E-Zines Roundup

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With the ease of technology and the proliferation of creative minds everywhere, e-zines, or electronic magazines, or web-zines, are becoming more and more popular. I personally prefer flipping through a traditional magazine in my hands, but once in a while, I still love to look at e-zines online for their super gorgeous pictures and designs. Here, I share some of my finds in hopes that you may find one (or a couple) that you would enjoy.


:: Sweet Paul Magazine ::
A beautiful magazine from front to back, including recipes, crafts, designs, and cupcakes. Who doesn't like cupcakes?! The current issue's feature is Beach Life.


:: Festivities Magazine ::
"A magazine to inspire the home entertainer with quick party tips, elegant designs, tutorials and recipes for celebrations. In [the latest issue], fall celebrations: Halloween, Apples, Johnny Appleseed and Dia de los Muertos!"


:: Anthropologie Magazine ::
Produced by everyone's favorite Anthropologie store.


:: Rue Magazine ::
Like an upscale boutique, it's perfect for an (aspirating) home decorator and entertainer.


:: Lonny Mag ::
Home decorating. I want to live in this magazine.


:: Frankie ::
Let the Australians show you what's hip in food, arts, culture, fashion, and more.


:: Style Me Pretty ::
Ethereal inspirations for brides and weddings.


:: Utterly Engaged ::
Ideas and inspirations for weddings.

Travels: Northern California

Last weekend, we took a trip up to NorCal with H's parents and cousins to attend H's cousin Harry's wedding. It had been more than 2 years(?) since I had been up north so I was really excited. We started driving Saturday around noon.

The drive was...scenic. Lots of emptyness.

 We saw a bunch of grapevines and other fruit fields where we tried to guess what the fruits were.

More nothingness... 

Oh yes, lots of coffee.

Random tractor. 

Stacks of hay. 

We also saw lots of tomato trucks. We lost count. I told everyone about how tomatoes are actually picked when they are green and are made to mature during transportation, but I'm not sure if everyone appreciated that nutrition tidbit, ha!

We passed by The Oracle, home to the Golden State Warriors.

So much traffic I thought I was back in Los Angeles. Oh but wait, there is a toll bridge!

I love bridges. This is the Bay Bridge. Too bad we didn't get to go through the Golden Gate Bridge.

More random views of SF.

We got to San Francisco (where the wedding was) 2 hours early, so we dropped by Japan Town where they had their annual street fair.

I think they were having some kind of dog show or contests because we saw lots of interesting pooches.

SF is so green. Even their food containers at the fair were of recycled material.

The wedding itself was at a bank reserve. How neat is that! (and no, they are not in the financial business)

Wedding flowers.

Violin trio during the ceremony.

Decoration - isn't this beautiful?!

The wedding menu. One of the very very few American-style weddings I've been to where the food was awesome and filling.

Centerpiece - so beautiful, again.

It was a wonderful, beautiful wedding, and I had lots of fun bonding with H's family and meeting his other cousins. Too bad we had to leave right after the Sunday wedding to drive back to LA because H's parents wanted to go back to work on Monday. We ended up getting home at 4:30am... It was terrible... But at least we made it home safe!

everything flowers { b for baby's breath }

In my effort to learn more about different kinds of flowers for my wedding, I decided to do a (hopefully weekly) review of them.

B for Baby's Breath.

I wasn't going to do Baby's Breath because it would have been too predictable, but there just aren't a lot of "B" flowers...





Here's a nice centerpiece idea:


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everything flowers { a for alstromeria }

In my effort to learn more about different kinds of flowers for my wedding, I decided to do a (hopefully weekly) review of them.

A for Alstromeria

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Aren't these beautiful?

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They may also be called Peruvian Lily.

Blooming time is late spring and early summer. It requires at least six hours of sunlight, regular water, and well-drained soil. Best part, vase life is 2 weeks!!

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