The DIY Flower Girl Basket

For Miss Gaby :)

My mom helped out with this one too.

She provided the basket, and covered it with white satin fabric.

Iradescent sequins were glued on to match the ring bearer's pillow.

She had some trouble with the ribbon on this one too, hehe.

(and so did I!)

After hours of playing with ribbon, we finally got it! :)

The basket was filled with white, orange, and white and orange faux flower petals :)

The DIY Ring Bearers Pillow

My mom made the pillow, she also decorated it.

But she had some trouble with the bow... and so did I.

But with some trial and error, we finally got it!

happy bday!

haha

oops

i meant happy turkey day!

:)

have a wonderful day!

please celebrate (and grub) responsibly!

The Wedding Dress Story

The wedding dress story...

It was 5-6 weeks before the wedding, and i havent got a dress yet,
No sweat on me tho.
My mom asked me if i wanted to go to davids bridal after work one day.
I agreed of course, (i dont really like to shop, but i loooove shopping wt mom! Hehe) oh i also was so unprepared to try dresses on too (funky bra n stuff) haha.
Anyhoo, went to davids bridal with my mom and mike. Mike went to gamestop while us gals did our girl thang :)
Right as we step into davids bridal i got all emotional and happy i was doing this with my mommy by my side :) she'll tell me straight up if a dress looks horrible on me haha.
So we start lookin thru the racks and find sum pretty dresses but the prices ranged from $700 to $1600! Wow! I (personally) wouldnt spend that much on a dress...much props to the brides that did.
So we keep looking, for a few more minutes...and checked out their clearance rack.
EUREKA!
Found a dress, reasonable price, and asked to try it on.
Unfortunately, brides must make an appt with davids bridal to try on dresses...just my luck!
But fortunately, a sales lady was free to let me try on the dress! ...that was based on my moms luck. :)
So i get to the fitting room, slap on a strapless bra, petticoat, heels, and the dress - and it was love at first sight!
I of course did the routine that all women should do when they try clothes - danced, picked something up of the floor, karate kicks, raised the roof, etc.
PERFECT FIT! SOLD!
Wanna know how much it was? The price of one "good" nosebleed ticket to a Giants playoff game :)
Plus, There was an additional 25% off discount on the already discounted items! Yea buddy! So, its actually the price of super nosebleed seats (for playoffs).
We walked outta Davids Bridal after 20 minutes with a dress that i (and mom) was happy about!
I hella thought dress shopping would be difficult! But no! It was the easiest thing on the to-do list :)

I love the design! Its simple and fun! I describe it as a "distorted fingerprint", it also looks like an outline of a flower kinda. Theres not too many sequins on it, but still shimmers when it hits that right angle. Totally love it!

...No, mike did not see the dress before the ceremony :)

The Wedding Dress Story - Part 2

Fun fact: Victoria tried on her dress 11 times before the wedding date.

Viva las vegas

Cash spin slot..
Mikes fave!

Bouquets

For the Bride and Bridesmaids

The bride's bouquet on top. All orange.

The bridesmaids bouquets are mixed oranges and whites.

Flowers

Photos taken by the photographer in the ceremony room

Flowers flowers flowers!

A big thanks to michelle, arlene, and mom, and aunt that helped!

We knocked these bad boys out so fast! :)

We purchased tons of flowers at the SF flower mart,

we got orange roses, white roses, cream roses, light orange roses,

I especially love the birds of paradise flowers!

We joked around that we should start our own flower shop!

But...hmmm...maybe we should!

We each found our special talent when it came to the bouquets, boutteniers, arrangements, etc.

Shoe-icide

Love em!!

our big day!

wait,

i said that all wrong -

OUR BIG DAY!!!

get well soon, shuggs!

shot out to the groom to be!
(bad bad tummy ache!)

Wedding Favors

Tea candle,

inside an orange tulle bag,

inside a votive candle holder/XL shot glass,

inside a small chinese food to-go box,

with a lil label saying "thanks for sharing this special day with us"

The children had candy and chocolates inside their to-go box. (no shot glasses for them!)

Thank You cards for the Bridal Party

The Thank You cards were given during the reception dinner, along with their gifts.
This was a fun DIY project too.  All done on photoshop.
I grabbed a few images from google and cut and paste as necessary.
I also had special silhouette images for our ring bearer, flower girl, parents, grandparents, and wedding planner.

These were printed out in black and white ink.  Then to add a lil bit of a custom touch, I used bright orange puffy paint for the Groomsmen's hankies, and for the Bridesmaid's sashes.  They came out really cute!

Bored at work

Goofin off with the FaceGoo app :)

The SF Giants Tie Bar

Bridal Party (for Parents) Gifts

The rehearsal dinner was coming up... I had gifts for the bridal party ~ bridesmaids, groomsmen, kids and my wedding planner. I totally forgot about parents and grandparents!! Eek!!

So, a budget friendly ( and humorous ) gift was sweet picture frames! 

I got these cool blingy frames at Marshalls for a sweet low price too!

I even love how there were different colors!

And I developed a few pics for each person/couple from the wedding that they might want to put in this frame :)

Its been over 2 months now, and I know both parents still have the goofy big-head pic up, haha.

My Fave Mind Trick

Out loud - Say the COLOR, not the word.

Chorizo for breakfast

What does this remind u of?

Toasty during the winter chill

We are LOVING our new toaster! Thanks Arlene & Uly! :)

Cake Tasting

At The Cakery
Burkingame, Ca

Cheesecake Factory

After a year and a half of holding onto a CCF gift card, we finally decide to use it!
Happy opening to the CCF at Hillsdale mall in San Mateo! :)

Ipod Screen Shot

 its a michael and victoria thing

haha

Hanging with friends

Rain, Rain, Go Away...

'cuz we got our engagement photo shoot today in the City!

Pics coming soon!

Tick tock tick tock

Just a few more days to go! :)
Not nervous, but more anxious! :) We're sooo ready for vacation!

Boulevard Cafe Buffet

Food from the rehearsal dinner...keep on forgetting to add these!

It was hellla good!

Calamari, Chicken Skewers, Asian Ribs, red pesto pasta, green pesto pasta, and so much more, oh my!

Mystery Feet in my album

Lol! Who's feet are these??
Love the stockings, btw ;)