Come Visit Us at Bridal Extravaganza!

Dear All Brides and Grooms to be...

Do you know there is a bridal show coming up in Santa Clara? The Bridal Extravaganza is the one the show you don't want to miss!! Whether you are starting to plan your wedding or still shopping for vendors, come to the show and check off items from your planning to-do list.

When?
September 9, 2007
11:00am to 4:00pm

Where?
Marriott Hotel, Santa Clara
2700 Mission College Blvd., Santa Clara, CA

Come visit us at the show and let us show you how we can assist you throughout the planning and your special day. Special discount and lucky draw will be waiting for you at the booth.

See You There :)

Congratulation to Kelly and Richard Lu -- August 12, 2007

Congrats!! Congrats!! Congratulation to my lovely couple~~*Kelly & Richard*~~

It was my pleasure to be Kelly and Richard's Wedding Consultant. :) I was happy to work with this couple, and again, she is a happy bride. I remembered when I was on business trip during the month of June, we chatted almost everyday via email. This is something I will miss, and won't forget the details that Kelly provided. Once again, Congrats to the both of you! I'm happy to see you two found your Mr. and Mrs. Right!! ;-)

Here are some highlights from their wedding:

Ceremony -- Hakone Gardens, Saratoga
A very beautiful Japanese gardens right after the exit of Saratoga downtown. This is also where the movie "Memoirs of a Geisha" was filmed. The gardens open weekdays at 10:00am to 5:00pm + weekends at 11:00am to 5:00pm.

Reception -- Dynasty Chinese Seafood Restaurant at Cupertino

A grand restaurant that can held more than 160 guests with good food. They serve dim sum during lunch time.

After the wedding, we found out, Richard and I used to go to the same High School... how coincidence!!

DVD Received

I recently received a copy of DVD from my previous client's wedding. It's all good memory and even I enjoyed watching it. I got to see the moments that I missed while I'm at the back.

Lauren and Brad Hopper on April 14, 2007. Ceremony and Reception took place at Berkeley City Club. They are really sweet couple from Boston! When I first met with them at our wrap up meeting, I can see the love in between their eyes when making a decision. :-)

Here are some photos taken by Augie Chang Photography. A professional photographer who is fun to work with and creative while taking photos. Enjoy!

Happy Bride

Often time when I meet with my brides or going to be client, I can see the sweetness and happiness when they talk about the details about their exciting day...they are the Happy Bride.

In between time, they may get frustrated on planning if something does not go to the way they wanted to be, this is why we are here to help. We are here to provide solutions to any problems. Overall, we want YOU to be the happiest Bride and Groom, and this is...suppose to be!

Just like today, I met with one of my brides who is getting married in September, although she gets a little worry about the timeline of how things going to be, after few suggests, I can see from her face that she is also a happy bride.

To all Brides... Relax! When you are not sure on something, talk to someone (even if you do not have a wedding consultant) then you will find the solution. Let's have a happy planning, be a happy bride! :D

Work and Relax

Today was kind of a relaxing work day for me. I was out to the city this morning to go to a site visit with my client at one of the hotel nearby the Fisherman's Wharf at San Francisco. The hotel was great, and very convenience to go to the city's attractions. 2 blocks away from the hotel is the Fisherman's Wharf. For those friends from out of states, this is one of the well known tourist spot. After our visit with the hotel, I decided to go the Fisherman's Wharf just to walk around. Found out, after few years of not going there, they have some new places that I've never seen before. I think I made a right choice to stop by today. This is one of best thing I love my job so much that I got to go to different places and share with friends. ;-)

Here are some photos to share with you:

Create your own Wedding website

I noticed that creating your own wedding website has been the new trend for the last few years. You can do it on The Knot, or some gifts registry website nowadays. I was just searching online and would like to share with you what I found. eWedding--they host free membership for couple to own their wedding website for 12 months. They have different themes of design that you can choose from. If you are looking for a website to host your story and your special day information, check it out. ;-)

Oversea Wedding -- Hong Kong

During the month of June, I have the honored to involve in a wedding oversea. This is my 2nd time working with a well known wedding consultant in Hong Kong--Ms. Kate-Mag Chau. Both wedding that I have involved in oversea were in a tight schedule. Which wedding party woke up early in the morning like around 6:00 or 7:00am to get prepared. We as the coordinator start working while they are getting ready. Yes, it's early, but since every couple is different, they have their unique ideas for their day so of course the run down of the day will be different.

This wedding happened in June 2, 2007. We coordinated the whole event from 7:30am at the hotel to 3:00pm end of the reception. In Hong Kong (or some countries in Asia I shall say), the Groom usually go to the Bride's house first and pick up the Bride to go to their ceremony location. Before the Groom can pick up the Bride, bridesmaids usually play games with the Groom and his best men, not to challenge them, this is the time to show how much the Groom loves the Bride. After the games and Groom received the Bride from her father, they then have a tea ceremony to show respect to the Bride's parent and elder.

a photo before entering to the Bridal room

After the tea ceremony, everyone head to the ceremony location (just like the western style, some people do it in church, hotel, outdoor, club, and marriage registration office/city hall). For them, they decided to have their ceremony at the Marriage Registration Office. The marriage registration office in Hong Kong doesn't really look like a city hall as we see in States. They are decorated like a wedding ceremony location with flowers, ring pillow, and feather pen provided. Each couple will have their own room for the ceremony. All registry procedure will be done at the location and the whole ceremony takes about 30 minutes as usual.

Here is a photo at the Marriage Registration Office (outside of the room):

Wedding timeline is customized to different client. For this client, they have reception followed right after their ceremony. So once the ceremony ended, Kate and I had to go straight to the reception which only takes 15 to 20 minutes drive. The good thing is, the reception location is own by Kate (yes, she has a club house that do wedding ceremony and reception as well) so that her stuffs helped a lot with the set up and food preparation. When we arrived, most of the things are ready. Both of us did a final check and make sure we have all the decoration, favors, setting ready by the first guest arrive.

A little difference between the eastern and western style reception. You may heard that the Chinese Bride changes 5 gowns through out the reception. That's right. They basically have one gown for entrance, one after the speech, one for toast, one for games, and one for saying goodbye. The order may vary depends on couple. You may think, how can they manage to change so many times? Does this mean they don't get to eat? Of course not! Bride gets to eat even she has to change in many times. However, the portion may not be as much as the guests. And this is why, we as the wedding consultant give advice to client of where do they want things to be happened on the timeline. And that the Bride will get to eat and change the gowns.

For this couple, since their reception was only 4 hours, Bride decided to change her gown just one time. And this is from her wedding gown to the traditional Chinese dress--"Chi Po". In this way, they had time to catch up with guests, Thank you everyone to attend their special day, and time to share the romantic moment. Here comes my favorite part!! Groom chose to sing the most representing and memorable song to the Bride during the reception. This made everyone really feel the sweet between the two.

After every guest departed, we as the coordinator don't just depart like the guest. We stay till the couple finished packing up their items and make sure they have all their belongings before they go home. In my point of view, I would stay till as the last person to go so that nothing is left behind. If I depart before my client, I would blame myself of not being there if something went wrong. This is why and for you information, 10 hours wedding day service is applied in my Full Wedding Coordination and Wedding Day Coordination packages. I make sure my client will have me for as enough hours as they can, and they can enjoy, relax, and have fun with their family and friends. ;-)

Here are some photos from previous oversea wedding working with Kate at her club house "Le Manege" beginning of this year:

Me, Kate, Abby and Wilson