6 months to go... DUN DUN DUN!!!

A huge thanks goes to our dear friend Raymond (who is the talented photographer behind the lens of these photos... and a huge apology goes to him as well for ruining his usual pristine and professional photography style with our weird poses and my token burger quote)... thanks for still being our friend after this. HAHA. As I continually promise, a few more of these photos will be coming soon but for now, why don't you head over to Raymond's site at Vivid Moments Photographers for some amazing shots of other couples =D. 

By the way, in my opinion the best part of this photoshoot was finding those two branches lying on the ground and putting them on my head as deer antlers... and my fiance being okay with that. Although he did veto the idea of me crouching over like a grandma and using the branch as a cane. Oh well, a relationship is all about compromise, and saving each other's dignity once in awhile. =P

In other wedding related news, I've been busy trying to design our invites lately... and it's been tough! I've realized I'm very indecisive about this sort of thing because when it comes to my own art, I'm very critical about all the minor details and it's never quite up to my ridiculously confused and ambiguous standards. haha. I don't even know what I want. Currently, I'm trying to hand-draw a sketch for our invites and I'm finding it hard to infuse all the different elements we like - "woodsy with a vintage flair with some cute cartoons but still professional and simple-looking" - without giving into the fact that realistically a perfectly harmonious blend of said elements does not exist.  In the midst of all this confusion, my tendencies for artistic perfectionism are kicking in. haha. HELP. 

There have been small victories though - mainly, the mint-green website banner that I designed (above) with those quirky little birds. I'm also quite happy with that random font that I came up with for our names which was my take on "woodsy + cute". Anyway, if you have any ideas for wedding invites using kraft paper (you know, the woodsy brown paper that looks like glorified cardboard), send me some links! I'd really appreciate some design inspiration right now =D.

wedding post #4: engagement pictures

We're having our engagement pictures taken soon, and I'm a little nervous - I'm not super fond of being in front of the camera unless I'm taking silly pictures. But I shall have to "pose" and try to look normal for once! I am NOT going to do the "leg pop" though - it's just not me (leg pop = when the girl kicks one leg up into the air for some psuedo-romantic flair). Actually, one of the images I found below has a perfect example of this particular phenomenon. If I do end up doing that in my engagement pictures, I give you full permission to laugh and shake your head at me.

Well anyway, as we're on the topic of engagement pictures, yesterday Mr. Potatohead and I looked through our closets to see what we could wear for our photos. It's not like we ever try to match each other and our styles are completely different so actually, it was hard coming up with outfits + colours that would complement each other. We gave up on trying to follow our wedding colour scheme (coral + mint green) because although I love coral dresses, I don't have one and I would point and laugh if Mr. Potatohead wore either coral or mint green. That just wouldn't be him either.

Anyway, we've at least decided on one set of clothes that will work - something along the lines of red plaid and white lace. But we still want one more set so there's some variation. Any suggestions? Maybe we could dress up as OLD PEOPLE again, just like we did for Halloween one year, and take our engagement pictures pretending to be elderly? HAHA. What do YOU think about that? I'm only half joking you know... 

tree picture from here // balloons engagement shoot from here

By the way... I picked that photo with the BALLOONS for a reason. We both do love the movie UP...

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