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I tried to narrow down my floral inspiration pix. Really, I did! It’s just that… I have so many. And they’re all so beautiful.

My auntie called yesterday to schedule an appointment to talk about my wedding flowers, and she asked me to bring some pictures. I wonder how many qualifies as “some”… ‘cuz there’s a lot more where these came from! I’ve narrowed it down to the following photos.

For my bouquet, I would love a giant, yummy-smelling fluffball. Key word being fluffball.

We could add light hints of our wedding colors—pink, orange, and yellow:
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One of the first things that I knew that I wanted for the wedding was a mehndi, but I had a bit of a tough time figuring out how to go about putting it together. I was a bit handicapped because my mother is not Pakistani (some Jews also use henna as part of their marriage celebrations, but not where Mama Spaniel’s family is from), so she was pretty much as clueless as I was, and there’s only so much information you can get about a women’s event from your father! I’d only been to one mehndi myself, when my cousin was married several years ago, but I did not have my wedding hat on yet. So, armed with some fuzzy memories of a loud party with really fantastic Pakistani food, I did a lot of research on my own, starting with my favorite wedding movie!

I can’t imagine having nearly so many people at the mehndi—where would they all fit?!—but this was the scene I’d had in mind:
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Sooo, when my sister got married 4 years ago, my mom purchased a card box for her wedding. She was happy with it, and it served its purpose quite well. I mean… it’s not like it had to do a lot of heavy lifting or anything. It was a box. With a slot in the top. Um, yeah. Pretty simple. This box has since been handed down to me for my wedding (which is nice, because it’s one less thing to buy). The only problem? Well… it didn’t really fit in with what I had envisioned for our card box. I mean, like I said… it’s a card box, it’s not anything too earth-shattering, but every time I saw it, a little pirate-esque voice in my head would say “Arrrr, matey! I be yer card box for yer wedding!” Perhaps a picture of said card box would help? I’ll have to do an image search, since I’ve already started dismantling it and didn’t take pictures beforehand.

Okay… search: “treasure chest card box”. Oh! WELL! Would you lookey there? It’s the first image that shows up. Coincidence? I think not.

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As you can see… it’s a little bit like a wedding treasure chest.
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MeadowbelleMarket’s birdcage veil was the perfect accessory at her vintage autumn wedding.

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So this past weekend I went to Dallas for a hair and makeup trial. From the very beginning I knew that it was important for me was to find someone that could come to us on the day of the wedding. I know that I will be stressed out and the thought of running from hair to makeup and timing everything appropriately for my 6 bridesmaids and me was making my head spin. If I was stressing about this with more than 2 months to go, I knew that on the day of the wedding I would be in high panic mode and that makes me break out in hives—not a good look for the wedding day.

I hopped on the Google machine and found a few promising ladies and gents that just might fit the bill. I ended up contacting Erin because she had the best prices and best reviews, so it was an easy pick. Erin came over to my sister’s house at 9 AM on Saturday and we got to work. We looked at some inspiration photos to give her an idea about what I wanted and then we started with the makeup.

I am not a girl that wears lots of makeup, though the eyelash extensions may have fooled you. I typically throw on some mascara, bronzer and Chapstick and I’m out the door. My makeup regimen takes 10 minutes tops and that’s when I actually put on eyeshadow; my normal routine is about 5 minutes. So, a makeup trial, although fun, can also be a little scary for me.
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While we were inside finishing up our quick posed portraits, most of our guests were outside getting their wedding wands and awaiting our exit!

And I had to make a quick costume change, of course!

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No, we didn’t really cook a pug. But what does this:

… have to do with our relationship? (that was about as far as I could get this terrified pug into a pot—oops)

I’m Korean American, and Mr. Pug is Ukrainian/Polish/Euromix Caucasian. Whatever. The point being that I’m a person of color (some people don’t like that label, so insert whatever you please), and Mr. Pug is not.

Even in this day and age where one would hope that society is color-blind, that’s wishful thinking—not that we haven’t come a long way. In addition—and this is obvious—there is something about having walked your whole life in *your* shoes that shapes your experiences partly because of how people treat you—overtly, subtly, consciously and unconsciously. This contributes to who you are as a person, and no one can really understand that.
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That honestly was my reaction the second I opened Mrs. Penguin’s email. I take that back. That was the second reaction I had. After opening the email, I had to read through it three or four times because I could not believe my eyes. I wanted to tell the whole world (and my office), but I knew that wasn’t going to happen. I work in an office of 15, where 11 are guys, so shrieking in the office was out of the question. Instead, I spent about 20 minutes shaking at my desk, my heart thumping at how excited I was!

