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Tis the Season for Website Update

November 10, 2009 in Finishing Touch, Personal, website | 1 comment

I love this time of year, a slower wedding season which means time to actually work on our marketing. I am happy to announce our website has been updated. We’ve added new weddings to our portfolio, new testimonials from our friends, colleagues and past clients, new bios for Tristin and I, and new articles have been added to our “Press” section of those published weddings and design editorials. I hope you will enjoy looking through all the beautiful details of the new weddings that have been added.

Speaking of this season, there are only 3 weddings left in 2009 :( I still can’t believe this year is almost over. This has been an amazing year in spite of the economic downturn. I wake up every morning feeling so grateful to be able to do what I love and am passionate about and to have the opportunity to call my clients friends. So please don’t forget to slow down this season (even if you are planning a wedding) and count your blessings! xoxo ~ Sandra

Happy Anniversary!

March 18, 2009 in Anniversary, Personal | 2 comments

March 20 – Celebrating 4 years of wedded bliss!

A Gingerbread tent

December 26, 2008 in Accel Party Rentals, Christmas, Gingerbread, Personal, tent | No comments

Every year the crew at Accel Party Rentals will personally deliver a Christmas gift to clients’ door steps and this year is no exception. Scott and the guys at Accel are the sweetest! This year they sent us a fabulous gingerbread tent! My husband and I spent Christmas morning putting this “tent” together and had so much fun with it. Our favorite part of the tent has to be the Rosemary branch we trimmed from our yard, which is used as the Christmas tree in front of the tent (going along the theme of “everything edible”). We just emailed this photo to Scott, hopefully our tent will be good enough to win their Gingerbread tent competition. I hope you all had a wonderful Christmas with friends and families and found time to reflect on the true meaning of this season! Mele Kalikimaka!

Back from Vacation

November 18, 2008 in Personal, beijing, china, hong kong, phuket, thailand, travel | 1 comment

Wow, it’s been a month since my last blog entry. Marvin and I are back from our much needed vacation. We spent a little over 3 weeks seeing Hong Kong, Beijing China and Phuket Thailand. All three places are so different, but I have to say that Beijing is probably my favorite. It’s so historic and seeing the growth China has had in the past few years is fascinating. Here are just a few photos from our vacation (out of the thousand we took!). I am happy to be home and shocked to see all the Christmas decorations are up …. I can’t believe it’s the end of November already and Christmas it’s just right around the corner. I love Christmas!

Hong Kong – best shopping and best food!

The Great Wall

No, we did not have any bugs kabob

Beijing, China

Phuket, Thailand – Phuket has better sand, but Hawaii has better water :)

Operation Baseboard

September 8, 2008 in Home Improvement, Personal | No comments

Marvin and I installed our wood flooring a year ago; but since then, we just couldn’t find time to finish up the baseboards. We finally had a free weekend (I mean no weddings on Fri, Sat AND Sun!), so we know it’s time to put on our home improvement hats and get these baseboards finished. Thank you to Juggo (Marvin’s step dad) who stayed all day to help us cut and install these baseboards. We thought he was going to just let us borrow his nail gun, but he ended up doing 99% of the work! I am so happy with how they turned out. Our hard work has truly paid off, especially with all that back-bending, caulking I had to do :)

Lucky I live Hawaii

August 15, 2008 in Hawaii, Personal, Politics | No comments

Presidential candidate Barack Obama is in town this week. Our “local boy” is back home for a vacation. It’s so amazing to see someone with such celebrity stature to come home and still be able hang out at the beach like us regular folks, with minimal security too. Being from California myself, Hawaii’s laid back mentality and the locals’ genuine spirit have captured my heart from the moment I stepped foot on the island. Seeing Mr. Obama being able to enjoy his vacation here, remains me once again on how lucky I live Hawaii! Pictures taken from the Honolulu Advertiser.

A Little Wedding Fun

July 9, 2008 in Finishing Touch, Friends, Personal | 1 comment

Ever wonder what your vendors do when they are all alone, setting up inside the ballroom? We sit underneath the bride and groom “special” canopy and pretend we are the VIPs! Thanks to Sasha at Cake Lava who captured this photo of Michelle of Flower Girls and myself getting all cozy under the romantic canopy. Just fyi, the canopy is not finished in this photo. I just want to make that clear because I will not allow this kind of imperfection appears at a wedding. Hehe… We added white branches with hanging crystals to cover up the bamboo sidings and a sheer crystal overlay to the sweetheart table after the photo is taken. More photos of this wedding (Theresa & Robert) to come!

Happy 4th of July

July 7, 2008 in Faith, Personal | No comments

Happy 4th of July! I had a wedding on the 4th and another one wedding tomorrow, unfortunately I didn’t get a chance to go to the beach, bbq and enjoy the holiday in true American fashion. The wedding on the 4th was held at a private oceanfront home in the Kahala area, and I was able to catch some pretty nice fireworks, so working on the 4th of July is all good after all. :)

As we celebrate the freedom and independence of our country, I want to end my blog today with a thought that is very inspiring to me. A wise man once told me “yet it is important to pick up your rights, it is far more important to know when to lay down your rights for something far more significant.” Food for thought.

Want Big Lashes?

July 1, 2008 in Beauty, Personal, Tips | No comments

Here’s one of my best finds for this summer season – Covergirl Lash Blast.
I’ve personally tried many brands and types of mascara, and I find the drug store “cheap” mascara to be the best. I have been using the pink and green Maybelline mascara for years but my new favorite this season is the Covergirl Lash Blast (as advertised on America’s Next Top Model). This mascara comes with a really large brush and will give your lashes much volume and illuminates your eyes like no other. I use the waterproof one because it never smears under my eye (giving me that “black eye look”) even when I am running around at a wedding, under the hot and humid Hawaiian sun.

Rebecca’s Going Away

June 20, 2008 in Finishing Touch, Party, Personal, Rebecca, Wedding Industry | No comments

My assistant of 2.5 years Rebecca moved back to Seattle two weeks ago. I am extremely sad to see her go. She is probably the best assistant anyone could ask for – so friendly, positive, professional and is able to put up with me for that long :) She is going to be missed by me and many other vendors in the industry who so enjoyed working with her. She always makes every wedding so fabulous and stress free for the bride, she is simply the best! Before Rebecca left, I invited a few wedding vendors to a small going away party I planned at my house. Thank you to Table 17 for making fresh crepes for everyone. They were delicious! Here are a few pictures from Rebecca’s going away party. Rebecca – you will be missed!

Rebecca, her mom Johanna and her sister Christina
Me, Rebecca and our intern Courtney
Fong from Floral Inspirations, Naomi from Les Saisons, Rebecca, Me, James from Crane Media and his wife Amel
Rebecca opening her gift – framed pictures of herself at variuos weddings. Memories!

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