BlissfulBride08's biography
Hello PW brides!
I'm so late on posting pictures of my January 1, 2011 wedding. Better late then never right! I've been happily married for over 6 months now. I also graduated from USC with my masters and just came back from Israel! I've been so busy since the wedding. Now I'm just enjoying the summer and thinking of all the future PW brides. I wish I could plan my wedding again! lol Happy Planning ladies!
My wedding day was amazing! I was super duper nervous the whole morning writing my vowels, but I"m so glad that I did. It made our ceremony so much more intimate and personal. Below are some of my wedding pictures taken by The Frenzels. Other vendors were makeup was by SomethingBlue, dancers, bouquet picture charm, Flowers, and Photo booth. If you have any questions or would like more info on a vendor please feel free to contact me!
If you use my photo's please give credit to The Frenzels Photography. Thank you!
Thank you for stopping by and checking out my bio! Some of my pages are private only until the wedding so, if you would like to see my entire bio, please add me as a friend! Happy planning to all PW brides! xoxo
Date: Saturday, January 1, 2011 (Very meaningful to us since Victor proposed on New Years Eve). We like to do things with a lot of meaning.
Venue: The Hacienda - Orange County (This location couldn't be any more perfect for us, once you go inside its like you've gone into a whole new world. Its like a mini spanish villa. On a side note; Across the street is the community college where Victor and I met so we are going for a "First Look" and meeting there.)
Click here to see a wedding shot by PalosStudios and another wedding by Perpixelphoto at the Hacienda.
Colors: Red & Gray with touches of black and white.
It was a cold and foggy night in Santa Ana. My boyfriend (now fiance) planned a New Years Eve party (December 31, 2008). Victor had planned this party for months. He was very open about his plans and even asked me to help him (Mind you, through out the entire planning I had no idea his main plan was to ask me to be his wife). Victor and I love music and concerts. So he wanted to give this party that type of theme. He made sure to have plenty of food and drinks, a karaoke machine for our guests, and even arranged to have a mini concert. His sister "Laura" sings and my brother beat-boxes. As everyone ate and drank he gathered everyone together in the backyard. The show began with my brother beat-boxing three songs "my love" by Justin Timberlake, a reggae song (I forgot the name) and an Aaliyah song. Then his sister sang a beautiful song while Victor played the base and Laura's BF Ruben played the guitar. After they were done, I thought the show was over.
To my great surprise, Victor gets on the mic to say " The show isn't over, we have one more song and I'm going to sing". He proceeds to say the next song is dedicated to my best friend, the person who I want to spend the rest of my life with Rebecca Quiroz. I was not really taken back by what he said because he loves to Kareokee and he loves to show me how much he loves me. He started to sing "Breathe" by Angles and Airwaves. As he was almost done with the song he begins to walk towards me. I'm thinking "Why is he getting close", but then say to my self "awe his just being more romantic, he wants to finish signing the song to me on his knee". As he proceeds to finish the verse:
We're here right now, there's interest in your eyes so hear me out, and here this he first time: (He gets on one knee) Rebecca Quiroz your my best friend, I can't imagine my life without you (brings the box out). Will you marry me? I was in complete shock!!! I could not believe what had just happened. The whole thing was recorded and the funnier thing is that you see my face smiling the whole time he is singing, but right when he proposes my smile goes away and my mouth is left open. I was like "is this real?". LOL... when he nodded his head yes, with a low tone (while everyone was waiting for me to say yes) I lean towards him and I said yes. I was soooo shocked that I couldn't even cry. I had no idea, not even an inch that his main plan during this party was to propose.
