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Last night we weren’t planning on doing anything special for New Years. We just made a quick trip to one of our favorite sushi restaurants and onto Victory Park to see the opening of the new year. We decided to park close by our venue (Marie Gabrielle) to avoid the nearby traffic. As we were stepping out of our car, we decided to be spontaneous and visit Marie Gabrielle. The last time we were there was when we got married, so it would have been a great time to rekindle all of those feelings.
It sure did, even in 30 degree temperatures! Every winter they have a ginourmous and beautiful Christmas tree lit up in the center of the Euro garden with twinkling lights all around the trees. They always have the garden manicured and maintained so it’s always so pretty and green all year round.
I think we will try to make this an annual tradition to visit our wedding venue, and take photos just to capture the moment. I encourage you ladies to do this either on your anniversary, or another special celebration. It really makes you remember how special the day was. Maybe in 10 years we will have Huy from F8Studio take our photos there in the garden?! Crazy me and my ideas.
I love this song. 
Warning: I look pretty serious in the first part of the clip but I think I begin to relax a little later into the ceremony. Haha
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Our fantabulous wedding videographer Chris Watson @ Dalls Wedding Films worked his magic. He was there for us from 5 am until 11 pm shooting - a long 18 hour day! He did a really great job capturing everything considering we had so many wardrobe changes and multiple venues. When we received both the hard copies and a link to preview the clip, we thought the video quality and editing were both quite good. But above all, we thought he was extremely professional. Also, his creative use of the video images blended well with our musical selections.
I’ve got 4 clips total so I will be posting one every day instead of bombarding you all in one post. As you can tell, I don’t like kissing (pda) in public - even on my wedding day. I’m one shy Apple.
Enjoy our morning tea ceremony.
Now that Mr. Apple and I are hitched, we’re really trying to budget as a married couple. Budgeting was easier when I was single since I knew what I was bringing in and what items I was spending on. But now that we’re married, everything doubles up - the food expense, the traveling expense, the income (yeah!). We have our own separate accounts, and we also have a joint account, a shared credit card, our personal debt, and future investments. Though we think we have a good handle on our current financial situation, it wouldn’t hurt to narrow it down to exact figures. Every penny does count!
Anyone have any good suggestions on software for MACs and Windows?
I think this would be great information for those brides who are still in the engagement stage as well. You can get started now and it will be an easier transition when you do get married.
Create the honeymoon of your dreams.
IÂ attended a good friend’s wedding in Germany a few weeks back. Here is a capture of the beautiful ceremony.
…since we vacationed in Switzerland! As we were waiting for our flight to depart, we realized that neither one of us have a watch. We even considered purchasing a $20 watch at the airport, but decided against it since we’ll be staying in one of the world’s most popular watch industries. We were hoping we could just use the street clocks, cuckoo clocks, tower clocks that were available - and we did! Yes!
We had a wonderful time visiting Germany, France, and 12 different Swiss towns in 14 days! Yes, we felt like nomads traveling to a new hotel every 2 days, but in the end it was worth all of the many days of sore legs and blistered feet.
We took over 700 photos so lets see if I can narrow down to two-three favorite photos for every city we visited.
We landed in Zurich on our first day - luggage got lost so we spent the day exploring the city.
As previously posted, Mr. Apple and I planned to postpone our honeymoon for 3 months after our wedding in order to attend a good friend’s wedding in Germany. The bride and I have been friends for almost 10 years, and she met her German fiance in Med School. It’s coming up next week and I’m clueless as to what I should wear.
Here are the stats:
Catholic German wedding held in a cathedral
I am her Maid of Honor
This will be our honeymoon trip
Afternoon Ceremony held here:
photo found on Ipernity
The other night I was checking out FW Forum’s Weekly Favorites and noticed this groom’s cake.
The whole groom’s cake has a DVD player attached playing the Texas Longhorns’ victory over USC for the national championship. 
