leaving on a jet plane

V and I fly to Bangalore tomorrow to begin the countdown (together) of our wedding!!!! my gawd!! its overwhelming and exciting at the same time.

I am equipped with stress relieving, sleep inducing pills to cope with it all :) - thanks Eva :D

wedding invites

getting the wedding invites done isnt an easy task anywhere. i took this task upon myself - i would do it in Germany. phew! this personal project of mine was a difficult one. first it took me a while to decide the design, then i had these dreams of the kind of paper i wanted...went looking for it...found it...but the colors did not work right on this textured paper. so i was soon back to the drawing board.

1st round of iteration - get pragmatic - change color, change paper...

2nd round of iteration - get more pragmatic - change design to be more simple and minimalist - single sheet card!!! - white paper!!!!

• scouted for printers...mannheim; heidelberg
• explained what i wanted...when i wanted it...all the while using my limited german language skills...hoping i was saying the right thing and i will get the right result (read - the card)
• place orders...
• made it to the printer on time to learn nothing got printed due to technical problems...
• scout for printers again, this time found one right next to my apartment. a really good one. DruckHaus, Wiesloch. I couldnt believe i didnt notice this place before. More so, I even found a nice paper store in Wiesloch Zentrum. MAN!!! and I was running around everywhere.

Finally I got the wedding invites on my hand just a couple of days before taking the flight back to Bangalore. I have to say, I was (am) more than satisfied with the end result.

It was a good learning experience, I look forward to seeing my friends from Germany at the wedding. I hope it is an enjoyable experience for them in Lucknow, Delhi.