It's Real Folks

"IT'S REAL FOLKS"

My favourite part of a wedding is the time leading up to the event. I build up so much excitement as I try to guess the couples colour scheme, if there will be a theme, what will their first dance song be and all of the wonderful "weddingness" in between. 

I am the worst at keeping things I am excited about to myself so I haven't posted in a while, purposefully. Let me try catch you up without giving away too many details - that will be for post wedding day blogs :)

 What a wonderful and busy month it has been:

• Invite Sending

• RSVP fixing (I guess my Appy Couple instructions weren't that easy to follow after all. LOL!)

• Bridesmaid Dresses: Lost in the post; then they suddenly appear out of nowhere; then not sure of the combination chosen; then added another dress to the mix; then finally decided on the colour palette and then finalised which of my beautiful bridesmaids wears what dress

• Designing the menu, seating table chart and place cards

• Taste testing our way through the menu

• DIY arts and crafts 

• Wedding Playlists

but the reality that I was getting married in less then two months hadn't quiet felt real... 

Until Wednesday. 

Mom and I both had our first dress fitting... In the midst of finalising her MOTB (Mother of the Bride) dress, being measured, oogling at my beautiful fabric and prancing around in the shoes I will be dancing the night away in with my handsome husband, it  suddenly dawn on me.... and it all got real folks! 

I am a bride-to-be!

xxx

TheFutureMrsOrpen: De

#TeMarriesDe #57 days 

# 28: WHAT YOU'RE DOING NOW

The 28th May-Photo-A-Day-In-July: "What you're doing now"

When I first stumbled upon Terence, one of the main reasons we became friends was our mutual passion for film making. This also happened to be the reason for our first encounter - as I was moving to Cape Town he offered to share with me his film industry contacts in the Mother City. By the end of our evening I knew I had met my best friend and my mother knew, after sharing my fun filled evening with her, that Terence would be the man I would marry.

 A year and two months later he proposed.

So, what are we doing now? We are planning a wedding of course and we have just finished creating the invitation and wedding website - I can't wait to share this once my guests have received them. We have put an enormous amount of time, love and laughter into creating them and so happy with the result. 

We have also been very busy setting up Orpen Film Making Co.: 

Wedding films | Documentaries | Your story in Film 

The incredible couple duo, Dylan and Emma Harbour, from Lad & Lass Photography have been a tremendous help and created the opportunity for us to shoot our first wedding film at the beautiful Netherwood in the KwaZulu Natal Midlands Meander.

Orpen Film Making Co. - Link to First Wedding Film

xxx

TheFutureMrsOrpen: De

#TeMarriesDe #73days