Our Wedding Band

Our wedding's only about two weeks away now and we're getting very excited. We've been trying not to ruin any surprises about the big day but we'll let one cat out of the bag: The Selmanaires are our wedding band! These guys have been playing together for years and released several albums of original material but they got their start as a karaoke band and know several hundred cover songs. So, they'll be playing all the 60's radio hits you know and love and we're sure it's gonna be a blast!

Blueberry Jam from My Hickory Hill Farm

Trey's aunt Diane offered to make us some of her award winning blueberry jam and we thought it would be a perfect gift to give for the wedding party. We printed some labels to go with our theme and the finished product turned out amazing. Just got these in and cant wait to sample the jam! Check out Diane's website here: MyHickoryHillFarm

Judy's Bridal Shower

Judy's bridesmaids threw her a 50s housewife-themed bridal shower a few weekends back and some of the photos turned out so great we wanted to share. Everyone went all out with their outfits. Of course the event was fueled by 50s themed dishes too:




After dinner, and a few drinks, they played a few bridal-themed games that included toilet-paper wedding gowns, handcuffs and cucumbers. The girls also gave Judy several gifts: a few unmentionables but also an amazing scrapbook containing pages of photos and memories compiled by her bridesmaids and other guests.



The night was capped off by a trip to Sing Sing Karaoke in the East Village. Not quite so 50s but neither are the girls!



(Thanks to Jackie for the photos!)

Our Rings!

We got our wedding bands! Judy got a shared-setting platinum band with a half circle of 9 round brilliant diamonds from Tiffany's. Trey got a simple and classic 5mm platinum band from Cartier. Sized, engraved and ready to wear!!

Black Tie?

Several guests have been asking us if we could explain the 'Black Tie' dress code we've implemented for our wedding. Traditionally, this would mean that all men should wear a tuxedo but we're taking the slightly more contemporary approach to 'Black Tie' which also includes suits of dark colors. So no need to rent/wear a tuxedo unless you just really want to. For women, a conservative cocktail dress or evening gown will work just fine.

Feel free to contact us if you have any more questions about the dress code.

Our Wedding Invitations

We've manged to get most of our wedding invitations sent out by now so hopefully we're not ruining any surprises by posting these photos. We're just so excited to add this to our wedding blog. Just like the 'Save The Date' announcements, we designed these ourselves, right down to the hand-tied bows Judy assembled with care. All the printing was done by Imprint and they did a wonderful job, especially with the embossing and raised printing. As a special treat, we included our wedding songs on 7" as part of the invitation. These songs are two of our favorites and each time we listen to them we get more and more excited about the big day. We hope you share our excitement too! Here's some more pictures:

The Wedding Party!

We can't begin to imagine the amount of work it would take to plan everything completely by ourselves. Luckily we've got a wonderful wedding party to help lighten the load. We obviously think the world of these people and want to share their involvement with everyone. So, in no particular order, may we introduce to you, the wedding party:

Bridesmaids: Kristi Hays - Maid of Honor Claudia Gonzalez Mary Blount Valery Lovely Blake Mavrogeorgis Ana McGorty Elisabeth Varner

Groomsmen: Ryan Lindsay - Best Man Matt Leach Dustin Nigro Chris Van Etten Stephen Hutton Mike Koechlin Greg King

Officiant: Bishop Jim Swilley
Reader: Brennan M. Voyles
Parents of Bride: Joe Hsu & Akiko Nashizawa
Parents of Groom: Buck & Cindy Lindsay