keeper

I just bought this pair from Charles David.
It's yellow and simple. ($115.00)
I could have some shoe clips or I just can wear this pair as is.


I am still very open for any other shoes, but its worth to keep it for now.



黄色のサンダルを買いました。パーフェクトってわけではないけど、今まで見た黄色の靴の中で一番ピッタリだなぁと思って。シュークリップを買って付けるかも？そのままかも？　だんだん、いろんな事が面倒くさくなってきたので、多分もう躍起になって探しはしないかなぁ。。。

Our invitation on wedding chicks

I'm glad that people recognize our invitation is awesome :)

our invitations and our engagement pictures were featured at wedding chicks!!

yes! did it!

F.I.N.A.L.L.Y!!
We sent out almost all of the invitations today~.

Here we come.
yay!

here's cost break down for our invitations (roughly):

Papers - $2.25 x4 =$9.00

Envelopes - $3.50 x5 =$17.50

Paper tags -$ 8.00

Scallope card - $6.50x4 =$26.00

Decoration (ribbons) - $17.00

Decoration(paper liner) -$22.00

Label sticker - $5.50

Postage - $44.00

Rubber stamp -$30.00

Printer ink refill (of course, Chinese place near my office) - $12.00

Total appr. ---$170.00 (+ tax)

Design fee ------- priceless

If we order invitations professionaly, I guess, it will cost $500ish at least?

hmmmmm, we did really good job.

wow, this is one of the biggest to do list item, so we really feel releaf now!

やっと招待状発送しましたよー（一部除いて）。

はー、疲れた・・・だいたい50人そこそこでこんなに大変って、100人以上呼ぶとどうなるんだろ？とにかく、上に書いたように自分たちで全部やったことで、かなりのコストダウンができたと思う。
デザインも二人ともかなり気に入ったものが出来たし。良かった。全部で200ドル以下に収められたよー。うれしい♪

みんなにも気に入ってもらえるといいなぁ。。。

busy busy

ahhh, I haven't posted anything again....
We've been busy busy, cuz we back and forth the paper stores or craft stores. Besides we did voluteer for LA marathon! (its nothing to do with our wedding :)
And then....Finally the invitations are almost ready to ship.
Please wait for it, our friends and family!!
Once they are out, I will post here. They are sooooo cuuuuttteeeee.

here's some I got from etsy recently.

via silver pencils　　

　for my hair/makeup trial. not sure if I use this one for my real wedding yet.

via Yoshino bag

it's nothing to do with my wedding. I just LOVE this bag. So cute.

via Yoshino bag

no, I haven't got this bag yet, but I always wanted this. LOVE LVOE this design/color. there are more awesome designs and colors. Please check the etsy store!!!!

もうﾊﾞﾀﾊﾞﾀしてて、更新できなかったんだけど、やっと招待状が完成に近付いております。ふーー、長い道のりだったわ。ってほとんどアレックスがやったんだけど。私は店に行って、物調達係りでアレックスはデザインと細かい手作業。これ、普通逆？　なんせ、この大雑把な私がやると全てぶち壊しそうなので、任せました。

yay

I have to mention this....
We are on Rock'n Roll bride!
Thank you, Marianne!

girls just wanna have...

nice hair. and make-up.

I'll have a trial session for hair and make-up!
Here's my inspiration. (I will bring these images to the studio.)

not too Hollywoody. little casual (she is always cute)

this bride is sooooo beautiful! clean and elegant.. via Tec Petaja

ah, this bride is so cute... simple hair style but cute :) (I forgot where this pic from. I just loved it and save it. I will post it as I find out)

来週はヘアメイクアップの試しの日（っても、お金払うんだけど。って普通？）。全く何も考えてなくって突然決めちゃったもので、どーしよーか悩んでおります。でも、やっぱりカジュアルな雰囲気なんであんまりキメキメにならない、ゆるい感じにしようと思ってます。そして、また自分のやりたい感じと似合うは別ですからねぇ。メイクはちょっとロマンチック風にしたいが、絶対似合わないと思うし。で、ジェニファーロペスで。って言ってみようと思う。（これ真剣）

do you like it?

@h%7$)!l?&d#a^*pf2%$
there's no word to describe how happy we are!!!
We did Engage photo session the other day, and it turns out AWESOME!!!!!!!
Marianne is really great photographer (how many times did I mention it??)!!
Seriously I LOVE every single pictures she took! We got more than 500 pics(!) and we love over 400 pics out of it. (The reason why I didn't like rest of it is simply just because I had DOUBLE chin :(( it's my fault, not hers :)
She already posted our pics on her blog. HERE
So, today I post here other my FAVORITE pics. Hope you guys love it as much as we do!!!

先日、撮った婚約写真が出来上がってきた！！！既にMarianneのブログにもポストしてもらってたんだけど、今日はそれ以外の私のお気に入りをここに。本当にMarianneは才能のある素敵なフォトグラファーで良かったよーーーーー。仕上がりに二人とも本当に満足してます。ラブラブ。

almost there

step by step. DIY invitations.
on weekend, we went to Paper source and got papers, cards, envelopes and a map.
today, I went to Joann(awesome) and got ribbons and buttons. (yellow ribbon roll was $0.55! the bag with tons of buttons is $2.99. laces are $2.00 per yard)

hopefully, everything turns out what I imagine... I'm not good at crafting, but I will try hard! stay tuned...

