Joy Salera Blog

Friday, July 13, 2012

The big day PART I

Wow! It's been almost a month since our big day! Since we got back from our honeymoon.. my normal life came back just like 1 blink of an eye! I've been very very busy and man, our home was a mess! Nothing but a good mess! ha! We've been so engaged doing a lot of shopping for our home and it was none stop! Right now we're prolly 87% organized.. still got more things to do! But anyway... Now that I'm back, I wanna share the first look of our wedding. Please ENJOY IT! =D

I want to give credits to Emily August for all of these shots! Please visit her website at www.emilyaugust.com

If you can remember, I shoot her wedding as well... we did an exchange deal! THAT'S HOW TO SAVE UP MONEY! We're so proud of ourselves haha Our wedding was awesome! Here's the link of her wedding that I shoot! http://joysaleraphotography.blogspot.com/2012/05/emilys-wedding.html

Later, I will make a before and after photos to see the difference and how I edit and make my own photoshop recipes! You will love them!

I was really really surprised about my flowers and gown! They came out so beautiful! There's

no more words to describe it! I'm just simply surprised and amazed! My tailor and my flower

designer found my vision. My heart was screaming when I saw the final touch!

A big shout out to the wonderful woman I kno Uniris Acosta for this beautiful gift! This gown
is a massive give! She bought the materials, and sew it, what a massive blessing and I saved
so much money. I will scan my design soon... Of course, I love giving credit to myself, ah..
why not? =D My first design was very simple.. I wanted a lace type of gown but when we
went out shopping, I saw the material on the top, i fell in love with it and it seems to look
perfect and one thing for sure, i knew that it will meet my vision for the gown...

YES! It's perfect! I wanted a conservative type of gown. No boobs not too much skin exposure!
I also considered that it's going to be very hot that day so I decided to put a little twist on my
design.. and walaah, it was a chikabow wow! I was a happy woman and still a happy woman!

Oh what a lovely roxanne! (the girl that's holding the phone) So glad she said yes as my
bridesmaid! So humble of her.. she's a humble person and that's what I love about
her.. I love how she shows respect to me like I'm her big sister.. I love talking to
this girl especially when it comes to spiritual matters!

Oh I want to thank my mom! She looked stunning that day... She make sure that I'm calm and I

got everything that I need... The person behind me? awww my Brenda... she feed me, organized

my stuff, and really made me beautiful that day! I love her spirit and her energy!

MAID OF HONOR

What can I say about my sister, she just rawked that gown... She's preggy but she was ready to kick

someone's head! YAAAH!! I felt bad for her because she wasn't completely ready.. her hair wasn't

done.. but she still looked beautiful! She did her make up and just float like a diva! That's my sistah!

Ok so here's my awesome helpers! They really made me feel special! I'm so glad they are

part of my wedding! Abby is my husband's sister and she was a great boss to me haha She

became an awesome assistant also! She did assisted about everything! Bought me a lot of

stuff that I need and I even lost her expensive hairspray and thank God she forgive me LOL

Meet Brooklynn, my precious adopted blonde sister haha what an awesome girl! I'm

so thankful she's there! SO, guess who came!!???? VICTORIA!!!! My KENTUCKY

ADOPTED SISTAH! Oh how i love her! So thankful her and her family came to

celebrate my big day! I was really happy and jumpy!

MY BEAUTIFUL BRIDESMAIDS

Originally I had 12. Some of them can't afford the dress and some of them are too far away.
and one of them committed suicide a week before the wedding. My condolences to my
friend ticka's family & her husband. When I found out about it... I cried so much. I felt
every single hurt she shared to me... What ever her life was and what ever she did, or
what ever decision she made, it's not my concern anymore. She already took her life and all
I know and all I can remember is she's a nice, sweet woman. I just wish I had a chance to really
be there for her. I just wish she opens up more. The reason why she's one of my bridesmaids
is because we had an amazing fun friendship! That I will never forget. Ticka, where ever you
are, you are loved. xx

My very own lightroom Recipe : Milk_chocoL8

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How I love my facial expression! SO PRICELESS! hahaha like what my sister said..
It was from the movie, lord of the rings "meet mr. precious!"

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Monday, May 28, 2012

Monday... It was time for me to celebrate. Finally, I'm done with yucky medication.

I've been very sick. I got a respiratory infection. Thank God I feel better now!

Last night, me & my fiancé went to the laundry shop and right next to the shop, there's

a grocery store. I love these flowers and he bought it for me. So today, I get to enjoy

my cereal day... I love our new flat. It's so peaceful and bright!

Our couch was only $100. We got it from craigslist. We bought it from pretty cool couples.

It seems like they really took care of the couch. It's pretty affordable! I was happy when it finally

arrived! It's really comfortable. Everything is turning great. Everyday is getting exciting!

We're still working on decorating our first place... We're still not done organizing them

because we don't have shelves yet to put away some of our goodies! But we're working

on it and we're still praying for more blessings to come! WE'RE NOT COMPLAINING!

God is so so good! I know it's just materials but I believe that He's such a great provider!

He knows exactly what we need!

I love raisin cereal even though milk isn't good for me but it's difficult to eat cereals

without milk right? Oh well.. I don't eat them everyday anyway.

Tuesday, May 22, 2012

@ Emily's Wedding

What a beautiful day that day! It rained and it was cold but everything turned out

smooth for all of us!

ahhhh my lovely hotel room! I so cannot forget that night I stayed there! I took

advantage of my vacation & snapped a lot of pictures! OH THAT BED! so comfty!

Thanks to the beautiful bride (now a wife) for this room!

Woke up that morning... my fiance came to help me get organized and there you go...

IT SAYS IT ALL! =) gotta love him for it!

So, my fiance was on his way to get me a breakfast.. he saw this cleaning lady with

those craspedia billy balls & he went back to my hotel and ask me to get out and

showed me the best morning! The lady asked if i liked them so yes! WE BOUGHT

THEM! she asked for 5 dollars though hahaha! My fiance goes " Babe..that's a sign"

I had a great breakfast with my morning... and he treated me took care of me so well...
By the way.. the hotel breakfast wasn't enough for us cause they only served a small
breakfast :(