Weddings

Creating that wedding day glow doesn’t happen overnight but it can happen relatively quickly with the right products. We have hand-picked a selection of our favourite beauty and skin saving products that every bride should know about. From “the best cleanser in the world” to rich raw cacao and healing bamboo charcoal, these products will have you looking like your...

Karla Goodwin is the name behind the perfectly whipped buttercream creations that make Bluebells Cakery so well known. From drizzled cakes adorned with candy coloured macaroons, to perfectly piped rosette layer cakes in the softest blush tones, Bluebells can create whatever your sweet tooth may desire, and for any occasion. Renowned for their beautiful wedding cake creations, Bluebells Cakery offer...

A lifelong love story, Kristen and Patrick met for the first time across the classroom when they were just 6 years old. Although they moved schools eventually and went in different directions, fate brought them back together when they were 16 and they have been together ever since. An engagement on beautiful Waiheke Island inspired them to choose this picturesque...

Sophisticated, bold and striking – Meadowlark jewels are for free spirits who appreciate unique design. Meadowlark's latest offering, Meadowlark FINE, is a capsule collection of ultra luxe ceremonial rings, bracelets and earrings handcrafted in 14kt and 18k gold and platinum, and adorned with precious stones. Sharp angles, diamonds in moody hues, and stacking shapes set these engagement rings apart from...

  Based in Wellington, Mindy Dalzell of Twig & Arrow is more than your average florist. Transforming flowers, foliage and plants into breathtaking installations, arrangements and bouquets, Mindy considers herself more of a “botanical stylist” and when you look at her work, it is easy to see why. With great importance placed on all things natural, Mindy and her team...

Like so many things in life, you can't always comprehend something until you experience it firsthand. I realise now that this is true for when you become a Mother and now, also for when you become a bride. The irony is that the two of them are polar opposites - as a Mother your child comes first, and as a...

Short of any miracles being performed, I am relying on the benefits of a good skincare regime to have my skin 'wedding ready' in no time at all. After my skin consultation at Lucy & The Powder Room, I was recommended to boost my existing skincare routine with the Synergie skincare range which is a collection of highly active cosmeceuticals...

For the last few years I have been pinning and regramming wedding dresses like a woman possessed. Even before I was engaged I was doing this, which sounds very much like something Bridget Jones would have done, but as the owner of Mildred&Co I have at least had a valid excuse to do so. The only problem is that I...

So I am getting married in March this year and my fiance and I have only just started planning the wedding. Yes, that's right...we only have two months to somehow pull off an entire wedding. That's 58 days to be exact. This ridiculously short time frame is ironic, firstly because we have been engaged for nearly a year and a...

Last week Mildred&Co packed our bags and headed to Wellington to take part in the wonderful Wellington Wedding Show. Excited bride and groom-to-be’s and their support crews flocked to the TSB Arena from Wellington and beyond for a day of fun, food and beautiful wedding inspiration. Dressed with a lush foliage garland and vase arrangement from the super talented Mindy...

Hannah and Bruno, childhood sweethearts, met when they were just 16 & 17 at a Coromandel beach bonfire near Hannah’s family bach. A traditional and intimate chapel in Bethlehem was chosen for the ceremony and Bruno’s parents home in Pyes Pa, Tauranga, with its beautiful gardens was the reception destination. With the couple both wanting a relaxed and unstructured feel...

Inseparable since university, Hannah and Troy wanted a weekend getaway destination wedding and with many a fond memory of summers together in the picturesque Coromandel Peninsula, they settled on a rustic and romantic vacant section in Pauanui. Pitching a giant stretch tent across the barely touched section was the starting point for the relaxed wedding weekend. Vintage and collected décor...