ちょっとづつDIY招待状の準備を始めてます。（ってか、デザインがまだ完成してない。早くして！って言いたいけど、やってもらってるからきつく言えない）紙や封筒を買って、今日は裁縫用品の店でボタンやリボン、レースを買ってきました。うまくいくといいけどー。

pillow talk :)

I know this is totally unnecessary thing to spent money from our tight budget.
But, I just can't resist sharing these cute ring pillows.

via maihardesign

via AprilHilerDesigns

If I ask Alex that we should get one of these, Alex would say "we don't need that!" :)

Girls always love something not so necessary cute "kawaii" small stuff, right?

リングピローってやつですね。リング運んでくれる小さなかわいい男の子もいないので必要ないのはわかってるんですが。とにかくかわいい。でも、こうやってひとつひとつ小さいものでも、買っていってたらどんどんお金が出てってしまうので、我慢。我慢。

wedding traditional

I just don't get it.

Why people still want "classic-cheesy" moment at their wedding??

It doesn't matter where they are from (US or Japan, anywhere), I think every country has some classic-embarrassing wedding moments... I have been to 7-8 weddings (in US & Japan) in my life and those experiences gave me some ideas what I do NOT want to do. Thank god, I learned.

Here is the list I do NOT need:

they seem really happy.... not me. "garter removal & toss"

eeeeewwww, Japanese classic. "candle service"

NO. Just no smashing. so classic...

Sorry, if I offended someone. It's just my "not to do" list.

なんか結婚式って恥ずかしい事がいっぱいあると思うんだけど、どうして人はついついやってしまうんでしょうかね？私は出来るだけ後で恥ずかしい思いをすることはしたくない！キャンドルサービスとかケーキ食べさせ合うときに相手の鼻にクリームつけちゃうとか・・・・

って、一番は酔っ払わないようにするだけか、私の場合。

keep it real

These are made from real vines.

via whichgoose.

Cute. Great for outdoor nature theme weddings. (like ours)

本物の蔦から出来たヘアピース。自然の中でのウェディングにはピッタリではないでしょうか？

here it comes

The wedding dresses (two sizes) had come!

Actually I haven't even opened the covers yet.
Even though the package is really small for two dresses, I don't know where to keep them in our tiny studio... hmmm, need a big space!!

ウェディングドレスが届きました。こんな小さな箱に2着も！はは、何か普通の花嫁さんよりアッサリとドレス決まったからあんまり感慨が・・・アレックスのスーツ探しのほうが120倍くらい難航してます。

(500) days of summer

I read this great post at Green Wedding Shoes about wedding inspiration from movie (500) days of summer. YES! It is one of my favorite movie in 2009.
It was a well well made movie! Story was great and everything looks really cute! (btw, I think she is the hipsterest actress I can ever think of now. isn't she? :))
This movie was all about Downtown LA, where our wedding ceremony will be held! at least we have one common, yay! (this scene was a little bit harsh though...)


映画「500 days of summer」（日本語タイトルわからん。でも確か同じだった？）をテーマにしたウェディングの記事があったのでここに。この映画2009年私のナンバーワン、ツーの映画でした。ロサンゼルスのダウンタウンが舞台でしかも建築にちょっとからんでたりして、すっごい良かった。で、ファッションとかもオシャレだったし。　一応、ロケーションは共通点（？）

teaser but not spoiler

Marianne posted this today... from our engagement session at Downtown Los Angeles (Art district & China town) and Angel's Point.

via Marianne Wilson Photography

Thank you, Marianne! It looks already awesome!!

先週のエンゲージ写真の中から1枚ちら見です。まだ他の写真は編集中みたいです。良く撮れてるわ～。　右のくるぶしが左のくるぶしより5倍くらいでかくなってますが、これは目の錯覚。ではなくて、1ヶ月以上前にジョギング中に足をくじいてから未だにまったく引いてません。どーすれば・・・ あ、あと足の毛穴が目立ちますが、これは後でフォトショ。。。？

ahhh

I know I haven't posted anything for the longest time. ( at least I feel like that way)
After the excited engagement session, Alex has been sick (may be he was too excited??), so pretty much nothing happened on the weekend.
We were supporsed to go hunting his suits to "Slow" and "Jet rag" and go check papers to "Kelly paper" for invitations.
But it's ok, we needed to take some rest, cuz every weekend we have things to do for our wedding.
Time flies... but we'll be fine. and hope Alex will be fine soon, too :)) (and please finish the invitation design :))

via mw

今週末はなんだかアレックスが病気になってしまって結局週末何も出来ませんでした。でも、たまにはいいかなーと。それに雨だったのでゆっくりテールスープなんて作って二人で食べました。一人で買い物とか行くのも新鮮。（ってくらい、最近はどこへ行くにも二人なので）日曜日も一人で野暮用に出かけ、買い物行ったり。これから8月まではずっとバタバタするんだろーなー。すでに疲れ絶頂のアレックスでした。