Wedding Blog

On Saturday, I went to NYC again for my final dress fitting. Afterwards, some girlfriends and I went to Kun Jip for lunch. As I was pigging out on yummy korean food (again), a sweet voice asked us what we were eating. After pointing it out on the menu, the girls asked, “Are you on weddingbee?” Stunned that anyone would recognize me, I replied “Uh…

Finally, what a relief! When I got the word from Peggy that my invitations were done and being shipped overnight, I began tracking FedEx like a stalker. I would refresh a million times just to see where they were. Gosh, FedEx online tracking is the best thing ever for a busy bride! It arrived exactly on time! I even took off work to wait for…

…SNOW PEA! (It was just too cheesy to pass up!)

This is a project that I was waiting foreverrr to do; since before we were engaged. As an addition to the OOT bags, I included some useful information, i.e., maps, affordable places to eat, wedding itinerary. Most people (me included) forget to bring the invitation or the map with them on the day of the wedding…

…she’ll want a glass of milk.

I need to be kept contained. Give me an idea and I lose total control of myself. Dr. Phil calls it anxiety. I like to call it a fertile mind. Mr. Snow Pea’s mama told me to include a Thank You note in our OOT bags for the hotel room. Hmmm Okay. Miss Snow Pea wanders around the streets of…

For our OOT bags, we wanted to include NYC-themed items. Nothing too over the top. Just a touch here and there. Since soft pretzels would not last long, I was searching for a hard pretzel of substantial size. Mr. Snow Pea’s mom ran to Costco for me and picked up a tub of these hard pretzels for $3.99 (50 pretzels). They are about 4.5″ wide…

Line of the Day: “Don’t lose anymore weight!”

Quoi? What? Come again? I don’t think I heard you correctly. I am going to have to soak this up and remember that when the media tells me I am not good enough. Yesterday I went for a final fitting of my dress in the “cheaper fabric” before they cut the pattern in the “real fabric”. Last Sunday,…

Line of the day: “We’ll make it so the hem just *kisses* her toe”.

Yippee! My second fitting! During the first fitting, the pattern maker made a pattern based on my friend Karla’s sketch. She fit the pattern on me and then tweaked it to my body. This time she made a revised pattern based on those revisions and completed the shape of the skirt.

I walked…

…call for some refreshing water from Mr. and Miss Snow Pea! I finished our first batch of water bottles last night. I updated the label since my first mock up and added a picture of us in a bubble and a few extra calories. Hey, they say you gain weight when you’re happy!

A virtual oatmeal raisin cookie for anyone who can tell me where I…

This weekend, I worked on some little projects to avoid getting overwhelmed at the last minute before the wedding. I wrapped up my thank you notes for the shower gifts, created some labels for our OOT boxes, updated our water bottle label, continued my photo guest book, worked on our wedding program, chose our ceremony music, made flower pens, stamped place cards and still managed…

Father O’Neil: And now for our second reading I’d like to ask the bride’s sister Gloria up to the lectern.
John Beckwith: 20 bucks First Corinthians.
Jeremy Grey: Double or nothing Colossians 3:12.
Gloria Cleary: And now a reading from Paul’s first letter to the Corinthians.

~Wedding Crashers, 2005

The wedding program text is almost complete! We were given a book called Partners in Life and Love by Giandurco and…

I briefly worked on our bathroom baskets this week. I am just trying to get as many of the little things done, so I am not scrambling at the last minute. We went to Target and picked up a few things.

Not shown are the Peony lotion and body spray from Bath & Body Works to go with my peony centerpieces and bouquet. I still have…

I met up with my friend who designed my wedding gown this weekend. She is overseeing all the details and the process while another woman is making the pattern for the dress. She is so meticulous and the coolest chick you will ever meet. She’s a wondeful friend. I trust her totally and I am so grateful she is designing something as special as my…

These are the sketches from Karla of dress ideas. They all seem so beautiful that I don’t know which one to chose. I love something about all of them! Currently, Dress #1 and Dress #5 are my favorite.

Help me decide!

Dress #1

Destination weddings are so much fun and more affordable than you might think. Our best friend (and groomsman) was married last year on Holbox Island, Mexico and we all had a blast! The benefit of this kind of wedding was that we were all able to spend a few days together in a wonderful setting just spending time with one another. Weddings are normally so quick…

This is the layout for the bridesmaid newsletter I created last month…

The Front and Back cover. On the Front, I wrote “a letter from the bride” like a letter from the editor in magazines. On the Back, I found a barcode font so I was able to type my own personalized barcode and to look like a real magazine.