Should we zap this one? Wait, I didn't know utility was a requirement...
How about that gold dragon thingy? It's so...shiny.
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 Image from http://www.chopra.com/qatar. It has been pretty hot here lately in Northern California and I found myself often craving thick cold drinks. After a little experimentation, I learned to make a banana shake that’s icy enough to be refreshing and creamy enough to feel satisfying. I’m pretty sure it’s not as bad for you as other milkshakes because it mostly consists of bananas and ice. It’s a very simple recipe -here are what you need:
Fill the blender half way with ice. Use the “ice crush” button and pulse it a few times to break it down. Pour in about 1 cup milk, 1 scoop ice cream or froyo, and bananas. Blend together just enough to combine. Easy and delicious! At first, I had wanted to do something really creative with our Save the Dates. I’ve seen some pretty extraordinary ones around the wedding blogosphere (messages in bottles, newsletters, playbills, silk-screened tea towels, movies, etc.). I would’ve loved to sink my hands into a project like that, but then reality set in. Sending out 100 sets of any of the above would’ve costed us a pretty penny. Also, a large portion of Rob’s invitees were friends of his family or extended family that he hasn’t seen in a decade or more. Some might have forgotten who he is and most don’t know what he looks like as an adult. They certainly don’t know who I am or what I look like either. That was about one-fourth of our invitees by the way. We loved our engagement pictures so much that we decided to go simple and use one of our favorites as our STD. It’s one of the more intimate pictures and it partially revealed our faces so that people would be able to recognize us. We photoshopped all the vital information* on one end of the photo and printed them out via Costco’s photo services. We made a whole bunch of magnets with our monogram thanks to Mrs. Pineapple’s tutorial on Weddingbee. Then we printed out envelopes, stuffed them with the 4×6 photo/cards and threw in about three of our monogram magnets.
These were a huge hit among our close friends and family. I still love how artsy it looks! *Vital information is apparently subjective. I thought it would be important to include our first and last names. You know, for that fourth of invitees who might not know who we were? Rob had so much confidence that everyone was going to figure it out themselves via our wedding website that he only included the url to it. Turns out, pretty much no one paid any attention to that url and very few guests went on our website. We still got questioned even after the invitation packets were sent about travel and accommodations. “Lazy people = clueless wedding guest” post will be forthcoming. It sucked a$$ because I stayed up late working on that website for several weeks to make sure it has all the info guests would need. Anyways, sorry for the side rant. C’est la vie! I believe I got ahead of myself a little bit. I’ve been posting our engagement pictures on Facebook and in my previous blog but forgot that it might be nice to post them on here. All of these pictures were taken by our photographer extraordinaire Junshien. Please credit him on all his beautiful work. We went to two different locations-Hakone Gardens and Half Moon Bay. Here are some of my favorites from that session: {Click on the image to view the full-sized versions}
Sorry for the delay in wedding posts. It’s just that after the wedding, there’s really very little motivation to keep posting about it. I’d really rather post about all the stuff that has happened since the wedding and are much more current. However, I know that my posts are useful to future brides so I’ll just keep chugging them out. This is especially important because we just got our pro pics back a couple of weeks ago and I can’t wait to share them! Thanks for your patience! One of the venders that we skipped on was a florist due to our budget constraints. I was pretty confident that I can make my own flowers and centerpieces for a fraction of the cost to hire someone else to do it. Keep in mind that this is not for every bride. If you’re super-anal about things looking perfect or if you don’t have a ton of time then I’d recommend hiring a florist. I heard good things about Huckleberry Karen in SF. For our centerpieces, I needed something nature-y and romantic to fit in with the setting. It had to be simple because I wanted it to blend well with the surroundings. I’m not a fan of huge showy pieces that block people’s view of one another, at least not for my wedding. Most importantly, it had to be quick and relatively easy to assemble for our DOC. I liked the idea of using manzanita branches for our centerpieces for several reasons. Rob and I love the smooth reddish bark, it’s so unique and beautiful. Manzanita branches are very robust so they won’t break easily and would provide a stable structure for our centerpieces. Lastly, many manzanita species are native to California so they are easy to obtain. In fact, it it weren’t illegal, we would’ve cut down a few branches from the manzanitas growing on our nearby walking trail and used those. Instead, we bought them from a guy living a couple hours away for $10 each. I’ve seen some huge ones at the SF Flower Mart selling for $30-$50 that would be great for wish trees or hanging escort cards on. |
 Name: Sophia Q. Bio: Domestic Goddess. Explorer. Creator. Humanitarian. Lifelong learner. Truth-seeker. Cat wrangler.
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