Weddingbee

I’m having a shoe dilemma,, which is actually kinda funny since it only took me 5 minutes to find a wedding dress I liked, but it’s been taking me MONTHS to find one pair of shoes. I wanted a pair of fun, funky, red shoes. Preferably peep toe. Here were some shoes that inspired me:

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Here’s our ceremony site…

photographer: Frank Amodo

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Ring orbs are a great alternative to the traditional ring pillow! Apparently I’m not the only one who thinks so; Mrs. Bell Pepper and Mrs. Kiwi both loved this idea too.

For those who liked this idea but are having problems finding such a thing, look no further! Here’s a lil’ twist on the idea…

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Money. A sensitive issue. Although, one of the first questions we’re asked when we tell people we’re planning a wedding in Hawaii is, “Who’s paying for the wedding?” Well, we are, although my dad has generously offered to pay for our luau reception/dinner. Mr. Sushi and I will be paying for the bulk of the trip/event.

A few months ago I applied to a few retail stores in hopes that having a part-time job (on top of my current full-time job) would bring in extra income. Well, during the summertime, retail stores aren’t exactly booming with new hirees. Now I’m relieved that I wasn’t called for an interview, because I’ve been doing sooo much freelance photography that I barely have time to myself (let alone time for Mr. Sushi).

I’ve enjoyed photography for as long as I can remember. I actually can remember being in a dark room at age 8, not really knowing what I was doing, but it was fun. As a young kid in the ’80s, my photography skills were pretty much limited to how to push a button on a point and shoot camera. Growing up in a military family, I got the opportunity to see many (and live in many!) countries as a child. My dad was an intermediate-novice (oxymoron?!) photographer and had a manual Minolta SLR camera; he would document our travels. His camera would end up being my first SLR camera.

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While I don’t have any good, juicy stories, here are a few tidbits about me (that took Mr. Sushi 3 years to find out).

• I am a total daydreamer and I have a tendency to totally space out while I’m driving—to the point where I don’t pay attention to where my destination is and have a habit of missing my turns. Mr. Sushi is now in the habit of reminding me when I need to turn, and when he doesn’t (and I totally miss the turn), I blame him for not reminding me.

• I swear I’m dyslexic. I’ve never been diagnosed, but I swear I am… especially when it comes to numbers.

• I pick. I pick at my face…zits, pores, nails, and cuticles. I’ll pick at my cuticles till my fingers bleed. I sometimes do it without realizing I’m doing it. Mr. Sushi tries to prevent me from doing this, but nothing works.

  

  proof of my gross cuticle picking

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I have a habit of starting craft projects and then never finishing them. There was the pair of bell bottom pants I tried to hand sew in high school, or the sock monkey I never finished and I have a couple scrapbooks that are less than halfway done.

Most of my projects end up looking like this… not finished. source

Last year, when I was a bridesmaid at a friend’s wedding, another bridesmaid and I started meeting once a week to scrapbook the bride’s wedding events. In 6 months, we were able to scrap all the bridal events; the shower, the bachelorette party, and the wedding. We had gotten sooo much done that we decided to continue to meet once a week and start scrapping our own memories. She worked on a book for her husband and I started to scrap all the dating memories of Mr. Sushi and I.

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Once upon a time, before I had the honor of being a bee, Weddingbee honored me with 10 free tickets to see Tony n Tina’s Wedding; an interactive off Broadway play.

Okay, okay, so I wasn’t the original winner, but apparently the original winner of these tickets couldn’t use them, so they were offered to me. There was no hesitation on my part to accept these “golden” tickets!

I was able to gather and coordinate with 6 of my bestest girls (do you know how hard it is to schedule a date between 7 girls?). We rented a 7 seater mini van and 6 of us drove the 2.5 hour drive to NYC together; the 7th girlie met us in the city.

We got to NYC a lil’ early so we stopped in at the M&M store and walked a good mile to try Beard Papa’s infamous cream puffs (and mochi ice cream! Yum!).

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In my “college” years I attended a 2-year art school. Towards the end of my 2nd year I started getting the worst migraines. They were the kind where any light or noise would make my head feel like it was being stabbed by an ice pick. I was prescribed Imitrex and later figured out my massive and frequent migraines were due to stress. The stress of graduating from school and having to venture out into the real world with hopes of finding a job.

Last week I had my first “ice pick” headache in 7 years.
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Back to the OOT boxes… the contents!!

I talked earlier about the exterior of our out of town boxes, and now it’s time for the fun stuff… the goodies! The majority of our guests have never been to Hawaii before, so I thought this would be a good way to introduce them to some of my island favorites. Hawaiian Sun (yum!), obviously macadamia nuts (Mauna Loa is actually a Hershey product now), Li Hing Mui covered candies, and island inspired chips, to name a few.

Hawaiian Sun, Moana Loa, Li Hing Mui, Maui Style Chips

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