Wedding Blog

I’ve been contemplating on how I can share my wedding day with you all. I don’t want to miss any details, and yet I don’t want to make it too long to read in one sitting. So I’ve decided to divvy it up in parts, and share my timeline with you as I go along. Creating a timeline was a headache and it took me…

…from the amazing Scott Robert. I love the colors and his creative use of overlays!

If you don’t mind the groom seeing you before the walk down the aisle, I highly recommend spending a couple of hours before the wedding taking pictures (while the hair/makeup is still fresh and the dress relatively unwrinkled), and then a mini one when the guests are gone. I wanted a few…

…and back to reality aka work.   Then I got asked the following questions:

Question: How was the wedding?!

Answer: Our wedding was absolutely the most beautiful and happiest day in my life thus far.

The happiness I felt that day was unlike any other I’ve ever experienced. It was intertwined with confidence in knowing that through faith our marriage was going to be God-serving phenomenal journey, with contentment…

I’m married. I’m a WIFE. And Mr.Tomato is my husband (though I’ve decided to call him “hubby” hehe).

After weeks of worrying about the day-of, I was surprisingly (miraculously?) VERY relaxed during the day. I woke up at 4:30am, blogged on Weddingbee, went back to nap for two hours, and waited for my bridesmaids to arrive. They were 15 minutes late. I didn’t spazz a…

It’s 4:30 am and I am WIDE AWAKE.  I have no idea why.  I’m supposed to leave with my bridesmaids in just a few hours for our hair/makeup appointment in SF, so I need the sleep and not the baggy eyes!  But here I am, blogging.  I guess I’m just too excited.

Yesterday evening, Mr.Tomato was making mysterious comments, such as:

“So, I read on Weddingbee…

Finally!  Two days before the wedding, and I just finished my rosemary salt favors.

I originally wasn’t going to do favors. They can be a waste of money and an extra stress-inducer I didn’t want. But then Miss Corn posted about her great favors using Martha Stewart’s Rosemary Salt recipe and of course, my mind turned a switch and I just HAD to do them. The idea…

Getting ready (and slightly freaking) for her wedding this weekend! I can’t believe I’m already in the middle of the last week as a “Miss”! Sorry I’ve been MIA…

This past Sunday some of my church friends threw a bridal shower for me. Here are some pics…enjoy!

I’ve been getting quite a few registry gifts lately, and I’m already having trouble keeping track of who gave us what, especially since some of our generous guests have sent us more than one gift! I decided that instead of waiting until after I get married to start on the thank you notes, perhaps I should start now. So in five minutes, I whipped up…

The first day I met my site coordinator-to-be, I thought she was wonderful. Informative, polite, friendly. But the wonderfulness disappeared as soon as Mr. Tomato and I signed the contract and began to discuss details. Soon I felt like I was no longer a person, but a wallet–and constantly being pestered to spend more money. I was “strongly advised” to rent a room at Auberge…

Good grief. Two weeks before the wedding and my site coordinator emails me to say that by the way, we cannot accommodate eight tables in your reception room anymore, only six, possibly seven. Eight tables just won’t work.

SAY WHA?!

She then said if I wanted eight tables, we’d have to open up another room (Vista II in the picture below), which I definitely don’t want.…

The week before my final dress fitting, my meals consist of:

-Fried chicken cutlet
-Fried calamari
-Chicken fingers, fried zucchini
-All you can eat buffet. Granted I could have stayed at the salad bar, but hello! who can suppress the baked goods and sweets?
-Hamburger and fries
-Pizza, pizza and pizza
-Boston Cream Pie
-Cheesecake

Why do I have no self control?! I blame it on Mr.Tomato (okay okay, I was the one who wanted…

Less than three weeks away and I still have not found an acceptable hair comb to go with my hairdo! Way to go Miss Tomato. I just realized today that if I don’t get a move on, I may have to request expedited shipping, and who wants to pay for that?

Originally, I was not planning to have any hair accessories (except for the veil of…

This past weekend, I celebrated Mr. Tomato’s birthday by throwing him a surprise party. He’s never had a surprise party before, so he was indeed surprised! His face was of complete utter shock when he opened the door and a huge group of friends popped out. I couldn’t stop grinning. It was priceless.

I had planned out a photo hunt activity, and divided the teams…

This may sound odd, but I’m very apprehensive of my wedding day.

The day Mr. Tomato asked me to marry him was one of the happiest moments in my life. Unfortunately, the weeks before that moment were heart-wrenching. Ever since my mom found out we wanted to get engaged, she stopped speaking to me. It actually has nothing to do with Mr.Tomato, but that I’m too…

I posted about my dilemma on DIY vs. taking the vendor route for my fan programs awhile ago. I’d have to say I was leaning towards the vendor route BEFORE the post, but then with the encouragement of WeddingBee readers, I decided to research just how much work would be involved in the DIY process.

There were Microsoft Word templates available, but I wanted something a…