Wedding Invites
Since I took Monday off, I had a long weekend (Canada Day) last week. July marks the 12 months count down to the big day and also the month which I’ve decided to get a head start on the invitations. I had made the card design back in March and had started buying some of the papers and materials for it from Paper Poet and Making Memories.
The card design is pretty simple but the front requires some assembling. So I wanted to start cutting up the paper in the right sizes first when ever I have time. Then later on, all I need to do is glue them all together. Here is a mock up of my design from March:
The card pretty much decided the wedding colours for me. Red will be the main colour with brown and pink as secondary. At one point I had thought about using red and gold but that’d be too Chinese I think. I’m going to change the patterned strip in the bottom and also add another layer of pink underneath the brown square. I’m thinking of using ivory paper for the text inside the card. Also, since we’re having a Chinese and English version of the invites (separate card), I’m still deciding if I want to replace “you’re invited” with the double happiness stamp in gold ink. What do you think?
Drive Through Weddings?
Just read the article “Honk once for I do” on Reuters - Oddly Enough about a drive-in wedding which will be held next month at the Church of Sweden. There were 36 couples which had applied to get married in their cars. What I wonder is if parents and guests will be invited. If they are, where are they going to sit?
I think this would be a fun way to get married/elope. I doubt my parents would let me do it thought. It doesn’t really work for Chinese weddings where every relatives are invited. Maybe if we do it inside a tour bus?
Would you want to get married in your car?
Vancouver Photoshoot Locations List
I was looking for possible photoshoot locations in Gastown, Vancouver and stumbled upon this website called Vancouver Photography. It has a list of photoshoot locations as well as photographers. The one that caught my eyes is the Gaolers Mews in Gastown. I actually went to take a look on Saturday:
Someone was shooting their wedding photos there so I couldn’t get a closer look but I really liked it. I love brick walls and floors. The good thing is it’s actually tucked in so it gives pretty good privacy and no one is likely to bother you during your shoot.
Another place I liked from the list was the Beatty Street wall graffiti. Here’s an example from Flickr by Sakura Photography. I think it’d be interesting to have it as the background. It’ll be very different from the average park photos.
