i suck...

at all this after-wedding stuff.

I haven't done our Thank You cards, and I haven't picked out our pictures for our wedding album, therefore, we haven't gotten our pictures yet.

Just ordered holiday cards though, so I'm gonna send out our Thank Yous with those suckas.


Happy Holidays, everyone! And Happy Shopping!

Less than two weeks

is what we have...I'm feeling the pressure!

working on:

-seating chart
-tissue paper flowers a la Martha Stewart (pictures coming...promise!)
-buttons for our seating cards (will have pictures for that too)
-jewelry for my BMs (i have no clue what i'm doing)

also...i see why some brides drastically lose weight within the 2 weeks prior to the wedding. yesterday, after we came home from dance class, i had tried to complete some things off the checklist our coordinator gave us, and the next thing I knew, it was midnight, and i didn't eat dinner. =( i ended up having some cereal to make the stomach noises stop...but man...seriously, not enough hours in the day. i'm taking next week off from work to handle everything else wedding related. time is flying!

ooooo and today...we're getting our marriage license! as in..i have to leave right now to make our appointment!

Hair Muses

going back to hair...

I love Naomi Campbell's hair here!!

Love the messy side bun. It looks so effortlessly beautiful! I'll be needing my fringe to cover more of my forehead though.

here's a back-view of Naomi's bun.

As my hair is fine, I am also considering this dainty 'do...dainty in a cute kinda way!

This is also a runner up.

here's my attempt at the messy-ish, elegant side-bun. it took me like 5 minutes to do, and i was driving while i did it...eeeks...

this my 2nd attempt...i don't know if you can tell, but here, I was able to give my hair some volume. it shortly fell out during my fitting though.

a teeny tiny pic...get the picture though?

Results from my hair trial...

it looked great from the back. it was totally not what i had in mind though.

from the side. again...super ornate. a little messy, but hair girl assured me that more care would taken on day-of.

please excuse the face...i did go to the gym that day, and i just applied makeup b/c i looked dead before. anyways, you can't really see the side bun from the front though...like, at all...and the lack of fringe covering my forehead makes me look like i have thinner hair (to me, at least). Not to mention, I look like an old lady...nothing wrong with that, cept, I'm not an old lady...

Girls, be stern with your hair person. Tell them exactly what you want and the way you want it. I emailed my hair girl shortly. I showed her pictures of what I had in mind. I showed her pictures of my attempt, which I loved! I told her that I wanted something more simple but elegant at the same time. I told her that I wanted my fringe to cover my forehead more, and that I don't want any gaps in there.

She took it all as constructive criticism (I hope). And we're going to try again soon...in 2 weeks.

In the meantime, my wonderful coordinator reminded me of my DIY projects, gave me a brief overview on our timeline, reviewed our contracts, set up a preliminary meeting to Saturday, in which we'll be meeting again together with our DJ and do our tasting at the venue this Saturday.

T minus less than month. Holy cow!

To do list

1. book a dj
2. design wedding stationery (neither of us have a background in design): invitations, menus, programs, etc.
3. make buttons for our seating and place cards (half-way done...post to come)
4. book photobooth (we are gonna have one...i want it so bad!)
5. take pro dance lessons (currently taking a social dance class at our local JC)
6. meet with my seamstress
7. find bridesmaids' gowns

This is all my brain can handle right now.