I'm gonna stuck with him for the rest of my life??/ Arrrgh! What do the future in-laws want now! / Hello... yes, I would like to order a wedding cake for my wedding please... mm hmm... yes it's for 30th of July 2015 / Mm... Gisele is way too pretty to be my bridesmaid, I should kick her off / What's that thread doing at the end of my humongous dress / Call my florist STAT! She's missing a stem/ You're wearing THAT Valentino red dress to my wedding? No, I still think the drapy no-brand last-season dress suits you better / Okay and cue the music please... aaaand okay Pastor, GO! Honey, GO! Groomsmen, GO! Bridesmaids, GO! Dad, you stand here okay, wait for my cue.. okay let's go! Ooops, almost forgot to hide my communication earpiece / Honey, just use my vow that I've already written for you. Memorize it and speak it loud and clear. You could even add tears, not cry though, just choke a little bit, okay. Practice it and be perfect. Love you Hon, can't wait to be your wife
If you're planning to get married and you've said or thought of the sentences above or something similar to the above. Ooooh boy... sorry to break it to you love, but you're a bridezilla. I'm not here to judge you... I know planning a wedding could be scary as hell. It's very normal to have fear or to worry about things, but don't let the simplest stimulus triggers your anxiety. It's not worth it... seriously speaking. You gotta have faith that your wedding would go smoothly; in fact isn't the joining of the bride and groom, the most important thing of a wedding? So the happiness of you and your husband-to-be should be the only thing that matters. Let's try to focus on the essence of the wedding instead of the materialistic things surrounding them. Yes, I get that you want your wedding to be perfect so you can boast about it to your children. The key is to not do things at the very last minute but also not too long before, until you get tired of planning. Rely on your family (pick only the cool ones, and let's leave your and his parents out of this) and a bunch of good friends (repeat: your true sincere friends) to help take a little part of your wedding prep.
Thursday, July 29, 2010
Friday, July 23, 2010
Creative wedding ring pictures
We all know how important wedding rings are. They are the symbol of your love and marriage, it'll remind you of your love and commitment to each other. Here at 1QL, we feel that a wedding photographer should also understand that and be creative in taking pictures of the symbol of your love. Lighthouse Photography photographed my cousin's wedding and I must say that they are a couple of very dynamic photographers and it definitely shows in their photographs. Check them out!
We love these pictures by Lighthouse Photography because of their creativity and how they portrayed the most classic symbol of marriage with a very modern twist. Genius!
I personally think that this one is brilliant. You can clearly see that the background is Conrad Hotel's b-e-a-utiful chapel in Bali.
How cute to incorporate a toy!
Both the bride+groom's name start with an 'M'
My personal favorite! Simple but oh so cute.
Hope you guys enjoy these shots as much as I do!
We love these pictures by Lighthouse Photography because of their creativity and how they portrayed the most classic symbol of marriage with a very modern twist. Genius!
I personally think that this one is brilliant. You can clearly see that the background is Conrad Hotel's b-e-a-utiful chapel in Bali.
How cute to incorporate a toy!
Both the bride+groom's name start with an 'M'
My personal favorite! Simple but oh so cute.Hope you guys enjoy these shots as much as I do!
Tuesday, July 20, 2010
Real Wedding - Rick and Monica
A Sweet Mid-Summer Wedding
Color Palette: Pink, Grey, Ivory, Gold
*All photographs are courtesy from Sean J. Mason Photography
The wedding was held on a beautiful summer day at Dana Point, California; situated in an Orange County community, very near to Laguna Beach. I must say that the area was divine! I wish all of my friends would marry there so I'd have more reason to visit this faux Europe in the US of A.
Cannons Seafood & Grill was a modest restaurant that sat beside a cliff. Just look at the gorgeous view. Both the holy matrimony and reception were done on the patio area of the restaurant. The tables and chairs setting was re-arranged in about 30 minutes.To distract the guests, tapas were distributed around. There was also free-flow drinks of all kinds at the bar to keep the guests busy during the transition time. Around 100 guests came to celebrate with the bride and groom. The feel to the wedding was very laid back and sweet. Since it was summer and the sun was fierce that day, many guests took the opportunity to have a tan. So hilarious!
Events went on for almost 5 hours; during which, these things happened:
Joining of the sand
First of all the pastor poured gold-colored sand at the base of the jar as a representation of God as the base of the marriage. Pink sand for the bride and ivory sand for the groom, they poured the sand together into the jar signifying that 2 had became 1 and that nothing could separate them.
Bouquet Tossing
Guess who got it! It was Marie-Elise! Woohhooo
Garter Picking
Didn't know what the groom did under there!
Pyramid
A dumb tradition of Rick's colleagues; they did this pyramid thingy at every wedding.
TAPAS!!
The food was an event on its own. Love it!
Decorations were very simple, cute flower arrangements were seen everywhere; on the tables as centerpieces, on the arch where the bride and groom made their vow, on the stairs, on the bed of the wedding cake, on the reception table, on the doors - oh so pretty. The florist also prepared a beautiful bouquet of pale pink peonies for the bride and hot pink little bouquets for the bridesmaids. Corsages for the suit lapels of the groom and the groomsmen were all very nice.
