Cinco de Wedding...

It's Cinco de Mayo!! Yay! In my household this is a big holiday because CK looooves Mexican food, so much that we have officially named thursdays as "Taco Thursdays".  But today is a special day, today after work, we will be driving to pick up his GMom and go to our favorite Mexican place that I've blogged about before for the holiday.  Thinking about this day makes me think of great food and amazing color schemes (favorite thing of mine).  CK's cousin, who shall be referred to as "Happy", and I are a lot alike: we share a passion for artsy/creative things, have bubbly personalities, a love for color, and even our actual birthday! (random, but cool, right? it was meant to be that we'd find eachother)  Happy will be getting married sometime next year,and may be doing an awesome MEXICAN FIESTA theme.  You never know, because one thing I have learned through this process, is that no wedding plan is stuck in stone,however, how awesome would it be!  So in honor of Happy and the holiday, I share some fabulous Mexican wedding pics for inspiration.

So this wedding is where the original idea came from...the colors are to die for! And we could totally creative some cool details ourselves...

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And I love the decor in this wedding rehearsal dinner, I can taste the salt from the drinks...

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And then there's this wedding...Pink Sombrero and sparkly shoes (need I say more why I heart this wedding!)...

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Feeling the Fiesta anyone?

Green with Envy...

Eonline writes: Seth Green, actor, 36, has married his girlfriend Clare Grant,30, according to Green’s rep. The two were married in a Vineyard in Northern California in a private ceremony on Saturday, May 1, 2010. May Day was a beautiful day for a wedding!   Another source says they got married at George Lucas's Ranch/Mansion.  Funny how things get so twisted so fast, right? Either way congrats to the actor and with that comes the inspiration of the Day- Green weddings.  Now it wouldn't be a KWAK entry if there wasn't some pink.  So you will notice a lot of these photos include green annnd pink (P.S. which are my kitchen colors too).

First up gotta love their lime green, hot pink, and black theme...

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Next, I loved this idea when I was looking at floral arrangements, but was worried that things would go bad.

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And this one, I love the center photo, the photography was so creative. I love how you see the petals in the front and the couple in the background, so into the different views :)

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In this wedding, isn't their cake so creative?? How fun! and the light pink looks great with the green too.

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And you can't talk about Green weddings, without discussing "going Green", so with this I share a eco-friendly wedding, I like the tree details!...

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and lastly I share another bday present from my BMaid, FB, only because it fits the theme of pink and green.  It's a fun pitcher set, totally what I need as the weather is getting verrrry hot here in Philly land.

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So green can be pretty fabulous, especially when paired with pink.  I'm still going with my silver, gold, and pink theme, since I've been saying this since the beginning, but man there are so many cute color combos to pick from :)

Anyone having a green wedding?

Spotted: Birthday girl looking buying her own registry gifts

Spotted: K turns 26 this week and buys her own registry wish list item(whopps?!)  In the midst of trying to figure out where and what to register for, I had people asking me what I wanted for my birthday (which was this week).  It made me ponder, there comes a time where all of a sudden your gifts switch from fabulous clothes or killer heels to fabulous blenders and practical things, but when does this happen?  Me, the girl who has 12+ differnt kind of hot pink shoes, excited about a new mixing bowl?  Have I gone unchic? Hope not, I think you can be fab in the kitchen too, and I'm on a mission to find items that prove this.  So with this being said, we are still stuck on the whole registry thing, but we plan to do that this weekend (after we organize the house, says CK).

This registry thing has been a topic in our household more seriously for about 2 weeks now.  I thought I approach the topic slowly since we all know my hubby-to-be isn't into this wedding business.  He told me he thought we should register at Home Depot and Sears and get all tools. Umm,what? I can just see it now, a weedwacker with a bow on it , thanks grandmom. No, hunny, sorry, unless we go with something like this. (source)

But for some reason I am thinking that's not what CK was talking about.  I will share later how the registry goes.  He picked some things in his head that he wants now, so all is well in groomland.

For my bday though, I did get some fabulous things (all personal photos). 

Wine glasses from CK's Aunt and Uncle from Pier One. I l-o-v-e this but total buz kill, they don't have a registry!

And one of my BM, P, has got the crafting bug with her wrap job, super cute.

Ok, and remember when I shared this Calender necklace that was awesome!?? Well I decided that's what I wanted from CK.  Only to find out after he researched it, that they can't specialize by year, so 10.9 is on a tuesday.  booo that wont work.  So I did some research, and how lucky am I, one of my favorite sites, ETSY, has a very similiar necklace.  I plan to get a pink stone on the 9th, of course.

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Then lastly,  I bought myself something that I just couldn't wait for off my registry-to-be.  My Aunt E has given me a few gift cards to Bed, Bath, and Beyond that I have been saving up to get some big ticket item.  I also recieved some money from my g-parents, CK's g-mom, and my parents.  So with my 20% of coupon (which never expire incase you missed that insider memo), I bought one of my big ticket items and you guessed it, its PINK!  The cool thing about this item is that it has sooo many attachments like a frozen yogurt maker and homemade pasta so I can add all of them to my registry instead!  Also, they were having special, so with my mail-in rebate, I am getting a free food slicer/shredder!!.  With my giftcards saved up and my coupon (my father would be so proud), it came to less than half of what it orginally was! yay...check out my beauty, even CK isn't really complaining because he knows it will make fabulous things :)

Do you ever have the desire to buy things off your wishlist because you just can't wait??

Now introducing our STDs...

