Studio West Video

Yesterday I received an email from our videographer to let us know that he posted a teaser from our wedding. Of course, I'm still on cloud 9 from the wedding and ran to my nearest computer see the footage. Aww....it was soo great to relive that moment. I can't wait to see the entire dvd!!! I tried to post the video on here, but I think I'm too tired to figure it our right now. Anyway, goe and check out his blog - Studio West Video Blog.

I'm a Mrs.!

This past Saturday was the Big Day! I'm officially no longer Single! I'm a married woman!!! It still seems soo weird to say that. I have so many pictures from that day that I'm still going through all of them. Just from my family I have over a 1000 pics, not to mention all the pictures my friends took. I should have copies of those hopefully by the end of the week. Now, I'm counting down the days to my Honeymoon. Mr. J and I will spend two fabulous weeks in Costa Rica.

The wedding itself was great. I'll do a recap soon. And I'll post pics once I get home from work. I think I've procrastinated enough for today, and I have soo much work to do before my honeymoon. So off I go to slave away for ungrateful clients. Stay tuned though, because tonight I'll have a few pictures up.
*************UPDATE****************** Here are finally a few photos. Actually I stole these from my best friend's blog. I have so many pictures that I haven't had time to look through them all. ENJOY!!

My Best FRIENDS!

The Parental Units

Saying our Vows!

The Delicious Cake!

Photobooth!

It's May!!!

May is finally here!!!! I'm officially 8 days away from the big day. Yikes!!! It will definitely be a busy weekend, as I will be finishing up the last touches for the Big Day.
This Wednesday, I also had my 3rd and Final Dress Fitting. The dress looks FABULOUS!!! Can't wait to wear it next Saturday. Also, my Dad flew in from Africa yesterday,and today my older sister and her hubby arrive from VA. We're definitely going to have a full house this weekend. Hopefully, I'll be able to finish the escort cards this weekend, as I finally finished the seating arrangements (which were a headache in itself). And first thing next week start on the wedding favors. It shouldn't take me to long to finish those up. Other than that J. and I have to practice our First Dance. Oh, I did forget something I still have to reorganize my wedding boxes and relabel everything, so that my coordinator knows where what goes.
Anyway, I need to get back to work...unfortunately when ever I'm at work, I have wedding on the brain. Therefore hardly any of my work gets done. But I have some deadlines today, so I need to stop procrastinating. Happy Friday everyone!!!

Congratulations: Minnie & Ben

It's Monday! And as always I'm procrastinating at work. ha ha! Actually I'm still trying to recuperate from this weekend. My good friend Minnie got married on Friday (2/27/2009) at the Laguna Hills Civic Center. With my help and the knowledge I gained from theknot, we were able to pull off this fun, small & intimate wedding in a matter of two weeks. Here are a few photos I took:

What do you think of the photos? Overall, I'm actually quite pleased, and I'm my own worst critic. Practice make perfect. Once my wedding madness is over, I will be able to devout more time towards my hobby. =)

Wedding Cakes

For awhile there, I had taken a break from all the wedding planning. Lately though, I've had wedding planning on the brain. Perhaps, because I just received my fabulous Save the Date cards, from my designer, The Paper Stylist. Hopefully, I will be able to mail them out this weekend. So excited for all my guests to receive them!!!!
Oh, I also get to work from home tomorrow, as the FI is in town visiting. Unfortunately, I have a huge ToDoList, which needs to be completed by this Friday. Ugh! What can you do, at least I have a job in this bad economy and will be getting paid for the holidays. So, I can't really complain. But I'm sure I will be able to squeeze in some wedding planning during my work hours ;)...which reminds me I need to pick up some labels and stamps. Darn, I knew I should have taken a few labels from work. he he he.
Anyway, here are a few photos of wedding cakes that I simply adore. Still looking for more cake designs. Ideally, I would like to create something simple, yet something that still has that stunning wow factor. What do you guys think?

Love the flowers and the simple monogram.

Love the ribbons and flowers on the cake.

A similar cake as the one above, except they used Orchids.
All images from theknot

Wedding: Inspiration Board

Since I just blogged about my Save the Dates, thought it would be fitting if I posted the color/combo inspiration board on here as well.

Color Palette: Red, Pale Pink (various shades), Cream & Ivory
Mood: Vintage, Soft Romance & Classy Elegance

Image Source: Snippet&Ink

Save The Dates

****UPDATE****

Anne sent me a picture of my Save the Dates, so I could blog about them. So sweet of her! So here is the final product! What do you guys think?! J'adore them!! I just know she's going to do an awesome job on my invitations. For those who are looking for invitation design or anything else related to paper designs, I can highly recommend the The Paper Stylist .


I received an email from The Paper Stylist last night, my Save the Date cards are ready!! Woohoo! Can't wait to pick them up from Anne! Anne is super talented and so creative! I will blog more about them once I receive them. Check out her blog!

Photography: Picture Perfect

I've been so busy lately that I haven't had the time to sit down and blog. Today though, I decided it was about time to catch up on things.

Where to start?! Oh yes, I finally have my voice back!!!For about 1 1/2 weeks I didn't have a voice. Of course, attending a wedding in Vegas didn't help either. However, I was the Maid of Honor therefore I had to attend. Not only that, I didn't want to be one of those people, who RSVP'd, then deciding last minute of not showing up. The wedding was lots of fun since I got to spend some time with my bff's from college, and we got to see an old college roommate, who we hadn't seen in 7 years. Here are some pictures. Let me know what you think. I was playing around with my photoshop. By the way, the originals are always on top.

