Well, we already discussed how I liked the pomander balls….now here is how they were made:
1. Beheaded LOTS of mums!
2. Went glue gun CRAZY!
Nah, seriously, these are the changes that I made to the pomander idea:
Picture this: September, 2007; a beautiful hot summer in Philadelphia. Leaves were starting to turn beautiful golden colors but the weather remained around 70’s.
In our little garden, tomatoes were still being harvested; the basil was giving up and the eggplants were growing beautifully.
(/of channeling the “oldest” of the Golden girls)
Yes, this took place about a month before our wedding. We were working on a final idea for the centerpiece but then it hit me…what about the church? Read the rest of this entry »
Most of the people that read this know that i’m the camera woman at Fork You (well, most of the time, last month I had a honeymoon to attend to so I was unable to fulfill my Fork You responsibilities).
One of the things I’ve always enjoyed is being behind the scenes of things. I’m a little shy to be in the spotlight (and besides, if there is anything to memorize, I just mess my lines anyway); on the other hand, the fixing of last minute problems, creating baby Jesus out of sweaters, making sure things don’t fall on people, creating sceneries or costumes…that is what I call fun.
Another one of my joys is food (heck it only took one week for my new coworkers to find that out)…and Fork You (above a picture of Scott and Marisa, the co-hosts of the show) has combined both of these joys for me! And did I mention that it is a lot of fun? Read the rest of this entry »
Saturday, we met Owen, Jess and Josh at the Allentown Train Meet Associates First Frost Train Meet. We to an ATMA event with Scottycakes (see his photos), but he couldn’t go this time. Something about walking a friend’s dog at 3pm. Yeah… sure! 
We managed to have a good time, anyway. It’s a big show, at 50,000 square feet in two large rooms at the Allentown Fairgrounds. Dozens of vendors; plenty of variety. Read the rest of this entry »
We’ve had the Canon EF-S 10-22mm lens for about a week now so I thought I’d put some pics up I’ve taken while getting to know it. The bottom line is, it’s living up to expectations! Even our 35mm lens feels a bit like a telephoto lens in comparison.
A couple of months have passed since I wrote about how I want an ultra-wide angle zoom lens for our Digital Rebel XTi camera. Since then I’ve seen a whole ton more neat photos on Flickr taken with the 10-22mm Canon and 10-20mm Sigma lenses. Not to mention the neat photos taken by our wedding photographer Albert Yee of the interior of the church, who used some sort of wide-angle Nikon equivalent.
The handwriting’s on the wall… I need a wide-angle lens! But which one? Read the rest of this entry »
Sorry for the long absence from our squirrelly little project. We were sidetracked by some weird little side projects, such as our wedding. But we’re back now, and will resume writing little tidbits here and there, in between writing Thank You notes!
Speaking for myself, our honeymoon alone has given me a wealth of interesting new things to write about… Should be fun!
So once we had a basic idea for the invitations (burgundy, square, with a ribbon accent that would prove to be useful and small cream-colored contrasting LOVE* embossed square) we started to play.
I love architecture and great photos of architecture. The whole gamut, from the impression that an entire building or interior space makes, to the small details. When I was a kid and I took photographs, mom would ask “where are all the people?” because I’d be taking photos of buildings and landscapes, not family or friends.
The impressionist painter Claude Monet is famous for having painted the Rouen Cathedral over and over again, but in different light. I still remember what a revelation this was to me when I first read about it (likely in my early teens). At first blush it sounded horribly boring to me, but when I saw the resulting art, I understood. Light changes and defines the mood of a space. Capturing this in your preferred media (paint, watercolor, film, charcoal…) is a worthy life-long pursuit. (Furthermore, now as an adult with more of an appreciation of our limited time on earth, I envy Monet’s ability to devote so much time on a project like this. But that’s another story…) Read the rest of this entry »
After looking at a few pictures of invitations (you can use Flickr.com, Knot.com or WeddingChannel.com to find images that inspire you) I found one that we both liked. It was square, it had a ribbon holding the “extra” paper inserts and a pretty little contrasting-color square in the front of the invitation…beautiful, simple and practical! It was perfect!
Of course, we’d have to change everything to our liking and translate accordingly (since my family is from Mexico, I wanted to have them in Spanish) so far we just had a basic idea for the shape.
The next things to be decided were: Colors; obviously red (we like darker shades of red quite a bit, so a burgundy was our winning color) and cream.
Personalization: we were originally going the mainstream way: to use our initials in the front of the invitation and then just add the details inside…Then a light bulb lit up! We’re in Philly! Why not incorporate that? Read the rest of this entry »
