Wedding Blog

It’s been a little over a year since we’ve been engaged and I’m a really blessed girl. I’ve got a great fiance, great friends and my family is numero uno. In the beginning of wedding planning, I was OCD about everything - I must have this done now, I need to do that soon etc… I thought I had things under control but in reality…

I’ve been talking to my sister, who is also my maid of honour, about my bridal shower that’s coming up in a little over a month. We were debating themes since I don’t need things for the home because we had a housewarming party shortly after we moved in to our new apartment. Then while browsing a couple of themes online, we came across one…

Now that it’s snowing like crazy in NYC, I wish that my wedding was during the winter rather than in the heat of July. It’s just so pretty, but then again I know I’d be freezing. Those of you having a winter wedding, take lots of pictures outside I’d love to see them.

On the theme of winter weddings, I found these adorable things that are…

Remember Mrs. Bee talked about those adorable Hershey’s Kiss stamps? Well little old me went over to the post office today and bought their remaining 6 sheets. I put them on our rsvp envelopes and they are so cute!

My invitations need 63 cent stamps, but I don’t know of any cute stamps that come in that amount. Should I just put two Hershey’s Kiss stamps…

As many of you know, I’m Korean with a dash of Japanese in me. Mr Poppy is Chinese-Hong Kongese? My in-laws are here from HK and when they came, they brought many gifts for their “daughter”… *ahem* that would be me.

All the gifts were wonderful and I loved them all. But my favourite was the jade necklace that Mr Poppy’s mother gave me. This…

The good news is that the invitations are all ready to go, and the only thing left before sending them is to include hotel information and a map of where it is along with the ceremony/reception location. I called up quite a few hotels inquiring about blocking rooms, and most of them make you sign a contract making us responsible for filling 80% of the…

Mr. Poppy and I are doing a premarital counseling thing with our wonderful officiant/pastor since we’ve been engaged. The first thing that was recommended was a book entitled: The Five Love Languages: How to Express Heartfelt Commitment To Your Mate by Gary Chapman. I am not one that likes reading books that are along the self help line, but I have to say that this…

Edit: Oops I mistook the rsvp price! It was only $12.95 for 32 cards and envelopes, so that comes out toe 31 cents a card! WOOT!

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I’ve been gone a while, yes I know. I apologise but I’ve been quite the little busy bee… flower. I do have updates though!

My invitations are in and it was fun putting them together with my Mother in Law and…

I met my in-laws last summer when they flew in from Hong Kong to New York. They are probably the world’s nicest in-laws. The only barrier that we really had was the language - they speak Cantonese and Mandarin and I speak: Korean, Italian, French, Spanish and Japanese (for my Grandmother’s side). Even though their English is not bad at all, there were still a…

This Saturday one of my bridesmaids and I went over to a wonderful makeup artist’s place so he could do our trials. I wish I could find my usb cord so that I could upload pics, but I don’t know where it went. After we moved I can’t find much, even though I’ve unpacked everything!

Juan totally redid my eyebrows, which sadly needed much help. The…

Mr. Poppy and I have moved to New Jersey and now we’re literally a 7 min drive to Port Authority. After unpacking and arranging furniture and all that jazz, I’ve lost a good 10lbs. I don’t know where it went since my body looks exactly the same to me. But I tried on my wedding dress and I’m freaking out: it’s strapless and I can…

I’m currently looking at a few florists and was thinking that it might be a little more difficult with time right before the wedding. Planned on doing it myself but I really don’t think that will be possible. So I’m looking into a few places:

• A friend of a friend’s side floral business: I looked at her portfolio and it’s beautiful!
• Whole foods, Columbus circle: I’ve already…

I know that I have been MIA lately and it’s mostly due to being slightly busy with packing and having nothing really to update on the wedding scene. (as far as my wedding :))

We are in the process of closing on a condo, packing, figuring out subletting our current apartment and then moving from Queens to New Jersey. I’m so excited since we have a…

Here are some more products that help breast cancer research and they’re all lovely!

You can find all these and more at Sephora. Get something for your bridesmaids, yourself or your mom! And feel great that some of your money is going to cancer research. (fixed the link, thanks alessette!)

Quick update - m sent us a very helpful site: http://www.thebreastcancersite.com.
Every time you click on the link, it helps fund a mammogram. So go on girls… click away!

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Hello weddingbee-ers!

As many of you may know, October is breast cancer awareness month. My mother was diagnosed with breast cancer a few years back, and when we found out that there was no doubt, we were all…