If Kitty Chen falls through...

...hello Marc Bouwer gown! Le sigh.

Things Happening This Summer

+My sister is getting married at Studio 450 in New York in August! I will be the photographer and am so excited. Note to self: put together comfortable black outfit plus cute flats. Brace self for miserable heat.

+I turn a year older in June--still contemplating whether or not to spend it at Disneyland or at the salon getting pampered.

+The boy is an MD/PhD student and will be taking Step 1 of the board exams. He has a week off after the exam before he starts the PhD part of the program.
You can probably guess how much time he has to help me plan the wedding. Not that I'm complaining too much, I'd rather look at Martha Stewart than take an 8 hour test and be covered in formaldehyde.
Note to self: buy cake and rejoice that this test is going to be OVER! Also rejoice that there might be somewhat-normal sleeping patterns, or at least bedtimes before midnight.

+We are having an engagement party in Northern California with our families. This will be the first time our families will be together. Note to self: put together cute family-friendly outfit

+I'll be doing a craft program at the library based on famous works of American art. Time to flex that Art History degree I have in my pocket!

+The beach. Brunch. Shopping. Save the dating. All good things in my spare time.

What are you doing this summer?

Second Thoughts on Handwritten Invites

I really wanted to hand write the invitations. But after sketching on maybe 30 pages of my notebook and reworking different variations of just what our names would look like together, I hopped on the computer and scrolled through my font list. This one popped up.

Perhaps it'd save me from bridal insanity? Anyone else abandon a project to avoid going cuckoo?

185.

That's the number of people we are intending to invite. I don't think I realized how large that number really was until the FI mentioned contacting his cousins in Minnesota and my parents mentioned that their good friends are planning on coming from Hong Kong for a vacation.

I'm grateful that we have such amazing friends. Despite being scattered across the country, many have simply congratulated us and said "tell me where it is and what time and I will be there."

I'm happy that our friends and family are showing interest in our wedding, because to be honest, I didn't really think we'd have very many people who would be able to make it (or would want to come on a holiday). And who knows? Maybe there won't be that many people willing to make the trip because of the economy or for other reasons.

But I still feel more pressure to make this wedding worth their while since people will be getting on planes and trains to celebrate with us. It's a bit nerve-wracking to think that I am {almost} planning this entire thing by myself.

Oy.

Hello Kitty: Finding The One

If you're new to the blog (hi!) these are my previous posts on finding a dress:
Three Days in New York - Saja Boutique
Playing Dress Up: Part I - Bliss Bride
Playing Dress Up: Part II - Trudy's Bridal
Playing Dress Up: Part III - Nicole Miller

I would have named this post "Playing Dress Up: Part IV", but I have no pictures! As luck would have it, the one place in which I think I've found the perfect dress, and they won't let me take pictures!

Do you remember the post when I said I was done trying on dresses? That I just wanted to choose from the 40 some odd dresses I've ducked and dived into? Yeah, remember that? Well, it all changed when I saw this dress via Style Me Pretty last Friday. It was exactly what I had been looking for.

After tracking it down in a store that was [oddly] close to our venue, I went to try it on. Alone! And it was totally fine. It was like any other shopping day, so I'm not sure why I was so weirded out with going alone at all.

And I LOVED the dress. LOVED IT. I loved it so much, I started calling other bridal salons to ask how much it retailed for once I got home. I found another store that was selling it for $300 less, so I asked the shop to match their price, and they did! Woohoo!

I have to wait to take pictures until I put a deposit down, but in the meantime, do you want to see the pretty pictures from the website??


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Hi Kitty
Brier Rose by Kitty Chen Couture

I'll let you all know when I actually put down the deposit--but I'm 98% sure this is the one!

My New Blog

For anyone who might be interested, I've decided to move anything book/library related to a new blog--Reading Poolside! Because that's where I love to read the most. Pink Argyle will continue to include posts about weddings/design/cute stuff I like.

I Officially Love This

[Amy and Craig, All images by Heather Wendlings photography, via Style Me Pretty]

Have you seen this wedding on SMP? Have you seen the dress?? I'm not sure I've been this excited about seeing a wedding dress. I must know where it's from! If you look in the comments, I'm the second comment demanding to know where it's from (obsessed? I think not.)

Amy, you look great. Please tell me where you bought your dress. If you made it, I will bow down to you.

UPDATE: A kind soul named Cacey has identified it as Brier Rose from Kitty Chen. And, LOL, Kitty Chen is located in San Diego! Hm...time to type another email...