Wow. How could one eat that? It’s just so elaborate.
by the one and only Huy from F8Studio
It’s been almost 2 months since my wedding and I am still visiting Weddingbee (this has now become an addiction) at least ten times a day. I’m still anxiously waiting for our wedding video from our videographer. 
But in the meantime, just to reminice back, I’ll scroll through my IPhotos, visit our wedding website gallery, and read my postings.
After reading my final wedding posts, I realized I never posted a photo of my wedding cake. Last night Mr. Apple and I caved in and cut ourselves a big chunk of our wedding cake. I know it’s bad luck to eat it before one year, but man it tasted so good even 2 months later!
This is what we ate minus the pretty flowers.Â
Funny moment : Momma Apple came up to me letting me know that we should eat the cake now since it’s melting and starting to collapse. Though you really can’t tell from the photos, it was a Mad Hatter Cake.
The two most challenging parts of wedding planning for me were: finding jewelry and finding a makeup artist. Sure, I could have just visited a makeup artist at any makeup counter, or Macy’s or Nordstroms to find the latest in fashion jewelry. Well, call me picky but I was extremely particular in wanting my earrings and necklace to match all three of my dresses. But, six months into my wedding planning I found the right jewelry. Cool.
Two months left to my wedding day and I had no makeup artist booked. I had two makeup trials that went eh, so so. One of the reasons why I hate wearing foundation is that I always get ”itchy face” once it’s on for 15 minutes. My pores need to breathe! And after both makeup trials at Laura Mercier and Chanel, my face started itching. I specifically told them not to add too much foundation, but they just kept caking it on like butter. I was happy with the rest of the makeup application (eyes, lips, and cheeks). But once I stepped out of the mall and saw my face in natural light - my face was orange! Ack!
I thought I would pass this website along to those Weddingbee readers who are still searching for the right photographer. The Foundation Workshop Forum is made up of talented photographers worldwide that can help you capture your day. All you have to do is fill out an inquiry request and any available photographers will respond back to you asap! It’s super easy and free of charge! Genius. What a great resource for brides.
This month’s featured photographer is Leigh Miller. They also have showcases of the best images from week to week. These are some I found from this week:
Just when I thought it was safe to finish up my weddingbee posts, I received these gorgeous floral photos from Huy. Miss Plum and company did an amazing job on the day of. I came into the restaurant a little early not expecting her to be there to set up yet, but she was almost done when I arrived! Man, I was floored!Â
She and her crew replicated what I had envisioned for my centerpieces from start to finish. My bouquet smelled so good and the flowers looked so fresh. I loved my MOH’s bouquet too - it made me wish I could have two bouquets instead of just one! After seeing Mrs. Ladybug’s bouquet wrap, I had to have one of my own! Miss Plum was also able to replicate the exact boutonniere from Mrs. Firefly’s wedding. I love berries so I thought this would be perfect - simple and cost efficient yet cute! Personally, I love how it looked in the photos. A nice pop of green!
You know what else was a nice pop of color? My bouquet. I had a really hard time envisioning a really green bouquet (my first bouquet color request) with my raspberry and spotted guinea hairpin so I decided it would be best to just stick with one color - some shade of red. Miss Plum suggested the red peony (correct me if I’m wrong Miss Plum) and I completely trust her taste so we were good to go! The color of my bouquet in person and in photos was so striking.
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Mrs. Apple, Dallas Age and Occupation in '07: 28, Entrepreneur Fiance's Age and Occupation: 32, Police Officer Engagement Date: Easter Day 2006 Wedding Date: May 27, 2007 Blogging Since: September 28, 2006 Venue: Marie Gabrielle Restaurant & Gardens About Me: I'm in the midst of trying to plan a "perfectly beautiful" wedding and decorating my new home. It's been exhausting but totally worth every minute of it. Ironically, I was never the type of person to want to get married but now that I'm engaged, I get giddy over anything that is wedding related! I'll try my best to give you all unique and practical ideas.
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