We are Amos & Eunice. And in 2018, we became Æ.
That is one thing that attracted both of us to each other. We often question, “Must it be done this way? Are there other ways to do it?”
When we were planning for our wedding in 2017, we were conscious of the cultural norms and expectations to what an ideal wedding should be (and also cost). The average cost of a wedding is about $30,000.
We ask ourselves, “must weddings be done this way?” Yes, we want it to be memorable, but are there other ways to do it (affordably)? We don’t want our bill to be a nightmare to live with. We sourced for items that are affordable and meaningful. In fact, our wedding favour was from a social enterprise that provides employment to people with disabilities.
(2) We wanted our own wedding to be stress-free for us & for our helpers.
One of things we noticed about ourselves is that when we are stress, we respond unkindly to the people around us. As such, we wanted to start our planning as early as possible, with as much assistance to our helpers as possible. With a background in events management, we came up with a checklist of things to do for ourselves and for our helpers. You can download our guide here. It has benefited our friends and we hope that it will benefit you too.
(3) We hope decision-making can be simpler.
Despite having a guide in planning our wedding, there were times when we spoke unkindly to each other in the course and context of wedding planning. Although there were ’silly squabbles’ (i.e. which font to use in our wedding invitation), most of our disagreements concerned what items we need for our wedding and where do we get it from.
This was also one of the motivations for us to create Her Wedding Needs. We simply do not want you to experience the frustration we went through. As such, we curated essential wedding items from different sites to ease your decision-making. Hope that you found this site helpful!
Sincerely,
Æ
