Light Per Second
QUIETLY ORCHESTRATED.
BEAUTIFULLY EXPERIENCED.
Creating refined, deeply personal weddings across New Zealand and worldwide.
Congrats you two!
Dream to Wed is a boutique wedding planning and styling studio based in Christchurch, New Zealand. Specialising in full-service planning, multi-day celebrations, and design-led weddings for couples across Canterbury, Queenstown, Wanaka, Auckland and internationally.
Working with a limited number of clients each year to ensure a highly personal, calm, and detail-focused experience from the first conversation through to the final moments of your wedding day.
Luisa Apanui
For couples who value calm expertise, considered design and a highly personal approach, this is planning that feels supportive, intentional and entirely your own.
Alpine Image Company
Hello & welcome!
You’ll work directly with me, Ellie, your planner and designer throughout the entire process. I take on a limited number of weddings each year so every couple receives genuine care, clear guidance and a planning experience that feels both effortless and deeply personal. With over a decade in the industry and weddings planned across New Zealand and internationally, I bring steady expertise and a creative eye to celebrations of all scales.
Based in Christchurch and working across Queenstown, Wanaka, Auckland and internationally, I guide you through each step, bringing your vision to life with calm expertise, thoughtful design and a trusted network of industry professionals who align with your style and values.
The experience
Planning your wedding should feel exciting, meaningful and deeply personal.
Whether you’re newly engaged and searching for a wedding planner in Christchurch, planning elsewhere in New Zealand, or creating a destination wedding abroad, you’re likely here for guidance you can trust.
From refined one-day celebrations to multi-day wedding experiences, each event is thoughtfully planned, beautifully designed and seamlessly delivered so you can be fully present in every moment.
The Lightbox Tales
Storybridge Studio
So, so good at what she does and delivers with such calmness and kindness. We have had so many compliments on how great the day was and how smooth everything ran. This 100% was down to Ellie. So professional but so relatable, just a good human. We appreciate all your hard work and will miss interacting with you!!!
J & M
