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Ceremony + Reception: Rancho Las Lomas Caterer: Craig's on the Table Wedding Coordinator: Jeannie Savage of Details Details Dress: Monique Lhuillier Confetti + Coco from Saks Bridal Salon Photographer: Jose VillaE Pic Photographer: Minmi KimFlorist: Nisie of Enchanted Florist String Quartet: Jennifer Briggs Strings DJ: Peter @ Vive Entertainment Hair + Makeup: Design Visage/Nicole Thompson Veil: Candi Merle Cake: The Great Dane Bakery Officiant: Judge William Monroe Bridesmaid Dresses: Dessy from Netbride Groom/Groomsmen: Friar Tux Groomsmen Ties: Nordstrom Rack Honeymoon: Costco Travel/Thalasso Spa Resort Bora Bora My Wedding Band: Signed Pieces His Wedding Band: Tiffany'sVideographer: 29 Frame
the happy couple
One of my bridesmaids is a professional photographer so, as a wedding gift she took our engagement pictures for us for free!
You can check out the rest of her beautiful work at www.minmiphotography.com
How We Met
Us
The Bling!
The Proposal Story
Tuesday, July 25, 2006: The boy takes me to dinner in Corona del Mar to celebrate a recent promotion. We each start with a wine tasting trio sampler and laugh out loud when 6 glasses arrive at our little table for two. Amazing seafood dinner. Dessert of green tea pana cotta with pistachios and mountain huckleberries. The boy suggests we go for a walk. We hop in his car and end up in Laguna Beach. We stroll hand in hand in the night and end up in the same gazebo we stopped to take pictures at on our first motorcycle ride together. We enjoy our time together, the perfect summer evening, the dark ocean waves crashing on the rocks below us. Then the boy turns to me and says, "I actually brought you here for a reason." Then gets down on one knee, opens a little ring box, and asks me to marry him.
Monique Lhuillier – Confetti Bustier & Coco Skirt w/ Gold Sash
I got to see and try on my dress for the first time today! I love it SO much!
Side view with veil.
Side view without the veil.
Back view with 100" cut edge veil.
Bustle
French bustles for my dress!
Our Big Day Shoes
Jimmy Choo's for me. Salvatore Ferragamo's for him.
Veil
I'm having Candi make me a single tier cathedral length veil in Diamond White.
Photo courtesy of the beautiful HNN. My hair + veil placement will be similar.
My Veil
Getting the wrinkles out since I had Candi ship my veil to me.
Large single bloom for my hair
My Hair Flower. I'm still undecided on whether to wear the flower the entire time or to place it in my hair once I remove my veil.
Earrings
Adriana Orsini
Regina B Bracelet
The bracelet was too big when I got it so I sent it back and Regina had some links removed.
It now fits perfectly.
Brooch for Sash
From Nordstroms.
Wedding Day Purse
I'm using this as my wedding day clutch. It's something I've had. I'm just so tired of spending $$$ on the wedding. I swear it has a life of its own.
His Wedding Band
His is all Platinum. Milgrain 6mm wedding band from Tiffany's.
My Wedding Band
Platinum shared prong full eternity band purchased from www.signedpieces.com.
Hair Options
Half up and wavy? All down and wavy? All up?
Makeup Perfection!
I love ZZY’s makeup in this picture!
I also like how my makeup looked for my epics!
Design Visage Hair + Makeup Trial
I think I prefer it up and with a single large bloom in my hair.
Not sure if I should keep the messy updo or else have them do something cleaner like the hair on MrsRobsButton or KayRose.
Qi Pao
The Qi Pao (prior to alterations) my FMIL bought for me. I might have the clasps changed to something dressier. I was thinking about changing into this dress to greet his side of the family. And then change into a Korean Hanbok to greet my side of the family at the reception.
pinned for another round of alterations.
Shoes to go with Qi Pao
Similar to the shoes I already own that I'll be wearing with my Qi Pao.
