Today is officially 2 weeks from the wedding! I can’t believe we made it! I have been crazy busy with finals, wedding showers, wedding stuff and packing.  Here are a few things I wanted to share…

Invitations went out!

I wish I had better pictures, these were taken on my webcam.  We did the invitations ourselves and were really pleased …

This weekend I took my trusty Maids with me for my makeup trial run. I picked a makeup artist who came highly recommended, booked her for my wedding day, and paid her $85 for the trial run. “I’m soooo glad you picked me to do your wedding makeup, because I’m like… TOTALLY AMAZING” she told me. Wow. Rad.

My Maids and …

As you know, I had my hair trial and I was very nervous about picking my wedding hair. We tried and up do and down style. I put it to vote on which sytle and it was pretty overwhelmingly with the hair down style. I wear my hair down pretty much every day, so I really wanted it to look …

I am wedding burnt out. My parents came into town and we did a weekend wedding appointment torture session again. This time instead of 12 appointments in three days we did 7 (walk in the park right?). We had our final meetings with all vendors and although it was torture we made it through and everything should be lovely.

The week …

We actually ordered the bridesmaid dresses in June (to get in on a great summer special) and we are now just waiting for them to come in…should be any day! Back in June my wonderful moh planned a bridesmaid and mom luncheon at Modern Steak so everyone could get to know each other.

After lunch we headed over to Priscilla of …

Now that I had my dress on and firmly taped in place…all I needed was my sash…

my beautiful purple garter…(which was handknit by my amazing personal attendant)…

After we finished getting our hair done, it was time to head back to the hotel and complete the look!

Like I said…we were well ahead of schedule and still had a good hour or so before Khara showed up to start snappin’ pics.  So my friend, and personal attendant extraordinaire #1 got started with my make-up.

{pic via author’s personal collection}

After …

I tend not to sleep well when I am reallly excited about something the next day.  Somehow though…I slept amazingly well the night before our wedding!  Waking up bright and early, refreshed and beyond excited to get the day rolling!

After a quick breakfast and shower it was off to the salon with my bridesmaids to get our hair done!

I remember …

I woke up the morning of our wedding day at 6:30 to sunny skies and my mother playing “I’m Gettin’ Married in the Mornin’” from My Fair Lady. It was a a beautiful day! After a shower and some juice the girls started showing up. Before I knew it, our hairdresser and makeup artist were already there and the preparations …

When our photographer showed up at 2 PM sharp, my hair and makeup were already done and I was picking up trash from lunch while The Runaway Bride was airing continuously on TBS. I think “wedding” and see visions of white peonies, velvet furniture, a gaggle of bridesmaids, someone very official holding a clipboard and a headset, perhaps a harp player, …

{The collar of my dress for the Chinese Banquet. The gold heart is from my in-laws, the jade is from my grandmother. Photo by my sister}

In comparison to wedding #1, getting ready for the Chinese Banquet was low-maintenence. My cheongsam was really the only (tangible) thing I had to worry about the day of the banquet, that …