Author Archives for Victoire

All the more inviting


Paula has designed stunning wedding invitations for us… we’re so pleased with the way they’ve turned out.
Due to our having more email addresses than postal addresses for our family and friends we decided to send out the invitations via email as a PDF attachment, and then to print the rest. I was so relieved […]

Inviting


Hooray! Our invitations are almost done. Nico and I went around to Paula and Brandon’s place for a chat and to look at the first draft. We liked what Paula had designed straight away, so just have to check the details before we can start printing. Oh, and there’s this minor thing about finding (suitable) […]

By Invitation Only


Our wedding is fast approaching (just over two months!), and we still don’t have invitations. Excuse me while I take a deep breath…
This is the one item I am the most clueless about. Somehow I thought that I could just hand this task over to my little sister, who is designing them for us, and […]

Who said it was going to be easy anyway…


The search for the elusive venue commences… Somehow I had thought that it was going to be easy. 1 2 3… You visit a venue. You like it. You book it. Hoorah, move onto the next item on the extensive wedding to-do list. But no, not me. I guess that’s what I get for committing […]

The wedding venue conundrum


Choosing a wedding venue is a decision of considerable significance. Not only have Nico and I been faced with choosing a venue that “suits us”, we’re faced with an even bigger obstacle… wedding venue prices! Aaaaaaaaahhhh! It’s almost enough to make one run for the hills screaming. Almost.
Two weeks into “the engagement” Nico and I […]