Merry Christmas!

Have a wonderful safe and warm Christmas! Art and I have been hard at work re-sizing and re-budgeting our wedding plans, so stay tuned we will have some great news soon!


"Wishing you and your family the Warmest Holiday Wishes"
-Ricki + Art

What I have been thinking:

Its funny that I believed that the world had somewhat changed... I am so happy but saddened at the same time. Happy because we have elected a good person into the office that we really believe will make the changes that we so need. But saddened by the fact that there is still bigotry that believes that it is OK to take my rights away. But that being said, the wedding is still on. There is no way no how that there will ever be anyone that will ever rain on my parade!

OK now that's out of my head. On with Martha Monday:
Since someday Art and I will buy a house it will be inevitable that we will have guests. Here is Martha's rules for a bedside table area...

"Essentials

With the addition of a few niceties, your spare bedroom will be as inviting to visitors as a fine hotel room. Set out essentials such as towels and an alarm clock, then provide little luxuries as well: bottles of water, foil-wrapped chocolates, and a few cut blooms in a vase."

All i have to say is when my front door opens it will be just like a hotel. Who wants to come and stay?!

Love this site...

So i went on to this site today that makes art from your words. I used my Spiritual Autobiography as a basis for this one. Check it out!


So then Art (The wonderful person he is!) gave me the great idea to use this as the cover of our program! Look at this one that is the ceremony...

Save The date Ideas:

Phew! its been a but crazy lately... Lots of work and now i have a second to look at some fun wedding ideas. I have been thinking of "save the date" announcements. Since today is Monday Martha Day i looked to my fav. girl of all time.

I am digging the square single date announcement. I was thinking of throwing a set of birds or some branches to set the tone of the Wedding, Pair that with a yellow background and a grey design, its our total wedding colors!

Here is what i was working on in 5mins.

Chef Eric's Cooking Class

Yesterday my co-workers and i had a wonderful meal courtesy of my vendor Carnegie/Xorel. The place is in west LA called Chef Eric's Culinary Classroom check it out as the space is fun and you get to prepare your meal. We had about 16 of us and had a great time!

Here is a Shot form the class... Kay and Susan (My boss and Colleague) had roasted these tender baby carrots with butter and thyme and then roasted in the oven for about 15 mins; they watch while Leah (Carnegie's VP of sales) is about to add the final ingredient... Honey. This makes the carrots look very bright and works wonderfully with the recipe it heightens the sugar content but no so much that they loose their savory quality. These were then put in this lovely white oval bowl.


We had many dishes to prepare such as a chicken dish (which i heard was great), a grilled mushroom and prescuttio appetizer (which was also nice), a grean bean dish and to finish a chocolate souffle (Which I helped prepare with Susan's help). Pictured above is a completed caprese salad made with cherry tomatoes, baby mozzarella and fresh basil served in a martini glass. So nice, so simple!

The Church (For all of you that have head about it)

This is the interior of All Saints Church in Pasadena. Art and I have gone through a journey to find a happy medium in the religion realm. We have become members for a year now and i have to say i wish i was born into this church, they are such a great caring group of people that are out for the greater good... Got to love the Old English design of the space!

Trip to the florist:

So Martha Monday, Danielle (Our soon-to be Florist) recommended that we did a simple one flower corsage for the moms that tied to the wrist...

We have thought of doing a flower with a fragrance so that it could remind our mom's of this day whenever they smell this flower. Right now we have selected to do a gardenia...

I instantly remembered this little picture from Martha, I LOVE the use of the velvet trim, so classy and soft. Like a fuzzy sweater (hey it will be in fall after all!)

Up-do with Flowers?

Martha has this wonderful idea with flowers and hair... I love this picture because it showcases 2 things:

1. Look how amazing the flower looks in her hair, just a little detail but makes the while coif stand out and look very elegant.

2. I know that a few of you have heard that i am not a fan of the "half up half down" routine of hairstyles, I prefer the look of an Up-do, its just sooo classy and different from the traditional.

What do you think?

Silhouette Artist: Karl Johnson

So for the actual wedding favors we have decided that we will have a silhouette artist at the reception. Check out his work... He Actually cuts these little guys out while you sit in front of him, the process takes about 2 mins. and Poof! 2 are done at the same time! So we will have them glued to a 5x7 for the guests to take home as a memento, AND one will become your page in the guest book to write anything your hearts desire!

Manic Martha Monday

So this is a cute and nice idea for the church programs, Simple flourish motif with the date on it, i picture different shades of gray and yellow cording for the binding.