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Thankful

In this season of giving thanks, we would like to take a moment to say how thankful we are for all your wonderful love and support. Wishing you a Happy Thanksgiving with lots of D*Lsh goodness.

Party Time!

 

The ultra-cool Knock Knock is celebrating their new website launch and are giving away FREE Party Time pad with any purchase. If you like to host parties, you can toss all those papers with your scribbles on it and get organized with this pad. Awesome!

Real Wedding { John + Phung }

My brother's wedding was the most anticipated event of the year in my family. So much attention, care, love, joy and excitement was put into this wedding and it showed throughout the whole day. They had an Asian wedding without using the usual Asian colors, orange and blue that were really beautiful together. Just like their colors, they are so perfect for each other! I am so happy that my brother has found the most wonderful and the sweetest girl I know. Now I get to call her my sister! I had so much fun at their wedding, I can't wait to do it all over again at my wedding! Congrats to the two lovebirds!

Thank you Jeffrey Neal from JNP Studios for capturing such awesome pictures! Check out his blog for some of his recent work.

Flowers by Bella Blooms! They did such a wonderful job with the flowers. I adore the orange.

 

A Rocky Proposal

My hubby and I have been watching the Rocky marathon and I couldn't help getting all warm and fuzzy inside when I saw the proposal scene in Rocky II. It was a snowy winter day and he's just been released out of the hospital from his first fight and he and Adrian were taking a walk in the zoo. Then she started questioning him on why they're at the zoo (Isn't that what we gals always seem to do when our guys are trying to propose to us?).

After some nervous small talks, he asked her, "What are you planning on doing for the next 40, 50 years?"

Puzzled, she answered, "I don't know... why?"

Then he popped the question, "Oh, I dunno, I was wondering if you wouldn't mind marrying me too much."

She didn't quite get it the first time, so he had to lift her earmuff and say it again. To which, she smiled and said, "Yes, I'd like to marry you very much."

It was such a cute scene. I had to share it : ). Have a sweet weekend.

The D*LSH family just got bigger!

Henny and I have some wonderful news! We both are now proud aunties of two newborns. My sister gave birth to Nicholas. And Henny's sister had a baby girl named Kailey. We're beaming with so much excitement over here! Aren't they the cutest thing you ever did see! Congratulation to our sisters!

Max Wanger

Remember this name because he's an up and coming wedding photographer. He's already been showing up all over some of our favorite blogs. When his girlfriend, Margaux, emailed us his pictures, I was so tickled because they are the sweetest pictures I have ever seen in a long time. Such great styling with the cutest couple. So much more talent is going to come from Max Wanger. Can't wait to see more!

The voting continues...

Now that you've voted for your favorite President, it's time to vote for your favorite Invitation Designer on myFoxLA Hot List! Voting ends today! So make sure your vote is counted! Thank you! We're counting on you!

Honeymoon in Greece Part 2: Visiting Oia and Donkey Ride

The most beautiful place in Santorini was Oia (the north tip of the island). Those beautiful white-walled and blue-domed architecture you see in photos of Greece is Oia! And also where they filmed Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants! (Honestly, my inspiration to go to Greece.) So that was where we headed the day we rented a Smart Car.

The only downside to this place was that it was SUPER WINDY!!! But amazingly, we found a cafe perfectly on the other side of the cliff where there was absolutely no wind at all. It was perfect.

After a day of sightseeing and shopping in Oia, we still had the afternoon, so we headed back to Fira for our donkey ride! I gotta say, the donkeys are my favorite, favorite part of Greece. I told myself I'm going to start a Save the Donkey organization one day. They were awesome animals.

At night, we met up with our new friends, Helen and Olga for drinks in a local bar in Fira. They were these Australian mom and daughter who owned a souvenir shop in Donkey Station. Both were super sweet and the mom showed us pics of her kids and shared some stories with us. It was fun hanging out with them.

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The Polling Place Photo Project

Honeymoon in Greece Part 1: First Taste of Santorini

Happy Monday! This weekend, I finally got a chance to catch up on uploading pictures from my honeymoon trip in Greece. I don't know if you know, but we had a little drama coming back to the States. Because of some visa issues, our return was delayed by a week! But all is well now and it is SO GOOD to be home! There's nothing like coming home to your loved ones after having been away in a foreign country.

But aside from all that, I've gotta say, it was the best honeymoon trip ever! Santorini Island was so  beautiful! I wanna say it's as good as the pictures but being there in person, standing by the waters and taking in the scenery was absolutely breathtaking. The resort we're staying at was amazing. Our room, which was more like a mini home, had a dining area, living room, a hallway that led to the bedroom, a walk-in closet and our own private patio with a private jacuzzi! We couldn't believe it. And when we first arrived, they had flowers on the desk to welcome us.

The free breakfast wasn't so bad either! They had so many different fruit juices you can try, peach, pineapple, mango and even banana juice! (Didn't even know you can make freshly-squeezed banana juice.) We love the mini french toast pancakes.

On the second day, we took the hotel shuttle to go into Fira town. We spent the day walking around town and enjoying our first taste of Santorini. Love the little shops and the architecture!

 

We ate at this Taverna overlooking the waters and found our favorite food in Greece - grilled feta cheese! Patrick uses a lot of salt in his food, but he didn't even touch the salt shaker for this one! Squeeze some lemon juice on it, and MMmm... it was... divine.

We stayed for the sunset and it was SOOO worth it!

 

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