tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-296303362024-03-18T19:51:53.848-07:00pawyeen2012 wedding + bf in Australia + oodles of wedding ideas = early bird wedding planning by me =)pawyeenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10071611632907110081noreply@blogger.comBlogger15125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29630336.post-26377638400209993592011-06-09T23:54:00.000-07:002011-06-09T23:54:21.784-07:00365 days left to go! =)CAN'T wait! still have lots to do.. <br />
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dress update to come soon!!pawyeenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10071611632907110081noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29630336.post-81195428084510038562011-05-26T00:17:00.000-07:002011-05-26T07:50:18.589-07:00the angry brideyup, uber angry bride coming through. <br />
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my little <a href="http://pawyeen.blogspot.com/2011/03/early-bird-failure.html">early bird failure</a> had me going and i "booked" a restaurant that both will and i and our parents were happy with in april. why "booked", you ask?<br />
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first some back story. I always asks what happens if someone else wants the date and all restaurants i spoke to will hold your date, until someone inquires about the same date. if that does happen they will contact you and ask that you give them an a deposit to secure your booking or if no one else wants the date they usually ask you to put down a deposit 6 months prior to the date. this happened to me when i was looking at kirin starlight. i was second on the list and the manager told me that the couple before me had until so and so date to decide and if they don't put down the deposit i would get the date. all is fair. first couple gets priority, if they don't want it.. it's free for me and if i didn't want it the 3rd couple (yes, there was a 3rd couple) could have it. unfortunately for me the first couple did put a deposit so that restaurant was out of the running. <br />
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THAT did not happen with the restaurant we ended up choosing and "booking" with. now i won't mention this restaurant by name since i've heard of bloggers getting threaten with legal action if what they write reflects negatively on the restaurant (no free speech i guess?). but i will say for all vancouverites that this restaurant is located where the old flamingo restaurant was and near glad tidings church.<br />
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will and i had yet to put a deposit down and were told that they would contact us. i went in yesterday to put in a deposit maybe a month and bit after i booked the date with them since i figured we really did decide to go with this restaurant and just to get it done. the manager took my deposit and all was well. today i get a call from the same manager saying that he was sorry and had to return my deposit because the restaurant took another person's deposit for the same date. my inner bridezilla took over and needless to say, i was not happy and that guy got an earful. that manager told me that another manager will give me a call in the afternoon. no call. i had to call them and went in to talk to them. prior to all this i had received NO call to get in a deposit earlier. the manager and owners reasoning for not calling was... " if i called you and you weren't home and when you do call us back and maybe you tell us that you don't need the restaurant anymore, and those other people left then i've lost business". OKAY. the moment i heard that i just wanted to flip the table and leave (my inner gangster bride.) then they tried to convince me to change my date and they will cut me a deal since they were wrong, but i told them that's not happening since i've already booked some big ticket items. they offered to print my invitations among other things but honestly, i was done. i was so disappointed that wasn't called to put in my deposit. but what's done is done and i'll find a better restaurant. never going back there. ever. <br />
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in fact i've already looked in to some.. my second question after asking if my date is free, was "will you contact me if someone else asks about the date". their answer... YES. <br />
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<b>lesson learned</b>: chinese restaurants are sometimes really shady about their practice. beware.pawyeenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10071611632907110081noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29630336.post-14896322314426510032011-03-29T21:21:00.000-07:002011-03-29T21:23:54.065-07:00wind and rain: our sydney engagement pictures!as i mentioned before we flew our wonderful and uber talented photographer- <a href="http://jeanie.stu-di-o.com/">jeanie of stu-di-o</a> - down to sydney to take our engagement/ life photos! it was so worth it! jeanie was in town for about 4 days. so we spent one day scouting out locations to shoot and tried to pick places that showed off iconic sydney locations. believe it or not, we were all a little worried that it would rain- it's not always sunny in sydney!<br />
