[HTH] My Fairy Beaugician
My first wedding anniversary is just around the corner. It was a reminder that I owe a big thank you to my wedding hairstylist and makeup artist Kristen Martin, owner of Rare Bird Brides. Recently, I saw the live-action version of Cinderella. It inspired the title of this post. I think Kristen is a beaugician — a beautician […]
[HTH] I Found the Dress (Part II) – Now What?
Finding the dress was pretty easy. However, the hard part was hustling to get alterations done. From the research I had done, alterations generally could take *as little* as 3 months. That is, for the *first* fitting. I really didn’t have much time with November and December being big holiday months. But there was a […]
[HTH] The Dress (Part I) – Found It!
One of the things I looked forward to yet dreaded in the wedding planning was finding “the dress.” I had watched just about every episode of SYTTD (For those not in the know — this is a reference to “Say Yes To the Dress.” It is a show on TLC where pre-Bridezilla drama is documented and […]
[HTH DT] Please Mr DJ, Don’t Play That Song
Our wedding DJ, TNT Mobile DJ Troy Cook, had two missions to accomplish at our wedding: #1. Adhere to my Do Not Play/Must Play (because nobody wants to make little Filipino girls angry, just ask my hubby!) and #2. Attempt to get our families of non-dancers to get on the dancefloor. We warned Troy, and he accepted the challenge. […]
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[HTH] 5 Things I Learned About Weddings (aka Now I Know Why People Elope)
I’ve been married for about 6 weeks now. I think I’m ready now to re-visit the 6-month adventure that, fortunately, both my husband and I lived to tell about. For me, personally, it was the craziest emotional rollercoaster ride I’ve ever been on. I’m always up for a challenge, but this was the biggest challenge […]
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[HTH] Better 13 Years Later Than Never
My fiance and I have been together for almost 13 years. However, it was only last month that our parents met each other. It was a day I had wondered about for years. I even thought about it more 5 months ago when we started diving into the planning phase. Part of me was excited. […]
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[HTH DT] Love, Life and the Pursuit of Trivia
Yes, these are probably the top 3 things in my life, especially the last one. I’ve loved trivia for as long as I can remember. I enjoy watching Jeopardy! from time to time, but I wouldn’t say I’m the sharp. In the short time it was on, Win Ben Stein’s Money provided a good half hour […]
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[HTH DT] Top Notch Troy
I’m going to jump the gun a bit regarding the various vendors I’ve come across in our wedding planning. I was waaay too excited about this that I had to share sooner than later. My fiance and I agreed early on that we wanted an intimate ceremony and invite our closest friends and family. It […]
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[HTH] Easy Dozen
So, twelve years from the day my man and I met is the day he decided we would get engaged. I’ll spare any details. Let’s just say no question was popped. It was more that a declaration was made, and from that point forward, any doubt I had went out the window. In a single […]
[HTH] Size Doesn’t Matter (Really!)
The perfect setting was found and now we were in search of the perfect stone. I had not really thought much about diamonds. I just knew it is my birthstone, and there are the “4 Cs” – cut, clarity, color, carat. Before the search was on, I just thought size mattered. The bigger the rock, […]
