Waiheke Island Inspiration Shoot by Vela Images

Hello lovelies!! How was your weekend? We spent a successful one in the garden getting some new things planted... got some lovely hollyhocks in, star jasmine all along the fence line, a gorgeous climbing rose and some other goodies... can't wait for them to all start flowering... although the jasmine already is and smells amazing!! I'm definitely no green thumb... but thankfully have parents who are and are very happy to help out!! And it's certainly a very satisfying feel when you're done!

We're starting off the week with a whole lot of Waiheke Island prettiness in this collaboration between Sophia of My Waiheke Wedding & Events, and Greta of Vela Images. Sophia is planner extraordinaire over on Waiheke, so if you're considering a wedding on the lovely island (I got married there myself so I'm a huge fan... feels like you've completely escaped Auckland!!) get in touch with her to start off on the right foot. She shares a little about the shoot and the appeal of Waiheke...

Waiheke has long been a favorite for weddings, and there is nothing better than discovering that gorgeous vineyard with stunning sea views... which is what you find at one of our latest venues Casita Miro. Offering that unique mix of Spanish/Tuscan surroundings, rustic décor, rambling gardens, olive groves, Cyprus trees and wonderful rolling vines, this place is truly something special! It’s always a delight finding venues for our clients, and then putting together their special day on Waiheke Island...now more than ever there is such a selection to choose from, and we’ve built an amazing team of talented professionals to help create the full package. Our venues are beautiful canvases in which to produce amazing occasions, and it’s such a pleasure working with the community of talented vendors we have both here locally and from Auckland. Waiheke Island allows guests to drop into that relaxed holiday vibe, which is felt almost instantly as one steps off the ferry! With over 30 local vineyards and a wonderful array of private venues available it allows couples to choose venues that suit their own style and look. Waiheke is big on character, and is a location well suited to those that like to enhance the personalised elements of their wedding. It was a pleasure putting this shoot together with Greta from Vela Images, and we look forward to sharing more from Waiheke soon! 

Styling & Shoot Coordination | My Waiheke Weddings & Events, Photography | Vela Images, Dresses | Kelsey Genna, Cake | The Cake Parlour, Hair | Amanda Sands Hairdressing, Make-up | Island Beauty Venue | Casita Miro, Onetangi Waiheke Island, Flowers | Wildflower, Stationery & styling | Amanda Wright Studio Hire | Figment Outfitters, Jewellery | Lindi Kingi

Waiheke Island Wedding from I do Photography

Today's gorgeous Waiheke Island wedding from Jody Lidstone of I do Photography, is actually another of my super lovely clients, and coincidentally she also had her stunning cake made by my {MAG}rouge colleague Judit... arranged way before we even began working together. Since I'm a little under the weather and having trouble forming sentences let alone typing them (fuzzy head!!), I'm going to let the gorgeous bride Caroline do the talking for me...

Gus and I met at Otago University and had been together for about 6 years when he (finally!) proposed to me on a holiday to Sydney in the middle of 2010. We wanted a reasonable amount of time to plan and wanted to get married in the summer so started planning for a wedding in the summer of 2011/2012. We were pretty relaxed about the location of our wedding (although preferred the North Island as that’s where we and most of our guests were located) so started researching wedding venues using the internet. Once we had narrowed down our possible locations, we visited a few and finally decided on Mudbrick Restaurant on Waiheke Island.

One of the highlights of the planning process was meeting all the suppliers who were so passionate about their chosen field. The most vital aspects of our wedding for us were to have as many of our most important friends and relatives present and to treat them to a lovely weekend while creating lifelong memories for ourselves. While we didn’t have a theme per se, we used the colours and design from our invitations from Ruby & Willow to tie the various aspects of our wedding together.

Our photographer and her assistant captured all the special moments of the preparations and then continued on with us to our ceremony and reception. The girls and I were treated like royalty as we were transported in stunning vintage cars10 across Waiheke Island to Mudbrick. We walked up the aisle to ‘Feeling Good’ sung by Michael Bublé towards my husband to be, the groomsmen and our amazing celebrant11. The ceremony was full of amazing words including a poem read by my sister; but the highlight was making lifelong promises to each other in front of the most important people in our lives. Many guests had travelled from outside of Auckland including my Grandma (who had just turned 90!) from Wellington and family and friends from Europe, the United Kingdom, Australia and around New Zealand.