Details, details, details; look at these pictures below:
-The wedding cake was a masterpiece, it was not only pretty but it was also really delicious;
- Edible party favors in the form of chocolate-dipped monstrous strawberries; (Confession: I ate 3)
- Lantern by the entrance;
- and a Dessert station filled with popcorns, cupcakes, coconut balls, and the best cookies I'd ever tasted in my whole life.
Moving forward to the looks of the crew;
Monica was wearing a very light weight wedding dress, so light she could practically ran marathon in it. She paired it up with Jimmy Choo's shoes. They were not traditionally white, but had a silver/gold/ bronze touch to them. Monica always said she wanted shoes that she could re-use; good thinking! She also chose birdcage veil to the usual veil because it framed her face really well.Rick was wearing gray suit with pink tie while the groomsmen wore different shades of grey with yellow tie. The bridesmaids' dresses were also different shades of pink.
All in all, it was a successful and a beautiful wedding. Everybody had fun!
Color Palette: Pink, Grey, Ivory, Gold
*All photographs are courtesy from Sean J. Mason Photography
The wedding was held on a beautiful summer day at Dana Point, California; situated in an Orange County community, very near to Laguna Beach. I must say that the area was divine! I wish all of my friends would marry there so I'd have more reason to visit this faux Europe in the US of A.
Cannons Seafood & Grill was a modest restaurant that sat beside a cliff. Just look at the gorgeous view. Both the holy matrimony and reception were done on the patio area of the restaurant. The tables and chairs setting was re-arranged in about 30 minutes.To distract the guests, tapas were distributed around. There was also free-flow drinks of all kinds at the bar to keep the guests busy during the transition time. Around 100 guests came to celebrate with the bride and groom. The feel to the wedding was very laid back and sweet. Since it was summer and the sun was fierce that day, many guests took the opportunity to have a tan. So hilarious! Events went on for almost 5 hours; during which, these things happened:
Joining of the sandFirst of all the pastor poured gold-colored sand at the base of the jar as a representation of God as the base of the marriage. Pink sand for the bride and ivory sand for the groom, they poured the sand together into the jar signifying that 2 had became 1 and that nothing could separate them.
Bouquet Tossing Guess who got it! It was Marie-Elise! Woohhooo
Garter PickingDidn't know what the groom did under there!
PyramidA dumb tradition of Rick's colleagues; they did this pyramid thingy at every wedding.
TAPAS!!The food was an event on its own. Love it!
Decorations were very simple, cute flower arrangements were seen everywhere; on the tables as centerpieces, on the arch where the bride and groom made their vow, on the stairs, on the bed of the wedding cake, on the reception table, on the doors - oh so pretty. The florist also prepared a beautiful bouquet of pale pink peonies for the bride and hot pink little bouquets for the bridesmaids. Corsages for the suit lapels of the groom and the groomsmen were all very nice.
Details, details, details; look at these pictures below:
-The wedding cake was a masterpiece, it was not only pretty but it was also really delicious;
- Edible party favors in the form of chocolate-dipped monstrous strawberries; (Confession: I ate 3)
- Lantern by the entrance;
- and a Dessert station filled with popcorns, cupcakes, coconut balls, and the best cookies I'd ever tasted in my whole life.
Moving forward to the looks of the crew;
Monica was wearing a very light weight wedding dress, so light she could practically ran marathon in it. She paired it up with Jimmy Choo's shoes. They were not traditionally white, but had a silver/gold/ bronze touch to them. Monica always said she wanted shoes that she could re-use; good thinking! She also chose birdcage veil to the usual veil because it framed her face really well.Rick was wearing gray suit with pink tie while the groomsmen wore different shades of grey with yellow tie. The bridesmaids' dresses were also different shades of pink.
All in all, it was a successful and a beautiful wedding. Everybody had fun!
Take on the high road
Girls-
take note. This is what your attitude should be when you just broke up because of whatever reasons. In this case it's Kelly Osbourne's. This is the quote taken from her in Closer Magazine.
"As everyone has probably heard by now, my fiancé Luke and I are no longer together. I’ve sat here for a couple of days thinking about what it is I want to say publicly. At first I wanted to tell everyone everything and completely bash him because I’m hurt and angry. But at the end of the day, the truth is I did love Luke and that’s all that matters.
“I kept up my side of the bargain and kept my side of the street clean, and no amount of male stupidity and no number of slutty girls are going to change that. Sitting here, bashing him and telling the world how horrible I feel doesn’t get either of us anywhere. It’s just time to be positive about my new life and to move onwards and upwards.”
taken from perezhilton.comSaturday, July 17, 2010
Lovely bridesmaid dresses
Saturday, July 10, 2010
Real Wedding - Jennifer & Erick
The day was December 6th, 2009. 
