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May 19

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The Love List {19 May 2012}

Happy weekend, SouthBound Brides! It’s been an awesome first week here on SBB, and I’m so grateful for all of your support! I can’t wait to share more loveliness with you next week, but in the meantime, make sure you’re the first to know about new posts by following on Twitter, liking the Facebook page (where you’ll also find a feed to the blog), or subscribing by email. And if you’re in the UK, sign up to find out more about our upcoming events by filling in the online form here.

Here’s the highlights from SBB this week: We started with gorgeous autumn vineyard inspiration, and continued the autumn goodness with this incredible Cape wedding. We also visited with the elephants in a very special Garden Route celebration, and then headed back to the Cape for a sophisticated wedding with Italian flair. Not to mention a farmer’s market-themed mood board, Pantone colour inspiration, and Johanna Johnson’s gorgeous art deco dresses.

Another highlight of the week for me as that the lovely Christie over on Hindsight Bride featured me as part of her Follow Friday bloggers series. Thanks so much, Christie!

Here’s my highlights from the rest of the web…

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Dec 6

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Guest Posting on Lovely Little Details

I’m cooking up something pretty for you later today, but in the meantime, I thought you may like to share in something a bit more personal and Christmassy with me! My lovely friend Jacin of Lovely Little Details has included me as part of her series on blogger holiday traditions and I’ve been telling her readers all about the little village under the tree that my family sets up every year. It fascinates everyone who comes to visit us, and it’s so special for me to be part of a family tradition that goes back to when my father’s family lived in Italy and brought these heirlooms all the way with them to South Africa. What holiday traditions do you follow? Read more

Nov 4

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Pretty Ways to Personalise Your Wedding Using Paper and Print

Are you getting that Friday feeling yet? Almost there! But before you head off into the wild blue yonder (or just the pub), I have something special for you. Guest posting today is Storm Buckingham – a lady who is relatively new to the wedding scene as a supplier, but has just graduated as a bride (and what a lovely wedding that was, too!). I adore the whole idea of her business, which provides custom wedding newspapers for favours (NewsFavor.com), but I also love that Storm GETS IT in terms of my personalisation manifesto. She gets that the details of your big day are all there as an expression of the love between two people, and the story that got you there. She definitely gets that it has to be pretty! And today, she’s sharing some of her experience and ideas in making things personal with paper and print. I LOVE this post! Thanks, Storm!

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Sep 23

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Guest Post: Buttonholes and Corsages

Happy Friday, my friends – bet you’re all just as pleased as I am to see the weekend arrive! But first we have some prettiness to share (and pop back in a couple of hours for this week’s Love List too). The lovely Coral and Chantell from Green Goddess Flower Studio in Cape Town are here today to share some advice about buttonholes and corsages – little details which can easily be overlooked by a busy bride but which I know that as a wedding blogger I always notice! It always seems such a shame to be when a bride has an absolutely spectacular and original bouquet, and then the groom and all his boys are sporting a lonely rose or a droopy carnation. Take the opportunity to dandy him up a bit with something a bit special. Over to you, ladies!

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Sep 16

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Guest Post: Why a Wedding Planner?

Good morning bridettes! (Er, and groomettes if you’re out there too. Hi!) Let me drag you away from your Friday Friday dance for a second, because today we have a guest post from one of Cape Town’s top planners, Barry Geyer of Event & Design. Not all couples feel like they need or have the budget for a planner, but I think it’s easy to forget what a difference a good one can make not only to the way your day ultimately looks and feels, but to your stress levels as well. Don’t get me wrong, everyone has to make this decision for themselves, but a think a lot of brides and grooms discover that planning their wedding isn’t as easy as it looks, and if you can afford it, having an expert take charge can allow you to really enjoy the process and still have it look the way you want it to. Just like you might regret taking on that plumbing problem when the tap suddenly springs a leak, or you wouldn’t think about representing yourself in court. Anyway, Barry’s here today to share his opinion – let us know what you think in the comments!

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Aug 19

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Guest Posting on Tendance Fourmis

I’m guest posting up a storm this week! Today I’m over on the AWESOME French blog, Tendance Fourmis, as part of the lovely Julie’s series posing the thought “If tomorrow I was getting married I would…” Since I’m definitely not getting married tomorrow (unless, of course, I do a Tara Reid while I’m in Greece – one just never knows!) my post is all about some very very special people in my life: my friends. I love how a wedding can also be an opportunity for bonding with your girls, and I wanted to celebrate that. Plus, I am SUPER excited to be on an international blog (where Julie has translated my rough English to smooth as silk French. I feel sooooo sophisticated, darlings!). Rush over and show us some blog love. Read more

Aug 18

Guest Posting on Bonafide Bride

If you’re wondering what I’m doing this afternoon, I’m guest posting over on Bonafide Bride while the lovely Kristin is on a hiatus. I’m showing how to turn one of my most popular inspiration boards, Sparkle and Blush, into a reality. Head on over and show us some love!

