Steampunk Wedding Shoot: Heritage, Jess Manning Photography, Heritage, Cog and Compass and more.

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I am a lucky girl to have such talented friends. When I sent a message out on Facebook asking my crew if anyone wanted to help me put together a steampunk-themed shoot, within a day I had a solid crew of designers, photographers, cupcake bakers, makeup artists and models ready at my beck and call. [...]

Steampunk Wedding Shoot: Sneak Peek!

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I’ve been a busy wedding bee in March and April. Not only have I performed one beautiful wedding ceremony this month, appeared in Altared Magazine and The Ultimate Goth Guide, and are helping two couples plan their unique events, but I managed to pull together a creative group of friends for a fun steampunk wedding [...]

Bridesmaids Gifts for Gothic and Alternative Weddings

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Bridesmaids – we love them. They help glue invites together, they tell us when that dress we like look horrific, and stay up till the wee hours listening to our laments about the world ending because the napkins don’t match the gift boxes. With alternative weddings, the couple tends to make use of the creative [...]

Halloween Wedding Themes

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If you’re anything like me, Halloween is your favourite holiday. Costumes, Spooky decorations, hauntings and – of course – all that candy! So when you begin planning your upcoming nuptials, of course you think a Halloween Wedding would be perfect. So now you know your theme – Halloween – but what kind of Halloween wedding [...]

Seasons of the Earth – medieval wedding dresses, handfasting cords, ritual oils

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Recently I got asked to perform a wedding ceremony for a bride and groom getting married in a medieval style wedding. Their ceremony includes a lot of pagan elements – including an elaborate handfasting ceremony, and I’ve excited about being able to officiate for them! I’ve been finding lots of beautiful pagan / medieval website [...]

Gothic Weddings: Gothic Wedding Dresses in Australia

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Many people email me to ask where I got my red gothic wedding dress from. I looked everywhere – in bridal shops all over New Zealand, and online in hundreds of bridal stores and gothic clothing designers – to no avail. But a chance browsing of an Australian website led me to Lara Ravasini and [...]