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31/08/2023

💌 Six Intimate Wedding Ideas that Save Big on Expenses 💰

🙋‍♀️ Craft a guest list that's all about quality over quantity.

💒 Think beyond traditional venues and explore unique settings that exude character. Think local gardens, the beach, library, art gallery, restaurant or a rooftop bar. Options like these often come with a friendlier price tag.

✂️ Embrace your inner DIY guru and get creative with your decor, or better yet, leave the smaller details out. We bet you no-one will even notice.

🥑 Instead of a full-course plated dinner, consider a family-style or buffet meal. Maybe even a food truck! Or get in touch with your favourite local eatery to see if they'll do you a special menu. Thinking outside the box and going with an alternative caterer often leads to cost-savings.

🍰 Opt for a small, elegant cutting cake to keep the tradition alive without overspending on a large cake.

📸 Choose a photographer experienced in capturing the essence of intimate celebrations, rather than opting for extensive hours of coverage. You can get a large number of photos in a short amount of time.

Crafting an intimate wedding that's both budget-friendly and rich in quality is an art that we're passionate about. By focusing on what truly matters and making mindful choices, you can create a day that's as magical as your love story without the financial stress. 💟

More info on our blog: https://www.littleweddingplanner.co.nz/post/small-and-sweet-8-intimate-wedding-ideas-that-save-big-on-expenses

👉 If any of these ideas helped you - let us know in the comments below!

💡 Have you got a cost-savings idea? Share it, we'd love to hear it!

27/08/2023

Before and after 😍😅

Stunning on the outside, delicious on the inside 🍰
🎂 Sage and Grace
🌹 Lady-Plant
📸 Ilk

27/08/2023

Before and after 😍😅

Stunning on the outside, delicious on the inside. 🍰

🎂 Sage and Grace
🌹 Lady-Plant

26/08/2023

WHAT IS A POP UP WEDDING?

💚 Our team runs pop-up wedding days at selected venues around Auckland, Waikato and Bay of Plenty.
💜 We select the day and venue, you choose a ceremony time. You'll have exclusive use of the venue and all suppliers are included.
💛 By marrying three or more couples in one day at the same venue, we're sharing supplier costs. This means you get the full wedding experience for only a portion of the price.
💙 It also means you may get access to venues that you wouldn't be able to otherwise, due to budget or minimum guest number limits.
🧡 You also get a gorgeously styled ceremony area, with all suppliers included for 90-120 minutes of celebrations with your closest loved ones.
❤️ All you need to do is turn up, get married, and celebrate with your favourite people.

24/08/2023

WOOHOO 🥳 POP UP WEDDING DATES 2024 ARE NOW LIVE 💟

Super stoked to release our pop up wedding dates for 2024. Next season, we'll be covering Bay of Plenty, Waikato and Auckland!

Saturday, 13 Jan 2024 - Flat Bush Hall, Flat Bush, Auckland
Saturday, 27 Jan 2024 - The Tree Church, Ōhaupō
Saturday, 2 Mar 2024 - No 2 Road Hall, Te Puke
Saturday, 9 Mar 2024 - Studio Cassini, Newmarket, Auckland
Fri 22 & Sat 23 Mar 2024 - French Bay Yacht Club, Titirangi, Auckland

Check out the website for all the info and how to book:
https://www.littleweddingplanner.co.nz/pop-up-wedding-package

22/08/2023

Studio Cassini is the dream venue to say I do 💗

An intimate oasis to create lifelong memories, nestled in the heart of Newmarket, Auckland.

With glossy white floors and a huge textured Ambitech wall, the space is perfect for modern, stylish pop-up weddings.

We're super excited to be offering pop up wedding packages at this funky venue in 2024.

16/08/2023

💒 Searching for the perfect venue for your little wedding? 🔭

💟 We've got the ultimate list of venues for you to check out in the Bay of Plenty.