Pssst! I’ll soon be rolling out this inspiration to reality-style feature in my newsletter too. If you like it, let me know for which boards you’d like to see a buying guide!

Inspiration board credits:
Top row (l-r): Bride and groom (Jose Villa); teacups (AveryHouse); glittery dresses (Edyta Szyszlo); cake with crown topper
Row 2: Bride with gold bracelet (Our Labor of Love); glitzy table setting; escort cards (AveryHouse); bride with sparkly shoes (Kellie Kano); pink lemonade (Alice Hu Photography)
Row 3: Cherry blossoms; macaroons; glitter; hearts (Joielala Photographie)

 

Jun 24

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Printable: Thank You Cards

And we’re back! Very excited and grateful to bring you this gorgeous little free download from the lovely folks over at The Invitation Gallery, especially since I know this is something many of you will find super useful. When the last guest has left and the tables have been cleared, there is of course only one thing left to do. Er, ok, two things (get yer mind out the gutter, will ya! ;) ). Thank you cards. Three little words to strike dread into the heart of any post-honeymoon bride. The fact is that while strictly speaking etiquette dictates that you have up to a year to send out those little notes, the sooner the better. Speaking from experience as a guest, they really are appreciated and necessary. But after all of those months of planning when all you want to do is relax into married life, they’re also a schlep. Well, here’s your solution. Not just one, but TWO different options of thank you cards from The Invitation Gallery – one classic and vintage and the other playful and modern. All you need to do is pick one, download and print it, attach one of your wedding pictures and get down to writing your personal notes. Simple as! And there’s even an Afrikaans option for our Afrikaans brides and grooms!

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Jun 19

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Printable: Father of the Bride Card

Hello lovelies! I don’t normally post on a Sunday, but I have something very special for you, just for Father’s Day today! One of my favourite things about a wedding is that moment when a dad sees his little girl dressed in her finery for the first time, and the pride on his face when he walks her down the aisle. Chokes me up every time! We’re super feminist in my family, and there are some connotations to the whole ‘giving her away’ thing I’m not crazy about, but this is one tradition I would definitely honour if I were getting married. I think it’s such a special moment between father and daughter, and there’s nobody I’d rather have supporting me and giving his blessing as I walk down the aisle than my dad. I know many of you feel the same way, and that’s why the very lovely Lovia Delport of Pink Pigeon Design has come up with an absolutely awesome download just for you, to show your dad how important he is on your wedding day. It allows you to include a special photograph and says: “Dad… You will always be the first man I ever loved… with all my love”. How perfect is that? And she’s even thrown in some other fabulous Father of the Bride ideas for you too.

Check out Pink Pigeon’s website for even more loveliness, and let us know if you use the card on your big day!

You can download the PDF with full instructions right here.

May 20

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Guest Post: Bringing a Bit of Hollywood to Your Wedding

Happy Friday lovelies! I’m very excited to have a guest post (and a beautiful video!) this week from one of my favourite Cape Town videographers, Andrew Alexander (of Alexander Productions). Now I have to admit, if you’d asked me a couple of years ago, I would have told you that wedding video was pretty low down on my list of things a couple should spend their money on. That is, until my lovely friends Lenore and Adrian tied the knot. I couldn’t be there, which sucked, but a couple of months later I got a little package in the post with a DVD of their big day. Exciting! And ok, it wasn’t the same as being there, but I really did get to feel like I came close. As insanely gorgeous as photographs are, you get something quite different from a moving image, and nowadays videos are so far beyond what used to be available. In fact, many of our real brides here on Cap Classique mention this as something they either wish they’d invested in, or something they’re so glad they did, so it’s definitely worth giving a second thought. Over to Andrew…

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Your wedding memories, all you’ll have left… 

Your wedding day will probably be the one day of your life where you will exert the most effort and time management. Today the average couple spends anything from 10 to 15 months planning their wedding. When the day finally arrives, those eight or so hours fly by so quickly that it feels like it has not even begun by the time it is over. As a very recently married man myself, I promise you those eight hours are the best hours of your life. So how do you preserve these special hours and give them the justice they deserve?

Photography is extremely important and always will be vital to conjure up those special memories, but I can promise you that almost all photographers (definitely those who’ve got married themselves) will agree with me that photographs are simply unable to bring memories and moments to life the same way moving visuals and sound are able to do.
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