P.S.

I published the last post using a lame app on my iPhone. I wasn't blogging from work! (Just in case anyone with the power to fire me saw that.)

Aaaaaaaaah!

We moved into our new place two weeks ago and are still without Internet access. I have some blog posts burning a hole in my mind and no means by which to share them. I hope other bloggers don't get to them first, as usual. I am always So-Two-Weeks-Ago.

Hs and Ks,

Tina

P.S. Our new place kicks butt! It. Has. An. In-Unit. Laundry. ROOM! Yes, an actual room - not a crappy stackable set in a closet - a whole, 62-inch wide ROOM!

Honymoon, 2nd Act

Twenty-four hours after the wedding, we’re heading to Bangkok. We will spend two days in Thailand’s capitol city before we fly over to Siam Reap, Cambodia. Siam Reap is known for their temple, "Angkor Wat." I’ve always wanted to visit this stunning temple. We will have a private tour with an English-speaking guide and a driver, so I hope we’re really able to see the highlights. After three days in Cambodia, we will head to Kuala Lumpur, the capitol of Malaysia. I cannot wait to see the Batu Caves and the Petronas Towers. Before our city tour ends, we will stop in Singapore. I’m so excited to see this city again.

After Singapore, we will head to the beach on the island of Koh Samui. Unfortunately, we wanted to go on our honeymoon right after the wedding, which limited our options for beach destinations, as September is monsoon time in Asia. Since we had visited Koh Samui during our 2006 vacation, I did not want to include it in our itinerary. But; our hotel choice totally changed my mind. We’re going to spend three nights at the Six Senses Hideaway Samui! I’ve always promised myself that I’d stay at a Six Senses hotel soon. So, what better occasion than on our honeymoon?
From Koh Samui, we will take a 30-minute speedboat ride to Koh Phangan, another beautiful island in the Gulf of Thailand. There we will stay at the brand new Hotel "Rasananda."
I cannot wait to spend 3 weeks in Asia with my husband! (oh wow, this sounds strange!)

Our Hotels, just click...Nr. 1 , Nr. 2, Nr. 3, Nr. 4, Nr. 5, Nr. 6

Honeymoon

We (okay, let’s be honest, I) booked our honeymoon a few weeks ago! So, where are we going? South Asia! We have been to Bali and Thailand before, and, while I don’t like to visit the same place twice, I’m willing to make an exception for Singapore ;-) I love, love, love Singapore. I think it’s an amazing city and I’ve always wanted to spend more time there. We tossed around many ideas, but none of them seemed to be “the one.” Vacationing in Thailand back in 2006 was so freaking beautiful and relaxing that we decided to go for it.

Photos by me

We have about three weeks for our honeymoon. Since three weeks on a beach was definitely not an option, we came up with the idea of city-hopping and a spending few relaxing days at the beach. Stay tuned for the details…

mady by hank

I don't know where I stumbled upon the kate henry likes to sew blog, but I totally dig her work. I think that her made by hank clutches would make great bridesmaid or hostess gifts. They sell out fast, so I'd keep an eye on her shop if you're interested. Her new items are usually gone by the time I see the blog post that they went up.

 All Images: madebyhank.etsy.com

Rain, Rain, Stay Away...

...because lots of Chicago girls are getting married today! It looks like they'll be lucky too.

Lots of Blog Love to all of the Chicago Girls getting married this weekend:

Kelly from Keg Design

 Images: Keg Design

Mel from Chicago Girl Gone Mild

Image: Chicago Girl Gone Mild

Katie The Indecisive Bride
- who won't be a Chicago girl for much longer :(

 Image: Indecisive Bride

 How fun! Congratulations and have a blast!

 There are still a few more local girls for us to follow and drool over:

• Chicago Bride-to-Be 
• soon to be koo... 
• Wed in the White City 
• Kasia
• The Road to June 19, 2010... - I cannot wait to see this wedding! It's at the Chicago Illuminating Company. I am so obsessed with this space. I asked Terese to make me her free DOC or coat check girl so that I can attend. :)

I hope that I didn't miss anyone. I think that I've convinced another A New Leaf bride to post here soon. Her Save-the-Dates are the coolest.

Gocco Graduation Gift

My buddy at work recently graduated with her EMBA. She reads my blog and has always complimented my gocco projects, so I used this as an opportunity to make her some personalized cards. Since gocco costs have soared, I invited my entire team to contribute and was able to give her a complete stationery set.

I asked her to pick two Paper Source colors and not ask any questions. She selected bluebell and opal stardream. I added the blossom pink because PS doesn’t sell pens in bluebell and because I found one blossom mailer box laying in the store and convinced them to sell it to me. I mixed the ivory ink from white and gold ink in an attempt to mimic the stardream. My embosser is in storage, but I think that these would have been AWESOME embossed.

When I pulled these color descriptions from the Paper Source Colorscope to write this post, they gave me a chuckle. Bluebell is right on for Karon. I always tease her about relaxing at work and just happen to pick "blossom" for her. (KD, wouldn't you agree?) As you may recall, when Paper Source first published their colorscope, I found out that there was a science to my wedding colors.

I think that this will be my last gocco project until I have my own laser printer. The copiers that I have access to at the local Kinko’s just don’t print evenly, so there are always holes/gaps/spaces in my prints. It took me 40 prints to get 20 good cards for this project. This happened to me on every project and it put me at my Gocco Wit's End every time.