Location : Red Corral Ranch, Wimberley TX, USA
It was a windy, gloomy, drizzly day in
Location : Red Corral Ranch, Wimberley TX, USADress : Amsale
Bridesmaids’ dresses : JCrew
Make-Up Artist : Sarah D. Stopper
Band : The Pictures Band
Caterer : Salt Lick Bar-b-Q
Color Palette : Mustard Yellow, Gray and hint of Navy Blue
Bridesmaids’ dresses : JCrew
Make-Up Artist : Sarah D. Stopper
Band : The Pictures Band
Caterer : Salt Lick Bar-b-Q
Color Palette : Mustard Yellow, Gray and hint of Navy Blue
After living in Texas for a few years, both Erick and Jennifer wanted to have some Texas style incorporated in their wedding (read: outdoors in a ranch). Thus, with the hope that Texas has mild winters, they decided to have it at Red Corral Ranch with an outdoor ceremony and dinner reception. Unfortunately, two days before the big day, it snowed in Texas, dropping the temperature drastically. Nevertheless, they still went ahead with their original plan. The ceremony was held on a labyrinth that the owners of the ranch had built themselves and the dinner reception was under a big oak tree lit with Christmas trees. It was truly magical.
Jennifer and Erick were particularly creative of their wedding favor. With each favor there’s a tag that said "Monday mornings are hard enough without spending Sunday night at a wedding. Hope these make tomorrow a little easier. This coffee comes from Lampung, Erick's hometown in Indonesia and it's certainly one of the best coffees produced in Indonesia"
Despite the chilly temperature, the food from Salt Lick BBQ warmed the guests’ with so much yumminess at the dinner reception. After the chilly ceremony and dinner reception, everybody went inside the Big Red Barn to continue the party and desserts.
The dessert table was not your typical dessert table; instead, it was filled with traditional Indonesian cakes and a groom’s cake. Jennifer wanted to do something nice for Erick and she ordered a blue cake shaped like the number 3. Apparently, 3 is Erick’s favorite number as it was his basketball jersey number, he was the third child, etc.
Halfway through the party, the bride and groom had a wardrobe change into a traditional Indonesian costume called a ‘kebaya’ for Jennifer and a black suit for Erick. The dance party went well into the night with a special fireworks sendoff for the bride & groom.
We love this wedding for the immense number of details put in by the bride and groom and how they managed to incorporate both Texan and Indonesian styles and still managed
to make it their own. Congrats you two!
Monday, July 5, 2010
Talk about something sweet
Hey readers!
First and foremost, we are truly truly sorry for the super long hiatus! We are still on our early stage of setting this up and not to mention we are a regular human being (read: corporate slave) who are tangled in our own professional life. So please bear with us while we are finding our true soul in this blogging world :)
One thing that we are definitely not confused of is our love for weddings. Albeit how small or big, weddings always get us in our melancholy mood. Happy, sad, bittersweet, nervous; all those feelings are intertwined beautifully in one day where two lovebirds saying "I do".
So talk about something sweet...here at One Queen's Lane, we think nothing is sweeter than a wedding. Celebrating two people's love for each other in front of your closest family and friends (okay, sometimes this is not the case in Jakarta) is simply, as Giada de Laurentiis would say, de-light-ful!
If you are thinking about having your wedding in the near future (or way ahead, its never wrong to plan ahead!), and you happen to love the color blue, this might just be the blog post for you. We have put together a classy and elegant blue wedding inspiration board for you to start up your wedding planning.
We create this especially for our dear friend who is getting married next year. Notice how you can incorporate different shades of blue in every little detail such as: the sole of your shoes, table cloths, your selection of china or even as simple as a ribbon that ties your wedding favors. We, at One Queen's Lane, think that the details are what counts, they are what makes your wedding personal and that's the way we like it!
pictures courtesy of stylemepretty, junebugweddings and oncewed
First and foremost, we are truly truly sorry for the super long hiatus! We are still on our early stage of setting this up and not to mention we are a regular human being (read: corporate slave) who are tangled in our own professional life. So please bear with us while we are finding our true soul in this blogging world :)
One thing that we are definitely not confused of is our love for weddings. Albeit how small or big, weddings always get us in our melancholy mood. Happy, sad, bittersweet, nervous; all those feelings are intertwined beautifully in one day where two lovebirds saying "I do".
So talk about something sweet...here at One Queen's Lane, we think nothing is sweeter than a wedding. Celebrating two people's love for each other in front of your closest family and friends (okay, sometimes this is not the case in Jakarta) is simply, as Giada de Laurentiis would say, de-light-ful!
If you are thinking about having your wedding in the near future (or way ahead, its never wrong to plan ahead!), and you happen to love the color blue, this might just be the blog post for you. We have put together a classy and elegant blue wedding inspiration board for you to start up your wedding planning.
We create this especially for our dear friend who is getting married next year. Notice how you can incorporate different shades of blue in every little detail such as: the sole of your shoes, table cloths, your selection of china or even as simple as a ribbon that ties your wedding favors. We, at One Queen's Lane, think that the details are what counts, they are what makes your wedding personal and that's the way we like it!
pictures courtesy of stylemepretty, junebugweddings and oncewed
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