champagne tasting...

...should be on everyone's list of Things To Do Regularly.
my grandparents, being exactly who they are, have now become regulars at mille fleurs (amazing since they live 456 miles from here) and in this process, have become good friends with one of the waiters. this waiter now is my family's designated waiter. again, only my grandparents.
turns out, steve (said mille fleurs watier), also works at bevmo. so last night the fam traipsed over to the restaurant and whilst eating scheduled a time to champagne taste today.


so this morning we went to breakfast at the naked cafe. yuuum.
then we went over to bevmo where steve met us and promptly made my day.

here is the wonderful man



not only did we get to enjoy bubblies before 11am, but our favorite ended up coming WAY under our budget. phenomenal.

the mommy and myself



auntie jen and nanny-son



it was a fun, but exhausting day. i promptly fell asleep on the couch at 2 and slept for what felt like a day.

more giant check marks down. phew. and much more to come.

busy busy

we are busy busy bees this weekend. some of my family is down (although i am sorely missing some of the other women folk of the myers type) - therefore wedding stuff is in full blast!

you will be sooo proud to hear that we made our wedding invitations!!! they are almost complete and ready to be sent to the printers - AND they are just OH-SO-Perfect. i mean really. i couldn't have asked for a better realization of what i wanted. it suits us so very well and i can't wait for everyone to see...but i will resist posting a copy because it needs to be a surprise!
there are still a few more things we need to finish before we can have them printed. rsvp postcard and map. you'll die over the map too. i'm so excited.

in other notes, check out my tiny flowers!




and the rose that scott gave me a while ago is flourishing. and this one is yellow! how fun. beatrice, back in action and with flair!

cute little buds, no?



and totally unrelated to flowers, scott and i went up and hung out with some of our very best friends last weekend and hit up disneyland for some fun. a fantastic day if you ask me. which you didn't...but it was, trust me.
that's a good looking bride, groom, groomsman, and bridesmaid if you ask me. which again...i guess you really didn't. but you should have.



the rest of this weekend is full of brunching, flower hunting, plate rental picking, and champagne tasting. i am very glad that i am handing over the flower arranging to my soon-to-be mother in-law and sister in-law. that will be quite the weight off my shoulders. one less thing to be anal about. woot :) all in all, i feel like things are coming together very very nicely.

till the next update - tschus!

that is it....

...i'm doing it. you just can't stop me, so don't even try. i am bound and determined to make this invitation thang Happen. you can tempt me all you want with your sunshine, NCIS marathons, yogurt runs, and naps! i won't be deterred! so.....take that!

here are some of my thoughts so far/things and designs that caught my eye. let me know thoughts on the matter.




i adore these colors, but maybe with a less flower-y feel



again with the flowers, but you can't tell me that invitation's not fun.



can you find the theme here? yes, i think i'm really attracted to the long and thin invitation. so...not square. so fun. how much more exciting is it to get a rectangular letter than a square one? a lot more. that's your answer. unless of course it's like a bill or something in a boring, white rectangular envelope, which is not exciting at all. but then again maybe it's a handwritten letter which is in fact exciting again. and square might just be a birthday card that generically says, Happy Birthday, You're not Getting Older, You're Getting Better. which is nice for like a day, and then you just have a card that you don't know what to do with...yes, i think about these things :]
back to the image --- i love on this one how the numbers run right off the page, that feels so nice. adds some visual interest.

this was just one run to warwicks with the camera to get some inspiration. scott likes them all...fortunately i think scott and i have very very similar taste so that makes things about a billion times easier (and way more fun).

scott is gone this weekend to the coolest nerd event of the year, so i must must be productive. and what better to do than the very thing we've been putting off? haa.

alright ~ no distractions! no deterrents! i will beat this if it's the rast fing i do!

almost my bedtime

in all of my "researching" (as i like to label it), some of the things that get me the most excited are wonderfully created rooms in a cozy and unique looking house. there's nothing quite like a beautiful and fluffy white bed with gorgeous and clean colors all around. gets me every time. i start to wonder (and scheme) about how our first place will be...as i'm starting to think about my own Pillow of Goodness that i'm about to go visit, i couldn't help throwing these pictures up for you all to see.