As everyone is screaming for us his mom runs to me and gets on her knee gives me a box and says "will you marry our family?" It was the coolest thing ever! She gave me a huge Juicy Couture key chain ring. Not only was the key chain the coolest thing ever, but the most precious, most valuable thing about this proposal was that I inherited Victor's grandmothers wedding ring. She gave him my engagement ring March of 2008. He had this ring practically the whole year. I can't believe I never suspected. My ring is worth more then anything I could of ever wanted or asked for. It is so unique, different, and one of a kind. There is so much more to this wonderful engagement, but I think I've made this long enough. LOL
I am so blessed to be marring Victor. I can't wait to be Mrs. Segura
{But the most exciting, challenging and significant relationship of all is the one you have with yourself. And if you find someone to love the you that you love, well, that's just fabulous. - Carrie, Sex and the City}
This blissfulBride is 28 years old and totally in love. I've been planning my wedding since I started dating Victor. I literally felt like he was the one from the beginning and long and be hold he was! Below is a picture with some of the magazines I've collected through out our 7 year relationship. After I got engaged my wonderful friends gave me a SOON TO BE MRS. SEGURA party. It was so much fun. Having my close friends there talking WEDDING stuff and just being happy for me has been the best part of planning my wedding.
**The Dress** Piccione Style 468; I'm in the middle trying on the sample dress.
*Bridal Shoes*
Stewart Weitzman purchased at Nordstrom. They were a perfect touch since my wedding dress has a bow.
Ring holder "With this Ring" from Mindy Weiss as well
*Bridal Jewelry*
Purchased this lovely bracelet!
Inspiration from PW bride Wildfirej29 and Etsy seller Mikan Designs
Purchased these earrings from Etsy seller LizardiBridal.
My Garter... My future in-laws are hard core Laker fans. If you see our engagement picture up above you'll see Laker memorabilia in the back ground. lol... So, I just had to get a Laker garter.
Dress hanger from Etsy seller DawnsCraftStore
It will say Mrs. Segura =)
Victor is not one of your ordinary grooms....what I mean by this is that he is involved in every aspect of this wedding and he even goes to the extreme of doing fun projects for his groomsmen. He is creative, artistic, and very passionate about what he does. This is only one of the reasons why I love him so much.
*His Shoes*
The one thing Victor made sure we integrate into the wedding were his and his groomsman's shoes. Victor is a big fan of Adidas shoes. These are some of the styles he is looking into for the wedding day.
*The Grooms Shoes*
Attire - Groom will wear a gray suit and the Groomsmen black suit (tie will be a solid color)
Groomsmen fun package
Below is one of the projects Victor worked on for his groomsmen. He compiled 6 sets of packages that included a comic book, personalized CD of songs they all like, list and information of each groomsmen, each got a Lantern corps emotion ring more info below, his list of invites for the bachelor party, (they are a little too excited for this part...lol), details on their attire for the wedding day so they can start saving, and some other fun stuff. Most of the comic book stuff was collected during Free comic book days. I don't think he spent a lot on this stuff.
Victor is a big comic book fan and so are his groomsmen so they are really making it fun for themselves. It was so cool to see Victor so involved in making these packages and making our wedding experience fun and exciting for his groomsmen. Since most of the time the BM's are the ones who have the most fun!
Picture idea - One cool thing Victor did was get them each a super hero ring that symbolizes Lantern's core emotions and they are all different colors. Victor picked each color for each of his grooms men. They will be wearing these rings pre-wedding ceremony for there grooms pictures. Victor thought of this all on his own! lol... Here is what I'm talking about. You can get these rings at any comic book store.
- Groom is BlueLantern Corps - Symoblizes Hope
- BM is Yellow Sinestro Corps - Fear
- BM is Agent Orange Larfleeze - Greed
- BM is Red Lantern Corps - Rage
- GM is GreenLantern Corps - Willpower
- GM is Indigio Tribe - Compassion
- GM is Violet - Love Star Sapphires
If you would like more info on the rings http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emotional_spectrum , but if your FI is a comic book fan I'm sure he will know what these are.
Comic book Boudoir picture - I did want to integrate his love for comic books in my b-pictures so I took a picture with comic books on me as an outfit. Really cute. I've taken if off my bio, if you would like to see it PM me. =)
Love Bird Theme: Already purchased birdcages and urns from PW Bride Caitthegreat for my centerpieces. I will have a mix of birdcages, urns, and some candle votives. I like to mix it up!
The groom working hard to make the birdcages flawless! His been such a great support. I'm a lucky girl!
Booked Sassy Booths - It was a big hit!
