Happy Valentine's Day / St. Trifun

To all you love birds out there, Happy Valentine's Day!!!

To all wine-lovers and merry folk from my old country -
Let's hear it for Sv. Trifun :)

Cheers!!!

I just love this photo of my husband, mother-in-law, the best man and one of our close friends on their way to my parents' house for the traditional "taking of the bride" ceremony from her father's house.

This was two days before our actual wedding ceremony.

Usually, in Macedonian weddings, the two events take place on the same day, but since my husband and I come from different parts of the country, we decided to spread it out, so there was plenty of time to get from one place to the other, and back again.

My parents threw an awesome party at their house, and we had just enough time to sober up for our wedding day :)

More pics are on their way...

Church Ceremony

We had our religious ceremony at St. Naum monastery, a charming little church close to my husband's home town of Ohrid, Macedonia.



St. Naum's monastery is more than 1100 years old (built in the early 10th century A.D.). It is set on a rock hill overlooking the lake. It is one of the most beautiful spots in Macedonia, and my favorite place in the world.



In 1980, Ohrid and Lake Ohrid were accepted as a World Heritage Site by UNESCO.

Interesting Invitations - Macedonian Version

Since we decided to have our wedding in the tiny European country of Macedonia, we needed a separate set of invites for our Macedonian guests.

At first we thought we'd print them there, but I wanted to keep the same design (with a few small changes), and Kayla from InklingPaper really helped me with this, even though she didn't speak the language or understand the Macedonian alphabet :)