Less than 2 months left!

Hi ladies (and gentlemen).. As i get over my endless cycle of sneezing and blowing my nose. I decided that I should probably update you on whats been going on with the wedding ;)

Sorry I haven't really kept up with my blog. I guess i've just been busy with work and wedding preparation! So lets see whats been going on..

i finally sent out the wedding invitations about one month ago and i'm slowly receiving the rsvps back. Everyone knows that filipinos are generally late with everything... hence the term"filipino time".. So, I made the reply date November 1.. which is actually about 4 weeks earlier than I really need the RSVPS.. just to make sure that everyone replies on time.. lol

Joseph and I are also slowly finishing our wedding preparation requirements. Which I thought we would never finish, but everything is slowly coming together! Thank goodness :)

Joseph and I also already had our food tasting at the hotel. We chose to have an Antipasto platter, fruit, and veggie tray for appetizers.. Prime rib and Salmon for our entrees.. and wedding cake for dessert.. I have to tell you.. the food is delish! I just hope that eating does not make me bust out at the seams in my wedding dress!.. Also, we still need to decide whether or not to put a cap on the bar.. or just serve wine at each table.. Both of us are not big drinkers.. so we're not sure if we should make that a priority at the reception.. Alcohol costs soooo much! We just need to decide by November if we're gonna have a bar or not.. hmm.. what to do.. what to do!

What else.. I had my hair trial.. Sorry I dont have pics on this computer.. The style the hairdresser did was a half up-half down look with curls and volume at the crown. I liked it.. but for some reason. i didnt feel the look.. Like i didnt love it from the start.. i had to grow to like it.... i'm thinking that is not a good sign.. Im wondering if i need to schedule another hair trial.. to get the look that i love.. or if i should just save my money and have her do an updo version of the style she did on the day of.... hmmmmmmmmm....... I'll probably do it over again.. so theres no surprises.. Last thing i want is hair that makes me feel depressed on my wedding day!

Ive also been slowly working on the wedding favors.. Although its been done alot i've decided to ahve a candy buffet.. i love candy.. and what better way to serve it than buffet style! I bought about 4 glass containers from ross for about $50.00.. they are so cute! They almost have like an apothecary feel to them.. I plan on filling them up with pink, white, and green candy to match the wedding reception theme.... here are some examples of candy buffets:

I also have my dress fitting this Thursday.. i'm excited to wear the whole package and have the bustle done.. i should really do my hair and makeup prior to the fitting to complete the look.. im soooo excited!!!!! hehehehehe.. ok. well.. there is soo much more that has been going on with the wedding.. but i'm starting to feel the cold symptoms coming on again.. need to rest it up so i might be able to make it to work tomorrow... Till next time!


love,
Cheryl

136 days and counting....

I can't believe there are only 136 days for me to get everything done... wow.. time sure does fly by.. With my fiance's advice I finally made a checklist for things to do on microsoft excel.. its just a reminder that i have ALOT to do.. lol.. My concentration for this month is finishing up the church marriage prep stuff, finishing up our registries, and sending out all the invitations.. I hope and pray that I will be able to do all of this by the end of August.. which means in two weeks..





Also, some good news! I finally have my dress.. its hanging out in the guest room closet right now.. I have a peek at it atleast once a week :) I also have had the hardest time looking for shoes... i FINALLY found some... on zappos.. the style name is JEMMY from Chinese Laundry. I bought two pairs.. one in ivory and the other in berry because i'm contemplating whether or not I should have a pop of color with my shoes.. Since the accent colors in the wedding are hot pink and green I thought a nice pop of hot pink in the shoes would look great in person and in the wedding pictures! Here are the shoes.. They're satin with a 2.5inch heel.. just high enough that it gives me some height, but low enough that I'll stay comfortable..

