Princess me!

Second photoshoot done! Yayyyyyyy!!!!!!!

Thank God for holding the rain - perfect weather while we were shooting outdoors, and it started raining the moment we stepped into the car right after we finished shooting at our last outdoor location. We were praying that the weather forecast was wrong, and God must have heard our prayers! :)

Thank God for wonderful vendors we can get along so well with. Our bridal boutique, Blessed Brides, kindly let us use their premises for my last change of look today. The shop assistant Sandra was super helpful, even offering to help me 'undo' my hair at the end of the day (I had a zillion hairpins stuck in my gloriously messy 'do). And the dresses! The dresses! MY dresses!!!! Love love love. I'm so glad we discovered this little gem of a shop with the pretty, pretty frocks. Sigh. Makes me wish I had a few more changes of dresses in my shoot ;)

My hair and makeup artist Ivy is fantastic. I gave her photos of the looks I wanted and she just... made them happen. Impressed! Three lovely looks, complete with gorgeous hair accessories and jewellery (shiny shiny!!!!). I wish I could get dolled up like that every day. Dressing up is so fun! =P

Actually, make that 'photoshoots'. Photoshoots are so fun. Monica, our photographer, is such a joy to work with. She makes it really easy. Plenty of suggestions and direction - always a good thing.

Monica: "Girl ah... chin up. Uncle, don't smile so cheesy, can?"
Eric: "I only have one smile, and that's cheesy!"
Me: ...

(Notice she calls me 'Girl' but Eric 'Uncle'. She started off calling him 'Boy'... wonder how he became 'Uncle'. Heehee. Confused my dad once when he was standing nearby. Monica said 'Uncle', meaning Eric, and my dad responded instead! Heh.)

Eric and I did insert a few ideas of our own too. I hope(!!!) that between the three of us, we came up with some really fresh and personal shots! Can't wait for the photos...!!!

Thank God for Dad, who was our very patient and helpful personal chauffeur today. Love you so much, Dad. You're the best!!!

Thank God for Mom! Her attention to detail is awesome. She spots the little things that everyone else misses. Maybe it's a mom thing, I dunno. Whatever it is, thanks Mom!!! You saved me from, erm, a misplaced bustier and 'sideburns' today. Heh. And thanks for lunch and handling the balloons and flowers. We wouldn't have kept to the schedule without your help ;)

And finally... thank God for wonderful HTB who made me laugh 'naturally' throughout the day, helped me totter around in my killer heels and carried them when I gave up tottering in them (my feet will look great in the photos though!), gamely held the same poses until we got the shots we wanted, kept me hydrated while I got my hair done, and told me how pretty I looked the whole day long ;)

This is one of my fave moments of the day (apart from each time I took my heels off!):

Eric and I are waiting outside the bridal boutique for Dad to pick us up to go to our last location. I'm all togged up in a gorgeous evening gown with a gorgeous loooong train, ears and neck sparkling, birdcage veil coquettishly over one eye. We're talking and laughing and all excited. I'm feeling like a million bucks.

Random lady comes up to us and touches me on the arm. She smiles and says, "You look so beautiful, just like a princess."

Awwwwwww. That makes me SO happy. Haha.

And then Eric says, without missing a beat, "She's MY princess."

Eeps. Now I feel like a BILLION bucks. Hee! ;)