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on the day of, we decided to meet up around 5ish to get the best light. i'm helpless with my makeup so i decided to have a professional help me with it. thank goodness i did! not only was <a href="http://www.lefabulous.com.au/index.html">jenny</a> a super awesome makeup artist, we totally hit it off and i made my first real aussie friend =)!<br />
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we first went to <a href="http://www.lunaparksydney.com/">luna park</a>/ <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Milsons_Point,_New_South_Wales">milsons point</a> in north sydney and got some wonderful shots under the bridge. Just as we were finishing up there... it started POURING rain. we kept our fingers crossed that it would stop by the time we got to our next location...<br />
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the <a href="http://www.sydneyoperahouse.com/">sydney opera house</a>! you really can't get more sydney than that! thank goodness it had stopped raining but in came the wind! there were so many pictures of my hair whipping will in the face! haha awesome.<br />
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our last location was townhall. i absolutely love that building! i heart the old victorian feel :) it was one of the train stops that will and i used most often when going to the CBD and chinatown. we got some great pictures just as the light was fading.<br />
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after a long day, we went to glebe to get some yummy mexican food. the name of the restaurant totally escapes me but it had great nachos that rivals <a href="http://www.urbanspoon.com/r/14/180661/restaurant/Mount-Pleasant-Main-Street/Foundation-Vancouver">foundation</a>!<br />
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we had so much fun just hanging out with jeanie and i think it really showed in the pictures!! you be the judge, some of our pictures can be found on jeanie's <a href="http://blog.stu-di-o.com/?p=912">blog</a>!!<br />
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<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgmkaA1sCDFjz4V1E6ICY46_949afPZSdPZ0XkzylhjP5NKqET5jPMKPKdcLgWrZ4YQuhYJKHPgyJR2RWWjKO3r9NohxNRMHEYbfxfjIyPBcRbpmGM_7Vw_6XqqSZ9fmBw1JGLkLg/s1600/photo.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="238" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgmkaA1sCDFjz4V1E6ICY46_949afPZSdPZ0XkzylhjP5NKqET5jPMKPKdcLgWrZ4YQuhYJKHPgyJR2RWWjKO3r9NohxNRMHEYbfxfjIyPBcRbpmGM_7Vw_6XqqSZ9fmBw1JGLkLg/s320/photo.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: xx-small;"><center>jeanie taking pictures of me and the crazy wind whipping hair</center></span>pawyeenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10071611632907110081noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29630336.post-43774834994158647652011-03-23T23:29:00.000-07:002011-03-25T00:27:03.410-07:00early bird failure... =/sorry i've been so neglectful of my blog. after getting back from 2 AWESOME months in australia (btw, everyone should go once) i just didn't feel very blog-y. lots of wedding things have happened in the last two months but for now, my early bird failure....<br />
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alright, it's not that bad but i have to kick myself for it. the whole point of having a long engagement (*ahem* not by choice *ahem*) is to make the most of it and be able to book all the vendors i like, plan everything ahead of time, etc! will and i agreed that we would have a wedding with 200 guests, which is small by asian wedding standards. i was super confident that we would be able to do it and nothing was going to stop me! when will was back in vancouver, we had went for dimsum at a restaurant in richmond. the restaurant held 20-24 tables, very modern looking, clean, and the food was decent. put down our name for our date. DONE. we even planned that if we went over our 200 we had room for an extra 3 tables.<br />
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Last week, we started really planning out our guestlists to see how many people we wanted to invite, how many our parents would want to invite and the final number..... 263!! i'm POSITIVE that i can't cut anyone. so our original restaurant isn't going to work. i started calling other restaurants that we originally ruled out for being too large. one was already booked on my date but luckily, one is booked on every saturday of june except for mine. bad part is i can't put my name down without a deposit so i'm meeting with the manager on saturday. i thought i had a restaurant done in december with 1.5 years to go. now everyone is starting to book! oh the stress!<br />
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looks like my wedding of 200 people has ballooned up to a wedding of potentially 300. i mean if we're at 263 already lets just go all the way to 300!<br />
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<b>lesson learned in all this:</b> do a rough guest list!!!!!<br />
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<b>fun fact</b>: sun sui wah on main street- min. amount spent to close the restaurant to the public- $35,000<br />
