Some bloggers, who get engaged, make it a priority to keep their blog from turning into a wedding blog. Not me. I can't help it...I'm excited about getting married to my best friend and I'm going to talk about it as much as my little heart pleases! Hope that's ok with you :)

First on the list is the bridesmaid boxes I made for my special ladies. Because I'm on the other side of the world, it wasn't feasible for me to take out my girlfriends for lunch and personally ask them to be in my wedding. But email just wouldn't cut it...it just seemed too impersonal for such an important day of my life.

So, instead (with the help of lots of inspiration from wedding blogs) I put together a little box of goodies to mail to the ladies. The small square cardboard box featured a handwritten "be my bridesmaid?" inside the lid with some goodies to get their creative wheels spinning :) It included: my color palette, photos for bridesmaid dress inspiration, fabric samples and some notes to emphasize just how special they are to me.

It was a lot of fun to make albeit slightly tedious. But the hours of cutting and pasting were all worth it when I received each of their reactions. They were thrilled and excited to start planning the big day, which is exactly what I was shooting for.

Here's a little snippet of the boxes. Hope you enjoy...

[I personalized it by hand-stitching the first letter of their first name]

 

So there you have it. Wedding project #1: crossed off the list. And it feels oh. so. good.  Can't wait for more...

Until then, bisous xoxo.

Through the eyes of an iPhone

On a daily basis, my iPhone reminds me of its convenience. But I think most importantly, it's there to capture moments of devouring divine food, being goofy with friends or discovering yet another exquisitely cute cafe. Unfortunately, more often than not, I'm too lazy to lug around my huge camera. But thankfully, Apple has my back, so I can have a small inconspicuous phone with cool settings to capture those oh-I-wish-I-had-my-camera moments.

Here's what she has seen in the last few weeks (yes, she's a she).

[All you can eat Korean BEEF BBQ...a rare finding here. What's affordable is usually pork.]

[A separate post on this soon, but here's Jamie reading the bridesmaid box I made for her :)]

[Although overpriced, Korean cafes sure know how to make their coffees look good.]

[My little family on our way to Busan!]

[Morning walk in Busan]

[Coffee date with my lovely friend Clara, who went back to Canada :(]

[This is what happens when Jamie & I are homesick together: we order hamburgers and taco salads.]

 

[Friday night date at Poly Cafe]

[This was at the Sadang Flea Market. One flower bloomed and
locals were taking pictures like it was nobody's business.]

[Who can have a bad day when you wake up to this every morning?!]

[Hey.]

[At Clara's going-away extravaganza.]

[Flirting.]

[As I was riding my bike, I passed by this spontaneous drum performance under Hangang bridge!]


[My new favorite food: galbijim. Now, if only it wasn't so expensive...]


[And my new favorite cafe in the French Village: Square Garden]


[Square Garden has the best pabingsoo. This had blueberries, granola, blueberry smoothie, oh my...]

So there you have it. My life through the eyes of my iPhone. Until next time...

bisous xoxo