious about the work involved with it being a marquee.

My involvement was full for their wedding, from organising the stationary, which was designed and produced by the talented Kate Holland of Ruby & Willow, to the de-rig the day after and even organising he shipping of their wedding gifts to London.

Lanee & David’s Black & White Themed Wanaka Wedding

I met Lanee and David on Skype for their initial consultation, as they were based in Perth and had no immediate plans to visit the area. David had frequently holidayed in the area, hence they wanted to get married here too.

I presented several options for their wedding venue and they chose The Venue, which both Fredrik and I used to run. They organised their own stationary and set up a website to update guests with more information as and when , on travel, accommodation, gifts and the following day BBQ

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Smita & Glen’s Alternative Queenstown Wedding

Smita and Glenn live in Queenstown and although they had some spare time, they weren’t sure of anything when it came to planning their own wedding, so they called me.

I met with them both at their home at Kelvin Heights and we carried out the consultation. Smita is English with an Indian background and Glenn is a kiwi. They didn’t want the Hindu culture to take over the wedding, but they were keen for it to have some influence.

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Hayleigh & Luke’s glamorous queenstown wedding

Hayleigh and Luke lived in Adelaide in Australia, but Hayleigh was originally from Nelson, New Zealand, hence one of the reasons to marry here. They had already booked most of their wedding arrangements, including my husband Fredrik Larsson of Larsson Photography for photography, but needed some advice for a few things along the way as well as on the day support.

Now Hayleigh was quite possibly one of my most organised brides and she certainly had an eye for design and detail. With the help of myself and the florist, she brought together one of the most gorgeous looking weddings I’ve ever had the pleasure to work with. She even went as far as shipping numerous boxes of props and accessories over from Australia – opening them was like Christmas had come early!

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