SAVE THE DATE......finally

finally finally finally.....the date is set!
mark your calendars everyone...

saturday o5.o2.o9

same reception hall, same church.
only problem now- i'll be 40 by the time i'm finally married!
jk- ok but really, the make-up person i want is already booked for that date, and even worse, the photographer i wanted is booked already too :(

so no sachiko yanase. no heather waraksa. booo

alright ladies- i'm going to temporarily revive wedding planning to at least book a photographer so PLEASE help me.....

and then i'll go back into hibernation :)

FIRE IN THE HOLE

....i need back-up!
(for anyone who understood that reference, you are a geek- along with me)

on a more serious note, a very critical change has happened that will force me to start wedding planning more quickly, furiously and seriously....[boooo]

there's a chance the wedding may be pushed up to october (but more realistically) november. can we pull this off girls? will the reception hall and church even be available? will the other factors fall into place?

fortunately i at least ordered the dress right before i left for korea. only problem is that they say it takes 6 months to deliver it.....(!!!!)

so what to do.....what to do.....?

break-up

so i have been slightly MIA....because i broke up with wedding planning.
it was too demanding, too abusive, and i always felt like i was being taken advantage of...hustled. (hahah jk-kinda)- but i have a feeling we'll be getting back together again soon.

and no it's not because of the hold-up in deciding colors....well maybe partly

alright- in the meantime, something easier to decide on: a photographer!

i met w/ heather waraksa last month and she was really sweet- very creative, very brooklyn! (like danah our famous artist chingoo)
right now, heather is my top choice, but only because i haven't yet had a chance to meet with scott lewis (or anyone else besides kenny...)

i also found a few new photographers who i think are pretty great- check 'em out and lemme know what ya'll think.

i'm hoping to book next month so comment away.....
whitebox: http://www.whiteboxweddings.com/
OLOL: http://www.ourlaboroflove.com/
henry chan: http://www.henryshoots.com/index.html
heather: http://heatherwaraksa.com/
scott: http://www.scottlewisweddings.com/main.php


(and all of the prices are fairly comparable)

thanks for the feedback guys! :]


off to the motherland next week!

color + theme, not as easy as it seems...

mission: to select color scheme and theme

i was reading one post that said that the color scheme/theme should be based off the venue- but i guess that's kinda hard bc right now we don't have a church yet, and i have no idea what color theme should be reflected off our reception hall (classic? formal? match w/ the deep purple curtains?) other consideration is because it's spring, maybe picking a flirtier, lighter color palette (contrary to my beloved k-town get-down black on black)

color considerations:

• midnight blue + gold
• pale grey + pale pink (similar but not quite)
• steel/charcoal grey + pale pink
• ivory + gold + black (or here)
• all ivory (w/ hints of pink or gold)
  

theme ideas:

• a play off of "just friends"- since that's what john + i always were (even though we all knew he secretly loved me all that time) :D
• since we're going to have a photo booth, maybe a picture/photo theme (have vintage photos up/pics from our parents weddings, etc) and/or incorporate "vintage" theme
• no theme

i like this picture: jumping for joy!

- - - -

UPDATE: here are the final color schemes for everyone to vote on.
thanks for everyone's initial feedback- hopefully once we lock down the color everything else will fall into place! also really liking the vintage theme- here's some inspiration (thanks jane).

1) midnight blue + champagne/gold
2) pale yellow + grey
3) pale yellow + black + white
4) pale pink (or as martha likes to call it- cameo pink) + black
5) pale pink + grey

Guess who!

hint: mungchung



enjoy: keisha chung

Gameplan

alright team....

since i'll be in the motherland from the end of may through mid-july....those would be the key months to make some of the more major decisions. SO, i'm hoping to do more now (early on) rather than later after i get back.

so let's huddle up!

april to-do-list

• engagement party (done)
• set the date (done- 4.4.o9)
• create preliminary guest list (kinda done)
• set budget (more or less)
• book reception hall (done)
• select officiant (done)
• pick color scheme + theme (HELP!)
• find church
• meet photographers (looks like favorites are heather, kenny, and scott)
• ask wedding party (maids/men)

if i'm ambitious

• STD (no you byuntae, save-the-date) cards - this could match w/ the photobooth we'll have
• order dress

so, jimin would like to tell you that i'm indecisive (which i usually am), but i think that it's because i can't fake being artsy or pretend like i have a clue about what's going on with all of these things that require so much attention to detail, creativity and personal "style."
i have none. haha (sad)
i like neat ideas but then i want to do them all, and i think i can! i'm sure once i've set a theme it'll be easy/clear to see what things will work and what clearly won't. soooo in the meantime please keep it coming with the cool, quirky, cute ideas and great websites! :D


cool sites:

• cool branches + sticks - i like the pussy willows and curly willow branches- maybe something for the centerpieces? also the site shows cool ways to do place card holders
• http://www.threaddesign.com/
• http://snippetandink.blogspot.com/ (thanks danarski)
  

Decisions decisions...

SO on to the planning stuff....

i guess i have a general sense for likes/dislikes- but i'm just not sure how it'll all play together.
so please please please leave feedback or votes for the stuff below:


"inspiration board" (ala "style me pretty" - don't mind the ghetto-ness)





















color scheme

my original preference was black & white (formal), but john wasn't having the black...so

navy or midnight blue + ivory/pale pink/gold (does that even work?)
-hopefully the blue will be darker (than the inspiration board)
-gold may only be in the BM shoes, cake
-pale pink in flowers (BM's + centerpieces)
-ivory (dress, table cloth, chair covers)
-maybe a "point" color (dark pink?) for bride's shoes and groom's socks (like argyle?)
-OR open to any suggestions too.....


reception hall

(the only thing we've booked so far...)
The Florentine Gardens













dresses

1) vineyard: jane (priscilla of boston)





















2) melissa sweet, lia (or the marisa 726)





















photographers

we'll be meeting with these folks soon:

yun gen yang
heather waraksa
scott lewis
kenny kim



thoughts.....?