Wedding Blog

When I first pondered what kind of favors to give for our wedding, I was wholeheartedly set on lavender sachets. I just love lavender; the color is beautiful and the smell is so fragant. It’s pretty yet also functional. I was almost set on buying bags of these buds when I suddenly realized that maybe not everyone will share in my sentiments; specifically the male guests and those…

Last night one of my best friends called me out of the blue. I haven’t seen or spoken to him since the wedding (1.5 months ago) He called because he wanted to see how I’m enjoying my married life. I gave the usual “it’s the same, but it’s not at the same time..”speech. I told him that we should get together soon to chat in person.

Our…

I found the perfect gift to give to newlyweds: a personalized stamp! I only wish that one of our guests thought of this, but alas, no one did, so I went ahead and bought two stamps from Sweet Papery - an address stamp and a stamp for my etsy shop. The address stamp will come in handy when it’s time to send out those Christmas cards.…

Dear Husband,

I’d be very grateful if you can make the following yummies for me. In no particular order..

Banana Muffins with Mascarpone Cream Frosting

Black Bottom Cupcakes

Scones for breakfast!

Fresh Strawberry Tart

Gâteau de Crêpes

Your wife,
Mrs. Violet

My wonderful husband made banana muffins.

I decided not to wait for our photo thank you cards, so I made some of my own to send out. Thanks to the great idea of meleven, I will instead use the photo thank you cards for Christmas.

Making thank you cards is actually quite simple.(well for the most part) I will try to give you a quick snapshot of how you can make your…

I highly underestimated how stressful wedding planning would be. I can honestly say that I’m glad it’s over. I am also glad that as nervous as I was the days leading up to the wedding, I did do my best to enjoy it and now I can look back and cherish those days with good thoughts.

The common question asked nowadays, of course, is “how is…

The wedding is over and it’s time to write the thank you notes.. or not. When we made our contract with our photographer, it included 80 Thank You Photo cards. It was optional and we didn’t pay extra for it, and at the time I thought it would be cool. In retrospect, I really wish we could have asked to swap it with something else.…

This is how I went about choosing our bridal thank you gifts - it had to be practical, nice and sentimental. I took care of the girls, flower girl, ringbearer, usher & FSIL, while Mr. Violet took care of the guys.

I bought a set of 12 white paper bags, embellished it with paper posies and personalized it with their names and title.

We are so lucky to have friends who are so camera happy. We actually got back a good number of great photos. So while we wait for the pro pictures, here are a few to start.

Getting ready… my hair and make up were done by my MOH & BM respectively.

Following Mrs. Bees’ list, this is my list of what I could have done better and things that I did right.

What I did wrong..

1. Mr. Violet & I are not musically inclined when it comes to the dance floor. We did our best to come up with a short playlist of songs we liked and gave it to our DJ. He did take our suggestions and…

Mr. Violet and I had a small after party after the wedding. It turns out that there was a bit of guy/girl drama going on that day between different couples. I won’t get into the specifics but I was really surprised and a bit turned off to learn that it was happening on our big day. One of my GMs said that it just goes to…

Many of our guests were amazed with the venue we chose, the delicious food and all the little DIY details that went into our beautiful day. As much as I could take credit for all the work, I must thank our bridal party for being by our side. The first person I’d like to thank would be Stan. He not only stood beside Mr. Violet…

We did it. We’re married! The day couldn’t have been more beautiful. Flowers were in full bloom. The backdrop was romantic, rustic and it felt very surreal. There were a few snafu’s but the Mr. & I were just overwhelmed with happiness. It’s been 8.5 years in the making. A very long time for some, but for us, it happened at the perfect time. Right…

I almost can’t believe it and I really don’t think I feel it yet, but I am 2 days from becoming Mrs. Z. I’m really excited at this point. One of our GM’s just came over to try on his tux and he looks quite handsome. There’s really nothing left for me to do but pack for Sunday night, as I am sleeping over at my…

One of the things I’d been meaning to do but procrastinated on, was packing up my stuff from my parents’ house. I’ve been living on and off with Mr. Violet for the last few years. Most of my childhood things were still in my parents’ house, pretty much in the same exact spot it’s always been in the last 20 years or so. It was a huge task…