Who Doesn’t Love Chocolate
February 28th, 2008 @ 12:40 pm by Mrs. Gardenia
A while back, I posted about our wedding favors and asked for suggestions on how to fill the containers that we had purchased ahead of time. We got so many suggestions and found a great solution to our problem. Costco has tons of chocolates/candies that are only available during the holiday. We decided to use their truffles from Around the World as our wedding favor, since they needed to be pre-packaged weeks before our wedding day. I didn’t want to be stressing and losing sleep over these favors days before the wedding, so we needed something that would stay well inside our containers without the need for refrigeration.
The truffles were individually wrapped and came in 6 assorted flavors. We filled each container with 6-7 truffles each and used a sage green satin ribbon that I purchased in downtown L.A. a while back during one of my wedding shopping sprees. We then bought artificial white flowers to put on each favor as an accent, along with our tag. We used the same monogram that one of our groomsmen designed for us (the same one that’s on our cake) on our tags.We recruited my cousins and my MOH’s bf to help in filling the favor containers while I baked some brownies as a thank you to our laborers
Gifts For My Girls
February 27th, 2008 @ 4:34 pm by Mrs. Gardenia
I wish I would’ve taken better pictures of my bridesmaids’ gifts, but it got busier and crazier the closer it got to our wedding, so I never had a chance to take a picture of all the bridal party’s gifts. Here’s what I did come up with:
- 1 large tote to hold of all the gifts (a friend of mine bought the totes while she was in Hawaii just recently)
- 1 black wristlet from New York & Company
- 1 pack of Target note cards with their respective initials
- 1 gift card (I gave my 2 married bridesmaids a Melting Pot (a fondue restaurant) gift card for them to have a date night with their hubby while the non-married bridemaids got a Visa gift card.)
- 1 pair of pearl earrings (to wear on the wedding day)
- 1 pashmina shawl (to use on the wedding day)
- 1 bottle of our favorite wine, Stella Rose (red) or Moscato Asti (white) from San Antonio Winery in Ontario , Ca. We discovered this wine late last year from a gathering we attended and just loved it.
Photobooks: A Nice Gift
February 26th, 2008 @ 6:44 pm by Mrs. Gardenia
My MOH recently gifted me a blurb book showcasing all of the pre-wedding events that we had, from our getting-to-know-the-wedding-party barbecue, my bachelorette/girlie gathering day, my work happy hour/bridal shower and the bridal shower.
I just love my blurb book and it makes for a great coffee table book to look at and remember how much fun we’ve had. It’s a standard hardcover book with a landscape layout, but it looks like they have tons of templates to choose from. Shipping took about a week and the cost is about the same as Shutterfly, maybe give or take a few dollars. Here are some pictures…
The Garter Incident
February 25th, 2008 @ 4:30 pm by Mrs. Gardenia
Recently, I blogged about the plot that our groomsmen had planned for Mr. Gardenia during his garter toss. It was definitely a memorable moment for all since it had everyone up their seats and just watching for that initial shocked look in Mr. Gardenia’s eyes. It’d be safe to say that Mr. Gardenia is the shy one – the introvert in our relationship - which is why he did not look forward to being the newlyweds, because it meant being the center of attention. With that said, his groomsmen knew that they had to do something hilarious just to get him comfortable during the garter toss.
Here’s the setup. I sat down after my bouquet toss and Mr. Gardenia got ready to search for the garter. Little did he know that one of our groomsmen came with one of the bridesmaid’s pashmina to use as a blind fold. Once Mr. Gardenia was blind folded, I switched seats with one of our other groomsmen (who apparently has smooth legs, maybe smoother than mine) and moved my gown closer to GM so that Mr. Gardenia wouldn’t get suspicious. I think Mr. Gardenia got up to mid-thigh when they finally told him to take off his blind fold, and as you can see from his reaction – it’s PRICELESS.
Mrs. Gardenia’s Top 10 Wedding Moments
February 22nd, 2008 @ 2:42 pm by Mrs. Gardenia
10. Waking up to “Going to the Chapel” playing in the background.
9. Having all my bridesmaids and family around me before going to our ceremony just comforted me knowing that everyone was behind us during this union.
8. Seeing my dad in his tuxedo. This was a first for my dad - wearing a tux - so I felt so overwhelmed seeing him all spiffed up.
7. No Rain – Rain was forecasted during our wedding weekend. The rain started early in the morning and stopped just in time for our ceremony and reception.
6. Walking down the aisle. Though we had close to 200 guests watching us, all I could see was Mr. Gardenia waiting for me at the end of the aisle. He’s like that pot of gold at the end of the rainbow.
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Have Some Cake
February 22nd, 2008 @ 8:26 am by Mrs. Gardenia
Since my long hiatus away, I’ve been catching up and was excited to read Miss Donut’s blog about her Martha Stewart inspired wedding cake. I immediately loved that cake and remembered tearing off that page in the Martha Stewart magazine when it first came out. I knew that it was something that was gonna work for us since our main color was sage green. During our cake tasting, I took the picture along with the monogram that one of our groomsmen designed for us to our baker, Rockwell’s Bakery in Orange. We were so excited to see the end result so as soon as we walked in to our ballroom, our eyes took us to the cake.
I’m Back!!!
February 20th, 2008 @ 12:37 pm by Mrs. Gardenia
After such a long and very much needed break from it all (Christmas holidays, wedding preparations, rehearsals, wedding, honeymoon, birthday and being sick and injured) - I am back and now a MRS!!!
MRS. Gardenia!
January 8th, 2008 @ 12:28 pm by Mrs. Gardenia
I must apologize for the mini-break that I took from blogging but I must share that…
I am now officially MRS. GARDENIA!
You’re Cordially Invited
December 17th, 2007 @ 11:56 am by Mrs. Gardenia
Invitation styles played a gigantic role in the grand scheme of our wedding planning. We wanted our save the dates and invitations to be able to tell a story, or give our guests a hint of what to expect come January 2008. Since we had a rigid budget, we knew that DIY would be our solution to infusing our style into our stationery, and making them affordable at the same time. When I stumbled upon Mrs. Eggplant’s post about her wedding invitations, I finally had a direction and a vision!
Typical Filipino wedding invitations include an insert that lists your entire wedding party, so we knew that we needed to add that to our other inserts (response cards, reception cards, etc), and a pocket folder seemed to be our best bet. We started with sample pocket folders that we ordered from Cardandpockets.com and Paper Source, completed several mock up pieces, and finally decided on the Vertigo pocket folder from Cardsandpockets.
Too Good To Cut
December 12th, 2007 @ 1:33 pm by Mrs. Gardenia
Since I’m still suffering from shower coma from this weekend, I thought I would continue blogging about my cake. My bridal shower cake was definitely the piece de resistance over all of the mini desserts we had last Sunday. I love LOVE the intricate detailing on the cake and the flavor was so heavenly. It was a 10 inch round marble cake with a double layer of chocolate bavarian and cappuccino mousse filling. Mmmmm. It’s THAT good!