💗 And yes, all of them are perfect for small celebrations. 🥳

👉 Check it out here: https://www.littleweddingplanner.co.nz/post/best-small-wedding-venues-in-the-bay-of-plenty

01/07/2023

NEW VENUE AND PACKAGES ANNOUNCEMENT 🤩
Hit SEE MORE for full details and pricing!

We are so excited to launch our little wedding packages at the charming Woodlands Estate - Homestead, Gardens, Venue, Cafe 🥳

All packages include two hours venue hire, celebrant, photography, flowers, catering, drinks, furniture, styling, planning and coordination.

Located in Gordonton just 10 minutes north of Hamilton, Woodland’s Homestead is a category one Historic Place and is full of history and timeless charm. It's one of the most popular venues in Waikato and winner of the 2022 Outstanding Wedding Ceremony Venue. We are absolutely THRILLED to be partnering with them to bring you convenient, stress-free, awesome little wedding packages this season.

Find out more info and enquire HERE 👉 www.littleweddingplanner.co.nz/woodlands-estate-packages

27/06/2023

🌳 POP UP WEDDING DAY AT THE TREE CHURCH IN ŌHAUPŌ 🌳

Wow, I can't really even believe I am saying this. We've managed to secure one of the last available dates in the Tree Church's calendar for the 2024 season. Bev and Chris are so keen to support our mission and bring a pop up wedding day to their venue - thank you so much for the support TreeChurch and Gardens.

There are only THREE available timeslots for this pop up wedding day.
Saturday, 27 January 2024
💚 10.30am-12.30pm
💚 1.30pm-3.30pm
💚 4.30pm-6.30pm

Enjoy two hours at the venue with up to 28 of your closest loved ones. This package includes celebrant, photographer, bridal bouquets and buttonholes for the couple, 4x canapes per person, 2x drinks per person, and furniture.

What are you waiting for?! Enquire now: www.littleweddingplanner.co.nz/pop-up-wedding-package

03/06/2023

🤩 NEW WAIKATO PACKAGES LAUNCHING SOON! 🤩

We're currently working on our packages for the 2023/2024 season, and we are SO excited to announce we are branching out to new regions! That's right, this little wedding planner is getting a bit bigger!

We've partnered with the most-trusted venues and suppliers to bring our awesome little pop-up packages to the mighty Waikato 🥳

Wanna be the FIRST to know when our new packages drop? Sign up to our newsletter HERE: littleweddingplanner.co.nz/subscribe

31/05/2023

WHY CHOOSE A POP UP WEDDING? 🧡
👉 Remove things from your to-do list
👉 Eliminate your stress
👉 Save time and money
👉 Enjoy a fun, romantic wedding without all the planning

Pop up weddings offer a seamless, stress-free wedding experience that aligns with your larger goals. Wanna have a fabulously fun and joyful wedding... .. and buy a house? 🏡.. and raise a family? 👨‍👨‍👦.. and go travelling? ✈️
.. Well with pop up weddings, it's now possible. 🥳

29/05/2023

So you're about to create the guest list for your wedding, but before you do you'd like some advice. We hear you! Here's four of our best pieces of advice when putting your guest list together. 🆗🆒

💟 Want to learn more? Check out our blog posts for even more ideas and sage wisdom on your wedding guest list (and lots of other things too!)

Happy planning! 🥰

28/05/2023

We care about the little details 🔍 💟

Bouquets and buttonholes by Sweetpea & Jasmine
Cake by The Cake Tin
Photography by Ilk
Afternoon tea and bridal stress-management services by The Little Wedding Planner 😅

26/05/2023

Woohoo! It's Friday! 🥳🥂

Friday is now one of the most popular days of the week to get married. Back in the day, it was quite usual to have your wedding ceremony on a Sunday.

What do you think about Sunday weddings? Would you give it a go?

