Thursday, February 14, 2008

• Family - the ties that bind...

     

  ... us like we're masochists!!

  

  I have this thing where I don't like to keep secrets from my family.  It's not like I ever could anyway.  We are ALL in each others' business anyway!  +1 and I knew everyone would think we were crazy (you, dear reader, probably think we're crazy!), but we knew we had together.  We knew we wouldn't be happy unless we went on this journey together.  We kept our secret.  Until I broke down and told my closest friends!  LOL!  I COULDN'T HELP IT! 

  I was scared of what my girlfriends would think, so I literally did a HIT-AND-RUN.  I hit them up on AIM or GOOGLECHAT and then signed off.  I later emailed them pictures of my marriage certificate in case they were in disbelief. 

  I never should have doubted them.  They were so happy for me and UBERSupportive.  I couldn't ask for better friends.

  

  On Christmas day, +1 formally asked my Daddy if it'd be okay if he married me.  We still didn't have a ring, but we had the approval of my father and that was more than enough for us!  Since his parents STILL weren't over the fact that we weren't virgins... we figured we'd wait until CNY (Chinese New Year). 

   

  AND NOW!!  TIME FOR SOME WEDDING PLANNING!

  So after asking my ladies to be my bridesmaids (I was too excited to sit and make the cards first!), I got started on making their cards.  Are you catching the trend?  +1 and I like to work SDRAWKCAB|BACKWARDS!!

  I originally thought I wanted a wedding with my color being a deep, crushed red and my flower being the Cala Lilly, but that was actually my Twin's color palette.  All the sudden, it came to me... MY COLOR PALETTE!

  

  BLACK, CHAMPAGNE, and IVORY!  Our wedding will be in my hometown of New Orleans, LA, and what better way to celebrate my wedding than to incorporate the "feel" of the city!  My theme revolves around the Fleur-de-Lys and my color palette.  I have been working diligently to find a good balance between my Asian roots and my desire to break free from it a bit. 

   

   

  SO HERE IS MY FIRST DIY PROJECT: The Bridesmaids' Thank You's!

  I started off with some LARGE, archival quality craft paper.  It's called "Black Brushed Cotton".  I measured and scored the card and then measured two other cards approximated .5" smaller all around than the one before it.  I then chose a corner punch style and glued the cards on top of each other.  I then bought some champagne colore rhinestones and glued them into the little corners.

  

  Don't make my mistake though!  I got so excited, I didn't type it up and print it on paper, so I had to resort to my own handwriting!  OUCH!  Oh well, I was too far into the game to go back!

  

  I wrote my own ghetto poem:

  Flowers, candy, vases, and lace...

  Curling and crimping... making up your pretty face...

  Calling to the pastor and making the ring boy walk faster...

  Doing what you can to make everything a little better.

  Thanks for saying you'll be my Bridesmaid, XXXXX!

  ~With Appreciation~

  PANDAMONIUM

   

   

  And here it is!

  Without the wax seal:

  

  The finished product:

  

  A close up:

  

   

   

  Next up: What better way to ring in the new year than with a NEW RING?  Or three or four or FIVE in my case!

   

   

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