October 20, 2012 Wedding

The lovely couple, Mr. Chad and Mrs. Jessica Helm, had a "Disney themed" wedding. Although the wedding wasn't over exaggerated with Disney details, there are some cute Disney aspects shown throughout the wedding. Overall, the wedding was absolutely beautiful. Although I wasn't a guest, the family of the bride and groom welcomed me while I was catering to their needs.

The bride, Jessica, stepped into her party gown to share the first dance with the groom.

The dress sported a somewhat different gown in comparison to the traditional wedding dress.
The intricate beading and lace made her gown stick out.

The couple said "So Long!" to everyone as they drove into the night to
go to their honeymoon.

This church was located in the heart of Redlands. It was actually my
first time ever stepping into a church so I found the wedding customs pretty interesting and
different when compared to the Buddhist/Vietnamese weddings I always go to. 

The couple placed a Mickey and Minnie mouse statue right next to their
wedding cake top to show their love of Disney. It's pretty funny and cute
 because the couple actually met each other for the first time at Disneyland. 

Red roses were the main flowers in the reception.
The centerpieces and ballroom was surrounded with these gorgeous flowers. 

Smooches!

Instead of a traditional wedding cake, the couple decided to go for these cute cupcakes!
 The  idea of tuxedos and wedding dresses as cupcakes is too awesome!

Another Disney detail. The couple had matching champagne glasses
with the engravement of Mickey and Minnie mouse on them. 

Credits of the above pictures goes to About The Day Photography.

July 7, 2012 Wedding

During the summer, I helped out my mentor Claudia Santialles, decorate and regulate a wedding located in San Bernardino. The couple picked a fuchsia pink theme for their reception as seen below. The entire ballroom was covered in bright pink fabric that basically lit up the guests mood when they arrived. Overall, this wedding was a great experience for me. It reminded me of the details that are needed in order to have such a successful wedding event. 

The centerpieces were absolutely gorgeous. You could tell that the couple thought
a  lot about the decoration of the table.

I had to tie over a hundred of these bad boys within a period of time, talk about stress. 

A simple table setting. 

The reception was a buffet styled wedding. This was really different for me
because the weddings I usually attend, has servers giving me nine entrees of authentic Chinese food. 

See! Proof of me tying all of the ribbons!

Cheese!

Ta da! The entire wedding reception is finished with little time to spare!

Blog 8: Rough Draft of Presentation 1

10 Minute Plan

Blog 7: Independent Component 1 Approval

CONTENT:
(1) Write a description of what you plan on doing for your independent component.

• For my independent component, I plan on putting together a list of vendors that are recommended to me or those that have a high reputation, that would be really helpful to brides; such as florists, bakeries, dress stores, dj, etc. I would also like to put together wedding packages that would range from inexpensive to luxurious weddings for brides. But these packages and vendors would not only be for the standard traditional American wedding, but would also include Vietnamese/Chinese weddings as well. 

(2) Describe in detail how you think your plan will meet the 30 hour work requirement.

• I think my independent component would meet the 30 hour work requirement because I plan on talking one on one with individual vendors. If possible, I would like to meet them face to face and receive pictures of their work. Also, my plan would meet the 30 hour requirement because there is a lot of organization going on within finding each planner. I have to see if any of my mentors have any recommendations for vendors and I would have to do a lot of research in finding vendors with high reputations. I would have to communicate with wedding vendors in Vietnamese and Chinese to create such packages. 

(3) How does your independent study component relate to your working EQ?

• Although I have not yet created an EQ, this independent component would relate to it by driving me into the direction I would like to go to. By giving me an idea of the financial and technical side of wedding planning, the independent component can make me consider on which side of wedding planning should I focus my EQ on, the technical or visual side.