South Africa Wedding Blog

Explore planning advice, real weddings, and editorial inspiration from the Celebration blog.

The Four O'Clock Problem { Planning a South African Summer Wedding }

The bride stood in full sun for a forty-minute ceremony, the men were dying inside their jackets, and gran had gone the colour of a beetroot in row three.

Photography

Golden Hour + Blue Hour { The Twenty-Five Minutes Nobody Budgets For }

That electric-blue sky photograph you keep saving lasts about twenty-five minutes, happens after sunset, and is usually scheduled right on top of the starter.

Wedding Destinations

Cape Town { The Month Everyone Books, and the Month You Should }

Every year couples who have never been here pick December for a Cape Town wedding. It is the wrong month, and the reason has a name: the Cape Doctor.

Flowers & Bouquets

Proteas + Fynbos { The Bouquet Only South Africa Can Do }

Somewhere in Tuscany a bride is paying a fortune to fly in king proteas. Here is how to build the bouquet only South Africa can do — and keep it green.

Colour Combinations

Navy + Magenta { Colour Explosion }

Navy and magenta the striking combination of dark and vibrant is enough to make even your hubby-to-be swoon, and we simply cannot get enough of it.