In light of my engagement invites (you can tell I’m pretty damn pleased with myself, can’t you?) I’ve decided on my philosophy towards planning our wedding: being lazy(ish).
Or, to expand:

minimum cost
minimum effort (unless the task is something really fun!)
maximum impact

In the context of invitations for example, getting someone else to do them might be low [...]

I’ll start this by saying I LOVE letterpress and have always wanted an excuse to get something printed that way, but have never been able to justify the cost for things like business cards. From my understanding printing with letterpress is a time consuming and labour intensive process, requiring a lot of specialised skills and [...]

It has arrived!
After I last posted about this camera, I was all set to buy it. But just before I went to make the payment I remembered that at occasions where I would want to take a video, I usually take still photos. I’m just a hobbyist photographer, but I have spent a decent amount [...]

I’m really feeling kraft paper at the moment. There’s something wonderfully earthy about it; the interesting texture makes simple, single colour designs look awesome; and in many cases it’s made of recycled material. Also, and importantly, it’s way cheaper than your average fancy shiny weddingy paper. I took a look around Etsy for some cool [...]

I’m the kind of girl who looks for coupons and deals, waits for the sales to buy stuff, bargains with salespeople for electronics, compares prices on anything vaguely expensive before buying it. This is the way I was brought up. I’ll splurge on something if I think it’s truly worth it, but not without looking [...]