reesey625's Blog

Current Color Inspiration cont'd

2008-07-21T16:25:00Z

I signed up for polyvore a while ago, but I just made my first polyvore board. It's not as easy as it looks...but I made one, and I love it! Hope you do too.

Current Color Inspiration

2008-07-21T08:08:00Z

His favorite color is green...I love all colors, but my favorites have to be yellow and orange. I'm totally loving this inspiration board from Style Me Pretty, which was submitted by a reader for the color palette contest.

new blog

2008-07-02T20:21:00Z

I'm enjoying blogging, so I'll probably continue to blog after our wedding as well. So I'm on Blogger now. I'm excited and can't wait to get it rolling. Here she is:

http://prettyobsessed.blogspot.com/

I'll continue to blog here though for all wedding related issues.

Current issue: The Venue (when is it not the issue)

Where do we stand? Well...we picked the venue, but we haven't put down a deposit...we've picked a new date; the wedding will be sooner. It's also a Sunday. We're just trying to work out all the little kinks...like the minimum for the evening...questions about children's meals, complimentary parking, and the issue with the bar.

Our next big issue: the guest list

How are you ladies doing in the wedding planning?

Good-bye...

2008-06-26T07:52:00Z

...to my dream wedding. I'm kickin ya to the curb, and I'm gonna face reality. And you know what...reality is one ugly b*tch.

Giving up on my love for Park Prive. We can't afford her, and it's not worth the miserableness that would be our life after marriage.

So it's back to the drawing board and thinking outside the box.

Here we go again...

teeny tiny rant

2008-06-19T15:43:00Z

Sorry for the absence. I'm shooting for a June 2009 wedding, and places are booking up fast. I had a friggin year before now...why didn't I find a place sooner? Dangit!

Anyways...when did the golf club become "the place" to have weddings? I don't know...I don't like it. Neither Dee nor I play golf. Yes, it's pretty, but it looks like all the other golf club weddings...And there's this unnatural feel about the manicured lawn and neatly placed trees and lakes.

Of course, I guess I shouldn't be talking. I've fallen in love with a venue already...Park Prive. And they're smack dab in the middle of a business park...with a lawn filled with huge rocks. And then there's a vineyard next door. I don't know why, but it just fits into the idea of my wedding. If we're conservative with photography, florals & linens, dj, and favors, we might be able to make it. But of course, this would only work if we had 150 people to attend. So far...the guest list stands at 197. Is it possible that more than 20% of the guest list might not show up?

And the money....oh god the money. *cry*

This is getting to be frustrating! Please share your venue hunting rants!

More 6.7.08 Wedding Pix

2008-06-11T06:09:00Z

More pix from the 6.7.08 wedding I attended this past weekend. Tying bows on the chairs was really hard...that's my honey helping out! Sorry...borrowing these pix from a friend's online album...for some reason, I can only get the thumbnails.

Here is us before the ceremony.

Us with this cutie patootie.

My baby had some alcohol and got all cute with me on the dance floor.

I caught the bouquet...I'm still technically single.

And Dee caught the garter.

Yea, it was a good wedding.

Btw, did you see my tresses?? Still there...I've lost 3 extensions so far though. =(

Funniest WeddingBee Boards Post EVER

2008-06-11T06:07:00Z

http://boards.weddingbee.com/topic/copy-catterswho-have-no-originality

The responses are so funny!

6.7.08

2008-06-09T16:41:00Z

Man 6.7.08 was a popular wedding date! Dee and I were up in Nor Cal celebrating our friends' marriage. It was a beautiful day, a little warm, but beautiful nonetheless. Her colors were Tiffany blue, white, and brown. I adored her bouquet! The ceremony was at a winery in Castro Valley, and the reception was a Chinese restaurant in Chinatown, Oakland. There was a lion dance and karaoke singing.

I did witness the bride getting upset as we found out the DJ did not have the ceremony music. The DJ said he never received a list. What she really wanted was Pachabel: Canon in D, which I happened to have on my ipod, along with the bridesmaids and groomsmen processional music, but alas...the DJ did not have an AC jack or amplifier. After much searching through his music, we found Pachabel: Canon in D, and I chose the other songs. The DJ kept playing around with the volume control, but at least he had her song. So something to think about when you get to that part. Check with the DJ (or whoever is providing the music) that he/she has what you want to be played during the ceremony and reception. Then double-check, and triple-check.

Oh, I caught the bouquet during the toss, and Dee caught the garter...yea, we were totally meant for each other!

The wedding was a hit still! Congratulations Hung and Cynthia!