Team Grahiwa getting Hitched: May 2010

Wednesday, May 12, 2010

Inspiration 12 May

This week there's been some great stuff from the newsletters. And here we go...

Project Wedding had a DIY competition going on and this is some of the cool stuff that made it up

The Knot was all about photography and videography this week

Martha Stewart Weddings reminded me that I love ice cream and why shouldn't I have it at my wedding... I mean our wedding... ;)

100 Layer Cake had this wedding as their Real Wedding of the week and I love the vintage, intimate, casual feel of it. Stunning photography and colours too.

Style Me Pretty featured this gorgeous ballroom wedding, a nice contrast to all the outdoors/budget-chic/cocktail weddings that are being featured everywhere (and that make me jealous that we're not having a totally DIY/vintagey wedding... *sigh*). It looks über-traditional in a way I think we're going with... Have to check with His Lordship on that...

But they also had this Australian wedding - I love the vineyard (jealous!) and the simple round tables. And this super cute outdoors casual-chic wedding where I love the colour palate (yellow and pastels I think?), every little detail in the photos is just heart-breakingly cute...

And the Design*Sponge featured these Australian stationery designers. Cute!

Ok. This wasn't from any of my newsletters/blog subscriptions/stalkings, but rather a random search on Etsy (which is fully the best site ever for handmade crafty things!). Guess which one Grant doesn't like?

Original Etsy post here.

Ah.... That might be all?

Oh dear. It's way past my bedtime now... :|

*love love love love love*
Kiwa.

Venue - update?

Well. I can't really think now what I was going to write in this because I've been drafting and rewriting this so many times. I go to finish it and we change our minds. This has been so hard and I'm getting over it rather quickly. I believe Grant is also getting hoha with having the same conversation over and over and over and over...

*sigh*

So I'm just gonna post it up there.

Basically I created the Mother of all Spreadsheets to compare venues throughout Wellington, including (but not limited to):

Erskine
Wellesley Boutique Hotel
The Pines
Tussock
Boatshed
Dockside
various other hotels in Wellington

because that's what Grant said he wanted. Then we were going to compare them all, pick one and run with it. But we didn't. We picked 3-4 and tried to compare them further, which is very difficult when they all include different stuff in them.
And then I mentioned to Mum and Dad one night on the phone that maybe we should just have it at their place and hire a marquee and stuff. Which could end up being the same price if not more expensive, and runs the risk of rain, sheep poo and apocalyptic fights between us'ns and parentals.

Eugh.

Now what? Well, know I wait calmly for Stacey to come over this weekend (YAY!!!) with brochures from the Wellington Wedding Show she and Sheree (and apparently James - hmmmm?) went to and I'll pore over them. Also, Mother and Teia will be meeting with Erskine people as soon as poss to have a look at that. And maybe sometime soon we'll actually have a venue, and therefore a date.

oml. Sometimes I forget we're actually getting married; that's it's more than a wedding or a party, it's me and Grant being together forever. That in itself is somewhat scary (because forever is a loooooong time and sometimes we make each other very grumpy-faced) and also really exciting (because forever is a long time and he makes me laugh heaps!).

I think I'm getting sleepy.

*love love love love love*
Kiwa.