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I just got back from a book release party at the Rainbow Room for Preston Bailey’s latest book, Inspirations. My geeky, hermit self met so many wedding celebrities, and I can’t wait to tell you about it all. But for now, here’s a pic:
Hmmm, I don’t know where he’s looking lol. He is such a sweetie! PS - the party will be featured on Entertainment Tonight tomorrow. 
Evidently the scissor happy bride who cut her own hair on her wedding day, is indeed a fake. According to dlisted.com, the bride is an aspiring Canadian actress by the name of Jodi Behan. I’m so relieved. Aren’t you?
Mrs. Butterfly here.
I’ve decided to part with my veil. As much as I loved my veil and the way it made me look in pictures, I only wore it for the ceremony (a grand total of 30 minutes). It’s a two layer, ivory veil with ivory trimming along the bottom. It’s been tailored so that the two layers are evenly spaced apart throughout the entire bottom. Kinda hard to explain…but either way, it looks awesome.
That’s the only picture that I have right now which shows the veil on me. I can find some more pictures later if anyone is interested.
Anyway, if you want it, please just comment and tell me when your wedding is so that I can ship it out on time. I will be choosing a winner randomly! The deadline is this Sunday, February 4th, at midnight. Good luck!!
I just got my tiara. I love it. The second it came I wanted to wear it, but not having a comb attached I have to figure out another way to keep it on. When I finally get my veil I can see how they look together, but until then, it’s tiara time!
As I was telling Miss Bluebell about my tiara and plans to wear it around the house, I wondered, can I show Mr. Kiwi? He’s a bit of a traditionalist, in not wanting to see my dress (I have a dress!), but he’s also really into the supportive “tell her your opinion” thing.
Since it was our money I was spending on tiaras and veils, I figured I’d ask him if he thought I should get it. He vaguely said “sure.” I showed it to him online. He glanced at it and liked it, and told me that I should get it. His exact words? “Oh what the hell, get it!”
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Photography has always been a big part of my life. I collect landscape photography, photography books and my dream job would be a photographer for National Geographic. I have not been without a camera in my purse since Jr. High and I document everything wherever I go. It drives my fiance nuts. I can hear his voice in my head right now saying, “Do you really need a picture of the food? Can I eat yet?”
I check about 10 different photographer’s blogs religiously, and about a dozen more when time permits. Needless to say, wedding photography was my priority and my splurge. I really had to do some convincing to get Mr. Hibiscus to accept the price tags that went along with my favorite photographers. Eventually, he caved but he’s pretty bipolar about the whole thing. One day he’s like, “I want you to have everything you want. You deserve the best. I’m glad you’re happy.” Then the next day he’s, “Why don’t we just get a Historian to document the day?” (sarcasm*sarcasm)
Now Mr. Hibiscus’s wedding priority was the DJ and an open bar. He wanted a good emcee that could keep the party moving and the alcohol free-flowing so guests are more likely to dance. Most people skimp on their DJ, which makes little sense since it’s the man (or woman) whom you are entrusting to keep your wedding going for 4+ hours. Most guests remember the DJ and how bad or good they were and not so much the color of your napkins. So, again, we splurged on the DJ.
If only we could win the lottery or get our stocks out of the gutter. What is your wedding splurge?
I’ve been ordering a lot of wedding-related things online, so I always get excited when I hear the mailroom carts swing by my area. I’ve been disappointed for the past few days, but today I scored two packages! YAY! So I thought I’d share my goodies.
#1 - My Eiffel Tower chocolate molds that I ordered off Amazon about 2.5 weeks ago. I seriously thought they got lost in the mail. Each mold is 4.5 inches long, longer than I thought, so I wonder how much chocolate I will have to buy to fill 200 of these babies.
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I admit it. When we first started dating, sometimes we would change up which side of the bed we sleep on. Mr. Lily on the right, Miss Lily on the left. Miss Lily on the right, Mr. Lily on the left. But it has been many, many (many!) moons since we have swapped bed sides. I sleep on the left and I love the left. It’s my side. I know just how many paces I need to stumble to snooze in the morning, and have even carved out a nice little imprint of myself on that side of the bed. So when Mr. Lily laid down on my side of the bed last night and refused to move, I was aggravated to say the least.
