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Time line for planning your wedding

This is then a summary on the time line for the planning of your very special wedding day!  Please remember this is merely a proposed timeline to plan your wedding.  The most important to remember is to allow yourself enough time to get everything done.  The last thing you want is unnecessary stress a day or two before the wedding because certain... 

Two months to your wedding day

Post the invitations Post the invitations to your wedding. As I previously mentioned make sure that you have the invitations ready well in advance because (especially with the postal service the way it is these days) you might need all the time you can get to get answers from all your guests.  Make sure that all your invitations have RSVP cards in... 

Three months to your wedding day

Finalize the guest list You need to send out the invitations at least three months prior to the wedding.  This then will give them enough time to receive the invitation and reply in time for you to give these figures to your venue or caterer. Once you know who you want to invite get their contact details eg. postal address, telephone number or cell... 

Traditional South African Weddings

In the last couple of months I have been watching the popular soap opera on SABC 2, 7de Laan and I was intrigued by the wedding of Mandla & Allys. These two young people fell madly in love and decided to get married, and this is where the trouble started. Being two youngsters brought up in a “western culture”, they had no idea of the cultures... 

Part 9: Planning your wedding

This is part number 9 of “Planning your wedding”.  Find the previous parts in the series below: Part 1: Planning your wedding Part 2: Planning your wedding Part 3: Planning your wedding Part 4: Planning your wedding Part 5: Planning your wedding Part 6: Planning your wedding Part 7: Planning your wedding Part 8: Planning your wedding Book transport This... 

Part 8: Planning your wedding

This is part number 8 of “Planning your wedding”.  Find the previous parts in the series below: Part 1: Planning your wedding Part 2: Planning your wedding Part 3: Planning your wedding Part 4: Planning your wedding Part 5: Planning your wedding Part 6: Planning your wedding Part 7: Planning your wedding Book honeymoon I have always wondered... 

Part 7: Planning your wedding

This is part number 7 of “Planning your wedding”.  Find the previous parts in the series below: Part 1: Planning your wedding Part 2: Planning your wedding Part 3: Planning your wedding Part 4: Planning your wedding Part 5: Planning your wedding Part 6: Planning your wedding This is our wedding! (continued) I am sure there will be a lot of... 

Part 6: Planning your wedding

This is part number 6 of “Planning your wedding”.  Find the previous parts in the series below: Part 1: Planning your wedding Part 2: Planning your wedding Part 3: Planning your wedding Part 4: Planning your wedding Part 5: Planning your wedding At the risk of putting you of the planning of your special day – A WARNING! THIS IS MOST PROBABLY... 

Part 5: Planning your wedding

This is part number 5 of “Planning your wedding”.  Find the previous parts in the series below: Part 1: Planning your wedding Part 2: Planning your wedding Part 3: Planning your wedding Part 4: Planning your wedding Set the budget It is very important to establish an attainable budget.  If dad pays for the wedding remember he is “THE OTHER... 

Amor and Bruce 30 January

If ever I have heard a fairytale story it would be this one.  Amor – a very dainty, bubbly girl, who won the hart of the rough & tough biker man Bruce.  Although I must admit that Bruce might be tough on the outside but he has a hart of gold. On the day of the wedding I was left speechless when I saw the two of them. Bruce all dressed up in...