J Crew

As everyone knows, J Crew is the best place (I think) to pick cute and elegant yet "reasonable" dress.

Vintage taste($695) It seems very popular. This style was all sold out a couple month ago, now they have only size 6 left.

Very elegant ($695)

this is my favorite ($395!), good for our casual wedding.

venue reseach

I contact a lot of venue. (or you could say some.)
My dream wedding was at Ranch. But, realistically, it was impossible.
Here's a list I contacted.
venue list

by 100 layer cake

We haven't found a ceremony location yet.
We are thinking a park. like Griffith park. We need a huge tree behind us.
That's all we want... oh wait, and lawn.

まだ式の場所が決まってないー。公園にしよーと思ってるけど。グリフィスパークとか。大きな木がバックグラウンドにあればいいなぁと。

ring

by etsy

pretty, isn't it?

First step

After people engage, what is the first step?
Finding venue? photographer? date?
Actually, we both are from foreign countries (Germany and Japan), so getting to know the "Standard" wedding of United States was the first step for us.
However, we realized that we wouldn't want to stick with "Standard".
Why should we??? Look at us! Look at this city! It is the mixed culture city!
Our goal is "OUR" wedding without spending ridiculous amount of money.
haha-, we'll see what happens...

Our fams and friends are coming from each opposite sides of the world!

結婚が決まったら最初にすることってなんでしょうか？ 式場、カメラマン、日取り？？
私たち二人とも外国人なんで取り敢えずアメリカの「普通」の結婚式を調べてみたんだけど、
まぁ、金銭的なこともあるしー、って言うんで結局は「私達らしい」結婚式をすることにしました。
一応予算は＄8,000 －果たしてこの無謀な予算でいけるのでしょうか？？？

ハロー！！

改めて･･･
わたくし、香織とAlexander はこの度婚約しました！

2010年8月7日の結婚式までの8ヶ月間いろいろとアップしていきますのでチェックしてねん～。