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My STD's were the Weddingbee Gallery Pic of the Day!  Weeee!!!!

Shooz!

I love me a pop of color (thank you, Stacy and Clinton) and I actually got my shoes before my dress.  I loved having my shoes while dress shopping because I knew exactly what height I would be while wearing my dress.  Also, I received tonssss of compliments from the bridal salons whenever people saw my shoes.  I was at a bridal salon and I lifted the hem of the dress to move around and the woman next to me trying on dresses immediately honed in on my shoes and ooh'ed and ahh'ed.  I love getting ooh'ed and ahh'ed at!  :)

I got them from endless.com during Christmas so it was nice to wrap them up for myself.  :)  I want to wear them everyday of my life but Brian says I have to save them so I just wear them around the house randomly.  If these purple lovelies aren't for you, how about these other ones:

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Ummm....stayed tuned cause looking at all these shoes might make a 2-shoe bride!

Spreading My STD's!

Hehehhee...I may be 27 but that still makes me giggle like a schoolgirl.

I bought a gocco a few years ago when I first saw them on Weddingbee.  I was utterly smitten with the idea of all the paper goodness I would create with them.  When I first got it, I created Valentine's Day cards for them.  Then for the next two years, that would be the only thing I would create with it.  During that time, Riso stopped producing supplies for the gocco and I was lucky enough to find a bunch of gocco supplies cheap last year at Rugg Road Paper here in Boston.  Sadly, they only have cloth ink now and no more screens or bulbs.  I really wish I had bought triple what I had bought initially.  Damn you, Riso, for discontinuing.  *shakes fist and gives stink eye*

I finally found an excuse to use my gocco again for my STDs.  I'm not a Boston native - I grew up in the middle of CT where half my friends where Red Sox fans and the other half were Yankees fans.  Me?  I like the Mets (I'm horrible at picking sides).  But Brian is a die-hard Red Sox fan and during these past two years with him, I know more about the Red Sox and baseball than I ever ever EVER thought I would.  Consequently, I've become a fan of the Red Sox as well and I wanted to bring a little of Fenway into our STDs.   So I tried to fashion them to look a little like the Fenway scoreboard.

I was also inspired by these STDs so I over Christmas, I took pictures of lil' Brian and lil' me and had Moo cards made.  I was very pleasantly surprised by the quality of the cards - they come on very thick cardboard and are sturdy and non flimsy.  Also, it comes with a matted finish which I prefer over glossy. I definitely recommend with two thumbs up!

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Picture time!

Getting the printout ready to burn to the screen.

Brian snapped just as the bulb went off - quick reflexes!

Me with the successfully burned screen.  Please excuse the lack of make up and tired face.  This was the day after Brian and I went down to Times Square for New Years Eve.  We had stood in Times Square for 8 hours in the cold and then took the train back to CT and then drove back to Boston.  This is what the aftermath looks like - not a pretty sight.  Sorry for the lack of warning - I'm a horrible person.

Inkity-inkity-ink!

I found green bakers twine at Rugg Road also but it can be purchased online on ebay (surprisingly didn't find any on etsy).  I taped the moo cards with double sided tape and enlisted Brian with the sticking.  We also had to hand write the "18" by hand because I tried to do in yellow ink and yellow did not want to stay on the green.  I should have stuck with the white gocco ink but I was REALLY tired of getting ink all over the place - it's messssyyyyy.  Brian and I got a white colored pencil and traced around the moo cards to give it a border and make it more cohesive with the entire card.  I love how it came out - it looks like a chalk outline.  Ta Da!  Finished!!!!

I'll Show You Mine If You Show Me Yours

STD Preview:

Venue Location - Final Part (Or Is It....)

I loved loved loved The Charles Hotel.  However, it was just a little too much than our budget allowed.  Even after looking at our budget multiple times and trying to reallocate funds, it just didn't seem to work.  I tried to reconcile myself to the Multicultural Center - which I did like.  However, it just didn't speak to me as much as The Regatta Bar did.

When Brian and I were visiting my parents over Thanksgiving, my mom expressed a LOT of interest in holding a Chinese reception as well.  This was something I had thought about briefly because I did want to pay tribute to my heritage.  Also, growing up watching Chinese dramas, I had always imagined myself layered in gold like a princess and who am I to deny my inner princess?  :-P

I had originally thought we could hold the Chinese reception as part of our rehearsal dinner.  But then my cousins let me know that my mom was disappointed that a lot of her friends weren't invited so Brian and I thought about holding the Chinese reception on its own - AFTER our Western wedding.  That way my mom could invite all her friends and we could shift some of the people we had allocated to the Western wedding to the Chinese reception.  By doing so, we reduced about 25 people from the wedding at The Charles - which significantly brought down our costs at The Charles.

My mother has offered to help pay for the Chinese ceremony so even though overall we are adding some unexpected costs, it has allowed us to pick The Charles Hotel for our wedding - EEEEK!!!!!!  *^___^*

Here are some pics of my mom and dad on their wedding day.  My parents are in the middle holding hands (so cute!).  Plus, in case you didn't know who the bride/groom were, they're wearing the nifty red tags with the word "bride" and "groom" on it.  I can't wait to make Brian wear it (he has no idea!).   I am sure I will somehow "lose" mine before the reception....oops!  :)

The tea ceremony.  I am truly excited about this part because 1. I like tea and 2. I will get to honor my parents and family during the ceremony.  Red packets aren't bad either.

I love how  my dad is looking at my mom in this picture.  My mom has been saving the necklace in the picture for me ever since I've been born.  I can't wait to finally wear it.  And in her words, she's glad she finally gets to gift it because she was worried I was never going to get married.  Oh, Mom....I love you...you're so Asian.  :)