Beautiful Ladies

Over the past week or so, I've been in touch with a potential makeup artist for the wedding. Jessica Hoffman is a friend of my friend/coworker/model/socialite, Brigitte Patton. She normally doesn't book weddings, but instead, she works with models/actors for magazines, fashion shows, etc. She's worked with models from the top model firms, Daniel Dae Kim & Naveen Andrews (Lost) and recently, Dr. Dre & Eminem (source: Ms. Patton). Jessica herself has also been featured in Modern Luxury Hawaii magazine.

I'm really excited and am very lucky to get a chance to work with her. She is someone I know is good at what she does! If you're interested in checking out her work, please visit: http://makeupmemoirs.blogspot.com/.

Source: http://www.jessicahoffman.net/

Kane (Men)

Again, to keep the Hawaiian/casual theme... we'd like to put the men in some aloha wear. Hawaiian Moon has reasonably-priced shirts that both the groomsmen, and the ringbearer could wear for the ceremony. We'd finish off the outfit with khakis and slipahs (aka... flipflops). Below is the shirt that I like best. The color isn't bold, yet, it still screams "ALOHA!" haha.

(source: http://www.hawaiianmoon.com/)

The Groom

Don't worry, I didn't forget Edwin! Since we're going to keep everyone slightly casual, we were thinking that'd we'd dress him in traditional Wedding Alohawear. Below are some ideas for his attire- keep in mind that he will have the final say!

Lei'd

Of course, no Hawaiian wedding would be complete without the traditional "Lei Exchange". Below are the leis that we want to get for me and Ed...



The groomsmen in the party will also be getting leis, which will be more simple. And our parents will also get leis during the ceremony... yet to be determined.

Wedding cupCAKE

Since we're having a smaller wedding, we decided to skip the cake. We plan to order a cupcake tier from the Hokulani Bake Shop in Honolulu. Ed and I stopped by one day for a taste, and OMG- they are delicious! Below is an example of a cupcake tier from the shop (keep in mind, we won't be getting these color cupcakes):



And what wedding cake would be complete without the cake topper? Again, thanks to Etsy.com, I found these amazing toppers that we can customize based on our features and our wedding day attire!






(Courtesy of dandelionland on Etsy.com)

Flowers

For something that dies in a matter of days, flowers can be so expensive! I've started looking into fake bouquets online. Etsy.com has become my new best friend. Below are some bouquets I thought might look nice against our pink dresses, and personally, I don't think they look fake.

The first is an example of a bouquet for me (minus the blue flowers, sub small white ones) and the second, for my ladies. Thoughts?



(courtesy of jdleggans on etsy.com)

Flower Girl

While at David's, we also looked at flower girl dresses for Miss Aubry. Here's the two we liked best. The first is my favorite, because its got faint Hawaiian-ish flowers on the skirt. Click the picture to see the detail in each of the dresses on http://www.davidsbridal.com/:




OR... what about something more modern like this:

Wahine (Women)

So, I just got back from visiting my fiance's family and friends in Tucson. It was a much needed trip. He, his sister, and I headed to David's Bridal (because they don't have one in Hawaii) to check out dresses and colors. As much as I'm not 100% stoked on David's Bridal for my girls- they're the only bridal salon in NEPA, Tucson, and New Haven- so it seems like the most convenient.

Anyway, I decided on the color "watermelon" for the girl's dresses. It's a brighter pink color. I'm going to let the girls pick out the sytle that best suites them. I'm kind of wondering if it would be best to pick out a few and them them decide from there or just let them do what they want. Thoughts?

Here's some of the dresses I liked (the last is an example of what my sis, the MOH would wear):

Centerpieces

Here's an idea I got from a girl on projectwedding.com for our centerpieces. They're fairly inexpensive and quite tropical, which I was looking for. They also provide for more lighting since we're having an evening wedding outside. However, I don't like the square tealights, and I think I'm going to use more vibrant flowers. I've also thought about using bright runners on the table.




(source: CoRaLbRiDe on projectwedding.com)

More Hair Ideas!!

I like the first two much better than the last. I'm kinda into the side "bun" look.