min. amount at other restaurants- $13,000-16,000<br />
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sun sui wah holds 40 tables x $700 dollar menu= $28,000. still short $7000.......pawyeenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10071611632907110081noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29630336.post-86034707102496877382011-01-08T16:48:00.000-08:002011-01-08T16:58:33.842-08:00Greetings from Sydney!<center><b>Happy new year everyone!</b></center><br />
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i'm spending two months here in sydney and so far enjoying every minute of it! not going to write a long post. there's so much we've done already but here's a snippet! definitely more pictures to come<br />
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</div><div style="text-align: left;">In other exciting news, <a href="http://www.studiojeanie.com/">jeanie- our great photographer</a>, will be here in sydney taking our engagement pictures on tuesday! we're all going to go around sydney tomorrow and find some potential shooting locations. uber excited! fingers crossed that the weather holds up- surprisingly, it's not always sunny here in sydney!</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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... but it's not that one. although it was one of my top 3 dresses. i won't be posting my dress up just in case Will sees and really i want it to be a surprise!<br />
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i must have tried on 30+ dresses and i ended up deciding on the 5th dress i tried on my first trip out. every other dress just didn't compare. i've said yes to the dress... style.<br />
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i'm actually going to be getting a replica of the dress i want, which would cost 5% of the actual dress. yes, i said 5%. i got the idea from my friend, who had one of her wedding dresses replicated by the same company. her dress is exactly like the original so i'm pretty confident that mine will be too. it is a risk, but i think the pros definitely outweigh the cons. i am not the type of person to spend thousands on a dress, i could only wear once so this seems like the best of both worlds. Beautiful designer inspired dress at the cost of a pair of expensive jeans on <u><b>sale</b></u>.<br />
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i'm expecting the dress to be sent to me in april; in the meantime, they will keep me posted with pictures of the dress production. SUPER EXCITED :) <br />
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<b>side note</b>: getting measured by a seamstress was NOT super exciting! i think all the holiday foods i've eaten are finally starting to show...=/pawyeenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10071611632907110081noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29630336.post-13523142659100214052010-12-12T23:08:00.000-08:002010-12-12T23:08:48.092-08:00M.I.Asorry folks. i've been totally MIA and neglecting my blog. HTB is back in town and i'm getting ready to go to AUSTRALIA for 2 months. Getting things ready for work and procrastinating about getting my Australian visa has really taken up my time but post coming soon regarding some EXCITING news!<br><br><center><b>hint: i've found the perfect......</center></b>pawyeenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10071611632907110081noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29630336.post-42607945767056758022010-10-23T20:33:00.000-07:002010-10-23T20:37:29.842-07:00mission: impossible...ring in a haystack<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><br />
needle in a haystack... try a RING in a haystack. yup. it happened to me..<br />
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I work with kids and on thursday we went to the <a href="http://www.countryfarms.ca/">pumpkin patch</a> in richmond. after picking pumpkins, we took them over to the hay area to have our usual hay fight. during the hay fight, my left hand felt a little different and when i looked down...MY...RING..WAS...GONE!!! <br />
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it was by far the scariest moment of my life. it was completely surreal, stuff like this only happens on tv, people! i immediately told my friend/coworker M that i lost it, THANK GOODNESS she kept me calm. we asked the parents and people there to help out, which some immediately started doing. it's really nice to see that people are willing to help out a total stranger. texted HTB, who was not happy about the 5:30am aussie time wake up but this was SERIOUS!<br />
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one parent, who was there with his kids told me i should probably get a metal detector. GREAT IDEA! we searched for a while but i had to drive the kids back to our center so they could have lunch and go to class. after i dropped off the kids, i went to go rent a metal detector at <a href="http://www.abtoolrentals.com/">A&B tool rental</a> which was right by work (THANKS A for looking it up!!)<br />
