Numerology Schmoology

Still slowly working on wedding planning stuff... This heat wave just makes me want to just chill. For today's update, I think I'll just talk about random things.

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Invitations
Still working on this. I was trying to create mock ups of what we want. However, I think I'll just contact Printed Matter and go from there. Otherwise, I may just be doing work for nothing.

Meeting with Caterer
We are meeting with Karl of Two Chefs this Sunday. He's doing a wedding at the UBC Boathouse. So we'll be paying him a visit to see how they set up. Hopefully we can get a better idea of how things will come together on the big day.

Dress Shopping
Currently in talks with my MOH and bridesmaids and trying to figure out what day we'll go shopping. I'm hoping we can go at least once before my trip in September. With August starting this weekend, we're running out of time! Panic! Just kidding.

Wedding Rings
I think *fingers crossed* I have successfully convinced my mom that I shouldn't use her diamonds for my wedding ring. This way, I can have a thinner wedding ring. Hooray! We have another potential vendor for the wedding rings. Mom is gathering data to help determine which vendor we'll go for.

Wedding Décor
My co-worker's wife does wedding décor! Their company is called R Squared Decor. I have to talk to her and find out exactly what services they offer. Honestly I don't know much about how wedding decorators work. This will certainly be another learning experience! I will post another update later on to let you know how it goes.

Wedding Date
This is the reason for this entry's title, Numerology Schmoology. I talked with my mom last night and she told me about how she went to a numerologist. The numerologist said some nice things, such as, one of the reasons why D and I are compatible is because my birthday is January 3 and his is November 30. So, 3 and 30. Yay for three's. Yes, I don't really get it either, but whatever. The numerologist suggested that it would be better if our wedding date is May 30, instead of May 29. Again, because of the three. I told my mom that we're not changing the date. I guess the numerologist would disagree with the feng shui master who said May 29 is the best date for me and D to get married. As baffling as this whole "best date" matter is, I guess I'm just relieved my mom didn't demand that we change the date.

And so, the craziness continues. At the end of the day, D and I just want the people who care about us to be present at the wedding and to have a happy time. That ought to be my wedding planning mantra :)

Invitation Photos

As mentioned last time, I'm supposed to post some photos of invitations from Printed Matter. Here are the different styles that they offer...

Classic

Square

Ticket

Pop-up

Tall

Letter

Folder - Square or Tall

Here are some of their designs...


Upon discussion, D and I have decided we'll go with the Square Folder style. As for the design itself, we hope it get it custom made and have it look similar to the one below...

Any comments on the design? Yay or nay?

On a side note, N sent me this awesome link today. It brought me much joy. You can also (and you MUST) check out the video on Youtube. Enjoy :) Happy Friday to everyone!

Backlog from the Motherland

Sorry for the abysmal solo blog entry for the month of June :( It got quite busy due to my trip to the Philippines. So here are some wedding updates from my trip!

Wedding Invitations
I've found/chosen a company who will print our wedding invitations. The company is based in the Philippines and they're called Printed Matter. I took some photos of their sample invitations; some of their invites are quite cute! I'll edit this post later and add the photos. D and I are currently trying to decide whether or not we'll have the invitations custom made. Once we've decided, my mom can help us put a deposit in, then work can begin!

Wedding Rings
I met with a friend of my mom who runs a jewelry store in the Philippines. She can help us get our wedding rings made. Right now, I just need to decide on a design then email it to her. Picking a design is proving to be trickier than I thought :\ I kind of want to get a shared setting band to help minimize the width of the ring. However, a channel set band is more recommended. Anyone have any suggestions? As for D, all he wants is a simple ring. So he's set with his design.

Wedding Dress
I met with a couple of wedding dress designers during my trip. I have some of the sketches at home. Later, I will post a photo of the vetoed design. The dress should be on its way to being made as soon as my mom pays the deposit. The plan is for my mom to bring the semi-made dress here in December for a fitting. Final dress should be done by end of April.

Picking a designer wasn't a super easy task. My mom was subtly pushing for me to pick a particular designer. However, I wasn't comfortable with him. In the end, I decided to go for the other designer instead :) I am also glad to report that my dress cost below budget. Yay!

Catering
I have some updates on catering, which I might as well post here. We have decided on a caterer. I won't publish who exactly, at least not yet. Some people probably know who it is. I'll post who it is after we've put down the deposit. We need to figure out the details of the rentals so we can actually determine the deposit amount. I'm glad that we can focus our efforts on working with one caterer instead of not knowing who to go with. Our caterer will also be doing an event at the UBC Boathouse in August. He has invited us to check out the venue with him and to give us an idea of how we can set up our event.

Other Stuff...

• There are tentative plans to have additional engagement photos take in Taiwan during our Japan/Taiwan trip in September. It was recommended that D and I do not gain weight until then :|
  
• I'll be contacting my lovely MOH and bridesmaids this month so we can finally schedule dress shopping!
• BBT bar? We spoke with our fave bubble tea place. It doesn't seem feasible to have them make bubble tea at the UBC Boathouse. To work around this, we're thinking we'll just get some drinks pre-made and have them available at the reception. We'll fine tune the details later.
• I'll also be looking for a wedding planner/coordinator soon. Any recommendations will be greatly appreciated :)