Celebrate Love Celebrant - Lydia Howell

05/04/2024

Gorgeous wedding flowers from todays ceremony are the wonderful Woodside Estate 👌🏻💐💚

01/04/2024

I’ll probably be taking this to all my wedding-prep meetings in the future. 😊
I have the best couples who gift the most thoughtful thank-you’s 😍☕️

08/01/2024

First wedding of ‘24 done and dusted- married under the vines at winery- always a pleasure when I’m out there 🍇 🍷 🥰

05/12/2023

2023 weddings have finished… on to planning and prepping for next year. 🪩😘
This year was full of love and laughter, and I expect no less of my couples in 2024. 🥳💍
If ‘we’ are getting married next year- keep an eye on your inboxes 💌

28/10/2023

Ready to go for the first wedding of my 24/24 summer season. 🥂
I love this venue in the spring! 🌳💐

21/04/2023

Another wonderful couple signed on the dotted line today 💌 only after 4️⃣0️⃣ or so years together already! 😮🥰🙌

26/03/2023

Great people, great food, great venue, great vendors… all together make for such great photos! Well done Roslyn Nelson Photography 😍

20/03/2023

Party time after the sun goes down ⭐️💡💃🏼🔥

13/03/2023

Excited to be back at this beautiful venue this coming weekend to marry another happy couple - just sharing some snaps from this wonderful-in-the-midst-of-a-cyclone-wedding from a few weeks ago 😍

📸 Nicola Blackwell Photography

27/02/2023

From down on one knee to down the aisle in less than 30mins! 🫢💍
So happy for this gorgeous couple! 🙌

20/02/2023

Just sharing some work by another incredibly talented photographer, some gorgeous snaps of the neatest couple!

17/01/2023

Back from summer hols and ready to marry all the people 💒😘💍
Only a couple of weekends left this summer so get in touch if you need a celebrant for your occasion! 💕😁

24/12/2022

It was blowing a gale but ClaregPhotography makes it look like a stunning picture perfect day! Cannot recommend this lovely lady enough if you are ever in need of a photographer for your event 🍃📷👌🏻

24/12/2022

The sun graced us with a gorgeous sky yesterday for a long-awaiting wedding - the best way to kick off the summer and to finish up my weddings for 2022 🥰🍃☀️

18/11/2022

Loved this ceremony 😍

12/11/2022

Yay here come all the summer weddings!

16/09/2022

Loves a thank-you card ❤️
Blessed to be involved in so many Big Days last season, ready to kick start this coming season next week! 🕶☀️💐

05/09/2022

Including family was super important to this couple and we used a candle ceremony to honour their roots, made extra special with their mums lighting their flame 🔥 🕯

11/06/2022

Rainy winter afternoons spent cozied up under the vines at 🍷🔥🍁🧡
The perfect winter venue for a 👰‍♀️❤️‍🔥🤵‍♂️

28/05/2022

Rustic as heck- Te Miro is a dream venue! I’m so impressed with what they have built over the past few years- and can’t wait to see what they do next…
🐑 🌸 ❤️

19/05/2022

When your infant granddaughter donates the wedding cake toppers… 🐰🍰

15/05/2022

Writing ceremonies today… 📄
I think I’ll try work this quote by into the ‘first kiss’ 💋

12/05/2022

My ‘office’ yesterday 👌🏻☀️💚

02/04/2022

Gorgeous setup at Pirongia Pines for today’s ceremony, if you are looking for venue that oozes ‘rustic charm’ then PP have you covered! 🌲💃🏼🎩💍

30/01/2022

Sundays are cake days 🍰👰‍♀️🤵‍♂️💋

06/12/2021

Planning a wedding this summer in NZ? You’ll need to get clued up on the ‘traffic light’ system so you know what it means for you, your family and your guests 🎉🚦

Happy planning!

It is time to say ‘Goodbye’ to Alert Levels 👋

We wish we were saying goodbye to COVID-19 for good. But instead we are saying ‘Hello’ 👋 to the new COVID-19 Traffic light framework 🚦(red, orange and green) . This new framework is focused on minimising the impact of Covid.

Which means the guidelines for ceremonies during COVID-19 in New Zealand 🇳🇿 are changing.

“The hard truth is that COVID-19 will spread around New Zealand, and we need to be prepared. The framework is our best tool to do this. It is intended to give as much certainty and stability as possible for people and businesses, reducing the need for widespread lockdowns.”

https://covid19.govt.nz/traffic-lights/covid-19-protection-framework/

So, how does the system work?

🚦First, you will need to find out what traffic light your area is in. Click link to find your area:
https://covid19.govt.nz/traffic-lights/traffic-lights-map/
🚦Your vaccination status accounts for what restrictions apply. The guidelines differ for those who have a Vaccine Pass or not.
🚦Once you know the above two, you will be able to find out what guidelines apply to your ceremony.

We recommend that you check for updates regularly and where there is any uncertainty regarding your ceremonies that you contact the appropriate helplines directly.

https://covid19.govt.nz/traffic-lights/covid-19-protection-framework/

19/11/2021

Details! 🌹🌿
Happy days! Couldn’t have been happier to be back out this afternoon to kick off the summer wedding season. 💍🌳

15/11/2021

Yippee! 🙌
Level 2 for Waikato means wedding celebrations are back on! 💍🎉
And I’m there with bells on. 🔔

03/11/2021

to one of my fave activities- paperwork 😉📄
Thanks to my dear friend and bride for sharing the snap 🥰
I’m still hopeful the coming summer season will see many more happy couples signing on the dotted line 🤵‍♀️👰‍♀️🤵‍♂️👰

12/10/2021

Oooh I’m really missing the ability to gather in groups! 🙃🎉
Here’s a fave from a wedding earlier this year, yep that’s me in the background cheering on the bride! 🙌👰‍♀️