Our bubbly and flutes for our toast will be Segura Viudas seeing that its named after my future married name and the bottle is gorgeous! My future mother in-law found this champagne. I love things to be personalized and this is by far our favorite idea on how to personalized our wedding. Flutes are from Macy's Waterford "Happy Celebr ations" Flute pair.
Non-Traditional Guest book sign in - As you may know (based on how Victor proposed) we are big music junkies. So we decided to be a little different with our guest book. We decided to have everyone sign on a guitar similar to the one below so we can have it displayed in our living room on a stand. It will go perfect with our custom made coffee table which will have ALL our concert tickets that we have ever been too displayed.
UPDATE: Today 7/3/10 we got our guest sign in item/ceremony instrument/and decoration display for our living room. We went to the Guitar Center's 4th of July sale and got great deal! We are so happy and in love with this guitar!
Takamine Jumbo Acoustic Guitar (2nd picture from picture weddingchicks website)
Honoring Grandparents and Parents who have been commitmented to love, family, and great memories.
I wanted to place pictures around the wedding of our parents wedding, grandparents, and great grandparents wedding or picutures of when they were young and this inspiration seen on PW bride Wildfirej29 bio has inspired me to so something similar. So beautiful!
Our entertainment : I absolutelyloveseeing folklorico dancers and hearing Mariachi play. Dancers and Mariachi will be a gift from Victors godmother. We are so blessed~!
Booked Los Salazar for our entertainment trio/Mariachi
Booked Relampago Del Cielo Group Folklorico dancers
Wedding cake will have fresh flowers as well, which is already provided and decorated with our wedding package. The picture down below is a setup of how the cake would look, but with red flowers.
Our Waterford Cake Knife and Server Set - Love, love, love them!
I used these black photo frames from IKEA for our seating chart. Love them so much that now I get to use them in my home!
Pictures taken by Lauren and James with JL Photography. It was a FREE engagement shoot. I found their listing under PW's classified section. Our official e-pictures will be taken by our wedding photographers in September.
So my FI and I fell in love with the movie "Up", we related so much to Ellie and Carl. My FI and I went to work to create the mail box scene, laying in the park, and sitting in antique chairs reading a book. We provided all the props. Lauren and James were totally in awe. I was so nervous on how it would all turn out, but Lauren and James made us feel so comfortable and we were so happy with how they came out.
My MIL made this for me! Simply awesome!!!
I found Andrea and Taro on the WeddingBee classifieds section. They offered a free engagement shoot and I was lucky to get them to capture some more pictures of me and Victor. They were so cool to work with. Victor and I had a great time exploring Los Angeles, Olvera Street, Union Station, and Walt Disney Concert Hall with them.
I have 3 MOH's and 6 BM's! Yes lol... I know its a lot, but I'm so lucky to have so many wonderful ladies in my life. I can count on them for anything. My bridal entourage is half family and friends. It was hard to pick at first. I really wanted to keep it small, but in the end I just decided to have them all. Its a big challenge, but I'm ready for it! I love my girls! My mom (next to me) and my FMIL (In the black dress and boots) are in this picture as well.
We all met to have brunch (at the Hacienda where the wedding will be) and to go try on BM dresses. It was so much fun!. We went to David's Bridal since they have one of the biggest selection of dresses. When we arrived they said wow is this your bridal entourage! lol... It was a great day.
I decided to make a folder for the girls. Each folder was from a venue that Victor and I visited during the wedding process (GO GREEN!) lol... and I didn't want to spend money on folders. So inside the folder I added a contact list of everyones info, a little pocket note pad (bird theme from Micheal's for $1 each) pen included, a Save Theses Dates card for the girls to remember Bridal Shower, Bachelorette dates etc, and a Bridesmaid poem. I went to Hallmark to get them printed. All I spent was $30 bucks for all materials for 13 folders. They were a big hit!
These are some pictures at David's Bridal.
Bridesmaid picture inspirations - See...I'm not the only bride to have an entourage of BM's lol...
Picture above from PW bride: GondaluvsGondo
The MOH's will be wearing a different style from Alfred Angelo....
