Wedding Invites

I've been dying to post my wedding invites somewhere because I'm really proud of them, but I had to wait until they were sent out. Now most people should have theirs so here they are.

I'm actually really happy with the way they turned out, which is quite amazing, because I'm never satisfied with the things I design for myself. I wish you could see the paper I printed them on coz that's the best part. It's Antalis Opale Natural Shimmer. I think there are few things as great as beautiful paper.

These first three pictures are of our Save the Date cards.







And these are the actual invites. They were printed on my absolutely fabulous Canon Pro 9500 Mark II (this printed rocks) and then I hand finished them myself.

















Hope you enjoyed :)

My 1st craft project for the year

Ok, so this is really small and simple, but I'm so proud of myself for actually doing something crafty yesterday. I recently went to an amazing scrap booking store and went crazy on all the buttons (have I mentioned they are my new obsession?). Anyway, they've been lying around just begging to be used for something. On Monday I bought this great wall calender from Flowermill (I absolutely LOVE their stuff) and I wanted to put it up in our newly revamped office, but I just hate using any sort of glue or prestik on something so pretty because sooner or later it will leave a mark. So I decided to use some pegs (for want of something better) to put it up and then decided that they needed some sprucing up. So... tada... these were created.

Wedding mood boards

I'm fully in the swing of things in regards to planning Rudi and my wedding and I've been scouring the internet for interesting ideas. Here are just some pics of the beautiful things I've found.













And here are just 3 of the wedding sites that I'm loving right now!

http://www.weddingchicks.com/
http://100layercake.com/blog/
http://www.swsmag.net/blog

I'd love to put links to the sites that I've found these great images on, but I've been collecting these for over a year so I have no idea anymore where I got them. So if you see any of your stuff and want me to add a link please just let me know :)

A new year and some new resolutions

I'm not really one for new year's resolutions. I don't sit down and think deeply about how I would like to change my life in the next year. My resolutions are usually the same old thing every year: eat less, exercises more, try not to eat so much chocolate. Things usually go well for the first month and then less well for the second and then are completely forgotten about by the third. By the middle of the year I'm beating myself up about not having the will power to stick to my resolutions. But this year I have decided to go about this in a different way. I figure the reason I never stick to my resolutions is that I don't actually want to as they aren't making my life any more pleasant (who can really live without chocolate?!?).

So this year I'm only making resolutions that will make me happy. And this time I think I'm going to have more success sticking to them. So here they are:


1. Living in the cape there is so much to do, but the end of last year was crazy and Rudi and I didn't really get to enjoy this beautiful place to it's fullest. So I have started compiling a list of things to do and every time we aren't sure what do do we can go through the list and choose something. I've already booked our tickets to go see aKing at Kirstenbosch next month :)



2. I'm going to blog more. I don't know if anyone will read my rants, but I want to use this as a way of recording what is going on in my life. With so much happening this year, I think it's a good idea.

3. I'm going to try to do some more crafty creative things. I love being a graphic designer and I find it really fulfilling to create beautiful things for people, but sometimes I feel that I need somewhere else to express my creativity. With all the wonderful and inspirational blogs that I've been visiting the crafting bug has bitten.

Anyway, I'm excited about this new year and looking forward to all the new things it might bring.