Wedding Blog

I have a major sweet tooth. During dinner, Mr. J will notice me pushing the food around on my plate. It doesn’t take him long to realize I’m saving room for dessert So naturally, I was very excited about the prospect of a delicious wedding cake. But, I didn’t want to blow the bank on something super ornate and detailed. A pretty, delicious, affordable cake…

This weekend, Mr. Jasmine and I have a double helping of vows, cake, and dancing to look forward to. We have two weddings to attend: one on Saturday and one on Sunday. Thankfully, they’re both in the same city! I’ve never attended two weddings in one weekend before, but I look forward to enjoying all the festivities– as a guest

Have you ever attended more…

About a month ago, Mr. Jasmine and I were taking a walk in his West Loop neighborhood. We passed by a store, Smitten, that was to open in a few weeks. I peeked through the windows and to my delight, I found that it was a wedding store. I could see a beautiful frame inside and I vowed to return when the store opened so…

Mr. J and I planned to say a few words of thank you during our wedding reception, but we were running a bit behind schedule and we didn’t have time. I’m sad about that because I really wanted to publicly thank my parents for everything they did to make it such a beautiful day. Since I couldn’t thank them there, I’m going to thank them…

I’m going to backtrack a little while I wait for our professional pictures to come back…

In May, Mr. Jasmine and I met our valima photographer, Laurie Tennent, in Millenium Park. My mother-in-law wanted to create a photo guestbook for the valima and she asked us to take some engagement photos with Laurie. We met Laurie in the park on a *ridiculously* cold day for May. I…

On Saturday, Mr. Jasmine and I had our second reception at the Hyatt Regency Dearborn. The second reception is called a valima and it’s thrown by the groom’s parents as a celebration of the newlywed couple. Valimas are typically just as formal and grand as the wedding itself and my mother-in-law did an amazing job planning a beautiful celebration. Since I had no hand in…

with my beloved wedding coordinator, angel swanson

While I’m waiting for our professional pictures to come back, I thought I’d start on some vendor reviews. I chose almost all my vendors based on vendor reviews I found online, so hopefully my comments will be just as helpful to other Los Angeles/Orange County brides-to-be.

Our amazing photographer, Marisa Holmes, just posted some of her favorite shots of us on her blog, and of course, I had to share with my beloved bee readers. I will definitely be blogging about the day in much more detail when I have all the pro pics back, but here are some of the highlights. All photos courtesy of the very talented and super…

Mr. Jasmine and I just wanted to say a quick hello to everyone from our minimoon in Las Vegas! Saturday was the most beautiful day of our lives– we could not have asked for a better wedding. Definitely look forward to lots of details and beautiful pictures when we get back, but for now, here’s a little teaser shot from our super fabulous (and gorgeous!)…

When Mr. Jasmine and I got engaged in March 2007, Weddingbee quickly became my savior, my confidant, my lifeline. I was among the first of my girlfriends to get engaged and I had a million questions, concerns, and ideas. And poor Mr. Jasmine was in way over his head– he had no idea about this world that revolved around “fondant” and “chiavari”.

So when I found…

I’m happy to report that I’m blogging from sunny Southern California! I’m here to enjoy a wonderful, relaxing week at home before the big day and I’m getting so excited. I realized today that I never blogged about our ceremony and reception furniture, so I’m backtracking a little bit.

Our ceremony will be held at the InterContinental garden, underneath a billowing white canopy adorned with dark…

I know I post about my mom a lot, but I really do think she is the best. She is just so creative and talented and generous– she is everything I aspire to be. She’s put her whole heart into adding special homemade touches to our wedding and I tear up when I think about being surrounded by little reminders of her love on my…

I’m in a grumpy mood today because of a court appearance that didn’t go quite the way I intended (as a lawyer, not a defendant, thank goodness!). Anyway, don’t these people know that I’m getting married soon and my priorities are all askew? I’ve decided to channel my case of the grumps into something for the greater good. Here are a list of my registry…

This is my last week in my apartment in downtown Chicago. On Saturday, I leave for California where I’ll spend some quality time with my family before the wedding. And when I return to Chicago, I’ll be moving into Mr. Jasmine’s apartment.

If you’d asked me a year ago, I would have said, “No bouquet!”. I just assumed that as an Indian bride, I wouldn’t carry one. That is, until I began fantasizing about a bouquet of my favorite flower: peonies. I know I’m not the only bride out there who’s in love with round, fluffy, full peonies. When else would I have the opportunity to carry…