JEMMY in berry

JEMMY in ivory

So far these are the best shoes I have found that stick with my price range and have the look I was going for.. something casual but dressy that I could wear again after the wedding.. Luckily Zappos has a great return policy. Shipping is free both ways with purchases and returns so which ever pair I don't want will go straight to Zappos free of charge.. The shoes cost me $63.00 which is pretty reasonable compared the 70-100$ other wedding shoes are costing.. I even went to David's bridal the other day and alot of there shoes cost around 59-70$ and they were uncomfortable and felt very cheap..

OK. what else! I'm slowly collecting little things here and there for the wedding.. I received my disposable cameras i ordered for the reception from mywedcams.com.. I got them for $1.99 a piece which is great compared to the $3-$4 every other website was charging... I also received blank cd-r's for the wedding favors.. They werent sent with the best packaging.. luckily all of the cd's came intact.. I bought 300 cd-rs form about $50.00 from yesbuy.net...

Well that is all I can think of so far that I've been doing for the wedding... there is still so much to do so i'll try to keep you posted as i go along.. take care and wish me luck! :)

Cheryl

Save The Date!

I love 'em! My Bro helped me produce my Save The Dates! Its so much easier when you have someone that actually knows how to use photo-shop! Well, ENJOY!


Cheryl S.

time is flying

7 more months to go!!!! pack your bags.. its almost wedding time! Everyone keeps asking me, "how the wedding planning going???" and it makes me feel more pressure. :P Anyway, I guess the planning is coming along pretty well. I hired my wedding coordinator for the day-of-coordination. Her name is Katrina McCullum and her price was more reasonable than everybody else who wanted to charge me $1000.00 for one stinking day.. She was also more organized and more professional than the others.. her website is at www.madeofhonorweddings.com.

I also finally ordered my invitations from TheAmericanWedding website. Theyre a little more modern than the traditional invitation you see.. and a little more graphic.. gotta have my artsy flaire in there.. lol.. i love 'em.. they are perfect! And they carry out the black and white theme I have going... I'm still thinking about adding a pink ribbon around it.. check it out!


I also ordered my cake topper.. which im probably gonna modify a little bit.. its A for Alvaro which is going to be my last name.. weird i tell you! Anyway.. its a cursive A thats reflective like a mirror.. i plan on adding some rhinestones to give it more bling :) its funny that word bling.. it was ghetto when the song came out, but now you hear older women and men use that term.. :D

Ok well I guess thats it for now.. I'm meeting with a potential florist today.. thats the one thing thats been super hard to find because I'm looking for something cheap, but still nice at the same time... I heard publix does flowers??? maybe i should check that out.. I do love me some publix.. and publix chicken.. ok im hungry.. talk to yalls laters..


Cheryl Sango.. Soon to be Cheryl Alvarol.. lol ( Joseph and I used to joke about my future name and say it in a hick voice.. cheryl alvarol..)

Never Ending Planning

It seems like the wedding has taken over my brain and it hasen't even been 4 months yet since the engagement. Everytime I go online theres a force that compells me to search through wedding stuff! But i'm not complaining :) I have a couple of updates for you all. I booked the photographer.. FINALLY! Shes really cool. I met her at starbucks one day and we talked for like an hour about her photography and what she can offer for me. I think shes the only photographer that had something to tell me.. instead of me asking all of the questions. I like that. Also, she's really organized and her work is very modern and romantic. She also has already done a huge filipino wedding. So she'll be able to handle a large crowd :) Check out her website @ http://www.capturingreallife.com/. You can also check out her blog from that main website.

Hmmm. what else? Oh yes. I also had the realization that I really shouldn't be spending sooo much money. It's only ONE DAY! I have to keep reminding myself that. So I've been trying to find ways to save money. I know that the reception is the bulk of the budget. So, I'm going to try to save with everything else. Especially the flowers. Flowers are SUPER expensive and I think i'm creative enough to come up with my own stuff. I might make a trip to the Orlando Ikea to see if I can get any ideas for the reception. I also found a wholesaler that sells flowers online @ http://www.growersbox.com/. Here you can get bulk flowers for a somewhat cheaper price. I'm thinking about getting the orchid arrangements and putting them under water in cylinder or square vases with floating candles on the top. I posted a couple pics on my first blog.. scroll down check it out!