Funny, I had a whole different start to this blog, but it seems funny and somewhat pointless now.  CK just looked over and instantly got mad at the title of this entry, questioning the said title.  I was confused after a long day at work and why he was trying to be complicated so I admit, I kind of ignored him.  He then got up and left the room and then came back and questioned me further, no longer smiling as he spoke.  Ohhh, it says STDs, that's his problem.  (his mind went elsewhere, haaa) So for those of you like CK that have never taken part in planning a wedding ,STD is not something negative that wellness counselors talk about in college lectures (like my Bridesmaid FB) but a postcard, greeting card, magnet, so on, a Save-The-Date. HA!  Remember when I said, I didn't blog for about week because mine were taking forever? well ta-daaa, here they are for you all to see. 

Since we have been together since we were 14, what better than a photo timeline for all our friends and family to see.  I got this concept from Minted.com (pretty cool).  I thought it would be great for our High School friends to see us how we used to be, plus our newer friends/co-workers to see what we used to be, and for our families who always loved to have "remember when" moments.

The front of the card looked like this (the pink is actually a bright hot-pink)....

Then you open it up to the inside (the timeline). "Only love could last this long", CK actually came up with that quote.  I made all the photos black and white, the dates hot pink, and the last photo with us and my ring with a hot pink border...

 Then, in the theme of "falling in love", I hand-punched (ridiculous) silver, white, gold, light pink, and hot pink leaves, so when you opened it up, they would "fall", some of the boys texted CK that they were absolutely thrilled by this....

For the envelope, I saw this really cool idea from the Martha Stewart Weddings Magazine.  I hand-cut, with an exacto-knife, a maple leaf where the date was.  I tried to use a large punch but it wasn't hitting in the right spot, man sometimes I wish I wasn't a perfectionist.  CK was very annoyed by the amount of time this took up, even though he wasn't doing any of it.  I then took my gold paint pen (that made me feel kinda high by the end) and hand addressed the cards with a big, fun, curlyish font.  Surprisingly, that didn't take long at all, because I am always dottling different fonts).  Turned out awesome, right?

Here's the problem though, 140+ addresses later, I am finding out that some didnt get to their destination...BUMMERRRR!

How will you tell your guest to save. the. date?

OMG new wedding crush....

Ok found a new wedding crush...It's a lot like my last one with the hollywood glam but it has PINK (which is exaclty what I am creating)!!!! Thanks Style me Pretty. 


So her dress is very similiar, plus I kinda love the grey tux with the hot pink- which CK was already thinking about when we discussed, and the bottom right pic has the bridemaid in my dream heel, the sparkly Loui...

and the bride's necklace is that chunky style I am going for, from the other wedding crush, that I am going to make, lovvvve it!

And they have the crystals and "falling" element that I am going to be doing....

Aren't they just supppper cute?

PINK, GOLD, SILVER (still loving this color scheme) :)



Where do you find your inspiration?

Happy Draft Day :)

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Well readers, Happy Draft day :) Incase you are unaware Today is the first day ever that the NFL draft is on a Thursday night, getttt excited :) I always remember when the draft is because its around my birthday week and eagles fans always look a little more hopeful than usual.  Yes, in my household as a child, and now as an adult, football runs the show.  Meals and birthdays revolve around the games, which don't happen until the draft. But yes, sadly, the Eagles are not so fabulous at drafting, and tend to disappoint like rain on your wedding day...

 Soo why am I writing about this? Well, my sister, N, is in a wedding this summer that is Steelers themed.  Just think bright yellow and black, with a cake-topper of a groom dressed in a Steelers uniform (ugh, my inner eagle fan voice just wants to yell GAG ME!) Petty rival comments aside, a football themed wedding could be very creative (but don't let CK know I said that, otherwise I can see all this planning changing quickly).  So, in the spirit of the NFL draft, I share with you some football themed weddings, like the one N will be in this year.

This first one is a navy blue and white colored football wedding.  Which kinda reminds me of CK's other favorite team, the lovely PENN STATE (which is actally where we will be going in Aug for his cousin J's wedding-super psyched for it too!!)....

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And this next wedding collage reminds me of the only other college team I heart, the Texas Longhorns, and check out the cake topper, super cute...

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And then there are the weddings that are actually at the field. hmm, at least you know there will be enough parking spaces, right?....

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And this football themed wedding, had a pretty non-traditional cake...

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And lastly, I just looove this creative photo from this bridal shoot, and actually may steal it for my wedding (remember when CK was referring to our BM and GMs as "our teams"?)...

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Ever think of planning your day around *his* favorite sports team?

ER contact part 3...the second surgery...

OK, I know, I am really a blogger slacker.  We have been super busy, dealing with the save the dates (will show you in the next couple days) and CK's latest with his arm.  On Monday, CK had his second operation on his arm to get the many pins taken out.  I talked to the doctor when the surgery was over and he said everything went great (or basically as great as it could go).  Nothing fell apart when he pulled the pins out sooo that's a plus in my book.  He goes back next week to get the stitches out and then we "just have to see how time heals him".   The bride in me had this nagging voice in my head screaming  to ask the doc "will he be in a cast or splint in Octtttober??? WHHat about these expensive photos I am paying for!!!!" 

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Of course, I didnt ask because I was too busy asking more obviously important questions like Do we expect complications again and what level of pain should I expect? I mean, CK, has the best doc, the cheif of Orthopedics at a really good hospital in Philly, so he clearly didnt have the time to be dealing with superficial questions.  But it lead me on a search to see how other brides may have handled this.

In this wedding party, you can see the the groom and his friends are a little silly (hmmm...poor bride) and looks like the groom picked to have a black cast, how formal of him...

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And in this wedding the bride is the one with the broken arm and she changed the color of her dresses so her cast would match, who knew there would be so many color options in plaster (hmm, a pink cast for CK is sounding preeeetty awesome, If you ask me)...

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and lastly this Groom put his broken arm in a splint kinda-thing, which may actually be our situation, but maybe time and CK's great immune system, will be on our side..

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Are you faced with any challenges for your photographs?