Ingrid and Shaun at The Estate, Waiheke Island
Ingrid and Shaun got married last summer at The Estate in Church Bay so this is a bit of a late post (understatement) but… better late than never, right?!
They had a vintage-y themed wedding with many personal touches which made their wedding day unique. Ingrid handcrafted her invites along with some help from her friends and also individually made the very crafty ‘button’ buttonholes for the boys to wear. She describes her flowers as, “a mismatch of wild, country flowers, that were as fragrant as they were pretty, and tied with raffia. I wanted flowers that looked as if they were straight out of a field. “. Mmmm-mm, this is my type of bride!!

The handsome groom…





Ingrid and Shaun live in Bondi (Shaun is a surfer) and she kept all details about her dress under wraps until the big day. She said that one of her favourite moments was seeing the looks on the faces of her family when she first came out in her finery…



Ingrid looked amazing with softly curled hair and the longest lashes in the known world. The ceremony was held on the front helicopter pad at The Estate which is a stunning spot that overlooks Auckland City from one direction and has a background of hills and vines in another direction. Their celebrant was local Waihekian Rosemareyn van der Sluis.


A quick run up the hill at The Estate before we headed down to Oneroa Beach for a few laughs along with their excellent, fun bridal party…








Pick the groom…


OK, this next shot probably needs an explanation!! A year or two ago Shaun and Ingrid were featured in a book called Faces of Bondi by photographer Ursula Hechenberger and in the book there is great shot of Shaun putting Ingrid in a headlock so we thought it only right to replicate this image on their wedding day… except that we also shot a second image with Shaun in the headlock!! LOL. The reproduction of Ursula’s photo below is from a little booklet that Ingrid made for her guests called ‘from then to now’ which told the story of their blossoming love. Too cute!


This next series of shots cracks me up…





Laid back kiwis at the beach vibe as evidenced by the jandals… or maybe it should be ‘thongs’.


Another of the lovely little touches Ingrid and Shaun had at their wedding was a selection of various lollies in jars for their guests to make up their own lolly mixtures… a bit of a trip down memory lane there but I would just like to assure you that I was the soul of discretion and only sneaked a couple of milk bottles. I’m sure no one saw.

Thanks Ingrid and Shaun – we loved being part of your wedding day and you are quite right… Love is sweet.















































