I also decided that i'm not going with my original idea for personalized coffee mugs with coffee for wedding favors. It was sooo cute!! But it costs too much and theres more chance that something can go wrong with them! I'm sticking to the very popular candy wedding favor. I saw a couple of ideas online. Like there was one where they used test tubes like from a science lab and put candy inside them and put a label on the outside. I thought that was neat, but then Joseph said it goes against everything you learn in chemistry.. lol.. and maybe people would think its kind of weird? I'll still keep it in the back of my mind.. Also, theres a website called http://www.papermart.com/ where they have really cheap boxes and bags of all shapes and sizes that you can buy in bulk prices. I was thinking about buying some to put either candy or some kind of dessert in.. like brownies!! mmmm brownies.. or fudge! ooo.. maybe I can make the favors???? or peppermint bark.. yunno the chocolate with peppermint pieces in it!!! man! i love food.. heeheheheheh... We shall see.. If I decide to take on making the desserts I'm sure I will get alot of help with it.. :)

Ok.. time to start the day! have a great week everyone!

MMMMMMM.. peppermint bark!!!

Official wedding website

Hi guys! Just wanted to update you all. This morning I made an official wedding website for joseph and I. Visit www.mywedding.com/cherylandjoseph when you get the chance. I'm still in the process of putting more info in so check back for updates! I have one more thing to update.. Joseph and I got a new kitten. Her name is Honey.. So with our two cats they are called Sunny and Honey.. lol.. I thought he'd hate her, but shes hissing more at him. All Sunny likes to do is eat her food and search through her litter box! heehee..

DAY #1:

I kept her in a seperate room. They touched paws under the doorway.

DAY#2:

Their first encounter

Sunny needed a bird's eye view of his new prey!

Tolerating eachother... so far!

DAY#3:

Honey.. Relaxing in the sunlightDon't be fooled by her cuteness... She had a hissing and growling session a few seconds after Sunny smelled her...

So far there hasn't been too bad of a fight between them. Sunny is so cool.. he just smells her, stares at her from afar, and eats her food.. but any time he gets close... smack, hiss, growl is all she gives him.. sunny's getting no love from honey!

I don't blame her.. he's a big fat cat bully.. he probably looks like a giant to her... alright! hope you enjoyed my cat stories.. till next time!

love,
Cheryl

Bridesmaid Dresses... CHECK!

I finally made a decision about the dreaded bridesmaid dresses... and i'm happy with it... Hope you guys like it as much as i do! :) and now presenting.. my bridesmaid dress!!!

I think i tried on at least 30 different dresses with my moh, sister, and by myself.. and i know this is the best choice.. its classic, flattering, and is reusable... I hate to have someone spend 150+ on something they cant use again.. atleast this can be worn again.. :) For the MOH i plan on adding maybe a crystal brooch to the back or front of the dress... The bridesmaid flowers are probably going to be different shades of pink and cream and my color scheme for the reception is going to be black, white, and different shades of pink! i'm soooooo excited now!!!!! its finally starting to come together..

I also met with a potential photographer today.. Kristen Morgan from Lanierstar photography. She was very sweet.. i also was able to meet her cutie of a son named jet.. She hasnt officially done any weddings yet so that makes me kind of hesitant.. so, i still plan to meet another photographer on monday, Amy Barry from Capturingreallife.com.. I'll be able to see some of Kristen's wedding photos after March 29 so i guess i will be able to choose my photographer then.. im sure it will be between these two! okay.. well.. gtg wash my face.. ive been breaking out lately.. sucks.. that is my worst nightmare.. To have the hugest pimple on my face on the wedding day.. Please Lord.. do not let that happen!!!!!! lol

ok..good night!

Cheryl