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Let me say. i was a little skeptical but at this point i was desperate. the poor guy helping me at a&b must have thought i was insane. i was literally covered in hay. hay was in my hair, hay was on my hoodie and hay sticking to my lulus. a crazy woman. <br />
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drove back to the pumpkin patch and 2 of my friends met me there to help. every time that thing beeped we were on our hands and knees. the thing even beeped for juice boxes (i found 2)!! 15 minutes go by and things didn't look good but i sweep it over the area where i thought i lost it and it starts beeping a lot! S, me and a random lady start digging.......... BINGO. S finds it!!!!!!<br />
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phew. insanely happy. relief. insanely happy. o.m.g. so happy. <br />
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needless to say i was ecstatic. sigh. <br />
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funniest thing that happened during this traumatic event: one of my kinders saying to her friend in a very serious voice "we have to find pauline's marrying ring or she'll have to marry someone else". awwww....<br />
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moral of this story: </b>loose fitting engagement rings and large areas of loose hay are NOT friends. <br />
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this girl has learned this lesson and will not be within 5 feet of hay. EVER.<br />
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</a></div>a while back i made cards to ask my friends to be part of my bridal party. i felt like i should somewhat make it special instead of asking them during one of our regular pigging out sessions. being the google queen, i stumbled upon this awesome tutorial for bridesmaid cards at <a href="http://www.oncewed.com/16446/wedding-blog/diy-wedding/diy-bridesmaids-cards/" target="new">oncewed</a>! <br />
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<a href="http://rifledesign.com/events/" target="new">Anna of Rifle Design</a>, the person that made the tutorial actually makes really cute hand painted wedding programs, invites etc. i HEART her calligraphy. i would LOVE invites made by her but it's another thing to add to my fantasy ultimate wish list =/<br />
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There was no way i would be able to duplicate hers perfectly so i tried my darnest to find a font similar and did my best to make them as cute as hers. here's my finished product...<br />
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</div>my cursive writing leaves much to be desired but overall, not too bad. what do you guys think?pawyeenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10071611632907110081noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29630336.post-34041477834021137172010-10-06T21:08:00.000-07:002010-10-07T20:07:06.745-07:00a new alternative to photo booths?<br><span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh2oTM_NHgCkR-ObEYxUXUjzF-yZm3j1IOyp4w6WYOKRCwXHB7U-nZ8RtMfrqhNA_kEFbVXYR1In1pv5qtgeVUtJ2qmnDVt-F6oEV-vgxrA6tpRcHwl9ZqRrXuaauGiQK4PrazMCg/s1600/IMG_3482.JPG"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh2oTM_NHgCkR-ObEYxUXUjzF-yZm3j1IOyp4w6WYOKRCwXHB7U-nZ8RtMfrqhNA_kEFbVXYR1In1pv5qtgeVUtJ2qmnDVt-F6oEV-vgxrA6tpRcHwl9ZqRrXuaauGiQK4PrazMCg/s320/IMG_3482.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5525503247195986834" /></a>Now, i love photo booths and i do plan to have one at my wedding (yet another thing i need to book..) but while at the grand wedding show a couple of weeks ago, i discovered the new alternative to photo booths...<a href="http://vancouverflipbook.com/">FLIPBOOKS</a>! it's similar to cartoon stick flip books we all made when we were kids. what they do is take a short video and instantly make flip books out of your video! the book itself is about 3.5' by 2. it's a pretty nice keepsake and oodles of fun for wedding guests. My MOH and i gave this contraption a go and i must say it's pretty awesome! definitely something new and fresh for weddings instead of the usual photo booth. <br><br><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj174xENZZbYn55cFnplkSBwJJKLtNBUlBq9pD-_SgFSn1MdXLxhZfePj8n_9aKxeoCVKa2cyG4ZHt55hzdsslwp4cP203v4DN4oQaRpKeshbvO5p6rY33T-C8wKBJrEZCOh4smdg/s1600/IMG_3480.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj174xENZZbYn55cFnplkSBwJJKLtNBUlBq9pD-_SgFSn1MdXLxhZfePj8n_9aKxeoCVKa2cyG4ZHt55hzdsslwp4cP203v4DN4oQaRpKeshbvO5p6rY33T-C8wKBJrEZCOh4smdg/s320/IMG_3480.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5525504932877723122" /></a><br />In a perfect world where i have unlimited funds for my wedding, i would definitely book these guys AND a photobooth! but <a href="http://vancouverflipbook.com/">vancouver flipbook</a> will cost quite a bit more than a photo booth and take longer to assemble, which means you would have to book them for longer. with 200+ guest on my guest list, not exactly budget friendly. So it's either one or the other for me... booo! But for the brides out there with a huge budget.. definitely look into it! </span>pawyeenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10071611632907110081noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29630336.post-22947892853611133482010-10-05T22:01:00.000-07:002010-10-06T00:21:58.033-07:00say yes to the......