# 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 

# 31: FOUR THINGS

The 31st May-Photo-A-Day-in-June-the-12th-to-be-exact: "FOUR THINGS"

Thing #1 (Most Favourite Thing):

Last week we reached the 100 Day mark to becoming Mrs Orpen! Officially in the double digits with 94 days to go!

iphone App (AppyCouple): Countdown Timer 

iphone App (WedHappy): Task List & Countdown

Thing #2:

I cannot live with out my to-do lists (plural) and calendar reminders as I have the memory span of a gold fish! Right now I have 3 notebooks assigned to certain aspects in my life: Day Job, Wedding and Freelance.  

Due to sleepless nights I have now combined every wedding note and task scribbled in each of these books into one gigantic and detailed spreadsheet. Each task is noted, then briefly described, given a task status, a due date and then highlighted in pink if it is a DIY task and if it is completed.

Thing #3:

I have always wanted a cow-shaped milk jug, with the cows nose/mouth as the pouring spout. I haven't been able to find one...

 Until now at the Entrepo in Sandton City! But this cute little jug was not declared in the bride-to-be budget for the month so I hope he will hold out until July..   

Thing #4:

It was Te's birthday yesterday and for the first time we got to celebrate it together in the same province, city, suburb, street and home which was a real treat as I LOVE BIRTHDAYS! It happens to be my most favourite kind of day. 

We had decided that we weren't going to gift presents this year as our wedding day will be the gigantic belated present. So I found the most awesome card for Te instead. Normally the good part of the card is inside but this was not the case - the good part could be found on the back of the card... as it is because of the birthday boy that I get to experience the "love like they do in power ballads, you know like on a cliff with the wind in your hair and your eyes shut, knowning you'll never love another like this...". 

I laughed so much as I recreated the picture in my mind and the reaction one would have to the "watch out" part.

I couldn't help not gift the handsome something on his special day but I knew we made a promise of no birthday presents - instead I "treated our house" to these floating glass and black frames from Country Road and printed two of our favourite photo's from the Orpen Film Making Co. website shoot.

Lad & Lass Wedding Photography: Double Exposure layered faces || Symmetrical Bridge.

xxx

TheFutureMrsOrpen: De

#TeMarriesDe #94 days 

# 11: A SMILE

The 11th May-Photo-A-Day: "A SMILE"

Today is my favourite day of a month as my favourite number is ELEVEN. You see when I am on the right path I see the number show up everywhere and it's best combination is a 9:11 and an even better: 11:11 on the 11th.

Therefore when Te (who happens to have been born on the 11th of June) and I got engaged, we looked for a Saturday in the year where the 11th would fall on... Today happens to be the first wedding date option but we decided on September as we wanted to save as much as we could for the big day and honeymoon.

Although Te and I did not get married today, we still got to do something out of the ordinary and fun to mark the occasion: for once we were the couple in front of the camera. 

We had the privilege of having the talented and inspiring couple from Lad & Lass, Dylan Harbour and his lovely wife Emma-Jane Harbour from Emmajanenation, capture snaps of us to be used on our film company website, Orpen Film Making Co 

(to be launched soon.) 

As per the previous posting: The 10th May-Photo-A-Day: "STARS", you learnt that I don't really do the whole in front of the camera thing very well and some how always end up with the same "deer caught in the headlight" look. But, today was different I hope... Emma and Dylan made us feel so comfortable in front of the camera and never once did it feel silly to be the subject for a change. Te and I wanted to capture who we are as a couple and what we represent as Orpen Film Making Co.:  Cinematic filmmakers in love.

I love how Te knows how to make me laugh without having to try too hard; which made for a natural smile instead of my usual big eyed and toothy grin. Unlike me, Te is such a natural and looked incredible no wonder he has had a few "in front of camera" jobs before. 

I don't have any snaps of us from today so instead I will share one of Te as he is the reason

for the smile on my face everyday - Te says he knew I was the one he wanted to spend the rest of time with from my very first smile, across the deck at George's on 4th. 

That story to come soon.

"A SMILE"

Oh!!! This is why he was such a natural today!!!

xxx

TheVERYLUCKYFutureMrsOrpen: De

#TeMarriesDe #126 days - My count down time was incorrect