Let's have a chat in the comments! 👇

24/05/2023

Here's what a 30 person package at The Elms looks like.... 😍

Celebrant Jo Massey Celebrant
Bouquets, buttonholes and cake flowers by Lady Plant
Cake by Sage and Grace
Photography by Ilk
Catering by Blank Canvas Catering
Furniture hired from The Top Table Company
Stunning photo locations at The Elms Te Papa Tauranga

21/05/2023

TESTIMONIAL from D+S, married at The Elms on 22.04.23

"Thank you very much for organising such a great waedding for us. We were very happy with everything. You even sorted the break in the weather! We've had so much lovely feedback from our guests. Well done."

We love hearing this sort of feedback from our clients. It makes us love our job even more. ❤️🧡💛💚💙💜

19/05/2023

🆕 NEW BLOG POST ⬇️

Simple tips for anyone planning a wedding to make it as stress-free as possible. 👇👇👇

READ MORE HERE: https://www.littleweddingplanner.co.nz/post/my-best-advice-for-having-a-stress-free-relaxed-wedding

18/05/2023

Thank you D&S for choosing the Little Wedding Planner to organise your awesome, little, fuss-free wedding. 🥳

D&S have such an epic love story. They married when they were younger, went their separate ways, and then 23 years later they found each other again (in the local fish and chip shop no doubt!) How romantic is that 💖

We felt honoured to organise a pop-up wedding for D&S to celebrate their renewed love with 50 of their closest friends and family. It was a magical day 🥰

14/05/2023

TESTIMONIAL from R+D, married at The Elms on 24.3.23

"From the first meeting with Bre, through to the wedding day itself, we found the planning and communication was faultless and nothing was a problem. The day was spectacular, we couldn’t have asked for more. We highly recommend The Little Wedding Planner to any couple looking for a little wedding. Thank you, Bre."

11/05/2023

NEW BLOG POST 👇

This week, we're featuring this rustic-charm "wedding" out at No 2 Road Hall, Te Puke. Our models, Sunny and Courtney, are a real-life couple and treated this shoot as their real wedding - Sunny even bought rings and proposed pre-shoot! 💟

The weather was rainy (as it has been for most of this summer *cries*) but we made the most of the charming indoor space, with the painted wooden walls and the stunning floors, and even managed a cheeky shot from the exterior (only because Erin was a trooper and braved the rain!). 📸

More photos and details here: https://www.littleweddingplanner.co.nz/post/rustic-charm-styled-shoot-at-no-2-road-hall-te-puke

28/03/2023

Styling highlights from R+D's ceremony 💍🎉👏

Definitely enjoyed putting it all together. Mum tools some clippings of ladder ferns from her garden, I bought a silver drop eucalyptus and also took some cuttings from a friend's tree, and we found toi toi alongside the road. After trying a few different arrangements, the finished look was relaxed, and clean with a nod to Renee's Australian roots 🌾🌿 which was exactly what we were going for.

Ceremony chairs and arch
Jars and lanterns from
Photography by
Styled by The Little Wedding Planner

13/02/2023

💟 Fun, stress-free wedding ceremonies and celebrations that don't break the bank. Just turn up with your rings, your marriage license, and your guests, we sort EVERYTHING else. Taking bookings for Summer 23/24 and beyond 👉

26/11/2022

✨ UPCOMING POP UP WEDDING ✨

Get married at the STUNNING gardens of the Elms with up to 50 of your favourite people, and you don't have to plan a thing!

Saturday, 22 Apr 2023
The Elms, Tauranga

Ceremony times available:
10am, 1pm, 4pm

30 people - Package price: $6,950
50 people - Package price: $7,850

Two exclusive hours at the venue for your personalised ceremony, portrait and group photos, and celebrations afterwards with your guests.

INCLUDES:
👉 Venue hire
👉 Celebrant services
👉 Professional photography
👉 Flowers for the couple (bridal bouquets and/or buttonholes)
👉 Decorated cake
👉 Catering
👉 Prosecco and our secret punch
👉 Furniture and styling

Send us an email to enquire or check out our website for more information 📲

25/11/2022

Hi! I'm Bre and I wanted to introduce myself to all the new followers coming through the feed (that's right, I see you!).