<span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;"><br><center><span style="font-style:italic;" >PHOTOGRAPHER!!!</span> <a href="http://www.studiojeanie.com/"> <b>jeanie of STUDIOjeanie</a></B>!</center><br><br>it was a long time coming and HTB finally let me do what i would have done 5 months ago. but of course i'm glad that he is the voice of logic and reason during my VERY early fanatic wedding haze. going to see other photographers and other options really made the decision easy for me. one a side note... i say i made the decision instead of we, due to the fact that HTB couldn't tell the difference in quality of photos/ artistry between any of the photographers i sent him! <br /><br />since HTB is in aussie, i decided to enlist the help of my bridesmaids, friends and cousin to go to photographer meetings with me. boy, was it great to have a bunch of opinionated friends with me. i remember going to one meeting with my bridal party, and the meeting went along fine. the photographer was very nice and explained the services great but everytime the photographer turned his back to get something, they would all throw do-not-hire-him or that-picture-was-NOT-nice looks at me. thank goodness i can count on honest opinions from those girls. <br />anyway i'm ecstatic about my choice! she's pretty darn awesome! have a look! <br><br><img src="http://studiojeanie.files.wordpress.com/2009/08/juliapeterwedblog_026web.jpg?w=497&h=331"><br> i LOVE ring shots<br><br><img src="http://studiojeanie.files.wordpress.com/2010/05/img_0790web.jpg"><br><br><img src="http://studiojeanie.files.wordpress.com/2010/05/shannonomerwedblog_0010.jpg"><br><br><img src="http://studiojeanie.files.wordpress.com/2009/08/alexaaaronwedblog_010web.jpg?w=497&h=331"><br></span>pawyeenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10071611632907110081noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29630336.post-6406240090960846852010-09-12T20:21:00.001-07:002010-10-05T23:01:20.626-07:00back in the wedding groove<span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;">i took a long break from looking at wedding things after my HTB (husband to be) told me it was MUCH too early to do anything else. hmph. fine. But now i'm back in the wedding groove! thanks to his best friend's wedding!<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhB1vKNJZaq4JJYARpmnv8WRmggXT6Nxu0JG_E25pZj2537cBxSIzFw5ijhzh4BV7UCxdI52FJ2zBGqKnR4SktJjmaXB4-q7WldWvW0NeyzjhDpgKVrBNynUlbyeitBiuRKGtlixQ/s1600/IMG_3330.JPG"><img style="float: right; margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhB1vKNJZaq4JJYARpmnv8WRmggXT6Nxu0JG_E25pZj2537cBxSIzFw5ijhzh4BV7UCxdI52FJ2zBGqKnR4SktJjmaXB4-q7WldWvW0NeyzjhDpgKVrBNynUlbyeitBiuRKGtlixQ/s320/IMG_3330.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5517752555266832738" border="0" /></a>alfred and mijung's wedding was at the fairmont pacific rim. it was such a beautiful space. alfred had to do a lot of the planning himself since mijung was still based in korea but being the wedding loving person i am, i helped him out with minor things like scheduling, printing/designing menus and programs. for their program and menus, i used this awesome free monogram from <a href="http://www.weddingchicks.com/freebies/">wedding chicks</a>. they have such awesome freebies there, including DIY invitations and stickers! gotta love free!<br /><br /><br><br><br><br><br><br><br />alfred had som<a style="font-family: courier new;" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg237qdDpg8X-QlVqYo3pPzMzTKt2nuESoEZmUihDKtamO8-nIMKT1ZFVnYEj003za9LDFT8YEZx5nVAEqv70iTqn3_eoBAigEcF8j64WRXeUrmDvUv5y1InjgLqtlGb8kLYDTXCg/s1600/IMG_3331.JPG"><img style="float: left; margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; cursor: pointer; width: 193px; height: 270px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg237qdDpg8X-QlVqYo3pPzMzTKt2nuESoEZmUihDKtamO8-nIMKT1ZFVnYEj003za9LDFT8YEZx5nVAEqv70iTqn3_eoBAigEcF8j64WRXeUrmDvUv5y1InjgLqtlGb8kLYDTXCg/s320/IMG_3331.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5517750117044232818" border="0" /></a>e great cupcakes made by <a href="http://www.facebook.com/home.php?#%21/somethingsweetforyou">Something Sweet for You</a>. they were absolutely delicious, my favourite were the earl grey tea cupcakes with lemon butter cream. yum. i'm drooling just thinking about it.<br /><br />to celebrate me getting back in to my wedding groove, i'll be going to the grand wedding show at canada place on saturday with my moh and another friend who's getting married next year =). hopefully i'll get some much needed inspiration!</span>pawyeenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10071611632907110081noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29630336.post-66931703800265162352010-05-29T16:53:00.000-07:002010-10-05T23:01:41.531-07:00shoes make the outfit<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.zappos.com/images/750/7509540/8521-840365-p.jpg?" