So happy to celebrating this year with TWO mama’s ❤ I’m very blessed and grateful for them.
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MarkelandMe are celebrating our First Wedding Anniversary!
I cannot believe an entire YEAR has flown by!!! I married my best friend, the love of my life, and the one who I am entirely whole with. ❤
Happy One Year Anniversary to Markel & Me! <3
I CANNOT believe it’s been an entire year since we got married in Cypress, CA. The day was BEYOND stressful, we had a few too many drinks, and we danced our asses off. xo That day I married my best friend and I’m so incredibly lucky!! Here are a few (ok more than a few) of our big day! ❤
Favorite Online Shopping Sites
Who DOESN’T love online browsing for clothes, accessories, shoes, purses…household goods??
1. Amazon
I have Amazon prime and probably buy something from this site no less than 1x per week. This site is seriously the most incredible .com site EVER. You can buy groceries, books, household goods, craft supplies, clothes, shoes, makeup…EVERYTHING. I swear someday they’ll sell lumbar and delivery it within 2 days. If I could only shop on one site for the rest of my life, Amazon would be it. As an Amazon Prime member, I get free 2-day shipping and it’s just SO EASY to get stuff in a flash. Shopping in LA is so hard with traffic/parking that I rely heavily on prime shipping. My coworkers say that as Mom’s, they buy all their baby stuff through Amazon so that they don’t have to go to a store with a screaming baby (just the hassle of traveling with the baby is avoided). AND returns are really easy!
2. Piperlime
My go-to site for all clothes, shoes, jewelry, purses, etc. I even go here for GIFTS! It’s just so easy to order from there because I completely TRUST the brand, the items sold on the site AND you can return it for free. I have a banana republic luxe card and I get free shipping on all the orders as well. Shopping with Piperlime/Gap/Banana Republic/Old Navy/Athletica is SO easy. Plus, shipping is FAST.
3. ASOS
Asos is a site that I go to for everything I can’t find on #1 and #2. Shipping and Returns are fast and free. There are THOUSANDS of products on this site and everything is incredibly trendy and fair priced. I don’t trust everything on this site the way I trust Piperlime, but I’m never afraid to order since I can easily return what I don’t like.
If you’re not used to shopping online or are afraid of it~ start with these three sites! They really make the buying/returning experience easy and each company comes with really superb customer service if you need help. =)
xoxoxo Happy Holiday Shopping!
5 Ways I Saved on Our Wedding!
I wrote a guest post about our wedding on the Art of Thinking Smart Blog. Click here to check it out =)
Gorgeous Maui
Went through my phone and found more Maui pics! xoxo Seeing these photos…I seriously can’t WAIT to go back!!
there was a stingray family of 4!! i’ve never seen mike run down to the beach SO FAST before. while most people were jumping out of the water (it looked like 4 sharks at first), there was one crazy couple that stayed in the water and let the stingrays swim around them (dumbasses…)
Our first round of drinks!
mini tobascos!!
our first meal~~ while waiting for our room to be ready
Free bottle of champagne was sent to us from the hotel ❤
Our snacks =)
Breakfast on our lanai~~ coffee + mimosas. hehe
isn’t our view GORGEOUS??
Black Sand Beach (road to hana)
Markel’s awesome photo skills…
caves! it would have been cave DIVING, but i wouldn’t let markel do it. the water was so stagnant it seemed like he’d catch a bacterial infection or something… >.<
beautiful views ❤
I want to go back =( Maui was so magical… and the food left a permanent impression in my brain and on my tastebuds. *droool *
Best honeymoon spot everrr
Pear Shaped Halo Diamond
I LOVE Pear Shaped Diamonds! I know these aren’t very popular, but I seriously want one of these babies (someday). It doesn’t even need to be a diamond inside…it could be another stone. But I am very seriously in love with this beauty. ❤
Throwback Thursday
Wedding Pictures (Part V)
Oops, totally forgot to post these from a few months before! The last and final post of the wedding ❤
The Reception!
This day feels soOOOOoo long ago. I can’t believe we got married and are currently living a newlywed life…so weird! lol Feels like yesterday when Markel and I met and were having a blast as early 20-somethings. But 5+ years later…here we are as a married couple. ❤
To check out the other parts of our wedding…
Wedding Pictures (Part IV)
The Korean Cermony–this was my FAVORITE part of the wedding. The only time I was completely relaxed and having fun.
Elders throw dates (girls) and chestnuts (boys) and whatever the bride and groom catch signify how many babies we’re going to have ❤
Money Envelopes to help us on our honeymoon ❤
Each biting one side of a date ❤
Tea Love Shot
Carrying his Mama to thank her for raising him
Carrying Me to signify our new life together
Weding Pictures (Part III)
The Ceremony =)
–pretty much the only shot i have with my veil on before the wind blew it away >.<
Our face is basically—“ahhh we made it” The weeks leading up to the wedding were SO STRESSFUL, I know understand why people hire wedding planners ( we did not). They are worth EVERY PENNY!
Our gorgeous parents ❤
Friends during cocktail hour while Markel and I were doing our Korean Ceremony
Wedding Pictures (Part II)
Pictures before the Ceremony with our Bridal Party + Family ❤
Our First Look
The ladies
The men
The massive bridal party of 18
My Family
Markel’s Family
After Ceremony Couple Shots ❤ These are my favorite.
Wedding Pictures (part I)
life has been so busy I completely forgot to post our wedding pictures! We have so many it’ll probably take like 10 posts… but here are some of us getting ready ❤
Fun Friday: Wedding Moments
My favorite people in the entire world~~ I didn’t get to take group pictures with people (so sad) but I was lucky enough to take them with my favorite people at the end of the night next to the Bar (go figure… that’s where they all were).
and…these photos below probably sum up the night of our wedding~~ uhh party of 1 since I was always doing things alone it seemed (in pictures ) >.<
Chang-Blair
Love this pic of us with our parents ❤
Wedding Photos Sneak Peak (Professional)
We got a little sneak peak of the professional photos from our photog. Here are a few for you to see too! ❤
Can you tell there was a theme going on?
HUGE Bridal Party right?
Can’t WAIT to show you guys more!!! xo
The Big Day <3 (part I)
I haven’t gotten my wedding pics back yet, but here are some fun ones from my point and shoot that my bridesmaid took throughout the day/night ❤
The Korean Ceremony (PaeBaek)
We caught dates (girls) and walnuts (boys) that our parents threw. It’s to symbolize how many children we’ll have. We collected them in the bag below ❤
We’re getting the professional photos shortly!! xoxo
I’ll post those soon ❤
Random Photos for April
Found these photos in my drafts inbox. I normally start entries on my phone but I always forget to post them!! Here are a bunch of them from last April that I have yet to post (or maybe have posted sporadically).
Weekend Recap and Photodump: Libby Gets Married!
This past weekend was an incredibly fun weekend with friends from college. Did lots of fun things, but the highlight was really Libby and Scott’s gorgeous wedding. Here’s a huge photodump below:
Jam Party Favors!
Kiddie Bags
The Morning of the Wedding!
The morning of the wedding…the calm and fun times before the big day. My bridesmaids were AWESOME as they helped me get ready, helped with the flowers, and also made sure I was eating/drinking! Here’s a collage of our morning together, as my last moment as Ms. Esther Chang.
These are all from a simple point and shoot camera. Professional pics to come ❤
Oh man…Such a fun and relaxing morning. I think the last half hour was pretty cray~ but it was all worth it! xoxo ❤
designer swag without the designer pricetag 