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invitation to a Midsummer Night's revelry...

so my dearest elisa offered to help me with the wedding invites and i gave her an idea of what i wanted it to look like. and she came up with these the very NEXT day.

   

but guess what? here are my favourites! J and I are really excited about the first. which one do you like? so, i'm not going to use our silhouettes on the invites. these silhouettes are simply gorgeous and will work far better! (Note: all information on the invites are to be amended) i so do not want to go for my knitting class now. i want to stay home and work on my wedding!

as an afterthought, i think i will use them both! i will use the invite on the right as my Save-the-Date invites. and then the one on the left as the official wedding invitation! wheee! sorted!

      

home improvement

bought some new plants to line my window ledge!

     

a pot of lavender, some cacti and fresh flowers. 

i have also decided to recycle my wine bottles by using them as vases. thinking about using these bottles for my table centrepieces, with a single stalk of allium in the bottle and pots of echeveria around it to be taken home as wedding favors. or i could use the wine bottles to line the walkway and stuff them with twinkling fairy lights. wheeee! recycling is fun! 

god's eyes

just came across this easy to do diy project at this website Design Spongeand since i have all 

the required materials, i got started and voila! here are the results!

    

i was thinking about making more of these out of twine and parcel string to be hung up along the reception walkway. along with the stars and butterflies and fairy lights. what do you think?

wedding gowns and colour theme

(by the way, just to clear the confusion, the following pictures are the ideas i have for MY wedding gown haha! so just pick a dress to match, i'm prob going to pick the dress in the first picture as my gown)

hi all bridesmaids-to-be, 

here's an idea of the look i'm going for. feel free to throw any more ideas, images my way!
 

i'm more inclined towards the gown in the first picture. elegant and simple. but i also want to go for a feel like that of the second picture. that will be my bouquet -- a single stalk of allium, which is the onion genus. I just hope it doesn't smell too strongly of onions, have to get to the florist and smell it for myself. I want a tutu dress too, slightly flouncier than the one shown in the picture on the left, but in general, these are the shades of green that i'm going for. Not the dark leafy green. 

i guess any shade of purple will go fine with the greens. 

i'm thinking lavender, muted purples. not royal deep purple. here's a lovely combination of the colours that i want in my wedding, muted purples, faded greens, woody browns and dusty cream. think harvest celebrations. how does it sound so far? 

my midsummer night's dream (Venues)

is becoming a reality! 

so i went back to singapore for a week (for personal reasons), took 2 days out of my schedule to go check out several venues for my outdoor wedding. Here are some of the pictures, just in case you would like to consider these places for your big day too.

1. Raffles Marina

Don't let the name fool you. Raffles Marina is not in Marina, nor Raffles city, 

as my dad had innocently asked. It is located all the way at Tuas, almost at the Second Link.

 Nevertheless, I fell in love with the place a long time ago. It is also the place I go wakeboard at in the recent years. 

The open lawns, the sunset and sea views of the harbour, the colour of the skies, I had set my sight and my heart on the 

location. I always knew that I wanted my wedding to be a barefoot, dancing event. What better than to take off those 

uncomfortable heels, ground myself and reconnect with Mother Nature?

And solemnization by the pool? How pretty is that!

My only gripe is that the space is too open. My ideal venue would be a foresty area, with swings and fire torches, strewn petals on the ground... So as much as I love this venue, it cannot be my number one choice.

so ON to number

2. Singapore Zoo

I am totally in love!! The outdoor Pavilion By the Lake is the perfect venue for my Midsummer 

Night's revelry. From the terraced grass grounds to the dreamy walkway, I can almost picture what each and every space will be used for. 

The terraced grounds for friends who would like to lay down, have a champagne or two, for guests who want to dance barefoot in the glade; the outdoor area for friends who want to dine under the stars and an indoor area for family (just in case of bad weather) ; the lush green walkway, dripping with stars, lit by candles and fairies leading to the dinner reception. What's more, we get a grand entrance riding atop an elephant! My heart is so set on this place, although it is a little pricey. My next task now is to set a budget and start saving!

I would love to post more pictures except that in my excitement, I took only videos so I could show J when I went back to Shanghai. I think he is equally excited (about the elephant ride) and Mom thinks we're crazy.  :)

So, I think I'm going to go ahead and book the venue once my mom finalises an auspicious date for the big day.