Only a short post today!  I am forehead deep in wedding stuff before we head off to Pender Island for a 3-day weekend… and yes!  We will be attending Wedding #6!  Incidentally, the groom looks like Tom Cruise!  The bride has also been mistaken for Rae Dawn Chong!  Ahhhh… nothing like a celebrity look-a-like wedding!

I digress yet again!

I’m currently researching signature drinks again.  I’ve been researching for months now and trying out many.  Now it is crunchtime as I need to layout the Signature Drink menu in MS Publisher.

I found a great website that lists drinks by colour:

http://www.drinkalizer.com/

Here is the link to the BC Liquor Stores’ website:
http://www.bcliquorstores.com

Do a Product Search to find what is in stock, how much is in stock, where it can be found in British Columbia and pricing.  Don’t forget to add on the liquor taxes when you are planning your wedding alcohol budget!

Bottoms up!…

I’m going to post the definition of “BRIDEZILLA” according to various sources.
I’m sooooo tired of people using this term to describe most brides who are doing their own wedding planning.  Anybody shelling out money for their wedding would of course want their wedding to reflect the couple and their tastes.   Anybody, bride or groom, would like things to go smoothly.   Brides can also be super-planners aka “keeners” and “over-achievers”.  <– Yep.  This is probably where I fit in.  =P

The name “Bridezilla” comes from mixing the two words “Bride” and “Godzilla”.

According to Wikipedia.org:
“Bridezilla is a generic term used to describe a difficult, unpleasant, perfectionist bride who leaves aggravated family, friends and bridal vendors in her wake. A bridezilla is obsessed with her wedding as her perfect day and will disregard the feelings of the family, bridesmaids and even her groom in her quest for the perfect wedding.  The first known citation was in The Boston Globe, June 29, 1995.[1]…

Hi!

My florist and wedding event coordinator, Cecilia “CC” Roa of RoaDesigns.com, recommended this website as a great source for Local Canadian Wedding Resources.

Urban Weddings
http://www.urbanweddings.com

View the Mini Website pictorials of various local weddings by clicking on the Pink box on bottom of Right column.
Also visit the Resource Directory for the directory listings of various vendors.  The site also encourages users to vote and rate vendors they have dealt with….

Tonight Mr. Bloom is attending a Stag for one of his friends up in Whistler.
I have the night to myself!  I can stay up as late as I want!  =D
Unfortunately, I’m not as peppy as I once was and am feeling much too lazy after a challenging work week.
Fortunately, my Bridal Shower Thank You cards have arrived.

Set of 50 cards and 50 envelopes
Bright white notes with silver ink lettering on the front that says
“Thank YOU for the shower gift” and they are blank inside

The cards with envelopes cost me about $20 CAD.  I got yet another great deal on eBay even with shipping.  I could have made them myself but I’m bogged down in wedding DIY projects already.  Plus, I would still have to buy envelopes.  I am happy with my purchase!

I have thanked everyone personally for their present after gift opening time at the shower.  However, it’s not enough nowadays.  People expect Thank You cards for wedding events.  Since I’m one to dot my i’s and cross my t’s, I’m not taking any chances with making any Etiquette…

Have you ever entered a wedding ceremony venue and got confused whether to sit on the left or the right side?  Perhaps you were lucky to have an usher help seat you by asking you if you’re from the Bride’s side or the Groom’s side.  Traditionally, in many cultures, the Bride’s side is the Left Side and the Groom’s side is the Right Side.

There are two tales why this is so.   In Chinese influenced cultures, the female bridal party members stay to the left of the male members.  This is in keeping with the “yin” and “yang” principle.  Female energy is “yin” and male energy is “yang”.

Another old story is that the bride has to stay at the groom’s left side so that he is free to draw his sword with his right side to defend against jealous suitors who are trying to steal his beloved.  Hmmm… what if the groom is left handed???

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All of our wedding invitations are out! Yay!
Here is the inspiration for our wedding invitation.
I decided to create the invitations myself with only the cards printed professionally in order save money. If I had known that it would have taken 4 months to create… well… yeah, I still would have done them myself! =D

The Perfect Invitation Superstore is based out of Quezon City in the Philipipnes. Communication and the price is very good considering the detail and craftmanship. They ship internationally by Fedex. For my invitations, it would have cost me a little over $1000 for 200 invitations. This is still more cost effective than many of the invitations that we can get printed locally and those are for invitations that are not as unique.

Their website is here: The Perfect Invitation Superstore ….

I found this site with step-by-step details on how to fold Origami place cards.

Origami Tablecards

If I can’t sleep in the next 30 days, then perhaps I’ll start folding.  On second thought, perhaps not.  I’ll just stick with the standard folded place card with a Swarovski hot-stick crystal ironed on it.  Ironing on the crystals onto the wedding invitations was surprisingly therapeutic and meditative!

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With only 33 days before the wedding, I have finally bitten the bullet and started working on putting the Ceremony programs / missalette together. Actually, I only started working on it because our officiating priest asked me to prepare it so he can take a look at our reading selections and the Filipino/Hispanic parts of the mass that he is not familiar with.

We’re having a full Roman Catholic mass. Yes, the longer one with communion and everything. I hope people enjoy music because my goal is to keep people from falling asleep with beautiful music. Not everyone attending our wedding is Catholic including Mr. Bloom so I hope to keep it interesting. Luckily, my priests and the parish are not as strict with their music requirements. It doesn’t have to be all hymnals! However, I’d still rather avoid it being like a Broadway show!

I digress! First thing to be done is to select our readings for the ceremony. My main reference is a…