Korean Hanbok
I'll be renting a 7 piece hanbok to change into at the reception.
Pick up the Wednesday before the wedding with a $200 deposit.
Return on Sunday and deposit will be returned.
Groom's Attire
Black Calvin Klein Tuxedo purchased at Friar Tux.
White Silk tie and black vest.
Bridesmaid Dresses
Dessy BM dress style #2022 tea length net over satin in espresso brown.
Pink Pashminas for my girls
Purchased these 100% cashmere 4ply light pink pashminas from www.orienttrend.com.
10% off if you order 5+ with code "bridesmaids."
I only have 4 bridesmaids so I ordered one for myself as well! =)
Flowergirl Dress
Only $40 on amazon. I like that this dress sort of resembles my own!
Groomsmen's Ties
Bought these cute striped ties for cheap at Nordstrom Rack for our groomsmen to wear.
Groomsmen's Socks!
Brown and pink argyle socks for the guys to wear. So cute in pictures!
Bridesmaid Necklaces
Bought these delicate gold + fresh water pearl necklaces for my bridesmaids.
Save The Dates!
A mockup of our save the date cards. White ink gocco'd onto red cardstock.
We took our pictures using the photobooth function on my iMac.
The final product! We did a test run (50 prints) last night of our save the dates and they came out so cute!!!
Save The Dates Envelopes
The mailing label I designed for our save the date envelopes.
Invitation Comps
I finally got around to designing my wedding invitations and I have to say that I LOVE how they turned out!
I plan to use my goco to print/silk screen them.
Invitations in the Making!
Pink Ink Gocco'd onto Cream Luxe 5x7 flat cards from Paper Source.
Still have to burn the screen for the text and print those.
Invitations in the Makin Part II!
Text in dark brown ink.
Envelopes
Espresso Brown Envelopes from Paper Source. Lined with Pink decorative papers from Michaels.
RSVP Cards
Designed by moi! Gocco'd onto cream luxe cards from paper source.
RSVP Envelopes
I used the same design from our invites for the mailing labels.
Since the scale was kept the same each label looks different.
Maps
You can see the map/direction/accommodations card we made here.
I printed those on the inkjet to save time + effort.
Initials for Ceremony
DIY Initials for our ceremony + reception location. My fiance asked, "Can't you do my initial in a manly color? Like blue?" I said, "Our colors are pink and brown." "Ok, make my letter brown then." "Hun, brown flowers are dead flowers." ".... Haha, you're so funny!"
Mmmmmm….Cake!
Four tier wedding cake from Great Dane.
Whipped cream + strawberry filling and buttercream frosting.
Decorated like the picture above minus the cake topper.
Mmmmmm….FOOD!
Picture of our food tasting with Craig's on the Table.
Tray Passed Hors D'oeuvres
Mini Shrimp Cocktail Shooters
Sonoma Chicken in Phyllo Purses
Thai Chicken Puffs
Salad
Mixed greens, carmelized pecans, gorgonzola cheese, sliced green apples
with a sweet cider vinagrette
Entree Choice #1
California grilled Tri Tip of Beef with a Chantrelle Cabernet Demi-glace
served with Pave Potatoes and Asparagus Bundles
Entree Choice #2
Fresh Mahi Mahi on a bed of Grilled Asaparagus
served with Pave Potatoes and garnished with Micro Greens
Variety of Artisan Breads served Tableside
Served Coffee
Ceremony Decorations
We're going to have pink pomanders line the aisle for the ceremony.
The pomanders will later be reused in the manzanite trees decorating the head table.
Paper Parasols for the bridal party
Just for cute pics like these from Jsue.
Purchased a dozen from www.orientaltrading.com for only $30!
Table Settings
Chocolate brown tablecloths, light pink napkins, fruitwood chiavari chairs with ivory cushions.
Table Setting in our colors
Our wedding colors!
We have chocolate table clothes + pale pink napkins.
Head Table Arrangements
These manzanite branches with pomanders will flank the ends of our headtable.