The speeches were a highlight of the evening with Gus, his brother Ken and my father Andrew speaking words that had the audience crying one moment and laughing the next. The cake cutting was followed by our first dance to ‘How Sweet It Is’ and the dancing continued with music provided at first by our band and then later by Ken when he took over as our DJ.

Photographer | I Do Photography, Venue | Mudbrick Restaurant, Stationery | Ruby & Willow, Flowers | Blush by Kelly Amundsen, Cake | Artisan Cakes by Judit Meron, Brides Dress | Kate Dowman, Bridesmaid’s Dresses | Trish Howell,  Groom’s suit | Working Style, Groomsmen’s suits | Frank Casey, Transport | First Class Classics

* I do Photography and Blush by Kelly Amundsen are some of my fabulous sponsors.

Mudbrick Vineyard Wedding by Danelle Bohane

Kate & Ranko's fabulous Waiheke Island wedding was one of the gorgeous features in the first issue of {MAG}rouge, and we were thrilled to feature Danelle's work as not only is she an incredibly talented photographer but she's an absolute sweetheart as well... and trust me this girl is going places!! Check out the latest New Zealand Woman's weekly... a recent celebrity wedding on the cover was also shot by Danelle.
About half way down this post is a shot that as soon as the {MAG}rouge team saw it... we were like 'we have to have this wedding'!! It's one of the most fabulous shots I've seen - the two of them in a field. It has it's own electrical charge!!! With an almost 'twilight' (yes the movie!!) like feel to it. And how divine are the table settings styled by Valley & Norfolk? Baby's breath, kraft, twine, cute stationery... perfection basically!! We were lucky enough to meet the ever so lovely Kate & Ranko at our launch party and they are just adorable together!! Best wishes for a lifetime of happiness to you both!

For credits please see pages 18-23 of the magazine

Waiheke Island Wedding by Jo Wickham...

I love it when I find out my clients have booked photographers I know and admire for their big day so I was thrilled when Jasmine told me they had the incredibly lovely Jo Wickham lined up. Jasmine & Matt's invitations have proved to be one of my most popular requested designs ever since, I've done several variations of it now. They got married at the always beautiful Mudbrick Vineyard over on Waiheke and their stunning flowers were from Leaf & Honey.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

{Invitation photos by me}

Waiheke Island Wedding by Jo Wickham...

I have a sweet and lovely Waiheke Island wedding for this morning from Jo Wickham, sent in by Steph from Bubblerock Studios, who captured the day on film. Check out this amazing little snippet of the film... I'm loving the work that Steph and her husband Robin are putting out there. Whilst photography was my big spend, I regret not having a professional film made. This captures your wedding in an entirely different way, and if you have someone who can edit it in such a creative way it's a keepsake that you'll be looking over for years and years to come. Check out the longer version here, trust me it'll have you with tears in your eyes! And Steph... love your music choices!

{Dany+Matt} - Trailer from BubbleRock Studio on Vimeo.

From Steph.... Daniela and Matt met in London and decided to get married in Matt's home country: New Zealand. They planned their wedding from afar and Dany admitted on the day to have found a lot of inspiration on blogs such as Style Me Pretty, Ruffled, 100 Layers Cake and so on. With an evident vintage touch (amazing dress and a Jane Austen's style for her hair/make up), Dany created a beautiful vision for their wedding with white and soft yellow and pink accents, and incorporating a very peculiar aspect of their relationship: their love for apples (apparently Matt is such an apple eater: Dany had to have apples as a feature of their wedding and it was so beautifully integrated to their table centrepieces and boutonnieres by talented Vicki from Wildflower).

Dany also being from Germany, she incorporated her language into their ceremony; a ceremony that really fitted their loving, fun and peculiar personalities and relationship. A day full of love and laughter was had by all on Waiheke Island. And a wedding truly personal yet created with the help of the blogging community who inspired Dany throughout the planning process.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Venue | Mudbrick, Photography | Jo Wickham, Film | Bubblerock Studios, Flowers | Wildflower , Ring Bearer Bowl | Paloma's Nest