Backtracking: The Shower!

It'll be awhile till I receive my wondrous wedding photos from Frank, so till then, I thought I could catch you guys up on what's all been going on up until the wedding, and maybe a lil' after.

Four days before we caught our plane for Hawaii, Mr. Mek's mom threw me...I mean us, a shower. It was a surprise shower and unfortunately I wasn't prepared with a camera; the few photos I have, I received from friends. I don't have photos of the 25+ guests that were able to squeeze into her home and I don't have photos of the AMAZING Filipino food that MIL Mek and all her friends spent 3 days prepping and cooking. It was a good ol' fashion shower, presents, family, friends and food.

I walked in and MIL Mek's house was jam packed with people. Apparently, we were a lil' late getting there. :o) Not my fault!

"Uhhh....hi"

I hate being the center of attention; I made Mr. Mek sit in front of everyone with me to relieve some pressure off me. hehe. It's hard work opening gifts. Mr. Mek's son, brother, uncle and grandfather were also present at the shower.


I got a Husband Voodoo doll. I can stick pins in him, which will supposedly make Mr. Mek tell me he loves me, take out the trash and kiss my arse. :o)


Uhh ohh, looks like Mr. Mek got a lil' sumthin' sumthin' from Vicki's.

"niiiiiiice"

And of course...the bow hat.

Can't forget a lil' cake. Yum!

And Mr. Mek laughing at me because I can't cut cake to save my life.
In all honesty, I really wasn't expecting a shower. At all. So I was SUPER excited and gracious that all these lovely women (and men) were there to celebrate with me. MIL Mek is adorable and I am so blessed that she (and all her friends) put this together for me. :o)

Mr. Mek's brother is getting married in May, so I'll be helping MIL Mek plan a shower next month for my new SIL. I'll make sure to have my camera ready for that one!

Hair today, gone tomorrow.

Welp, I did it. I chopped all my hair off. I've been dying to do it for some time now and now with the wedding over I nothing holding me back. I cut off about 10 inches of hair and donated it to Locks of Love.

I wasn't the only one in the family that got the choppity, chop, chop done. Lil' B is rockin' a new do too!

He's a rockstar!

We are officially Mr. & Mrs. Mek!

I feel like I've been away for a century! Well, I'm back now and have soooo much to share! We had a wonderful, laid back kind-of wedding. I really wouldn't have had it any other way. :o) It was great, the weather was wonderful, no major mishaps, no ugly cry. I have much to share with you; final preps before the wedding, our luau reception, and our rainy honeymoon. Mrs. Mek is back..with a vengeance. :o)

Here are a couple teasers from the fabulous Frank Amodo! These are enough to hold me over for now...but I'm dying to see more!

Dear Hubby...

Mr. Mek,

In only a few hours we will be legally bonded together...forever. I can't believe that after ALL our ups and downs, over the last 3 and a half years, has brought us to this path. I love it. I love you. And I'm excited to start a new chapter in my life, with you in it. I know that with everything we've been through, it's only made us and our relationship stronger; I can't imagine anything that could break us. :o) 

I honestly can't wait to get this wedding part over, so we can start the marriage part and the family part. In retrospect, it's really true what they say, the wedding is one day, the marriage is forever. And while I will definitely enjoy this one day, I can't wait for forever to start. 

Mwah!

Ms. Mek

I'm leaving on jet plane...

First, I want to apologize for not being an avid bee lately. It really is true when they say that the time goes by fast. Before I knew it I was in the 30 day stretch and still had TONS to do and not much time to blog about it, but don't worry I did make time to record it with my handy digital camera. You'll just have to be patient with me because I leave in a few hours for Hawaii! By this time tomorrow (or today, actually), I will be in Hawaii running around like a headless chicken trying to get things done. By this time next week, I will be getting married! 

I want to thank you bees (and knotties!) for being such an inspiration! I can honestly say that not one idea for our wedding is a Ms. Mek original. You guys are amazing! Thanks again, and next time I "see" you again will be after the wedding! 

Suits & Scruffiness

Talk about procrastination, less than we week before we leave for Hawaii and only NOW did we get Mr. Mek's suit tailored. Better late than never. It was actually a good thing we waited because Mr. Mek has been in training mode and managed to gain over 20 pounds of muscle in 7 months. That determination and dedication, I do not have when it comes to working out. :oP 

Here the tailor is pinning Mr. Mek in. Mr. Mek brought his wedding day sneakers in too, to make sure the pants are hemmed correctly.

Even lil' B was there to make sure daddy looked good.

A sneak preview of Mr. Mek in his tailored to fit threads. 

*note: shoes and shirt do not go with ensemble, neither does his scruffiness. 

Please ignore his "why the hell are you taking a photo of me?!" look.

Out of Town Prep Work

Phew! Things have been pretty hectic lately.

By this time next week, Mr. Mek and I will be relaxing (hopefully!) in Hawaii before the days leading up to our wedding. The last two weeks I've been confirming timelines, re-confirming vendors, finishing up small projects and basically trying to get organized. I've been running around like a headless chicken!

One of the smaller projects I've been working on are our OOT bags. I don't plan on assembling them till we get to Oahu; there are still a few things I need to get for the bags that I plan on buying there. I've been working on a few lil' details for the bags so I have less to do when we're there. Like name tags. Each bag will be "assigned" to a guest/family.

I put the guest's name in Hawaiian of the tags for fun.

Postcards are also going in our OOT bags; knottie plumeriapal was my inspiration. A friend mailed me vintage inspired Hawaiian postcards from Walmart in Hawaii and I got the glassine envelopes from Paper Presentation. I put Mr. Mek to work and he addressed one postcard for each guest/family with our address, so they can easily mail a postcard back to us. Another postcard was given to them to send or keep for themselves. All were pre-stamped.

My inspiration, knottie plumeriapal

My postcards:

These are the"instructions" we put with the postcards.

Other tedious prep work I've been doing is cutting labels and ribbon for easy assembly later.

*note when pre-cutting ribbon, use a lighter to singe the ends so they don't fray. After cutting ribbon to my desired length I re-wrapped the ribbon around the spool to keep the ribbon nice an unwrinkled while crammed in our luggage.