Bride -To-Be

A touch of morning glow

Matron of Honor, Maid of Honor , Bride, and Bridesmaid
Above: Original Photo; Below: Photoshopped

Marlith (bff), I , Dani (bff), and Josie (old college roomie)

Prior to attending the wedding in Las Vegas, I had some old High School friends, from overseas , visit me as well. It was their first visit to the USA. Unfortuntaly, I wasn't able to spend that much time with them, due to my work schedule. But I was able to spend an entire Saturday with them up at the Griffith Observatory. The loved the area, and wished they had some time to hike up some of the trails. There is always next time. It was great to see them again! I haven't sbeen able to visit with many of my HS friends, since I moved out here. Life! Thank goodness for email and the internet.

Old High School Friends

Move Your Body...

The Big Day is less than 9 months away. The wedding planning itself is moving along quite well. Next week I'll sign the contract with my florist. And in September I'll have my first makeup and hair trial. Thanks again to my sister and her blog stalking skills - the stylist who styled Mrs.Pootiekins is opening up her own business. Naturally, I had to set up an appointment with her stylist, since I'm in love with Mrs.Pootiekins wedding. Two words to describe up her wedding: Gorgeous and Fabulous!
Like every Bride-To-Be, I want to look fabulous on my wedding day. With that said, I finally started my work out regiment- instead the crash diets I usually. Yes, we all know - Crash Diets never work in the long run. Yet at times, it does serve its purpose, especially if one lacks the motivation to get their lazy butt to the gym.
Usually I'm pretty consistent when it comes to working out, but the last few months I've been one lazy heffer. So now with the wedding 9 months away and the holidays (Thanksgiving and Christmas) being around the corner, I need to get my butt in gear. And unfortunately my metabolism slowed down, since I'm in my late twenties now.
Ugh, it's soo much work losing weight the good ol' fashion way - working out consistently and portion control when it comes to food. This week marked the beginning of my new self. hahaha. I just hope I can still stick with the program until May. My wedding should be a big motivator right?! Not that I'm fat by all means, but I love good food. Well my friends and I often go out to eat. Looks, like I have to scale back on that =(.

The stats as of Monday, August 18, 2009:

Bust: 33''
Waist: 27.5''
Hips: 36''
Weight: 117.5 Ibs (ugh, my heaviest I've ever been)

Sorry folks, but I'm not posting a before and after picture of me. Maybe later. But the goal is to lose about 3 inches on waist and hips, and bring my weight down 110Ibs. Hopefully, I won't lose anything around my bust. I'm not well endowed as it is.

So it begins...

Even though I'm in the midst of wedding planning, some how I failed to realize that my 9 month mark was rapidly approaching. Last week Saturday, my good friend J. mentioned that my wedding was exactly 9 months away. Wow! I' was proposed to in December! It's finally settling in...I'm engaged! And next May, I will be getting married to my bestfriend, my soulmate, my lover. Man, talk about a delayed reaction. haha. =)

Thanks to a very persistent sister, I would not have been so far ahead in my planning. Basically the minute I got engaged she hounded me: Start looking into venues, all the good venues will book fast. Check out this photographer! She's an up and coming photographer! Start getting quotes! See if they are booking for 2009 already etc. ...

Yes, I have a crazy sister. OMG, if anyone could have just seen her during her wedding planning days. She definitely was a Bridezilla!! lol And I quote her:



".... Move over bridezilla...her comes SISTER-zilla! I kidd I kidd. The other day, my sister was calling me literally 10x a day and asking a million questions and I thought to myself was I like this, too? My MOH said 'YES just WORSE!' What a BITCH!"



In all honesty though, if it weren't for her, the only vendor booked would have been my venue. But thanks to her obsessive compulsive behavior during her engagement. The following vendors are booked already:

• Photographer
  
  
• Videographer
• DJ/Lighting
• Florist
• Date of Coordinator
• Officiant
  
  
• Invitations

With my wedding being 9 months away, I'm on the hunt for the perfect DRESS. Actually, I'm just waiting on my mom to return from her trip. She went to the Eastcoast to spoil her grandkids. To get an idea what type of dresses I'm interested in just check out my planning bio.

In addition to my dress hunt, I'm still haven't decided on Bridesmaids dresses yet. So far these two Jim Hjelm dresses are in the running:

Girls just wanna have FUN (SHOES)!

Today has been a pretty lazy day. Unfortunately, I wasn't motivated enough to get my FAT BUTT to the GYM. Ugh, I wish scientist would invent a motivation pill!! Tomorrow though, I'm determined to hit the gym!!! Let's hope I still will be motivated.

Well, I wasn't entirely unproductive. I did find some place card holders, I would like to use for my wedding. Not to mention, I found these fab shoes. I'm still debating whether or not to buy them. What do you guys think?These shoes are from Steve Madden. They come in three different colors, black, purple and The purple and taupe. Can't decide which color to purchase. Help me decide! Purple or taupe??

My theme for my wedding is vintage. These are the vintage tealight place card holders, I was talking about. However, they only come in an antique white finish, but this shouldn't be a problem, as I can always paint them brown.