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What do you get when you add two silly Lattes…

… to a picture-perfect backdrop (Fenway Park!)?
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Early on in the wedding planning process. I toyed with the idea of incorporating a “travel” theme into the wedding. Mr. Latte and I had traveled cross-country quite a bit during our long-distance relationship, and I wanted to celebrate the fact that we survived - and that it would soon be over!!! I started to collect cool boarding pass and passport books STD and invitation ideas, and brainstormed creative ways to incorporate stamps, suitcases, and maps as details for other aspects of the wedding.

Although the theme fizzed out over time (passport stamps weren’t that great of an idea once I realized that we had only traveled to a handful of cities together!), once I saw this cute little suitcase, it was confirmed… the Latte wedding would celebrate a long-distance relationship.

(Cute pink suitcase! Image by the Lattes.)

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Did you know that some types of bees hibernate? Yup, and apparently, I’m one of them. After many months of hibernating, I’m finally back…

I’m sorry for this ridiculously delayed post. It’s been (gasp!) 10 months since the Latte wedding, and I’ve been majorly procrastinating writing my recaps. Dealing with lots of life transitions all at once (moving cross-country, leaving family and friends, making new friends, finding a new job, being a wife!), coupled with a hefty dose of the post-wedding blues, just became so overwhelming that I did what I do best: hibernate. Honestly, I still feel like I’m transitioning to this new lifestyle, but it’s getting better each day… and I’m finally ready to share the details of the big day with you all!

But before we get to that, let’s REWIND. There are a lot of wedding-related details that I never got to share with you, mainly because they were started and completed in a matter of days. So, this hibernating bee’s going to REWIND and share those details before recapping the wedding.

And today’s REWIND takes us to 2 weeks before the wedding.
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Hi hive! Remember me? No? Hmmm. Oh, that’s right… I’m MRS Latte now.

It’s been 3 weeks since the most amazing day ever (aka the wedding!) and a lot has happened since then. We went on our honeymoon to beautiful St. Lucia, I packed up and moved out to sunny California and we’ve been adjusting to married life (hooray to the end of long-distance!). It’s been a busy July but I’ll confess that it hasn’t stopped me from daydreaming about the wedding…

I’m so excited to share everything with you all! I promised to post about all of our projects and pre-wedding details so that’s where I’ll start. I’ll wait for our pro pics to recap all the events and details of the wedding day, but in the meantime, here are some teaser shots. I drool over these often (ok… a couple of times a day) and can’t wait to see the rest from our fabulous photographers, Todd Laffler and Walter Van Dusen.

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It’s time. Today’s wedding day for the Lattes! It’s been a crazy couple of weeks filled with lots of packing, moving, crafting and last-minute planning. Don’t worry, I’ve been going picture happy so I promise to share with you all of my projects after the wedding. So… escort cards, photo booth details, favors, programs and so much more to come.

But I will leave you with this picture of us getting our marriage license. It summarizes much of what has been going on… we’re both tired from running around all day (that particular day, I had my makeup trial, Mr. Latte delivered some OOT bags, and we were behind on our “To Do” list), but were excited that our big day was near!

Oh hive, I just want to give you a big, fat THANK YOU for your positive enthusiasm, creative energy and most importantly, your unending support throughout the Latte wedding planning process.
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What do you get when you combine…

1. This odd shape:

2. With this more familiar one:
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But unlike my friend Brit, I’m not cry-cry-crying. Well, not out of loneliness, anyway. Let me explain.

My bridesmaids threw me the most wonderful, thoughtful and memorable bridal shower EVER. I’ll post about it once I receive the pictures from the “photographers”. Yup, there were people assigned to be the “photographers”… how great are they?!? So I will have to keep you waiting on the details, but I will tell you that there was a lot of laughing, eating (yum!) and yes, a little bit of (good) crying.

In the meantime, I’ll let you in on a little secret… I knew that my bridesmaids would throw me an amazing shower. They’re a creative, fun-loving group and that’s just what creative, fun-loving groups do… amazing stuff. And I had heard snippets about emails being sent, pictures being collected and heat embossers being used. All the makings of an amazing bridal shower.

I wanted to thank them for all their hard work and thoughtfulness so after the shower, I presented each lady with one of these:

Each “THANK YOU” bag contained 3 things I wanted to thank them for:
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Can we be friends? Please?

XOXO,
Miss Latte

For months, I drooled over my non-friends’ shoe lines, dreaming that a brand new pair of wedding shoes would magically appear on my doorstep. It took me some time to wake up out of dreamland, but once I did, I quickly jumped into a massive search for the perfect pair of shoes to wear on the big day. I didn’t really have a clear vision of what I wanted the shoes to look like, but I did know one thing… they had to be pink.

