Save The Date!

Please Save the Date for our Wedding!


We look forward to celebrating with you
on Saturday, August 21, 2010
in St. Charles, Michigan, USA.

Invitation and Details will follow.

Natalie Pretzer
and
Edward Lin

Hey, Hey Mr. Postman...

The invitations are DONE!! They went in the mail yesterday! 

I only needed 57 stamps (plus a few were hand delivered) so it wasn't THAT bad. =)

One more thing we can check off "the list"!

The veil is here!

One of the first things I noticed upon arriving home was a FedEx box from Wisconsin. Inside was my grandmother's bridal veil, which was also worn by my mother. It is a little yellowed, and more than a little wrinkled, but all-in-all seems in very good condition. The veil was purchased in the 1940s for $14.85 (about $300 in today's market - certainly more than I could afford!).

The veil is here!

Mom has been googling about ways to restore and reuse vintage wedding veils, so hopefully I will be the third generation to wear this one down the aisle!

Home again, Home again...

I'm home! After almost 2 days of traveling, I arrived safely back in Michigan, and today I finally feel like I am over my jet-lag. Although, I did wake up at 6:00 AM this morning.


Here are some photos of the hard work Mom and Dad have been putting into the gardens around the house. Looks like we will have a beautiful wedding reception venue, a.k.a. our backyard!

Michigan Gardens

Invitations...

Well, getting our invitations printed in Taiwan wasn't too bad -- but because we only had three weeks to design and print them, it was a bit stressful at times.

The first drafts had lots of room for improvement:
Notice the Taiwanese affiliation for pink! :-S

After various discussions with our designer we came up with this as our final design: 

A good blend of Taiwan and US style, just like us!

Engagement Photos...

Here's a taste

from our engagement

photo session

with Maria Jose!

Engagement Photos

A Productive Week...

So much to do, so little time...

This past week was SUPER BUSY, but we got a lot done. I think we've earned a well-deserved break, but I don't think we'll get one just yet!

Sunday through Tuesday, Edward and I were privileged to spend some time with this year's Roberts Fellows. It was great to see Dr. Hinderer again, and to meet some fellow Cardinals!

Wednesday we had some time to work on our theses. Edward's proposal defense is scheduled for next week, May 28th, and my final defense is on June 9th. We're in the final stretch!!

The weather report for Thursday had looked promising, so we scheduled our engagement photo session with Maria Jose. In addition to being a talented amateur photographer, MJ is Eddie's classmate at NCCU. We had a wonderful time and (hopefully) took some good shots! MJ made us feel very relaxed and we actually had FUN!! :-) By late-afternoon, it was pouring rain, so we didn't make it to the beach for any sunset shots. I can't wait to see the photos~!