I could not be more thrilled and honored to be the newest Bee! I have been reading the ‘bee for over a year and was introduced to the site by an old friend of mine. I never thought that one day I would actually “bee” a bee!

Now for the juicy details.

I’m a true St. Louisan at heart –
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Back in October I was reading my daily dose of Wedding Interwebs and I read this post by the Unbride’s husband. Any time I read a blog where the fiancé/husband was very involved in planning, or when the unique elements of the wedding would “speak” to Mr Pretzel, I e-mail it to him. Mr Pretzel is in love with the Rock ‘n’ Roll bride, is convinced that Groom Groove is written by women pretending to be men, and overall thinks it’s silly for the Mr to hand all wedding planning to the Miss and just “show up” at the wedding.

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Even though he was already super involved in our planning, I wanted to get a glimpse into what he really was hoping for. So I sent him the following e-mail:
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So… we have the suit selected… but what ever shall we accompany it with?

I decided to begin with ties, and quickly realized that there are so freaking many to choose from! And then there is the question: do you buy the same tie for all of the groomsmen, or do we switch it up a little bit for each?

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After some thought, I decided that I liked the idea of mixing and matching. As one of my idols, Stacy London, would say, “it doesn’t have to MATCH, it has to GO.” I decided to search for different ties, but in similar colors.

First stop?
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Sewing-Dad: “But you know, he can’t carry you across the threshold…”

Me: “Shaddduppp, Dad.”

Love comes in all shapes and sizes. I know that firsthand, seeing as I am both two inches taller and several inches wider than my husband-to-be.

When we first started dating, I was extremely self-conscious. We didn’t look like the ideal “couple” (taller, larger man and smaller woman), and it was hard to break from my depressing self-image. But time wore on, and I stopped thinking about our spatial differences. Mr. Sew was Mr. Sew and Miss Sew was Miss Sew and silly things like weight and size didn’t matter.

Until this (and I can’t believe I’m posting this…):

Our first engagement shots (courtesy of Mom-Sewing), taken the day after the proposal (at gorgeous Mount Hermon in Santa Cruz).

Suddenly, I swam back to the shallow end. The giant arm, the large pink-purple body, the fact that poor Mr. Sewing can’t even get his arm across my waist…
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I think colors and themes are about one of the most difficult decisions to make AND to keep! First off, there are so many choices. It would be simple if your personality type was very clear and matched a “style”, so to speak. We Hot Wings are not so simple. We’re in love with just about every style and see the utility in most forms of art and style. But we definitely have a love for old, vintage charm as well as the clean simplicity of modern style. Remember our engagement shoots? The 1920s Picnic and the Hip Professors?

So, what has this done to our color scheme and theme? It hasn’t helped, that’s for sure.

At first, I thought we would use blue and orange because Mr. Hot Wings is an alum from the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champagne. Go Illini! But orange proved to be a difficult color for me. So, we moved on to more prominent hues of blue. I really didn’t want to use just 2 colors and have very matchy matchy decor. I like the idea of having a theme and a vibe to the space. The problem is, I can’t seem to find the right inspiration board or thematic expression, if you will, to convey my theme. Let me share with you some of my inspiration pictures.

From Apartment Therapy:

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When I last left off, we were in the week of the wedding and I was frantically cutting projects left and right to save what little bit of sanity I still had left.

One thing I didn’t mention in the last post (but hinted to in my Licensed to Wed post) was a huge, and I repeat, HUGE, potential disaster.

Long story short, my SIL, who was in charge of booking our ceremony square in historic Savannah (because she could get a local discount), booked the wrong time!

Our wedding was to begin at 4:00 PM in Whitfield Square. But Mr. Lab got a call from his sister right before we left to get our marriage license saying that she had booked the square beginning at 4:00 PM! That meant there was no time to set up! We frantically started calling the security guard that was working the squares that day and our day of coordinator to see if anything could be done. But there was a wedding before us that was slated for 2:30 PM and they planned to take photos after their ceremony at the square.

I. Was. A. MESS.
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I’ve drafted our ceremony program - perhaps you’d care for a peek.

I have a slight advantage here. I designed the English department programs when I graduated from college, so I have plenty of experience grappling with the intricacies of creating programs from letter-sized paper.

Ha, okay, they’re not really intricacies. But I had really really great inspiration:

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The Heiress is selling brand-new Christian Louboutin Bow T Dorcet 100 Crepe Satin peep-toes. The size 37 heels have a satin side bow, 4″ satin-covered heel, leather lining, and Louboutin signature red soles. She’s asking $700 for the shoes but will entertain reasonable offers.

Have a wedding item for sale? Post it with pictures in the Weddingbee classifieds and you might see it featured on the blog!

Other great items for sale:

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