Centerpieces
Our centerpices will be comprised of ranunculas, tulips, hydrangeas and roses placed in low chocolate colored boxes.
There will be 8 candles in 2 heights placed on each table.
My Bouquet
An all white/cream mix of open cream colored peonies, ranunculas and gardenias wrapped in ivory satin ribbon.
Bridesmaid Nosegay Handites
Pink tulips, ranunculas and sweet pea flowers hand tied in chocolate colored ribbon to match the groomsmen.
Boutennieres
Groom will wear two blooms of ivory ranunculas wrapped in chocolate ribbon for his boutenniere to match me.
Groomsmen will wear two blooms of pink ranuncula boutennieres wrapped in chocolate ribbon to match the bridesmaids.
DIY Flowergirl Basket
Basket from Cost Plus World Market. Tied with Pink Ribbon from Michaels.
DIY Ring Pillow
Too cute to pass up on this ring pillow idea! I'm making ours light pink.
My attempt at the MS knit ring pillow.
Not too shabby considering I had to re-teach myself how to knit!
Garter
Purchased on ebay
Cute undies
I just realized that a ruffle butt panty won't work with my qi pao. =(
DIY Sign
Table Numbers
I think they came out pretty darn cute!
I punched butterflies from the scraps leftover from lining the envelopes.
Then sewed those to the card stock.
Escort Cards
Used the motif from our invitations to create our escort cards.
This is the Illustrator comp.
Printed Escort Cards
Pink = Mahi Mahi
Chocolate Brown = Tri Tip
Light Pink = Vegetarian
(who knew we had veggie lovin' friends and family?!)
Polaroid Guestbook
Purchased the Kolo Newport guestbook with a chocolate linen cover and xtra pages.
Polaroid Cameras
Purchased 2 polaroid cameras + xtra film for our photo guestbook.
Favors
Individually wrapped caramel apples w/grosgrain contrast stitched bows in pink/brown.
Photo courtesy of Oct142006bride!
Ribbons for our Favor Tags
Various pink + brown "stitched" ribbon from Michaels.
Favor Tags
Designed in Illustrator. Printed on cream cardstock. Punched with a round cutter.
I'll post pictures of the finished product later!
Favor Tags in the Making!
When I came up with idea my FI was like, "You've got to be kidding me."
Finished Favor Tags
Finally finished making all the favor tags this past Sunday. Thank GOD!
Bridesmaid Gifts
Groomsmen Gifts
FI bought his groomsmen these silver shuffles and I bought them pink striped ties and argyle socks.
Oh Sofia!
I also bought 2 packs of these in case we (er, I) get the jitters while getting ready.
Honeymoon - Thalasso Spa Resort in Bora Bora
We can't wait to get away for our honeymoon!
Bachelorette Party Pictures!
First they treated me to a massage at Ole Henriksen. Sorry, no face pics after the massages/facials. Not a pretty sight.
Then they treated me to an AMAZING dinner at AOC
Trouble x's 6
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Then front row seats at Hollywood Men where they handed me a 2" stack of $1 bills and told me not to spend it all on one man. Haha, sorry no incriminating pics of that! The group of girls at the table next to ours actually told me that I needed to share the men. Whatever!
Then we drank and danced the night away or until a couple of the girls were out of commission. +P
Sleepy Sleep
Four of us crashed at The Orlando Hotel in Beverly Hills and had brunch the next day. The other 2 braved it all the way back to OC.
The Bridal Party
Me and my Matron of Honor at Lanikai Beach earlier this year! She's the sister I never had...
Someone I can always go and tell everything to and she will always support me without reservation or judgement.
My soon to be sister!
My fiance's little sister! We talk everyday and get along SO well, I feel really blessed to be so close with my future family.
We always have so much fun together! We went to go visit my fireman friend at the station and the guys let us run wild....trying on their clothes, climbing on their trucks, taking tons of pics... so much fun!
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