Weddingbee

That was the name of our first dance song by Celine Dion! It took us awhile to agree on a first dance song– but once I heard this song on the radio, I loved everything about it! (Thank you 103.5 KOST love songs!) The song isn’t new but for some reason I had never heard the Celine hit before! The reason why I loved the song so much is because it talks about passionate love– the “I can’t live without you” love that Carrie Bradshaw talks about on Sex and the City.  I really feel that Mr. Caramel and I have that passionate love, and it was surprising because for the longest time I didn’t really believe it existed!

I especially love the bridge: “The time I spent, waiting for something that was heaven-sent…When you find it don’t let go…” I believe that timing is the one thing we can’t control, so once you feel that you have someone special and they feel the same way— don’t let it go! It is so rare that two people feel that way about each other at the same time. I’ve heard many stories of relationships that never happened just because of timing. And there may be deep regret of “what could’ve happened”.
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In my previous post there was a comment about my bouquet, which was a compliment — thanks! I really disliked my bouquet, so I was surprised to hear that!  I’m sure it’s a nice bouquet in general, but it was nothing like what I had discussed with my florist.

Here were some pictures I had provided for inspiration:

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Many of you have probably heard the saying ”it’s all about the Bride” on the wedding day.  It’s true that photographers mostly shoot the bride, and everyone only stands for the bride—but I say that these days, grooms care just as much as the bride about being involved in all aspects of the wedding.  Mr. Caramel was actually very involved in all the decisions we made—so to be fair, I dedicate this post to him and his groomsmen!

These pictures were taken by a friend to capture the day from the groom’s end. Enjoy!

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One great thing that my bridesmaid did was take pictures the day of the wedding, so we were able to get some shots that the photographer was not able to get. I was grateful to have random unprofessional candids because it made me remember how the wedding day really was.

Here’s an example of how we got my veil to float in the air for the picture:

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I stopped by one of my favorite stores in the world yesterday, Sephora, and I saw an ad for the Soolip Wedding event on March 30th in Los Angeles that Miss Cherry Blossom recently blogged about.  It’s $45 per ticket, but they have special discount tickets available if you purchase online here using the voucher code: “sephora”.

If you stop by any Sephora store, they also give away a free copy of Los Angeles Weddings magazine!! (Usually worth $5.99, wuhoo!!)

Whew!! With my new job wiping me out everyday, I barely have the time to do any of my scrapbooking and album picking.  My photographer finally sent me the PDF version of our wedding album. I was really excited to see the pages and was pleasantly surprised to see that he had added about 6 more pages than what was on our contract. We had a pretty good relationship with our photographer but that was so nice of him to allow me to ask for changes! I’m not sure how many photographers actually would allow that.

I had some suggestions for him on the first version of our album. For instance, for the stiff formal family pictures that you absolutely need to have, I wanted to have a faded background of this really crazy picture just for fun. I loved having a faded background instead of having it be plain black or white. Also, Mr. Caramel and I both really preferred black backgrounds instead of white.
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This past weekend, two good friends of mine got engaged at Disneyland by the wishing well, and the bride had no idea she was being photographed through it all! It happened early in the morning, so they could spend the entire day celebrating their engagement. So cute!!

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Yesterday I finally put my Valentines cards in the mail for the Weddingbee swap!  I didn’t really know what I was going to do, so I went on a short visit to Paper Source to look for inspiration. Since I don’t think of myself as crafty as a lot of bloggers, my friend gave me the idea of using photos. I looked for cards that had slots to put pictures in, and I really wanted to go for the traditional Valentine card look. I wanted to go for that cheesy line “Will you be mine?”

Here are some pictures of the process. My puppy (that is now my cousin’s dog) was my model, although I had taken these pictures months ago.

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Recently I’ve been working on lots of hair and makeup trials. Although they’re pretty tiring (standing on your feet and staring at hair for 3-4 hours) I think it’s the most fun job I’ve ever had! This past weekend we had two back-to-back trials. I got permission to post pictures from the trial, so maybe it will provide some ideas for future brides.

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Call me a guy, but I am really bad at encouraging people, complimenting others and most of all… talking about how I feel about my loved ones.  I don’t know why, but I’ve never been good at saying the “I love you”s.  My parents and I never really said it to each other and I just never got accustomed to saying gushy things like that. You can call me the Miranda out of the SATC girls.  

When it came to Mr. Caramel, he’d tell me all the time how I’d make him feel and he would compliment me to death.  I would feel so awkward and horrible for not saying the same things back, without feeling fake or forced.  It’s common to have a different love language, and words of affirmation have always been on the bottom of my list.  (You can take this quiz to see what your Love Language is.) However, ever since the engagement– I have improved (yay me) but since we’ve tied the knot, there has been a new problem.

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