Mount Maunganui is my home, I live with my partner Matthew and am passionate about rock climbing, native birds, dancing in my car while stuck in traffic, and making people laugh.

The Little Wedding Planner has been a pet project of mine for a long time now. The traditional values and expectations of weddings never quite sat right with me, and I've always been interested in exploring alternative ways of getting hitched. I've been on the business-woman journey since May of this year, I've learnt A LOT and I'm still learning.

My mission is to make dream weddings achievable for everyone. I want to help people achieve their big goals in life - whether that be buying a house, starting a business, growing a family, or going travelling - while still enjoying a unique, one-of-a-kind wedding experience.

Using my skills in event management, relationships, and organisation, I'm here to plan friggin' great wedding experiences that are simple, sustainable, stress-free and inclusive. Pop up weddings and packages throughout New Zealand is the dream

19/11/2022

✨ UPCOMING POP UP WEDDING ✨

Sunday, 19 February 2023
No 2 Road Hall, Te Puke

Ceremony times available:
10am, 1pm, 4pm

Two exclusive hours at the venue for your personalised ceremony, portrait and group photos, and celebrations afterwards with your guests.

30 people - Package price: $5,650
50 people - Package price: $6,475

INCLUDES:
👉 Venue hire
👉 Celebrant services
👉 Professional photography
👉 Flowers for the couple (bridal bouquets and/or buttonholes)
👉 Decorated cake
👉 Catering
👉 Prosecco and our secret punch
👉 Furniture and styling

Send us an email to enquire or check out our website for more information 📲

14/11/2022

1. Pop up weddings are a new, novel way of celebrating your love that aligns with your bigger goals in life. 💗
2. They're a unique, one-of-a-kind wedding that gives couples their dream wedding experience within their budget 💒
3. Pop up weddings happen at a single venue over an entire day or weekend, with multiple couples getting married over the course of the day (at different times) 👩‍❤️‍👩
4. Couples share the costs of the big-ticket suppliers, paying only a fraction of what they'd usually expect to pay 💸 save your money for the mortgage/family/business/holiday!
5. They're perfect for people wanting a small, family-friendly gathering of 12-50 people. Maybe you're shy, don't like being centre of attention, or just want something more relaxed and intimate 💍
6. The wedding to-do list is more than halved - organising the celebrant, photographer, venue, styling, furniture, catering, drinks, flowers and cake is completely taken care of 🥳
7. The only decisions couples need to make are - the venue, the time slot, who to invite, what to wear, hair and make-up if you want it, and what to do afterwards (that's nothing compared to a traditional wedding!) 🥂
8. Pop up weddings eliminate stress, as there are less decisions to make, less planning and preparation to do, and less things to worry about on the actual wedding day 🥰
9. Couples save a huge amount of time planning as an expert wedding planner and coordinator is included (as well as all set-up, pack-down and cleaning) 📅
10. They're super easy to plan from as little as 1-3 months in advance 💐 no more spending six months to a year planning your wedding, get hitched asap and get on with your amazing life!

06/11/2022

Pop Up Weddings are
🧡 Stress-free
💜 Convenient
🧡 Affordable
💜 Intimate
🧡 Romantic
💜 Spontaneous
🧡 Fuss-free
💜 FANTASTIC

Get amongst the trend taking over the wedding industry across the globe, and have yourself a fun, relaxed wedding this summer 🥰 Our next pop-up is at the charming and unique No 2 Road Hall outside of Te Puke. Boy this venue has character! It's a hidden gem and a secret treasure. Your wedding photos will not look like everyone else's!

👉 Venue, celebrant, photography, cake, catering, bubbles, flowers, styling and furniture all included.
👉 30 or 50 guests, prices start from $5,650.
👉 Send us a message or check out our website for more info: littleweddingplanner.co.nz

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