Invitation Update {Invitations} ♥

Hi lovelies, we've been so busy this wedding season, I haven't even had the time to sit down and do a post! Here are some of the invitations that have been keeping us busy lately; some are a little older, but still pretty one that I think you might appreciate. Let us know what you think.

We designed this for one of our recent brides, an absolute Marilyn Monroe fan! Let us know what you think.

We were also recently asked to assist Meisies Hoër with their invitations and stationery for the 2011 Matric Farewell.
They already bought the paper and the rhinestone buckles (beautiful hey). This is what we came up with:

Have a super lovely day


Angelique xoxo

New Team Member - Jenny ♥

It's with great pleasure that we welcome Jenny Prinsloo to our team. We have been super busy the last few months and have received a lot of requests and enquiries, which we think are sooooo awesome and we are super grateful for. Jenny will be starting Monday the 8th of August 2011. Luckily for us she's not only a pretty face, but succesfully own and run her own event flower arrangement company - Heartique. Any of you out there interested in flower arrangements for your big day. Please give Jenny a shout! Big thanks to everyone for their patience and continued support! As it has always been, we promise to give each project our badge of commitment and love. xoxo

Pink & Champagne Lace {Invitations} ♥

Laser Engraved on Wood {Invitations} ♥

Pink Romance {Invitations} ♥

Black & Yellow Velvet Clutch Bag Invitations {Invitations} ♥

Love love love these invitations, we think they are just too beautiful. We've used a black velvet paper for the outside and a lovely white shimmer paper for the inside. Please let us know if you like this invitation too! Have a happy week x

Embossed Pocket Invitation {Invitations} ♥

We’ve recently done this invitation for a client. The inspiration came from wallpaper the bride had seen in a magazine! This was the result. Hope you like it!Please let us know what you think.
Have a happy week x

Wedding Wish {Charity} ♥

 

SA SCHOOL OF WEDDINGS MAKES WEDDING WISH COME TRUE:

The SA School of Weddings has founded the not for profit charitable Wedding Wish to realise wedding wishes for engaged couples in Johannesburg and Pretoria who are disadvantaged.

A wedding celebration is the most important event in an engaged couple’s calendar and no-one knows this more than the SA School of Weddings who runs courses to equip students with the skill and know how to plan a wedding.

“I have always been involved in raising funds for charity and believe that the school presents the perfect platform to manage and deliver on the promise of Wedding Wish,” says Khali Collins, owner and founder of SA School of Weddings.

The Wedding Wish has been developed by the SA School of Weddings to make the wishes of a couple who do not have the means or resources due to being financially or physically challenged, to have a beautiful white wedding in the traditional sense.

“There are a number of deserving charities and organisations working with disadvantaged people all of which are doing great work. However, the one thing that those funds can’t stretch to is a wedding. The SA School of Weddings is perfectly placed to make a few couples wedding wishes come true,” says Collins.

The weddings will be funded through fund raising events and donations of services to the Wedding Wish from the bridal industry

Each couple, or person proposing a couple, will be required to tell their love story and to motivate why they should be eligible to have their wish come true.

“It is important that the engaged couple is currently disadvantaged or challenged either financially or physically as this is not a win a wedding competition,” explains Collins.

“Each couple will need to tell us their love story and motivate why they are most deserving of this charity wedding.  We will be talking to churches and other organisations who work with disadvantaged people to find our couples,” says Collins.

The first fund raising event will be held towards the end of May and Wedding Wish is already taking submissions from suitable couples.
 

FUND RAISING EVENTS:

Johannesburg 25 & 26 May Comedy Evening at Parker’s Comedy and Jive, MonteCasino R100 p/person
Pretoria 29 May Ladies Inspirational Brunch  - Tickets available from SA School of Weddings
Pretoria 02 June Barnyard Theatre Evening, Menlyn R150 p/person

If you would like to apply to be chosen for this wedding or if you would like to put someone forward, contact Khali Collins on email at

weddingwish@saschoolofweddings.co.za or call her on 082 445 9086.

Applicants need to 1) engaged 2)be financially or physically challenged 3) live in the Johannesburg or Pretoria area 4) provide a 250 word motivation as to why they are eligible and tell the love story in no more than 400 words.

For more information on the SA School of Weddings go to www.saschoolofweddings.co.za.

