Over the last two years Pop Up Wedding SA has led the way in small and micro celebrations. Before it had to be done different, we were doing it because we wanted it to be done different! We are very proud that our company puts as much time, love and focus on our suppliers as we do our couples. This...
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From the tidal wave of disco balls, our glitzy foil back drop, the sweetest cascading disco ball bouquet and overflowing champagne towers... THIS is what we call 70's Disco glam. Bursting with fun the Pop Up team set out to capture the true free spirit of the quintessential 70’s flower child balanced against our clean modern take on the glitzy...
As the reality that the wedding industry will probably be one of the last to reopen, really sinks in, we are channeling our inner scifi space geek (or were we just inspired by our Planetarium themed Pop Up?!) to explain how we plan to do things in the coming days/weeks/months before we are able to work, celebrate and love our...
If you have had to postpone or cancel your wedding (OR are scared you may have to in the not so distant future) this is especially for you... Do you want to have a legal, responsible wedding without having to start planning from scratch, loose suppliers you love or the deposits you have already paid? And do you want this...
Blue sky’s turned grey, It poured, they promised forever and in that moment no one noticed the rain. Kirsten and Gavin celebrated their summer garden Pop Up Wedding in one of our favorite Johannesburg secret gardens. Beechwood. We had to move the entire ceremony undercover as it alternated between pouring and glorious sunshine all day - in true Joburg summer...
To say last week was a shit show is being really kind. After last night’s presidential announcement of a 21 day Lock down, the panic seems to have deepened. In a week I’ve witnessed people act like characters out of an apocalypse movie (I reckon the cast of the walking dead have some legit sell-able ‘survival’ skills right now- let’s...
You came to this post because you wanted the quick version of how to survive, thrive and stay semi sane in this current corona virus chaos So lets dive right in. ⁃ You need to go slow to go fast. This means fighting those knee jerk reactions, actions or mindsets that feel so normal, safe and are/where so generally accepted...
Chances are you are feeling like a deer in the headlights. Like this is all a bad (bad) dream. If you haven’t already had to deal with the weight and reality of what this means for your business you soon will. Does it look like everyone else in the industry already has a plan? Has already made a power move?...
Depending on when your wedding is/was planned for will greatly change the level of warm fuzzy ‘oh this gives such great perspective to our day’ feels. You may have just had to cancel your day, have lost money or are exhausted from the constant barrel of messages being, asking you how you feel!? If this is happening you are probably...
Pop up weddings are on a mission to become totally waste free weddings. We are super passionate about this and have great plans to start and enable new businesses that use the wedding industry waste, facilitating workshops, gifting our post wedding flowers, using locally grown blooms and and and… A few years into marriage and a couple of months into...