The process
From the first call
to the last dance.
Six stages. No jargon, no packages with names like “Platinum”, and no stage that exists only to justify a fee.
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The first conversation
Free, and genuinely exploratory
You tell Sabine the dates, which ceremonies you are holding, roughly how many people, and what is already booked. She tells you honestly whether we are right for it. Nobody discusses money until both of you know the answer to that.
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Finding the thread
What the day has to protect
Every family arrives with something they are afraid of losing — a colour, a custom, a grandmother’s expectation, a room that must not be changed. We find that early, because everything afterwards is built to protect it.
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The design
Rooms and cloth, together
You see the ceremonies designed as a set rather than one at a time: how the Gusaba palette carries into the reception, how the second look answers the mushanana. This is the stage that is impossible when your decorator and your tailor have never spoken.
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Fittings
More than once, on purpose
Measurements taken months out are measurements of a different person. We fit early to get the shape right and again near the date to get it exact — for the bride and for the women being dressed alongside her.
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The run-up
Deciding the blocking decisions first
Four ceremonies means overlapping guest lists, four venues with four sets of rules, and dependencies most couples discover only when something collides. We force the blocking decisions early so the last fortnight is calm.
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The day
Someone who holds the whole picture
One person every supplier and every uncle can be sent to. Without that, it becomes the bride’s mother — which is not what she came for. You should be a guest at your own celebration.
Begin
Start at stage one.
It costs nothing and tends to clear up more than couples expect.