That's amore...

I can't wait to tell you about how good of a time and how beautiful that wedding we went to last weekend. Being around all my friends really had a good affect on me and I feel more like my old self than that lesser version I've been in the last month.

Onto the show....


Seven bridesmaids!


TEN groomsmen!!!


One bride + two father figures!


Me and BM Kim


Most of the Junior Clan back together again!


The amazing centerpieces


The Bride and her party crew


Isn't she stunning?!


Yummy Cake!


The Happy Couple


The Hubby and me!

~~photos courtesy of BM Kim, Frank, and yours truly!~~

Labelling your party

I live to be organized in life. While my desk is a mess, my entire wedding is planned out to the T. For every game plan, there is plan B, C, and D for just-in-case scenarios. I never wanted to feel I never had enough time for anything when it comes down to the wire, I try to do everything I can in advance... regardless if it is 10 weeks or 4 months. Better to be safe than sorry, right?

I also hate paying for something I know is cake to make. It isn't that I'm a cheapskate, I endulge with the best of them. But I figured if I could make something that is esspecially from me, than that is always the best option. Case in point, my bridal party T-shirts. You can find them at wedding channel for as much as 25$ or you can go the DIY route and spend less then 8$ a piece!

So, first I went to Jiffy Shirts and ordered our bridal party American Apparel Shirts. (sidenote: as much as I might thing the owner/ex-owner? is a little sleazy, I think the company should get lots of gold stars for promoting a great work enviroment and amazing pay for its employees.) Next I ordered the iron-on letters from Star98.

Once everything arrived, I cut up the letters and assembled them into words...

...and ironed away! TADA!!!!

And because I didn't want my FI to feel left out, I made one for him.

And just for kicks, this is the back of it:

Wedding Party Newsletter

We have 10 people in our wedding party, 5 on each side. We have lots of things we want to do throughout the weekend and realized all of them have lives of their own. With less than five months to go, we needed to give heads up to them to plan accordingly, esspecially if they are travelling from afar.

I also work daily on a computer so when I go home to go play on my computer, I have the most minamil programs. No Adobe Illustrator, no photoshop here. Just Word and MS Paint. So if you think you need fancy programs to make a newsletter, think again!

Presenting our non-fancy newsletter:

Our first page is a photo from our engagement photo session. The fancy title was word art and some clip art from here.

This is the inside of the newsletter. We added contact information of our wedding party, what they will be wearing (i added some flowers to go with their outfits), and calendar of events. How did I do my layouts? I inserted tables with two columns and multiple rows. Then made the lines clear so when I print you won't see them!


This is an insert we added to the newsletter to get more info on them. It has questions to help us out customize their thank you gifts and also bits and pieces of information we can add to our OOT newpaper we are making. We're going to throw in self addressed stamped envelopes to make their lives as easy as possible. Heck, If I could add a pen to it, I would! :)
We'll be making one more for September with more information about the wedding. So what do you think? Did you do a newsletter?

Black is BACK

I'm BIG on color and when it was time to dress up the wedding party, I wanted them to WOW the "audience." So in a surprise move, they are wearing ALL BLACK! The bridal party picked out their own bridesmaids dresses, in black, with black shoes. The groomsmen are wearing black suits, black shirts, black ties, and black vests.
Now, how am I making them pop? Well, with the accents. The ladies are easy, it'll be their bouquets. For the gentlemen, we added some color with their boutonnieres and their handkerchiefs. Now with my makeshift pretend groomsman standing next to my fake bridesmaid, I wonder if it's too much black....



Luckily I won't get the OMG... "THEY LOOK LIKE THEY ARE GOING TO A FUNERAL"... since it's more accessible to use black as a "color." But did I take it too far? What do you think?