ABOUT SA SCHOOL OF WEDDINGS:

The SA School of Weddings is the only industry endorsed wedding school and aims to give potential wedding personnel a solid background and knowledge base in the wedding industry. We have set the benchmark for quality within the wedding industry and we challenge all providers to aim for these standards. Our training venues are based in Johannesburg, Pretoria, Cape Town, Stellenbosch, Durban and Port Elizabeth
All courses offered by The SA School of Weddings are designed by industry professionals to equip future wedding industry leaders with the skills they will need for a successful career.

The Founder of The SA School of Weddings, Khali Collins, has organised many successful events throughout the course of her 10 year career. She has gained an excellent reputation in the wedding industry and enjoys the respect of various industry leaders. Her love for weddings and passion for creating that perfect day are qualities which she hopes to share with her students.

Khali continues to run her own wedding consultancy and has served many happy couples, providing innovative, reliable and unique solutions for all aspects of a wedding.

Khali has previously been involved in the design and implementation of courses in Conference, Exhibition and Events Management for a national tertiary education group. Thus, in addition to her extensive knowledge of the wedding industry, Khali Collins is well equipped to educate future professionals.

All courses offered by The SA School of Weddings are proudly endorsed by Just Jack, Spledid Affairs, Legal Wed, Sugar 'n Ice, Bride & Co., The Wedding Expo, Marriage Meader, Shattered Glass Disco, le Papier, Little Pink Book, EuroSuit, Focal Fusion, SA Venues and Khali Collins - The Wedding Specialist

The Invitation Gallery {New awesome vendor} ♥

We've recently been hard at work designing stationery for the Invitation Gallery. What a super awesome great idea from Barry Geyer and Henriëtte Potgieter over at Event and Design. But that is exactly what you can expect from Barry and Henriëtte, whom has been featured on Pasella a couple of times! I'm so honoured to share the floor with some of the most talented stationery designers!!! Canvas Stationery Boutique, Creatus Design, m.studio and Seven Swans. Please visit the Invitation Gallery for more information and to view all of the lovely stationery.

Happy shopping!

Angelique x

The Wedding Design Magazine {Order} ♥

I was recently offered an advertisement spot in a new wedding magazine, The Wedding Design Magazine. I naturally jumped at the offer, and W-O-W!!! I must say, this magazine is sooo awesome! It’s not like any of the wedding magazines that we are used to here in South Africa. The magazine consists of 300 pages of really cool and inspiring wedding ideas with a showcase of over 100 real life weddings. And to top all of that off, you get a CD with even more real life wedding inspiration. WOW! Congratulations to Coralie and Mariaan pulling this off! You have exceeded all my expectations! This magazine is awesome! You can purchase this super awesomeness magazine for only R130 each, from our offices or you can purchase it directly from The Wedding Design Magazine. Courier cost to anywhere in South Africa R75.00

Please contact Coralie for more information at admin@weddingdesignmagazine.com or visit their website

The Wedding Design Magazine

You can also download the order form here.

Here's some of the eye candy of that you can expect from the The Wedding DESIGN Magazine!

Angelique x

Easter Hunt Props {DIY} ♥

I just love Easter. And although the reasons for Easter is not only for Easter egg hunts, I will never forget the excitement of searching for the Easter eggs my mom and dad had hid for us in the garden. We had such a thrill running through the garden trying to see who'll find the most. Just to have them all thrown together and divided equally. I've put together a Easter Egg Hunt DIY for the crafties. And even if you are not-so-crafty, this one is really easy, get your kids to help! See instructions below. We would love to see your DIY Easter Hunt prop photos! Please post them on our Facebook wall.

Happy Easter and happy hunting!!! ♥

Love,
Angelique x

Easter Hunt Props - Instructions.

You'll need the following:

-          Printer & Paper/cardstock

-          Scissors

-          Glue gun / Glue

-          Ribbon / String

-          Skewers

-          Paper Punch

1.       Download our pdf artwork by clicking on the links at the bottom of the page.

2.       Print artwork on card stock, and cut out with scissors.

3.       Use a glue gun to attach skewers to props. (Bunnies, Eggs and Arrows)

4.       Punch 2 holes at the top of your bunting triangles.

5.       String ribbon through holes.

Ta-da, all set and ready to go – Happy hunting!!!

