I've never wanted to be invited to a wedding more...

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Today's real wedding really does have it all: Amazing style, unique (and personalised) wedding décor, a whole lot of dancing and constant smiles from beginning to end. Based in San Francisco, Candice and Geoff returned home to South Africa for this blast of a wedding, mixing their unique tastes (she loves colour and glitter, he loves minimal) to create the, in Candice's own words, "BEST. FREAKING. DAY. EVER." This fun filled party was held at the unique Netherwood and captured in a stylish relaxed way by Love Made Visible, which I think you might just love as much as I did...

Candice and Geoff's Colourful and Cute New Zealand Wedding by Love Made Visible see it all on onefabday.com

Candice and Geoff got together thanks to an amazing friend who was always determined to set them up. Candice explains..."It took a while for him to get it right with the both of us uninvolved at the same time. We met up once or twice and were suddenly bumping into each other everywhere…there were butterflies every time so it was kind of a no-brainer."

When it came time to propose, our groom Geoff enlisted the help of his and Candice's two little greyhound pups. Candice describes the moment: "We have two crazy little Italian Greyhounds who pretty much rule our lives. Our weekend ritual back home always involved taking them to the local park and setting them loose for a good run in the sunshine. We’d go to opposite sides of the park for them to pretty much fly between us. I must’ve been faffing on my phone when Geoff sneakily tied a little pouch to Azurri’s collar and sent him bounding for me across the field. I only noticed the pouch when Azurri jumped up to me and realised what it was as he walked over to me with the biggest grin on his face. I always cry when I’m really happy so I was naturally a splotchy, red-eyed, cry-laughing wreck. We smooched, got covered in licks by our hounds and totally sunburnt. It was pretty damn perfect."

Both originally from South Africa, Candice and Geoff now live in San Francisco but were pretty dead set on returning home for their colourful wedding party. She tells us,"We were super specific with how we wanted the day to pan out. We're not a very traditional, religious couple - but still wanted to somehow mix our values and beliefs with a big white wedding hell-of-a-party kind of day which is exactly how it ended up. We moved to San Francisco over a year ago and couldn't wait to come home for the celebration. Everyone was so excited to be reunited over that weekend and the energy was definitely contagious."

This infectiously fun wedding was all held in the beautiful South African Midlands at the equally beautiful Netherwood venue designed by Andrea Kleinloog of Anatomy Design. Candice explains what made this contemporary venue the one..."We were initially hesitant to make guests travel but the more we thought about it, the more we realised we wanted to max out on a full weekend with family and friends because we live so far away. Also the fact that my Dad originally scoffed at the idea of a destination wedding by jokingly calling it ‘Neverwood’ made me all the more determined to have it there!"

Throughout the wedding weekend Candice and Geoff really just wanted to have the best time - and as you can see from Candice's radiant smile they more than achieved this. Candice's advice for a wedding with a similar vibe? Get a planner! "GET A PLANNER, PEOPLE. I don't care if you have to go skint with your desserts, just do it."

A big lover of all things colourful and/or unicorn related Candice was adamant she would have lots of big bright balloons at her wedding, and brought a whole host of them from America to decorate both indoors and outdoors on the day, she explains, "I'm a huge fan on Geronimo balloons and brought a bunch of her coloured balloons over from the US. If I'd had total free reign we probably would've been in danger of the venue looking like a unicorn had barfed rainbows everywhere.. which is why Geoff stepped in and helped tone it down. I do clutter, he does minimalism. We found a happy medium in the end where everything was carefully chosen by us to reflect who we are as a couple and for the venue to simply look beautiful and feel fun."

To match the cool party vibe of the wedding Candice's bridesmaids each wore very minimal skirts and tops from Witchery and simple summer sandals - perfect for dancing the weekend away in.

Bride Candice chose an equally effortless outfit from Amsale which she accessorised with a relaxed updo and strong pop of red lipstick. So, so gorgeous.

For their table plan Candice got creative and printed some of her favourite Instagram snaps on Polaroid style paper (we love Cheerz for this service) and hung them on lines of string. She describes it,"I had a bunch of our Instagrams printed into Polaroids, selected a picture relevant to each guest and strung them up along some fairy lights which looked amazing. Guests took their pictures home along with some candy floss as a small favour."

To incorporate their two beloved greyhounds Candice and Geoff had the two dogs silhouettes printed on each menu, a subtle and clever little touch.

The rest of the wedding was really all down to the music - which Candice and Geoff carefully selected and then trusted in the hands of their DJ friend. Candice tells us how it happened,"The First dance was also really important for us. Some first dances we've witnessed have felt pretty awkward and shy…which we really didn’t want. We picked ‘Ask’ by The Smiths and got dancing the moment we'd cut the cake. No cheesy announcements were made, no garter was tossed, we took everyone by surprise and got them involved instantly too. It was awesome. The music was a huge factor. We asked a good friend to DJ for us and gave him 2 days-worth of our favourite music. It was the most packed wedding dance floor I've ever seen…so I'd say he did a pretty damn good job."

After their venue closed around 3am Candice, Geoff and some of their guests continued the party in the main house on the property with lots more smiles and dancing she tells us, "We partied until we got kicked out around 3am. People carried on at the main house on the property and one of my favourite memories is waking up to a few rogue bodies strewn across the furniture while a few stray balloons floated across the front lawn with the sunrise." The next night they then nipped off for a 3 day luxury getaway at Nambiti Hills. Sounds just about perfect to me...

A huge congratulations to you both and a big thank you for sharing your amazing wedding with us all. A big thank you also goes to the talented Bruce and Rebecca from Love Made Visible for sharing their work with us. To see more from Love Made Visible visit www.lovemadevisible.co.za