Group Pictures

Getting everyone ready for the surprise picture was probably the most nerve wracking point of the day for me. The guys were not cooperating and they were taking their time walking up to the location for the pictures. It was hard to time when I was going to come out because we were going to have a reveal picture for Jonathan to see me for the first time.

Luckily I had a great photographer who kept me cool and calm through this and things turned out better than expected.

The Flowers

Rob Greer's signature bouquet pose above, of my orange and white Dahlia bouquet

For my bouquet, I only used orange and white Dahlias to make it simple and classy. We made it a bit fully with seedy eucalyptus and wrapped the stems with cream colored ribbon.



The center pieces also included orange and white Dahlias, with orange, white, and yellow Gerber Daisy's, seedy eucalyptus, and 2 -3 stems of Bells of Ireland Seeds.


My mom, my dad, my sister and my bridesmaids were my florist the night before the wedding. We all sat in my hotel room and made an assembly line as one person cut the stems, the other counted and divided the bunches, another one took the price tags off the glass vases with soap and water, another cut ribbons and made bows on the neck of the vase, and my mom and dad arranged them. It was fun and also nerve racking because time was ticking sooooo fast. That night I slept in a refrigerator hotel room, the temperature in my room was so low to maintain the flower arrangements fresh and I was freezing but it was all worth it. The next day mom made my two bouquets, one was the back up.

Wedding Theme: Polka Dots and Pinwheels

When coming up with ideas to make my wedding different I really wanted it to be meaningful, but little did I know that everything would start with a tie we had bought a year ago before we even got engaged: a white with orange polka dots tie - Jonathan's wedding tie. The color scheme was a given ORANGE, and the accents would become yellow and white.


The tie polka dots later developed into hanging summer lanterns in an invitation which later became real-live orange and yellow lanterns at the venue.

Summer lanterns inspired pinwheels as boutonnieres and instead of bouquets. Shopping for the materials was probably the most interesting part because I needed to tie everything in. When walking into different fabric and art crafts stores I was stunned with a beautiful orange and white polka dot pattern that Natali found. This would be the connection!

The pinwheel theme continued to the center pieces with larger 12x12 inch pinwheels, and the polka dots continued into the yummy cake! When making 15 large pinwheels for the centerpieces and to place near the entrance of the venue I didn't want to use all the same polka dot paper because then it would make the bridesmaid's pinwheels and groomsmen's boutonnieres feel less special. Instead I bought a large scrapbook sized pack of paper with different orange patterns and made the pinwheels out of all the different patterns, still keeping true to my pinwheel and orange theme.


The polka dots continued into my veil that had tiny round crystals and our toasting glasses did too. It was about connecting small dots together. Making things look simple but with a lot of thought behind it.

Macy's College Executive Development Program

A year ago, I was flown to New York to represent the Executive Development Program for Macy's. Now a fellow EDPer is on her way to do the same but before they take my picture down, here is the screen print of my beautiful picture.

It's still at www.macyscollege.com / Full Time / Executive Development Programs

There was a second picture that was posted but they spelled Berkeley wrong and I don't look too good but at least I'm on there!


Let's see what new adventures Macy's brings this year!

My phone...

My iPhone is my inspiration notepad. The amount of notes I take and pictures of ideas that I capture on that device is outrageous. When discussing the other day our savings plan to live off of one person's income, we were thinking of the commodities we "could" give up, and I was very firm to not giving up my phone.

On my phone I can pull up my excel wedding guest list, I have images of my chair and cake topper options. I can email my venue coordinator and call my photographer.

I'm glued to this thing. Especially after downloading SUDOKU.

Enough about the phone, Apple is going to have to start paying me to keep yapping about how great their phone is. Here are my multiple trains of thoughts.

I'm Back!!!

Now that someones wedding is done I don't have to worry anymore about her stealing my ideas, so IM BACK! YAY! I cannot say enough about that but because it's my blog, it's just about ME, so I won't.

Lots has happened since Jon transferred and we moved in. there are just 3 more months left and lots still to do. A lot of hurt people because I couldn't invite them, I truly am sorry but I am on a budget. I wish everyone could be there, so please don't hate me. I will try to post as much as possible without giving anything away until the final day.

I want to start off with a handful of Bridesmaids Dress Shopping Day Pictures! haha this was definitely a lot of fun! Thank you girls!
Stay tuned for Bridal Shower and Bachelorette pictures

Trying to get a head start. Too bad we found NOTHING in the fashion district in downtown.

Nice styles at the house of brides in Torrance. Pretty yellow above (Evette) and pockets with sweetheart top (Sam)

Evey thinking "ah I don't know, I don't even think I should fully try this one on"

My Models

These dresses cracked me up. Everyone photographed well in this dress but everyone hated how it fit them haha.

Everyone was trying on dresses as I was outside waiting anxiously :)

We started in downtown LA early morning to pick Sam up from Union Station, we went into every possible store at the outlets, hated everything. Could not find the perfect style or color. Natali and I had already taken a trip to the fashion district and I didn't find anything I liked there either so I knew it wasn't going to be easy. We were 5 smart beautiful girls on a mission for a gorgeous looking dress and on a budget. We googled shops and drove to Montebello, it was not what we were looking for. We got back in the car, drove to Torrance and found another shop we thought we might be lucky. We were at this shop for a while. It got all of us pretty excited about the styles they carried and the colors. We looked at several styles, and found a strapless with an option of straps. We were ready to get measured when the lady tells us the price... big shocker. So we got back in the car and drove to the Del Amo Promenade. We passed by a handful of stores and went in to one that had 5 orange dresses and it was the funniest thing because as they were putting them on, I could hear "no" "it's loose" "it's too tight" "it's too long" hahahaha
Luckily we found one just in time to grab something to eat and drop Sam off at Union Station!

We came back and went shoe hunting:)

Nude Wedges :) PRETTY!

Speaking of shoes... I've already bought 4 possible wedding shoes for me, wore them around the house and already returned 3 pairs. Hopefully my BCBGs don't hurt my big fat toe.