Me: Noooooooooooooo. Gimme my side back!
Mr. L: Why? You can deal for one night, I want your side tonight.
Me: (as I try, unsuccessfully, to push Mr. Lily over) You’re going to ruin my sleep.
Mr. L: You’e loco.
Me: (as I try to squeeze my body flat underneath him and heave him over). Get over!
Mr. L: No (as he throws me to his side and uses his arms as a straight jacket to keep me there).
I swear I circled the bed 15 times trying to get him to move! I tried poking, proding, yelling, a fake tear or two. Finally, he agreed to move if I promised to let him have my side on Saturday night (which seemed better than ruining my weekday routine… and maybe he won’t remember? Doubtful!). Mr. Lily said he wants my side once a month. Um. Nope. My sleep patterns are honed to perfection on the left — why mess with that?
Mrs. Bee here.
Whenever I talk to Mr. Bee about “girly” things, he says that he doesn’t know about those things and that I should talk to my girlfriends. I always reply, “But you’re my best friend!” He says he unfortunately knows what a tankini is now thanks to me. 
I talk to Mr. Bee about everything - from what I should wear, to makeup, to work advice, to bowel movements. 
But maybe there are certain things that are best left for conversations with my gal pals.
Do you talk to your SO about everything? What would you refrain from talking about with him?
I’ve been wanting a Digital SLR camera for a long time, and since Mr. Bee and I are going to Costa Rica, I think it’s finally about time to purchase one. I’m a picture freak and there’ll be too many gorgeous photo opportunities there to pass up!
The two cameras I’m considering are the Canon Digital Rebel XTi:
I love anything double-sided. Double-sided tape, printing on both sides of paper to reduce waste, and bags or purses that can be flipped inside-out or at least have interior lining that is as cut as if not cuter than the exterior of the purse. So of course I love this paper I came across while on my mad DIY invite paper search. Too bad none of the colors work with my scheme, but I can see really fun, fresh invites made out of these - one color on the outside, a fun surprise on the inside!
You can get the paper with different colors on each side as shown above, or the same color on both sides:
[images from paper-papers.com]
It also reminds me of double-sided origami paper I used as a kid back in the day but with a fresher, hippper color palette. You can order a sample pack or the paper itself here.
I thought someone could use my Microsoft Word program and menu templates. The programs have some Korean in them too.
Enjoy!
Since we’re not hiring a caterer, and our site isn’t one that has any pre-approved arrangements regarding alcohol, it’s up to us to provide for our guests. This is really great for us, since we get to avoid the over-inflated costs charged by many vendors–we can order our wine by the case from Aldi (a grocery store owned by the Trader Joe’s people, which has a great selection of alcohol at *really* cheap prices) and choose our own favorite beers. Plus, no $3 sodas.
To cut costs, we decided to just offer wine and beer to drink. We’ll have plenty of it there, so guests can still have a good time, but we won’t have to rent an entire bar set-up. Plus, since many of our guests are older (very few are under 21), we don’t anticipate them all drinking–so our alcohol expenses should be relatively low.
I was aided greatly by this handy-dandy guide offered by BC Liquor Stores (pdf).
… but this time, for me! I have pretty much narrowed down my choices for my wedding day jewelry, but I could use some input as to which earrings I should wear.
To pay tribute to Mr. Plumeria’s and my collective nerdiness, I was almost going to wear this…
Part 1 was about the struggles getting the ring, Part 2 is about what happened next…
When Mr. Kiwi told me to take March 31st off, I kind of knew why. It was ten days after getting the ring, which was taunting me from somewhere inside our house. (By the way, having a lumberjack-tall BF who hid things very well sucked).
So, Mr. Kiwi told me we were going to Disneyland on March 31st. As you all know, Disneyland is my favorite place in the entire universe, and I am happy just to go. It was also where I knew he’d propose. I was so sure of it, I almost said “Don’t forget the ring” when we were packing up our things for the day.
According to his upbringing, Mr. Kiwi had to ask my dad for his permission, so he drove over and realized my dad wasn’t home. With thoughts of doing the permission thing on the sly, Mr. K called me to call my dad to tell him to go home. Quite the task, I tell you.
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