Bio

Beata + Alex

my dress "essense of australia" (its a little big, so it looks funny in the back because of all the pins).

my moms are in the background.this is the day we ordered the dress, august 30,2004.

the dress should be arriving in may of 2005.

my bridesmaid dresses, by lazaro in this beautiful color

our church is saint john kanty roman catholic church in clifton, new jersey.

my family has been part of this parish since i was seven years old.

some inspirational flowers below. i hope to have hydrangeas flower bunches ranging in

colors of purple, white, ivory and greens. mixed in with ivory roses, and natural green fillers and berries.

"will you be my bridesmaid?" cards. created one for each bridesmaid, flower girl,

and made two for the moms. i made them using adobe illustrator & a.c. moore paper & ribbon.

our "save the dates" for our out of town guests.

designed in adobe illustrator & printed on champagne shine reich paper

and wisteria transparent reich paper

bridesmaid's newsletter vol. 1 { they totally think i'm crazy for making this}

designed in adobe illustrator

finally our diy wedding invitations!!

all diy favors, programs and gifts

our favors are handmade books with a music cd. i took up bookmaking in college, and put the talent to use for our wedding. all book cloth is from papersource.com CDs are professionally screen printed from MEDIAXPRESS

grape rock candy ordered from bulkfoods.com

bridal party gifts :-)

my cat cleo in the background ...looks a little confused. flip flops are from lord & taylor.

table numbers

reception hall | valley regency, clifton, new jersey {a++++}

church | saint john kanty, clifton, new jersey

photography | abella studios

video | abella studios

dj | premier entertainment Inc. {a++++}

bridal gown | east west bridals {a++++}