OMG – who doesn’t want to get married in Bali? And who doesn’t want to have a Scottish-Singaporean wedding? Plus, these two are keeping the ceremony and reception location a surprise for their guests – Uber-fun! This celebration has all the necessary ingredients (not to mention a fabulously sweet bride.) Diann and Andrew sent paper invitations that guided guests to their Glösite for more information and to RSVP. Read more below….
The Glö-Couple:
Diann, a budding entrepreneur and
Andrew, an engineer
Celebration Date & Location:
May 2011
A secret location (um, how majorly fun is that?!?)
Bali, Indonesia
Tell us how you got engaged:
We made a trip to Bali over a long weekend in February 2010. Andrew and I love to travel and we try to do so every opportunity we can. Well I thought it was going to be a quiet relaxing weekend but on Day 2 of our trip, which just so coincidentally happened to be Valentine’s Day, we were having breakfast out by the pool in our villa when Andrew said he had to go back in to our room to get something. I thought nothing of it and continued eating my breakfast and before I knew it, he was by my side, on one knee, asking me to marry him. I love that he totally caught me by surprise! Later that day, I asked him why he decided to propose over breakfast instead of dinner and he said something I’ll never forget….”I wanted to have a whole day enjoying our engagement together”. And true to that, we had the most memorable day together. The phone calls and text messages we got made us feel so loved. We were amazed at how many people expressed their joy about our engagement. Thanks to our parents and some friends, word spread pretty fast! :)
What’s the overall ‘feeling’ you’re aiming for with your celebration:
We chose Bali since it’s so (obviously!) special to us. Even before we got engaged there, it’s always been a magical place that makes us feel so relaxed and at peace. The venue we’ve selected is a beautiful villa on a cliff overlooking the ocean. We chose it as it resounds with the “feeling” we’re going for – intimate and memorable. We are keeping the guest list very small….only our closest family and friends to share with us on this special day and we want them all to have an unforgettable time. Being a destination wedding, we thought it would be nice to have a few days of celebration since everyone’s making such a huge effort to travel and be with us. So we’ve organised a cocktail party at a gorgeous restaurant on Thursday, followed by our wedding ceremony & reception on Saturday and a casual poolside lunch on Sunday. We really just want everyone to have a great time celebrating with us and enjoying themselves. Noting too fancy, just lots of food, drink, music and dancing!
Are you adding any fun twists on tradition:
Aunt Montel’s Sugee Cake from: Cherry on a Cake Blog
Quite a few actually! For music, we’ve got a good friend, who’s a musician in Singapore, to perform at our wedding. You can’t beat live music! He’s so talented and we’re thrilled he’ll be singing at our wedding. Since Andrew and I have different cultural backgrounds, we thought it would be nice to incorporate a little of both. Besides the Scottish lads wearing kilts, we’re serving single malt Scottish whisky and incorporating some tartan for our wedding favours. We’ll also have ceilidh dancing (Scottish folk dancing) a must-have at any Scottish wedding! Our wedding cake, made from semolina and almonds, is called Sugee Cake. It’s a traditional cake made by Eurasians (my Mum’s heritage) full of buttery goodness….very scrumptious! We’re also having a very dear friend as our celebrant during the ceremony. He’s so sweetly agreed to marry us and we couldn’t be more thrilled. His wife is my maid-of-honour and their son is my ring bearer!
What was the inspiration for your Glövite and Glösite design?
We initially decided to do a website as an easy way to communicate the many events we’re having. We did consider putting an insert into our paper invitation but it seemed too cluttered. So having a Glösite just made sense, especially for RSVPs. It’s made everything so simple for me! From the initial idea of using it for RSVPs, it’s grown to be quite informative, providing details about Bali such as flights, accommodation, restaurants, and attractions. All important info for a destination wedding! We chose a simple design from the templates available and so far, we’ve got lots of compliments from everyone about how great the site is!
Now show us your Glövites and Glösite!
These are Diann and Andrew’s Paper invitations:
and here is their Glösite:
Any good planning tips and tricks for the couples who are just starting to plan?
Time really does fly so try to be as organised as possible! It can be difficult but the best thing I’ve found is to keep notes somewhere….be it an actual notebook, an app on your iPhone or an Excel sheet. It just helps to pen down thoughts as they just seem to come randomly and sometimes they can be the best ideas you don’t want to forget!
