The last few weeks...

So sorry I’ve been away from blogging for what feels like forever! It’s been a busy couple of weeks to say the least. Wanted to quickly update you on what I’ve been up to.
So after the engagement, the hype still hasn’t died down, and I’m still catching up with friends gushing over the beautiful ring Filip had made, and that was chosen himself, to wanting to hear all the ideas and details etc. I knew right away we’d have to get some save the date cards out there quick smart, as with 95% of our guests having to travel overseas I wanted to prepare them and give them the option to plan well in advance. The beauty of save the dates is they buy you the time to really plan a beautiful invitation and provide all the right details etc. The tough part – is the fact that I chose to make the save the dates myself. But that’s the fun part too right!
I asked our friends Keith and Sylwia to take a picture of Filip and I, in a funky and beautiful café nearby our house (well old house…more on that later!) where I envisaged writing the details on the photograph in paint. Keith did a fab job, and the picture turned out better than expected. I set to work on two images, finally deciding the best one with Filip. I then wanted to provide a nice border, and after purchasing what I thought was green paper (turns out I had a momentary colour blind moment picking highlighter yellow…How did I get that so wrong) I returned and settled for a beautiful speckled cream, flecked with gold, tan and the natural colours I originally envisaged.

So then the task of sticking the pics to the pages began, and voila! Here’s the final copy. Most of these are now in the post, so they’ll be on their way, but for those who prefer electronic and ASAP viewing – here you are (minus the pretty paper)!

SAVE THE DATE!

Was such fun to make, and we’re now considering to do the invitations also….we’ll see how stressed I get later on.

We then, in between the entire save the date madness, flew to Dortmund to see Ulrika (Filip’s sister). Was so lovely as we’d just had Louise (Filip’s other sister) in town, and to be able to see both amazing women in the same time frame was fab. The weather of course didn’t co-operate entirely, but neither did the fact that I became ill either. So one stomach bug, two days of rain and cool weather, and three still smiling people later, we realised (actually I think we prepped ourselves prior to landing) Dortmund is amazing to visit because Ulrika’s there. Many people say – especially German folk, “Why are you going there?” But I love the cute little city… No not much to do, but we managed a street market, a Tunisian restaurant, a game of tennis when the clouds broke to release the sunshine, and champagne, flowers and chocolates all purchased and given to us, by our amazing family! Was a fab weekend and re-energised me back to London…unfortunately the sickness continued, but I’m now back to my normal fighting self. Thank goodness!

I did a charity run on Wednesday evening for Barnadoes – was so much fun and I ran the entire 5.8kms – was so proud of myself and was such a  brilliant cause. Will definitely be looking into more of that next year too!

I’ve also been captivated since last weekend with…wait for it….yes the latest rave…The Fifty Shades series. I love it! I love the relationship the two characters have, and it’s just a can’t-put-it-down kind of read. I’m already on the second book less than a week after starting the first. So my advice – pick up a copy, and don’t pre-judge it based on the content from first glance – there’s a lot more to it, than first meets the eye.

And lastly as I’m sure you’re now well bored of hearing about my busy few weeks– buying a house is on its way. The contracts are almost ready to be exchanged, and that means I’m almost a home-owner…. I’ll touch on this more next time. But very very cool is all I can say for now.