DIY

So in order to personalize the stuff we provide our guests, we decided to have everything we can still manage to do as DIY. As a person with 0% artistic abilities, I find this to be a very big struggle. I worked on creating the save-the-date invites with what little technical knowledge I have. I managed to finish with crooked cuts, misaligned sticking, poor color selection, whatever font I think would fit, etc. I had help, of course; my sister did most of the stickings for the next batches after the assembly line has been established.

In the process, I learned a few things about art: where to buy cheaper supplies, that there are different kind of scissors for specific materials, about various types of papers. Oh and I also got to refresh my non-existent photoshop skills.

Generally, it was a fun journey. I probably messed up a lot of these but that's part of the fun; we are giving these out to people who know me well enough that I really suck at this kind of stuff anyway. I did my best and I somehow am proud of my work. It was fun yes, but I definitely won't be doing this sort of thing in the near future though.

Marriage is not your ticket to Pornography

I was casually talking to a friend regarding wedding preparation last night, untill we bumped into the topic of Bridal Shower. As I look at some pictures from previous brides, I find it terrifyingly horrible, if there's such a term, to see such behaviors from the party. And as my friend would describe it... "It's weird. It was like they're all focused on sex." and I couldn't agree more. I know, someday, she'll be on the same path I'm headed right now, I blurted out: "Marriage is not your ticket to pornography - and it will never will."

It was a big question for me to have such a 'celebration'. It makes me wonder what are we really celebrating about? That after a life of chastity, you are 'excused' to do such things because you're a bride? Girls, I think we are crossing the line here. And what was surprising is that we are claiming that we are 'Christians', after having such a party? We are proud to post pictures and 'fun times' we had during the event? It doesnt feel right, right? If Jesus was invited, will He go with the party?

I remember my Sunday School teacher once told me, " If you can't do it in the Church, or in front of your parents, then don't do it." Are we comfortable having sex videos playing in the church? Can we wear that mask that looks like a man's member and sit in the pews to pray? Looks weird right? 

Ephesians 5:1-6 says:

1 Follow God’s example, therefore, as dearly loved children 2 and walk in the way of love, just as Christ loved us and gave himself up for us as a fragrant offering and sacrifice to God. 3 But among you there must not be even a hint of sexual immorality, or of any kind of impurity, or of greed, because these are improper for God’s holy people. 4 Nor should there be obscenity, foolish talk or coarse joking, which are out of place, but rather thanksgiving. 5 For of this you can be sure: No immoral, impure or greedy person—such a person is an idolater—has any inheritance in the kingdom of Christ and of God.
6 Let no one deceive you with empty words, for because of such things God’s wrath comes on those who are disobedient. 7 Therefore do not be partners with them.

So Girls, if ever you're planning any bridal shower (i would appreciate it if it's for me), make sure that you're still honoring God in the midst of the celebration. Good food and wholesome talks would be nice. And prayers are very very much welcome. Same goes for the grooms' men party - whatever you call that.

For me, I'd rather have no bridal shower than dishonor God with unpleasant party focused on sex.

Have a great day everyone!

Much love and kisses,

Kitteh

Scribbles

Four months before the wedding, I'm getting nervous and excited at the same time. I felt the urgency to do some planning. So off we go to our humble home (thanks mama for the dining table, we will blog about the house soon.) grabbed some papers, pens, and tried to sort and plan out what was needed to be done.

Doing my all time favorite strategic planning guide, I scribbled on the paper and wrote: urget/important, not urgent/important, urgent/not important, not urgent, not important. While I was trying to discuss the concept of this plan, he grabs a pen and a paper and I thought he would list down some stuffs I might miss out. Half way through the conversation, I managed to look at his sheet and saw this:

For those who knew the all time strict planner as I am, you could tell that I might have yell my lungs out and say "what are you doing?!?"; surprisingly though, I didn't. Instead, I laughed my heart out and appreciate the goofy times we have. Twas then I realize, I was changed. Now I know why we have a long engagement. We had enough quarells, we had enough time to know learn we could possibly melt down each other's anger, and we have enough time to learn how to forgive and accept each other. And with this, I am Grateful. :)

-Kitten

PS.
We do finished our planning sesh. :) And, we are proud to say that we only have one item on the urgent/not important part. That reads: "Carl's Diet". :)

PPS:
That was a joke. ;)

Shifting Gears - wedding edition

Time to shift gears.

