Alex Lau

Alex Lau met up with us at home to show us his portfolio and to get to know him. He's a very lovely, laid back guy but best of all, he takes amazing photos!! We are very keen to book him!! Check out his portfolio on his website or his facebook.

Above are a few of my favourite shots!! Heaps more favourites in the facebook album!! But facebook doesnt do his pictures any justice - the high res pics are AMAZING!! I Love the jumping splits shot!! Plus he is willing to make a slideshow for our wedding using the shots taken in the morning and present it during the reception. Legend - wait for it - dary!!!!

Maggie Sottero

I decided to check out dresses last week at Abbey Bridal and a few others in the Dymocks Building but many of them were closed for the Christmas and New Years break. Abbey Bridal was open though and I fell in love with so many dressses!! I loved the fact that they were on sale and had some 2k dresses marked down to 1k!! yay!!!

I guess I'm looking for a strapless gown which has a rather fitted bodice and has some sort of embellishment around the bust or torso area. I am steering clear of pouffy princess dresses cos I'm shawtie and I will look like I'm drowning in it.

These are a couple of the Maggie Sottero dresses which I want to try on at my appointment next Thursday!! I also have an appointment Thursday morning with Brides of Sydney :) yay!!

Flowers

I had 5 florists on my list to check out around Hurzy and only 2 were open - d'oh!! 3 of them were closed during the Christmas and New Year shutdown.

I visited the florist in the Arcade, and one in the Westfield. I'm pretty happy, my budget is $500 for flowers and I think we can definitely keep it under the $500 mark! YAY! I mean flowers die anyway, they're only for the photos!! I really like the orange pink coloured roses (bottom bunch in pic above) bouquet tied with white ribbon and I was thinking white gerberas with red ribbon would contrast well against the bridemaid's red dresses...the groom will have an orange pink rose buttonhole and the groomsmen will have white roses buttonholes. The flower girls, Olivia and Clarissa will each have petals in a basket.

I was also thinking of scrapping the idea of having flowers on the bridal table...I love what this couple has done to their bridal table - its contemporary and chic!! I will probably go with Red letters with a red sheet going under the tea lights. Image from Polka Dot Bride.

I wanted to go to Bexley tomorrow to check out invites and the bridal shops but it seems everyone is (cept Westfield) is shut down for the Christmas and New Years break - oh well.

Short vs Long?

We have decided to go with RED as the colour theme of our wedding! I'm so excited cos red is a beautiful and bold colour and will contrast very nicely with my white dress. Also for the bouquets I would probably go for a simple white arrangement, the bridesmaids with normal bouquets and me with a teardrop shaped one :)

So now the big question, should the bridesmaids dress be long or short?? There are two dresses on asos that are red and one is a long maxi dress and the other a shorter one shouldered dress, both of which I love! So i'm not sure which one I would prefer...

I'm also on the hunt for a photographer...so many ones out there with awesome portfolios but are so exxy :(

I cant believe there are only 10 months til the wedding! gahhhhh

I have also decided on the bridal party but am thinking of when to announce it...

CHANGE OF WEDDING DATE!!

Our wedding date has been pushed forward to 3rd October 2010. A decision based on the lunar calendar lucky vs unlucky days. We have confirmed this date with the church and the reception venue :) Plus on top of that, it is a Sunday of Labour Day long weekend, hence our guests will not have to take any leave from work :)

Speaking of work, there is only 3 more working days til xmas break and I simply cant wait. I have decided to make Stir fry udon with prawns for xmas eve to eat with the family and lasagne and triple chocolate brownie for xmas lunch with all my relos!

I found this awesome filipino food blog called Panlasang Pinoy when i was looking for an arroz caldo recipe - which i am gonna try to cook this wednesday night, albeit the forecasted 29 degree day! I love the videos of this blog!!

Early Xmas Presents

Our xmas corner - its a very small cute tree? hehe the brown baubles are kind of hard to see in the pic and are camouflaged with the green leaves.

Today we went to the Seduce warehouse sale and I picked up two maxi dresses (300 each and down to 80!), a pair of strappy gold heels and a gold necklace. It's my early xmas present from Charlie :) I cant wait to wear them at the xmas parties this year!! They are at the tailors now getting the hem sewn up hehe






I am still itching for some flats though, I think i left my gold ones at my parents home, and I also want a tan coloured leather casual bag!! I have my eye on a witchery one, but $250? gah.

There are only 18 more working days til xmas break!! yay!!

Church. Check.

So we went to the church to meet Father Colin who will be marrying us next year! There is actually a fair bit of paperwork involved like chasing up an updated copy of my baptism certificate from the church in the Philippines (I don't even know how to speak Tagalog...) So we have booked the church for a marriage ceremony for 21 November at 2pm!!

My favourite bit will be going to the marriage preparation courses! I'm actually very excited as I've never been to anything like this before and am open and willing to go to these classes if it will help prepare a solid foundation for our marriage! hehe

I wish I had taken a photo of the church because it is beautiful especially because they have repaved the outside! It is also SOOO hot today, like 35 degrees im hoping it is not as hot as today!!!

Afterwards, we had lunch at the earlwood cafe and i also checked out Personalised Weddings which makes haute couture custom made dresses. They have AMAZING dresses but I dont think I want to fork out 3.5k for a dress (prices starting at 3.5k)...

We then had some cupcake at the cupcake factory which is a new store in earlwood run by Filos! They were delish!! I am definitely thinking about using them for the wedding cake cos they are not only cute but the bottom bit is so moist unlike some dry cupcakes i have tasted in the city! I took some shots with my iphone below...










Time to wrap up my xmas pressies...its so hot i hope the chocolate doesnt melt!!!!!!! gah.