update

hi.

i got married.
i moved into the boy's home.
i took a mini-vacay to VEGAS , baby!

updates to come later :)

our studio pics

back in february
when we went to korea :)
we took our studio pics

seriously it was last minute idea
that we went with while we were there
so def i did not do any dieting or getting ready
puhahah i didnt even shave my legs for that day
i just arrived and was blown away by the studio picture process

well here are some pics that they recently sent us
most of these pictures are actually in our frames
that came with the package

my wedding cake

although ideally i would love to have
an awesome creation by this dude:


i curiously went to his actual bakery's website
to see pricing information of their cakes
and well they are booked until like the november of next year or something
and since all cakes are custom made
they dont have a pricing list
but all cakes are a minimum of $1000.
yikes.

so i talked with my not really wedding coordinator
but wedding one stop (sorta) place
and they are contacted with several korean bakeries
to do wedding cakes

for $400:
-3 tier cake (생크림)
-includes decorative dots? and a ribbons
-delivery and set up
-knife and server
-champagne flutes

it doesnt include flowers
so my lovely and talented aunt
(whose doing all the flowers for our wedding)
will be putting flowers to decorate the simple cake

these pictures below all just came from google images
and are just ideas for her to see

registry stalking

any brides do this?
bc im not ashamed to admit i stalk my registry
to see what goodness is coming into my new home :)

btw
my mom went craZY in korea
she bought an entire like 70 piece dish set
and my faithful and diligent fiance/husband
(depending on what country we are in)
took all the dishes, wrapped it in bubble wrap, clothes
and carried yes carried it in a bag
through the Incheon airport, on the plane, through US customs
and all the way home.
수고 했어 서방!

anyways..
so our registry is very small in number
and today i get a call from a worried customer service
at BBB registry who wants to know why I have only 20 items
on my registry when there is 300 ppl coming to my wedding.

but i dont want anything else.
we dont need anything else
besides the things on our now registry.

another side note:
i prefer coffee makers :)

funk

i have this bad habit
of 모라ing my funk
okay...lets see how to explain in english
hmmm
the word is...
ah stockpile.

i tend to stockpile my funk.

when im sad or slightly depressed
about something
i tend to take it
and then think of failures
upon failures upon failures
until im really sad

so what does this have to do with my wedding blog?

well first off
i will be horizontally challenged bride

and then i will be a procrastinating bride
bc so much to do
no motivation to do it.

korean thoughts

here in rainy seoul
as i count down one week (one week!)
for the wedding.

the flight was actually very smooth
and restful.
i flew prestigious class
so very comfortable
food was very good :)

we got to korea
and my uncle has a house he just bought
thats empty
so we're staying there
its right next to KBS
and in a district with lots of food
and easy to access.

my sole purpose of coming to korea
is food
but my mom wont let me eat
until the wedding
we'll see how that goes

as we prepare to leave for korea on wednesday
my family has been a whole lot of crazy
fun but simply crazy.

for starters, its the first time EVER
(most likely the last time)
that my parents, my brother, and I
have gone to Korea together.

my bro just graduated grad school
finished his CPA exam
and is headed off to DC in the fall for a job

so it will be awhile before
famiLee will go on a korean vacation
and we are all very very excited
and well, slightly crazy in anticipation

guestbook idea

guestbooks.
ahhh the book
where people write their name and address down.
so informal.
so useless.
sooooooooooo

i half brainstormed some ideas
some outrageous ones
some not do-able
some that maybe maybe I could do
if I had a lot of time
OR if I had a creativity streak

i went to an one year old bday party
(to clarify korean one year old party is a big deal)
and the mother had made multiple pre designed scrapbook paper
with pictures and quotes of the baby
and passed the sheets around
so people could sign their well wishes for the baby

i learned two things from this that I could incorporate:
1)the multiple sheets idea is great bc
nobody has to stand in line to sign one guestbook.
this eliminates ppl walking straight by the guestbook
and less waiting time.

2)by having more free space to sign well wishes
its a lot more fun to read than addresses.

so i took this idea and thought why not make predesigned
sheets of papers with our pictures where ppl can sign?
but then thats slightly vain.
so then i thought wouldnt it be cute
to get those Polaroid sticker picture ones
and have a "picture booth"
where they can post their pictures and comments together?

although ideal,
this would cost a lot more $$ plus time to organize
plus not as many ppl will be receptive
esp when we have 300 plus ppl coming

so then i brainstormed up index cards!
with simple name, address, and well wishes section.
multiple ppl can sign it at once
easy to keep track of, easy to make
(later, we can put a binder ring through it)

i turned to the creative jchongdesigns
and this is a rough draft
but i loves it!!