Living your passion

We were approached to be interviewed by SPH for these articles in The New Paper and Sunday Times Recruit. It's a series about individuals who live and work their passion. This is definitely up our alley, having fun doing the things we love. Finances can be tight sometimes with inflation and increasing overheads, but things are worth it when customers are appreciative and happy with the work we give them.



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Big Banquets – A Personal Experience

We’re seeing smaller weddings nowadays. But big banquets are still common, especially in Singapore where most Asian families are big, and having a big wedding sometimes signifies status and financial affluence. A big banquet, however, can pose a big challenge to your pocket. It poses many other challenges too, like logistics and seating arrangements… but that’s another story.

Having had a big wedding myself, I fully understand how any couple would panic over the costs of organising such a huge event. Here are some ideas I devised for my own wedding (and some after!) to achieve what I wanted at a budget-friendly price.

Seating Cards
Having a seating card for each and every one of your 500 guests would probably be unnecessary and excessive. Who knows if 3rd auntie or great uncle would suddenly change seats and join another table of relatives. Not to mention, 500 cards would cost more, and need more time to collate and organise. At my wedding, I had small strips of printed card stock with a message behind indicating table numbers. I didn’t want guests to forget their table numbers so when they arrived at reception, their table number was written on the card and they could keep it with them until they got seated. The printed cards could even double up as bookmarks if guests brought them home.

Read more on ExtraOrdinary Weddings Blog...

Travelling the World Together

Having recently met a few couples who have globe-trotted the world together, I’ve been inspired to do a set of wedding stationery revolving around a travel theme, using illustrations, maps, and atlases.

Here are some ideas I found which would work great.

An invitation suite designed to look like a passport, this design works well for a wedding with guests from all over the world.

Favours wrapped in printed map paper. Couples can buy maps of cities they have lived in around the world, scan and print them out to make wrapping paper...

Read more at ExtraOrdinary Weddings Blog...

Ribboned Booklet

Here's a pretty red and pink booklet for a church wedding.


Thin red ribbons add a special touch to the mostly pink cover.


The cover in textured off-white card enhanced the look and feel of the booklet as well. Inside pages were printed on smooth off-white paper for easy reading.

A modern Chinois wedding

Check out these table number cards, and lovely chocolate bars that double up as seating cards. They were done for a customer as a wedding gift for the bride and groom. Chinese patterns were used to match the banquet venue, and pink and green were chosen for a modern Chinois look.


We think we'd be pretty pleased if we were given favours personalised with our names. How special!

Bridal Trends 2011 - as seen on ExtraOrdinary Blog

2011 will be a popular year for weddings. Not only because the economy is slowly improving, but also because many couples, especially those of Chinese ethnicity, would probably like to try their luck at conceiving in the year after – the “Dragon year” in the Chinese zodiac, commonly seen as an auspicious year to give birth. Besides this, there are the many opportunities for nice dates – 11/11/ 2011, 20/11/2011, 1/11/2011, 11/02/2011…..and the list goes on.

As for trends in the wedding industry, we will be expecting a continued interest in destination weddings, vintage details, and customised stationery.

Destination Weddings
It’s only the beginning of the year, but we at Cardblanche have had many enquiries for weddings taking place in sunny beach destinations towards the middle of this year. Many couples know the importance of letting their guests know early-on about their special day, and are getting ready with invitations. Weddings at the beach tend to be small, intimate affairs, and there is more emphasis on creating a personal touch for guests. It could be a welcome gift pack, or a special itinerary created for a week-long celebration. And for beach weddings, couples are requesting for specially-designed stationery to match their theme or the place where their wedding is being held.

Destination Wedding Invite by CardBlanche

Destination weddings elsewhere are of growing popularity as well. From Japan to England, Australia to India, couples are celebrating their big day overseas although they might live, work, and have friends and family in Singapore. Perhaps their venue could be in their hometown, or maybe somewhere special where they’ve met. Stationery for destination weddings like this could rely on their ethnicity, origins, and the culture of their venue. All exciting themes for weddings!

Vintage Touches
Whilst ball gowns with bustier continue to be a popular favourite, the trumpet gown will be taking centrestage this season. Fitted around the waist and hips, it creates a sleek shapely silhouette and ‘explodes’ at the bottom in fluffy tulle or a long train. Details will be subtle and simple to allow for the dramatic skirt.

Left: Fiona
Asymmetrically draped strapless stretch Mikado mermaid gown with full tissue organza skirt with ladder technique by Vera Wang.

Right: Silk Taffeta Toscana Ball Gown

Read more at ExtraOrdinary Weddings Blog...

恭喜发财！ Gong Xi Fa Cai!

Here's wishing you a prosperous and abundant Lunar New Year and an auspicious rabbit year ahead! =)