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="150" src="http://www.zappos.com/images/750/7509540/8521-840365-p.jpg?" width="200" /></a></div><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br />one of the things I was worried about when it came to my wedding were shoes. not the dress but shoes! my lovely little feet are a size 4. not only is it hard to find shoes that fit, it's hard to find shoes that don't look like grandma shoes. But i've done it!<br /><br />i knew from the beginning that i didn't want white shoes. i wanted a colored shoes that would match my bridesmaids. Plus, i'm more likely to wear them after the wedding. i actually already have this pair in a black and a champagne. the violet was out of stock for so long that i didn't think they would bring the shoes back but thankfully they did. i haven't been able to find a shoe as cute as these. they're on order right through zappo and i have to pick it up from the states. i'm so relieved =))))))</span>pawyeenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10071611632907110081noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29630336.post-49768767894501004902010-04-27T21:50:00.000-07:002010-10-06T00:23:12.507-07:00one thing done, another 200 things to do<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.bride.ca/wedding-ideas/images/Blog/celebr-pav.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="http://www.bride.ca/wedding-ideas/images/Blog/celebr-pav.jpg" width="240" /></a></div><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">it's done. i've booked the <a href="http://www.flickr.com/search/?w=all&q=queen+elizabeth+park+celebration+pavilion&m=text#page=0" target="_blank">queen elizabeth park celebration pavilion</a> for our wedding ceremony</span>. <span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">it took me a while to find a place i really liked and met my requirement of not having to decorate or rent chairs from another vendor. at first, i was thinking of having our ceremony at the <a href="http://www.flickr.com/search/?q=ROSE%20GARDEN+UBC" target="_blank">UBC rose garden</a>. i always loved walking by it during my long treks to the dreaded anso building. but when i found out you could only book the year of your wedding, it was an instant no. booking a ceremony venue 6 months in advance is a little unnerving for me, especially since i have 2+ years to plan this darn thing! </span><br /><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">will and i went to check out the pavilion before he left for sydney back in january. my favourite part of the space: the huge doors that open up to show the view of the city. i love that even though it's an indoor wedding, we still have that element of it being outdoors with those huge doors open and if it rains we are still okay! i found a lot of gardens i was looking into didn't offer a rain alternative, which really doesn't help. </span><br /><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">planning early definitely had it's benefits. since contacting them in january, they had raised their rental prices but i was able to book the pavilion for the price i was told in january =). another added bonus... no hst! just good old GST!</span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> </span>pawyeenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10071611632907110081noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29630336.post-73022110696536907752010-04-22T23:05:00.000-07:002010-10-05T23:03:11.492-07:00got the bling, now for the dress<img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5464702889477768242" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi6RLfW-TT0n5zH8tdVy3iPEx50p7H9XKDXU5pvm9kIZjuv8H2lYOqvhz4gzW2EUiQfUooO4SRHLcB3N8IbmkoiQZgjaOyRm43eFHer9BtrU12dKB643vW6sdlsKxepeTbgova2xA/s320/IMG_3073.JPG" style="display: block; height: 240px; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; width: 320px;" /> <span style="font-size: 85%;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br />honestly, who can deny the excitement of walking into a store filled with wedding dresses? i can't. but being practical, i know any dress shopping i do now is considered wedding dress research. i won't be ready to buy until a little more than a year before the big day. seriously though, i could not wait to try on dresses!</span><br /><br /><br /><span style="font-family: verdana;">recently, my bridesmaids and i went to bryan's bride in brentwood mall. now when you first look at the place, one of the first things you notice is that they have rows and rows of dresses and on top of that, their dresses are pretty affordable. unfortunately, right off the bat our bridal consultant made us want to leave. the moment she heard my wedding date, she saw us as a waste of time and barely said anything to me. when i was trying on dresses she stood there silently, while the bridal consultant next to us was telling her bride-to-be about the cut of the dress she's trying on, and offering her opinions, etc. at one point, though she told me that i was shopping to early and dresses would start to look the same. VALID point but was moot after how she was treating my wedding dress experience. we had gone to blush bridal in west vancouver awhile back and were not treated like we were at bryan's.</span></span>pawyeenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10071611632907110081noreply@blogger.com0