i Love the clean but bright design of this bedroom. and that bed is about ready for me to practice my swan dive on.

come on. how could you possibly resist this loft?? the trees all around, the beautiful windows, and that bed. i need it. as my cousin would say, i Like it, i Love it, i Must Have it.

ok, nobody get any goofy idears. but i did love the concept and thus-ly bookmarked that page. maybe a little harsh/creepy for a baby, but you could pick up that idea and run very well with it. in any case, i think that teddy bear on the trundle just called my name. no more wedding shtuff for me tonight. i'm ready to shnooze.

i'll write more about actual wedding stuff later, i promise.
goodnight :]

Mini love!

tiny little terracotta pots from home depot
sanded down so as not to be so orange.



i have bluebells, alyssum, african daisies, and calendula.
so cute, i love them.

One giant step for wedding plans!

scott and i found a ceremony site!!! Hip Hip Hooray!

lomas santa fe country club, right off the 5. i loved everything about it except that it was a smidge windy...er breezy. but i will start praying about that now :) no wind no wind no wind!

i feel the greatest sense of relief. ahh, now i can think about all the fun stuff and let my mind freely think of new and fun ideas. i'm going to let myself be as creative as i want and then narrow down my choices to what really fits our styles.

my next big project is invitations. half of that is fun, half is a little stressful. i like thinking about how we want them to look, how they'll reflect us and our wedding...so fun.

in other news, scott and i registered at crate and barrel on sunday. we had a blast. while bed bath and beyond was a little overwhelming and tiring, crate and barrel was all fun. they open their doors to couples only and have stations of food and drinks (coffee and mimosas) and a few representatives from some of the manufacturers to help explain differences, pros and cons of their merchandise. we had fun just looking at glasses and salad bowls, grill brushes, plates, and comforters and deciding what we liked.

this week however is all work work work. scott has some side projects that he needs to get done and i have plenty to be doing myself so we are buckling down for now. which is what i should be doing now :)

being productive

today scotto and i are spending the day working. we're crackin down! he has some side job to do for someone from work and i have endless web searching and surfing to catch up on :]

the weekend has started out as very promising ~ yesterday we woke up at the butt crack of dawn to go water skiing with jus, ashley, and thomas. loads of fun (although i did not ski. my back was bugging me and i was deathly afraid that i would face plant and throw it more out of whack - so i played photographer for the day) i'll load some pictures so everyone can see how beautiful/fun/hilarious it was.

just before, i got to talk with robin and catch up on life. always good. and last night i dedicated a good chunk of hours to hang out with jen chiu. so good for my soul.

scott went racing at qualcom with romin this morning. now he is convinced that he needs an 80's speed racer. he asked if he could get one and i told him he can get an 80's mobile if i can get a vintage motorcycle to zip around on. he then remembered that he already has an 80's car :)

now we are stationed at starbucks, willing ourselves to have a truly productive day. however before i can go on, i have to report - there is a man behind me that is a 'professional blogger/tweeter'. highly distracting as well as saddening to the general human race. this, to me, has to be the most pitiful yet self centered 'job' i have heard of yet. it wouldn't strike me as quite so pitiful except for the fact that he spends his whole day in starbucks and talks to whoever he can about how many hits his twitter gets. this is only accentuated by his ponytail, gym shorts, and tevas. blech. please get a real job!! save us all the embarrassment!

moving on. i have fallen in love with our wedding plans. i absolutely love the feeling that we're going for. i think scott and i are both very personable, artsy, and passionate people and we want that to be reflected in a day that celebrates us joining together. i think our wedding will have a very indie feel, anything we can create ourselves, we will. any way that we can sidestep, dodge, or dismantle anything wedding industry - related we will jump for joy over. i want this wedding to reflect us as best as it possibly can, and if that means more elbow grease, i'm all for it. the more hand-made and creative we can be, the better.

and on that note, i have some projects i must get to! i'm having a blast making lists of ideas and things to do and research.

scott's next project is our website ~ we decided after he finishes his current project and our website, he will reward himself with a new x-box 360. hey - if the website gets done, and i get to play racing games with him in the end, i am a happy camper.