Recently, I got really really frustrated during this whole wedding preparation thing. Being a control freak as I am, I know very well that anything that goes 'wrong' will surely freak me out.
But then I realize, i have to shift gears. Wedding is not about me; It's not about the dress, the make up, the rings, the food, and all the itsy bitsy stuffs that was crawling up in my head, but it's all about God.
Yes, you've read it right, wedding not just about us, but it's about God. I remembered my silent prayer when I first go out with my mom to look for a wedding dress. My prayer goes like this: "Lord, help me find a dress that glorifies Your name. The dress You want me to wear at Your presence on our wedding day."
I hope I kept on doing that on every preparation on every detail of the wedding to save me from all the chaos -  but I didn't. In turn, this leads me to frustrations after frustrations, and reading wedding magazines or wedding articles aint helping at all. It just adds up to the commotion and stress. This continued until I broke down. I was trying to get my hands on everything until I can't handle them anymore. I broke down and cried. It then dawned on me that this wedding is not about me, it's about Him.

Wedding, as I grew up knowing it, is sacred. It is about presenting yourselves to God and honoring Him with your love for each other. It's about making your committment to love your partner in front of The Almighty, and taking a vow to keep this relationship growing into what He wanted it to be. It was a moment of submission to God and giving up your singlehood to honor God through your Marriage.

Going back to that definition, I reviewed all the plans I've got for this occassion. The priorities we set to celebrate this God-given moment are not as aligned to what weddings are really for. The wedding should give Glory and honor to God. It is a Christ-oriented celebration and it should edify those who witness it. Don't get me wrong, I didn't ment to say not to enjoy the moment, or give extravagance, but I believe God didn't want us to be broke after the wedding, right? Do you get what I mean? The thing is, if it has to be extravagant, then it should be an extravagant worship. The bride is not the center of attention for this once-in-a-lifetime moment, it should be God and His love for us.

I don't want to be a hypocrite and say that I'm not struggling to have this kind of preparation. Mind you, I'm struggling hard. So hard that it took a lot of tears and hurt just to realize this. Keeping it in action is another thing. But I know, we are a work in progress, and we need to continually pray for all these things. It's hard to give up on all of the idealism of this blissful event, but I believe that the only victorious surrender is when we do it for God. So yeah, little by little, I'm raising my white flag. I hope you could help us pray for this one.

Till next post!

Much love,
Kitteh

P.S.
Due to schedule constraint, we cannot proceed with the 250days countdown. Hope you understand. Anyway, we are hoping you'll enjoy our next set of wedding preparations that are more Christ-centered. :)

P.P.S.
Please excuse typos and not so clear ideas on my post. Been awake for hours and I surely lack sleep.

Day 2: Everything is Awesome

Day 2

Do you ever have that moment when a few space for your playlist is available, yet you wanted to have a lot of songs included? I feel you. I think this is just that moment of our wedding preparations.

I've talked to Besypoo regarding the songs for the wedding. I never imagine that thinking for a wedding playlist will be this hard. We are browsing YouTube and all other stuffs just to look for potential songs that could make it to the list, but that doesn't help either.

Then came the song for the Bridal walk. I'm not sure what song to pick so Besypoo told me to choose "Something you'd think while walking." And guess what's the first song that came into my mind? Well of course, as this Blog title suggests: "Everything is awesome" from Lego Movie!

Credits not mine. Image from google. 

Oh the crazy me! :) Well actually, it answers the question, right? Maybe that day, that very moment that I'd be walking down the aisle, I might be saying to myself "Everything is awesome!".

Oh well, after hours of chats, we haven't accomplish anything since we're just goofing around. Honestly as of this writing, the song lists are still empty.

Anybody have suggestions?

I think I'm just so overwhelmed since I'm on holiday leave today. Yay!

I need a break so I'll end it here. Till next post!

Much Love,
Kitten

Day 1: Starting the Challenge

Day 1: Starting the Challenge.

Today, I've decided to blog once a day, 250 days before the wedding. This challenge could document some details of us while we prepare for our big day. It could also cater some bits and pieces of our relationship as we go through this journey. I hope we could finish this, though. :)

I'll include some photos next time.

See you next post!

Much love,

Kitten