I absolutely love the colored shoe trend, and was eager to jump on the bandwagon with my own pair of stylin’ pink lovelies. It was actually harder than I thought… so, one night, in desperation (and enticed by a 30% off sale), I bought this pair of J.Crew shoes in ivory:

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Remember my big brown mystery box? Well, my instincts were correct… it WAS my dress! OK, I cheated and peeked at the return address, but that only made it harder to keep myself from tearing the box apart!

After a very long week of waiting, I lugged the thing over to Kleinfeld’s for my first fitting… where the box was immediately taken away from me! Uh wait, I couldn’t even indulge in my fantasies and open it myself??? I couldn’t sulk for very long, because before I knew it, I was introduced to my alterations specialist, Anna, and whisked away to my room. I stood in front of the curtain and took a deep breath…

See, I was pretty nervous to be reunited with my dress. It took so long for me to actually find, decide and commit to her, and since then, I’ve been (guiltily) eyeing other gorgeous gowns in magazines, store windows, online, and of course, here in the hive. Doubts would often make their way into my head, and as much as I would try to push them out, they would eventually make their way back. So darn persistent!

So I closed my eyes, pulled back the curtain and saw her:

(Mr. Latte, sorry buddy, but this is your cue to biz-ounce.)
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The reply cards are rollin’ in, so that means two things: 1. The wedding is really happening! And 2. It’s time to reveal our invites! Woohoo!

We decided to go with the pink/brown combo for the invitations, and the green/brown combo for the reply cards. I love the way they incorporate all of our wedding colors! Mmmm… letterpress. Don’t you just want to reach out and touch them?
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See my big smile? Nope, it’s not because the box I’m holding contains a yummy cake (Puhleese, that smile would’ve been MUCH bigger!). This picture was taken right before I walked into the post office today. Yup, today I mailed out the Latte invitations.

Yes, they are VERY late, and I know that this is a total bridal no-no. And yes, I hang my head in shame. But I am just so relieved that they are done and out the door that I couldn’t suppress my smile. See YA, invites!!! Much like Miss Cheese, I was SO OVER wedding invitations. Let me explain…
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See this boring ol’ box? Looks pretty unassuming sitting there all alone, doesn’t it? The brownness of it is nondescript and the brown (tape) on brown (box) is pretty uninteresting.

One quick sniff and a hearty shake reveal nothing about its contents. It’s too big to be a shoebox, and too oddly shaped to be my beloved KitchenAid mixer. My birthday is months away. My veil is yet to ship…

Wait a minute. Could it be? Is it SHE???
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I’ve shared in great length about my extensive dress search (it came in 4.5 parts!), the hunt for the perfect bridesmaid dresses and some ideas for our little flower girls. You’ve even taken a test to help us dress our guys. In honor of Mother’s Day, let’s move on and talk about the moms, shall we?

For both Latte moms, the dress choice was an easy one. They will both be wearing hanboks, which are traditional Korean dresses.

(source)

Besides the fact that they’re beautiful with bold colors and gorgeous fabrics, they also pay tribute to the heritage of both Latte families.

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Okay hive, take out those #2 pencils, it’s scantron time! Keep your eyes on your own monitor and take your time answering these questions. There are no wrong answers!

Question #1:

A girl and boy (but mostly girl) hunt for pink suspenders for the boy, his 4 friends (let’s call them his “men”) and his 2 little “men”. They finally find them from suspendease, and quickly purchase 7: 1 adult size in dark pink, 4 adult sizes in light pink, and 2 child sizes in dark pink. Upon receipt of the suspenders, the boy tries them on and is left confused. (See girl’s co-worker/model, aka Exhibits A and B, below.)
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In Part 1, you met our fabulous photographer, Todd Laffler. Now you shall meet Todd’s camera meeting the Lattes. Follow that?

We scheduled our engagement pictures during Mr. Latte’s spring break so we prayed and hoped for good weather, as we couldn’t postpone or reschedule. The forecast? Rain, of course! So our tentative plan of taking pictures in Central Park were ruined and we needed an alternative indoor location. Todd suggested Grand Central Station, and we happily agreed.

We had so much fun taking our engagement pictures with him! Yes, it was a dreary day in NYC. And yes, the traffic getting into the city was so not fun. But once we got inside and out of the rain, the fun officially began. We did a lot of standing, laughing, smiling, posing, and (eeew) kissing. Here are some of my faves:

We tried to go in and take pictures with the trains but were kicked outta there real fast. Apparently, pictures aren’t allowed in the station, and the train security lady warned us that Todd’s camera could be confiscated. Yikes!

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