Wedding in Seoul

Engagement day also known as 'Ham'. Read on the details of their 'Ham' day.

Sit down dinner wedding in Shilla Hotel. Color theme - green, lilac and cream. Clean and simple.

The beautiful couple.

The tables were separated into 2 sections - groom's and bride's guests.

Tea Ceremony event also known as "Paebek'. The bride and groom wore the hotel's formal traditional wedding wear. Behind the table of the table of traditional sweets and snacks, sat the parents of the groom, whom the groom and the bride bowed and offered wine to the parents. Both father and mother of the groom gave their blessings and they threw the dates onto the bride's sleeves, the number of the dates that she caught, symbolize the number of children she has to bear.
After the groom's parents turn was for the bride's parents turn to sit and gave their blessins. Then the third round was for the groom's aunts and uncles. Groom's siblings are queued in on the fourth turn.

Camera: Sony DSC H50

Wedding Decor Details

Table flowers

Falling Cherry Blossom Theme


Dessert Buffet Table

Mocci's Wedding

Walking into ballroom

Stage - LED cherry blossom & balls of flowers decking below the stage

Orchestra

VIP section

Confessions of a Bridezilla

Months of preparation were gone in a day. Somehow the day just passed and it seemed I had many out-of-the-body experiences, especially when I was on stage doing mass hand shakes.

I wish I could change certain things of my wedding that took place months ago (in Jan), such as my make-up and hair, dress, wedding cake, decoration and the list goes on.

I was one of the Bridezillas that I was warned about.
I went through so many details that I drove my husband and myself nuts.

I just wish I could have done things simpler; it would have been great if I found the joy of blogging ahead of my wedding instead of after. There are so many inspirational blogs for the discerning brides!

Our morning ceremony was mostly Chinese rituals, with serving tea to our family and receiving red pocket meant to be saved for our future.

The wedding theme was Korean palace with lots of cherry blossoms imported from China and color is gold. The first part of the night reception, all of the girls in the family wore gold then we all changed to Korean costume for the second part of the wedding. I think the part of the Korean procession was most interesting.

Helen's Bali Wedding

We attended our good friend, Helen's wedding. It was a beautiful seaside reception. The September weather in Bali was great, and the decor was chic in the colors of white and green.

The shell chandeliers were hung high on tent and they chimed against the wind, the flowers fragranced the air, the tiffany chairs were tied with green silk ribbons, even the cupcakes on the cake stand were in green and white shades.

The bride wore a very simple yet beautiful Vera Wang dress with flowers on her hair, she was the most prettiest person that evening.

We were given a hardcover box and were surprised to find a Kate Spade box with the frame inside.

Shades of Purple

Previously when I thought of purple, I thought of Barneys... ugh. But after awhile, lilac color grows on me. Its such a sweet color, close to pink.
My friend, Myrna, featured in the issue, is well-known to love purple and I love how she incorporated the colors in her wedding reception. She made purple a classic color.