off our feet

One of my favorite things about the wedding was the crowd "surfing".  Tres fun!

we spent a lot of time mid-air.

i didn't mind.

Fred got his share:

FUN. FUN. FUN.

The centerpieces- corn husk flowers from Guatemala to NYC

I was pretty happy with the way the centerpieces came out.  I always knew i wanted to do my own centerpieces, but i just didn't know how to go about it.  Incidentally, that's why my centerpices were the last thing that happened in my planning.  I had many different centerpiece ideas ranging from paper flower arrangements to potted plants.  I had at one point settled on using real fresh flowers, but then realized that this would be a challenge because i would have to work on them the day before the wedding leaving me no room for mistakes or mishaps.  I researched and I researched, and one day I came across images of corn husk flowers on a Martha Stewart page, and that's when i had the grand idea that corn husk was the perfect item to use- natural, symbolic of harvest (autumn), and corn being a huge part of the mexican diet, it seemed perfectly appropriate.

My original idea with the corn husk flowers was to make them myself.  Cut the corn husk into petals, bundle them and wire them together to form the shape of the flower.  Luckily for me, one day Fred and I were at the Brooklyn Flea and that's when we saw a vendor selling corn husk flowers!  The coincidence was too much to handle, but somehow one thing led to the next and before i knew it i was placing a bulk order for Red corn husk flowers.  I knew i could order these in advance, have them shipped, and have time to work on the centerpieces well ahead of my wedding.  Perfect.

In the end, the flowers ended up arriving exactly a week before my wedding but with the help of my sister and  fred's mom, and my mom, we got it done!

Here's the end result!

I used tulle, lace, ribbon, and feathers to give them a bit of depth.  But overall, i think they were pretty cool.

leave it to the pro's. I swear that if he had asked me to pick up dog poop and pose, i would've.

Our photographer, Matthew Sowa, did a great job, at least from looking at the initial pics (something to keep us satisfied until the rest are finished).  We felt like movie stars in the checker vintage cab and our vintage-esque look.  And so far, we pretty happy with the outcome!

Actually, i was jumping around when i first saw these.  I wasn't expecting this.  If i could only look like this on a daily basis. Haha.

Tres romantique!

a mexican hora

It's funny because Fred isn't really a practicing jew, but we wanted to make sure that the concept of multi-cultural harmony came through in our wedding.  And when we found that our mariachi actually knew how to play the hora, it was inevitable not to at least attempt it.

You can check out the video here:
http://www.facebook.com/video/video.php?v=159173814106281

the much awaited day... finally came

I have to say that my wedding was actually more than I expected.  I always thought i'd have a good time, and i was even ready for the "inevitable" mishap that comes along with the whole package, but throughout the night i kept coming to the realization that I loved the way everything came together in the end.  I think i was the happiest i have been in a very long time on that very day; I think i kissed everyone that i came across more than once. I was in uber hug & kiss mode.

Suprisingly, I also found that some of my most last-minute throw-together's, things that I had paid the least attention to, actually happened to come together exceptionally well.  One of my favorites being the box of magic markers that I had packed just in case we needed to make a last minute sign or something, and how they helped spark our guest's creative talents when it came time to signing our "guest book" (the guest book was really just a bunch of blank paper that we didn't have time to bind into a book that we realized we would have to do after the wedding).

Another cool thing was our cake topper.  Our friend Sindee helped craft this out of legos!  Funny enough one of our friends brought with him a lego figure that was a mexican guy with a sombrero, which of course we had to use instead of the existing lego groom just because it was so perfect and unexpected.

our other little lego groom is still out there, hanging out.

And of course, i also wasn't expecting to be crowd surfed on my wedding day for the very first time.  But that also happened.  Someone has to have a picture of that somewhere.  haha.  It was fantastic!

So, all in all, i'm very happy that a year's worth of planning ended on such a high note, at least for me.  I couldn't have asked for anything else.

:)

I'm baaaack!

It's been a while, I know, but I'm back.

It's like 50something days till wedding day and we are still trying to wrap up some loose ends... and boy are there several.

Here's the progress we've made so far:
my wedding band- check
cake- check
car - check
invitations- check
flowers- in progress
Fred's wedding band-check
officiant questionnaire- check
camera - check ( i wanted a digital SLR camera and Fred bought it for me!)

So, somehow things begin to fall into place.  I only really hope that i don't forget to pay attention to the little things.  Those things that seem little and insignifican, but end up being what people remember the most.

This weekend Fred and I are gonna be checking out spots in LIC for photographs... so... i'm excited!

To Wear Or Not To Wear Your Heart On Your Ass And/Or Puss

All I can say is... really? 

lucky him i guess.

I guess many are claiming it?

or else the surprise is ruined

has it been, or will it be?

Anyway, this can go on and on... but just because you can be super expressive, doesn't mean you should be.