Wedding Blog

A while back, I posted about our wedding favors and asked for suggestions on how to fill the containers that we had purchased ahead of time. We got so many suggestions and found a great solution to our problem. Costco has tons of chocolates/candies that are only available during the holiday. We decided to use their truffles from Around the World as our wedding favor, since…

I wish I would’ve taken better pictures of my bridesmaids’ gifts, but it got busier and crazier the closer it got to our wedding, so I never had a chance to take a picture of all the bridal party’s gifts. Here’s what I did come up with:

- 1 large tote to hold of all the gifts (a friend of mine bought the totes while she was in…

My MOH recently gifted me a blurb book showcasing all of the pre-wedding events that we had, from our getting-to-know-the-wedding-party barbecue, my bachelorette/girlie gathering day, my work happy hour/bridal shower and the bridal shower.

I just love my blurb book and it makes for a great coffee table book to look at and remember how much fun we’ve had. It’s a standard hardcover book with a…

Recently, I blogged about the plot that our groomsmen had planned for Mr. Gardenia during his garter toss. It was definitely a memorable moment for all since it had everyone up their seats and just watching for that initial shocked look in Mr. Gardenia’s eyes. It’d be safe to say that Mr. Gardenia is the shy one – the introvert in our relationship - which is…

10. Waking up to “Going to the Chapel” playing in the background.

9. Having all my bridesmaids and family around me before going to our ceremony just comforted me knowing that everyone was behind us during this union.

8. Seeing my dad in his tuxedo. This was a first for my dad - wearing a tux - so I felt so overwhelmed seeing him all spiffed up.

7. No Rain – Rain was…

Since my long hiatus away, I’ve been catching up and was excited to read Miss Donut’s blog about her Martha Stewart inspired wedding cake. I immediately loved that cake and remembered tearing off that page in the Martha Stewart magazine when it first came out. I knew that it was something that was gonna work for us since our main color was sage green. During our…

After such a long and very much needed break from it all (Christmas holidays, wedding preparations, rehearsals, wedding, honeymoon, birthday and being sick and injured) - I am back and now a MRS!!!

I must apologize for the mini-break that I took from blogging but I must share that…

I am now officially MRS. GARDENIA!

Invitation styles played a gigantic role in the grand scheme of our wedding planning. We wanted our save the dates and invitations to be able to tell a story, or give our guests a hint of what to expect come January 2008. Since we had a rigid budget, we knew that DIY would be our solution to infusing our style into our stationery, and making them affordable at the…

Since I’m still suffering from shower coma from this weekend, I thought I would continue blogging about my cake. My bridal shower cake was definitely the piece de resistance over all of the mini desserts we had last Sunday. I love LOVE the intricate detailing on the cake and the flavor was so heavenly. It was a 10 inch round marble cake with a double layer…

My bridemaids and family threw me a wonderful bridal shower this past weekend. I’m still so excited from the leftover energy high, that I don’t know where to begin! I think I must start with the details, since there were so many wonderful details that they worked on.

The shower was at PJ’s Abbey, a quaint and charming family owned restaurant in Orange. The restaurant itself is…

Along with the marriage prep class we have this weekend, I also have my bridal shower coming up this weekend. I’m really excited for this shower since most of the plans have been shielded from me, so everything should be a surprise come Sunday afternoon.

I was so motivated by Miss Magnolia’s hostess gifts that I did something similar using cereal bowls from Target. I was…

One of the last few things that Mr. Gardenia and I waited to do was to enroll in our marriage prep class, a requirement to get married in the Catholic Church. We waited on getting this done because we weren’t too sure if wanted to do the weekend retreat or the 1-day class that’s typically done locally in your parish. Most of my friends preferred…

Since Mr. Gardenia and I got engaged, I’ve been interested in putting together a newsletter for our bridal party. I thought it would give our bridal party (including our bms, gms & sponsors) a peek into our wedding plans, since a lot of them have been asking us for a quick update from time to time. But then I thought that the guys might just think that…