Back on track

Having a long engagement does give us some room to scatter all those ToDo's apart but not quite that easy since we're still remotely planning.  As if we're having a "destination wedding".

We went back to Taiwan to have our wedding glamour photo taken from Julia Wedding News(茱莉亞新婚情報).  We had a blast dressing up all fancy and had a 15 hour shooting day.  Surprisingly the groom had a lot of fun too! I think he enjoyed it more than I do.   Basically we changed five different outfits, went to Beito Park(北投公園) and Dan Shuay(淡水) and the old building next to the studio. The rest of the shooting scenes are inside the studio with different color background.  I wanted to haver some "classic" photos where bride and groom are holding hands looking directly at camera. That's something timeless and will never go out of the style. Well, when we said something classic or timeless, it usually means old fashion and yet it's so very true.

I also picked out my wedding gown for the day of and the evening gown for the reception.  The wedding glamour photo and look change during recption are only "Asian theme" that I couldn't resist even though the rest of the wedding stuff are in full western style.  Something fun to do.

After we're back from Taiwan, the first task is to look for my new makeup artist and I really hope that I have some luck this time despite the unpleasant setback previously.  Thanks to my dear bridesmaids especially to Chichi.  She helped me ranked all makeup artist candidates and eased my mind on some concerns that I have.  Ladies! There are just something that only your girlfriends understand!!

We're going to Southern California once again in January to nail down most of our vendors including DJ, lightings, wedding coordinator, florists, wedding invitation and makeup artist.  We have to thank our good friends Candace/Vinnie. They just had a lovely wedding in San Diego in summer 2010 and they also live in Portland.  We're facing a lot of similar situations and I like everything in their wedding.  Therefore, lots of referal from them and we're very grateful.

Meanwhile, Quam and I will have a little date night at Walt Disney Concert Hall during our January visit to enjoy a concert.

Everything is slowly shaping up together.  And what's our color theme????
Well, I still don't know yet.. :)

Here's the sneak peak of the day of glamour shot. :)