The Cook Returns

The Cook will be coming back here in the Philippines this week. Yippeee! After a 9-month contract overseas, he is finally returning. And you know what that means. Start of our wedding preparation.

(I try not to panic as I look at the calendar and realize that we have a few months left till The Day.)

Guest List

Since the Cook and I cannot do anything yet about the wedding, we drafted our guest list so we'll know how may will be invited. We agreed to have a maximum of 40 guests each, including the drivers. I want everybody at the reception to eat and have fun. I attended a wedding before wherein the yayas of the flower girls and ring bearers are sitting in one corner since there is not enough room at the reception hall for them. Sad. :(

My list: 39

His list: 37

It's a tight race. I hope we could stick to these numbers.

Invitation colors

My college friend Cheps of DIY Pinay is doing the design of our wedding invitation. We haven't sat down and discussed about it so we've been exchanging e-mails in lieu of a face-to-face meeting. But we'll definitely meet for sure.

Colors. I told her that I liked pink and brown. I never realized that I should be more specific. I know that there are different shades of a color but I was amazed how one color could have it own family of colors.

I checked out Answers.com for a list of colors and their pantone. There's Light Pink, Salmon Pink, Amaranth (first time I ever heard) and even Hot Pink and Shocking Pink. I gave Cheps the list of shades of pink and brown that I like from the myriads of pinks and browns available in the palette. I told her to be in-charge of what specific colors to use, the important thing for me is that they should be pink and brown. I'll not be OC about their shades. :)

Dresses

I browsed the Nordstrom website and I was captured by all the beautiful dresses. I quickly searched for bridesmaids dresses for inspiration of cuts, designs, etc. Here are some of those I liked.

I specially liked this one. It looks light and airy. And in pink.

Tick Tock

As I look at my calendar, time is quickly running (out). By the time he returns, we only have about 3 months left to prepare. And we still don't have anything tangible made related to the wedding.

So far, my friend Cheps is starting with the invite design. Yehey!

And, the Cook and I have our initial (hopefully the final) draft for the guest list. :)

That's all what we have right now.

Isn't this invite creative and fun? If I receive this kind of invitation, I'll be excited to attend and feel giddy that I was invited. To see more of this library-themed invitation, check it out in this iDIY post.

Body Scrubs, Bubble Baths and Everything Nice

I love body scrubs, lotions, beautiful soaps, and everything smelling nice. As I think about what to give my bridesmaids and friends who will help me in the wedding preparation, I saw DIY projects which I can do and give to my friends. I can have a basket full of these goodies.These projects have the instructions and printable labels too!

Bubble Bath

This DIY project is from Eat, Chic, Drink.

Body Scrub

This body scrub calls for 4 ingredients only. But, I don't know yet where I can buy the Epsom salt.

Gown Inspiration

Here is another gown that I like from the MSW website.

Candy Favor

I told you in this post that I wanted to have a candy buffet where guests will have small bags where they can fill with candies, but if I'm going to be a crafty bride, this is another favor project using candies.

You can get instructions in the Martha Stewart website (of course).