 

EasterHunt – Bunnies 1
EasterHunt – Bunnies 2
Easter Hunt - Eggs
Easter Hunt – Arrows
EasterHunt - Bunting

Melanie & Donovan {Engagement Shoot} ♥

Congratulations to Melanie & Donovan who tied the knot this past Saturday, 2 April 2011. Wishing you laughter, happiness and a honeymoon-state-of-mind for years to come! I wanted to share some of their e-session shoot photos taken by the ever talented team at Fame Weddings. And then, just a sneak peek of their stationery designed for their big day.

All photography by Fame Weddings, except the last images of the stationery, taken by me.

Can’t wait to see their professional photo’s! Will keep you posted!

Angelique x

Free printable Valentine's Day Postcard ♥

All that talk about Pantone’s colour of the year and my loving hubby as my muse, inspired me to create this Valentine’s Day Postcard in lovely honeysuckle. You can download it here for free, with lots of love from us. ♥ I know it’s a tad bit too late. But if you are anything like me, always doing everything at number ninety nine, this will still come in handy and it superbly doubles up as a ‘thinking-of-you’ card. Enjoy!

Instructions: Easy peasy! Download the free printable pdf. Print the 1st page on card stock or paper (which ever you have), then print the second page on the back of the first page. Cut to size, and spread the love! Click here to download the pdf file.


P.S. It's also posted on the lovely The Pretty Blog in red.


Love, Angelique x


Valentine's Day Postcard

Pantone’s colour of the year for 2011 is my fave ♥

Pantone recently released their colour of the year. Honeysuckle. Pantone 18-2120

Must say I’m so in love with this colour! Isn’t it lovely? ♥


From Pantone: “A Color for All Seasons

Courageous. Confident. Vital. A brave new color, for a brave new world. Let the bold spirit of Honeysuckle infuse you, lift you and carry you through the year. It’s a color for every day – with nothing “everyday” about it.” – http://www.pantone.com/

Head on over to Pantone for the full press release.

Alexa & Rob {Urban black & white wedding} ♥

♥ Hi All! This is one of my more recent weddings, and I have to admit that I'm soooo in love with the brides dress from Cinderella's Closet! Absolutely beautiful hey? (breathless!!!). And wait until you read how the groom proposed. I even got shivers and shed a tear. Alexa shared their story with us. Enjoy x

A little about the Bride & Groom

Alexandra & Rob are both doing their masters in psychology and have a little cat called cinnamon. They love going to movies, rock concerts and reading.
 

 

 
How they met...

We met in a bar - eyes met across the room and love at first sight :) first date was coffee -- for 6 hrs! couldn't stop talking to each other, and rest is like they say history...

The proposal...♥
Rob proposed in a very unique way: he made a treasure hunt for me, with clues that lead first to my dad's house, and my dad was standing there with a big sign that said 'will', then on to the roof of Sandton city where he had written you' across three lanes of traffic in the road below (with the help of the Metro cops), then to the place where we had our first date - Rob had given every customer there a piece of paper that said 'marry' and they all gave me the separate pieces of paper. Finally the clues led to Rob himslef, on one knee and he said 'me' and held out my ring :)

The wedding day...
Our wedding day was everything we could dream of - special for us was our first dance, our vows that we wrote ourselves and when we released 100 balloons and all our guests made wishes for us and our marriage. Advice for other brides - cherish every moment, its over so quickly and you really need to try to take some time out o the day, just you and your groom, to savour everything and just to be together. also, dont stress - you think that you NEED that specific colour, or dress or flower but on the day, you really dont notice anything except your groom :)

We would definitely recommend BlackCoco Designs for stationary (so perfect, would recommend whenever), Sanmarie (Makeup and Hair) and Bernard Bravenboer (Photography)- absolutely fantastic! Anyone is welcome to contact us for our cake supplier.

All photo's taken by Bernard Bravenboer except for the last one (invitation) taken by me in our studio.


Hope you enjoyed reading this as much as what I enjoyed posting it.
Lots of love,
Angelique


  Service Providers:
Accessories: Gloves - Forever New, Veil - Made by a family friend
Coordinator: Danica Kriek at Beloftebos Estate

Venue: Beloftebos Estate
Dress: Cinderella's Closet (Diane)
Flowers: Bridal bouquet - Aspen flowers; bridesmaids bouquets made by my sister
Hair: Sanmarie
Make-up: Sanmarie
Photographer: Bernard Bravenboer
Stationery: BlackCoco Designs