Wedding Blog

I know, I know, I’ve been a bad bee. I put off blogging to focus on my last couple of exams/projects for school… and then my laptop DIED. It was terrible - but one of my AWESOME classmates was able to save allllllll of my files/photos/wedding stuff! Whew! I was thisclose to losing EVERYTHING. But now I’m back - on my new baby netbook (my early wedding/Christmas present from the ever-amazing Mr. Ramen).

To make up for my lack of posts, be prepared for LOTS of pictures from my shower!!! Remember those adorable blue+red shower invites I received a while back? My bridesmaids, especially Sister Ramen (my MOH) and Cousin Fishcake put TONS and TONS of work (staying up until 5AM the morning of!) into making my shower the BEST SHOWER EVAR! No really. It was that amazing… need proof?

my super cute and super awesome BMs (L to R: BM Dancing Queen, BM/Cousin Fishcake, MOH/Sister Ramen, moi, BM Crazy Giggles, and BM Cooking Mama)

I was told to act surprised - when I had arrived, they weren’t ready, so I was exiled upstairs to wait until they were ready for the big reveal…

Super cute decor! One of my good friends from college let us use her condo for the shower, even though she wasn’t able to come to the shower. The place is gorgeous on its own, but Sister Ramen did a PHENOMENAL job in planning and executing the decor, which included dyed coffee filter garlands, pink and red dahlias, and cute white vases… and yes, that is the overwhelmingly generous stash of gifts surrounding the fireplace!

The spread! Can you believe how much scrumptious food they prepared??? And now for some good details on this yummy food…

An assortment of different kinds of bruschetta (this is a Ramen obsession - one of our fave Phoenix eateries is Postino, which is known for its wine selection and bruschetta spread!). Let’s take some time to notice the ADORABLE wooden forks! I love wooden utensils, so I was overjoyed that they were included in my shower.

There were 7 different varieties: strawberry+goat cheese+arugula, chicken+feta+sun dried tomato, prosciutto+fig+mascarpone, smoked salmon+cream cheese, apple+brie+walnuts, tomato+mozzarella+basil, chicken+feta+pesto. YUMMMMMMM!

The prosciutto+fig jam+mascarpone was the favorite of the day. YUM! the girls made cute little tags for all of the foods - I loved it!

The beverage station, where they had mimosas and “Honey Punch” - sparkling berry water + pink lemonade + strawberries, AND PINK STRAWS!!! So cute!

Here I am, helping myself to some AWESOME bruschetta. Of course, I had to try one of each. Of course. I was also trying hard not to drool on the food.

Doesn’t that look so good? There were so many leftovers, Sister Ramen and Cousin Fishcake and I ate bruschetta for the next 2 days! And again - look at those awesome forks!

My fellow future optometrist girlies from school enjoying the good eats…

Not to mention the SECOND spread of desserts! Different kinds of yummy breads, a trifle, fruit skewers, and carrot cake! I love carrot cake! Annnnnd….

Red Velvet Whoopie Pies!!!

Favors: Homemade strawberry jam! I can’t believe they made all of this jam! BM Crazy Giggles actually hand-wrote each tag. Isn’t that crazy?!?!?! It’s like a font.

Now for games: BM Crazy Giggles was actually in charge of games. My only requests were that the games weren’t all about me (how well do you know the bride trivia, etc.) and weren’t wasteful (no TP bride for me!). She did an excellent job coming up with some really cute games (even though we didn’t get to the “Pin the Veil on the Bride” game).

We played the “How Well Do They Know Each Other” Game. BM Crazy Giggles had Mr. Ramen taped videos of Mr. Ramen answering the questions. She then had a friend help her put together an awesome DVD that would first put up the question, and then show the video of his answer. We usually do really well at these types of games, but I think Mr. R got a little tired and started making up some really ridiculous answers - as you can see from my expression. For example, he said my fave book was Green Eggs and Ham because I liked to cook for him. Uhhhhhhhhh. OK.

The second game was a creative one - where all of the guests were given some Play Doh and told to make a sculpture of me on the wedding day. Here’s the winning sculpture - my super artsy friend from school was the winner. For whatever reason, some of my friends seem to be obsessed with my boobage - so most of the sculptures had extraordinarily large knockers. I swear mine aren’t THAT huge. Either way, this game was super hilarious, especially just seeing everyone’s interpretations and artistry. Another girlfriend even went into the detail of sculpting one of my manzanita trees!

As prizes, they gave out some cute heart-shaped rice paddles.

Next, it was time for gifts! I was seriously overwhelmed with the love and generosity from everyone - one of my dear cousins drove all the way down from SF for my shower, and brought with her gifts from different family members who weren’t able to come. So sweet!!!

This was actually one of my favorite presents. I was showered with a ton of sweet stuff off of our registry (panini grill, baking pans, dessert cups, punch bowl - I think my friends are trying to get me to throw a party….), but I really didn’t think anyone would get me the OXO storage boxes!!! I’m a huuuuge organization freak and spend a lot of time and $$ organizing things. So I was suuuuper excited about this gift from my grandma, aunt, and cousin. YAY for my future organized pantry!!!

Of COURSE, I got a ton of lingerie (VS really benefited from my shower) - 2 of my fave pieces were from Sister Ramen and Cousin Fishcake. The packaging for one box was really cute - when I opened the box, there was a ribbon with a tag that read “pull me!” and all of the bras and panties/thongs were tied together, like a long string. It was such a cute idea and it was so fun to open! (BTW - has anyone else noticed that some lingerie that doesn’t look that cute in the box actually ends up being the cutest on, and vice versa?)

Most of my awesome shower guests

Thanks for making my shower so incredible, friends!!! I had friends from all over coming to my shower, so I felt especially blessed!

With Cousin New-Wifey + Cousin Fishcake: Thanks for coming all the way from SF for me!!!

The best MOH ever. Seriously. She outdid herself… and is now planning a second shower for me in Phoenix with my mom! Crazy! She’s the bestest.

And a cutesy little last pictures with almost all of my BMs - thanks girls for all of your love and the hard work that went into throwing me an AMAZING shower!!!!

Did your shower exceed any and all possible expectations?