Style Me "Lovely"

Have you ever heard of the blog Style Me Pretty?  It is an amazingly gorgeous blog full of the most beautiful photos of real weddings all over the United States and even worldwide!  When I first started following Style Me Pretty, I remembered how amazing it was to see stories from real brides talking about how they planned their weddings and what resources/vendors they used and what advice they gave to make their wedding days so perfect.

When I started planning my wedding, I envisioned that I would create a wedding from scratch, with inspiration from everything around us, whether it was the antique collectibles I had in our house or the natural beauty of the Central Coast of California, I was on a mission to turn my wedding into the most amazing collaboration of friends, family, love and commitment.

A lot of my inspiration came from wedding blogs like Style Me Pretty, Green Wedding Shoes, and Wedding Chicks.  So I thought I would try my luck and submit my wedding to Style Me Pretty.  I was hoping to share how much love went into our wedding as a way to share and thank those who helped make our day special.  With no such luck, Style Me Pretty kindly declined my submission, which made me sad for a brief minute and then I moved on.

I realized, that I don't need a wedding blog to validate my feelings.  So I am posting our wedding photo's on our family blog and doing it in true Kimchee style and thanking everyone involved in the making of our wedding.  Hence why my blog post is titled "Style Me Lovely".

ROLL THE CREDITS!!!

Photographer:  Ken Kienow
Flowers:  Close Friend Wendy Owens
Cake:  Sunny Lee, Filigree Cakes
Decor:  Bride, Groom, Family, & Friends
Music:  Close Friends
Venue:  Flying Caballos Ranch, Joleen Taffoya was amazing!!!
Day of Coordinator:  The amazing Tara Schaefer
Officiant:  Our Chiropractor, Dr. Bobby Maybee
Brides Dress: Brides Against Breast Cancer!!
Brides Shoes:  Toms - Leopard Print Flats & Nina of New York - Eterna
Bridesmaid Dresses:  Nordstrom Rack
Bridesmaid Necklaces:  Nordstrom Rack
Bridesmaid and Brides Hair Pieces:  Brides DIY design
Grooms Suit:  Tailor made by Proper Suit
Grooms Shoes:  To Boot New York
Grooms Cufflinks & Tie Bar:  Etsy - Spiffing Jewelry
Catering:  Chef Rick Manson, Executive Chef of the Far Western
Student Helpers:  Student Interns from work...love you guys!
The Dallons Family...you are amazing and you know why!

Time to Nest!!

Larry and I are nesting!  Not for any particular reason...just to clean up the house a bit and to make room for all of our new wedding gifts!  We tried not to put too many things on our wedding registry, since we already have a lot of housewares, in fact one of our gift options was to donate to a charity. 

Things on our to do list:

1. Change out the carpet in the bedrooms
2. Build a kitchen island
3. Create some functional built in's
4. Revamp the office
5. Revamp the guest room
6. Update the bathrooms

I'll try to post our DIY projects and progress!  Yey for being married!

love,

Genie Kimchee

Wedded Bliss

I am writing from our honeymoon in Costa Rica!! Now that the wedding has come and gone, I find myself saddened that I don't have any pending craft projects or deadlines for the big day! Crazy right? I've heard that this is common for most couples who were heavily involved with planning their weddings. I look at pinterest now and say, "I can't look at the wedding tab anymore." But what I can do is continue to use my creative thought process and help otherS plan their fun parties and continue to have some fun themed parties in the future. I'm pretty sure babies will be coming in the next two years or so and then my crafty creativity will be in full force. As much fun as it was planning our wedding there was a lot of people who put their blood sweat and tears into making our day so fantastic. Without each and everyone of our friends and family we would not have had the beautiful wedding we did. Cannot wait to share photos when we get back!

Work Wedding Shower!

I have 5 days left until the big day!

Today my co-workers treated me to a lovely wedding shower lunch with some delicious cheesecake!

So much fun! Love the ladies I work with!!

9 Days....

Oh my!  We only have 9 days to go!!!  I had a mini anxiety attack two nights ago, but i think it was just the initial shock of how close the wedding is.  Patches my Dalmatian was able to calm me down...his calming presence always helps me, I LOVE PET THERAPY!

Things I've decided not to do to reduce my stress:

1. Stop looking at Pinterest. I love pinterest and all of the ideas you can get from it, but at this point if I don't have it done now, there is no way I'm going to start any new projects now.
2. Drink a lot of water...I tend to stop drinking fluids when I get stressed.
3. Focus on the task at hand and try not to do too much forward thinking.
4. Breathe...
5. Laugh...
6. Enjoy every moment!