BM's will be wearing Alfred Angelo with Pashmina from Etsy seller flaxdesigns
dress style 7017 color: Cherry
BM bouquet inspirations
If the 1st photo is yours please let me know so I can credit you. =)
I went shopping in Down Town L.A Santee street of course and bought my BM's their earrings for $6 each. Great deal!
Purchased these hair piece flowers for their hair by Etsy seller SarasBoutique
I am very fortunate to have a future sister in law that works for a paper company that specializes (Envelopments) in invitations. She gets a great, I mean 60-70% off discount which is a big plus! Here is what me and my FI decided to do for our STD. As much as we wanted to take e-pictures and add them to our STD, time just does not permit. But I really love this simple calender idea. Adding a magnet on the back.
Also adding some stickers for our guests to add in their personal planners as well. Found this idea on Martha Stewart's wedding website.
I decided to order an embosser with our names and P.O address for the back of the envelope and any other stationary we use for the wedding. Ordered the embosser from PSA essentials
This was the design I picked. Kept it simple sinice I will be using it FOREVER. =)
Invitations
Paper, print, and design by Envelopments
Calligraphy by http://www.calligraphykatrina.com/
Bridal party tags for their gifts and flowers day of wedding. Saw this idea on JenandChrisPonce (which I was apart of her wedding as well) and loved it! Great find Jen! Michelle was awesome to work with.
Tags from Etsy seller sweetpeasseashells
Victor and I are very exciting to have Sarah and Derek capture our wedding moments. They are a fun, creative, humble, and a very cute couple from Orange County.
http://www.projectwedding.com/vendor/show/frenzel-photographers
Here are our official engagement pictures. Taken in October by Derek! He did a great job!
I have two Flower girls Miranda (Victors cousin) age 4 and Samantha (My BFF's daughter) age 3 and one ring bearer Danny Henry (My little nephew) age 5. I heart them so much!
Flower Girl Attire - Gray dress with a White belt/sash, white stockings with red snow white shoes and black cape. Found the dress and cape at Strasburg Children at the Citadel Outlets. FG's will carry a Red mum flower wand. Headband from TheFairyFactoryShop.
Ring Pillow purchased from Etsy Seller WhiteThistleBridal. Love my pillow!
My ring bearer will be wearing something like what this cute little guy is wearing with Adidas. This sign is so cute!
My dear mother and wedding entourage will be hosting my wedding shower. They did request I pick a theme, since I love themes...lol. I have a love for Paris, France. I went in 2006 and I feel in love with the city. So I decided on a Paris Vintage theme. Eiffel towers, wine, lace, pearls, crepes, cute outfits, European music, sweets galore...I'm soooo excited!
Here are some details that I know of. Everything else is under wraps although I do send them ideas. I do want to be a little surprised. =)
Stationary from the Paper Source
Invitation envelope Stamps for the invitation and other accessories
Tags that will be wrapped around the favor and stamped on the back with Merci
Paris theme music CD from Target
Catering from the Crepe Maker - Yummy! Pictures taken from their website
If this picture is yours, please let me know. Source unknown.
"Eiffel towers"
My dear friend is in Europe this summer and is brining me back some Eiffel towers as a gift, which will be used to decorate. Also, unknowingly I found some Eiffel towers in my FMIL garage. I wonder what those are for? Oops! lol..
Eiffel Tower cookies!!! Which will be made by a good friend who is an aspiring chef!
Purchased from Sur La Table
My lovely outfit!
UPDATE! My Shower was a big hit! Especially the Food!
I am a very lucky girl...{period}.lol... I had two wonderful bachelorette parties planned plus a lingerie party. November was a great month to party it up before I get hitched!
Lingerie Party my mom hosted...it was so nice! This is how my day began with lots of love and sweets!
Last Fling before the Ring Night! Best party was seeing the HollywoodMen show and seeing Ne-Yo! He happend to be at the same club I was celebrating his album release party. He poured me two glasses of Champange! Best night ever!
This was the first bachelorette 11/13 night I had with my friends from college. They really know how to party...on a party bus! lol
