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Mrs. Caramel, Los Angeles Age and Occupation: 24, Art Gallery/Museums Fiance's Age and Occupation: 24, Engineer Engagement Date: January 8, 2007 Wedding Date: October 6, 2007 Venue: a beautiful church and hotel reception About Me: I love dancing, singing, eating out, eating in, surfing on the net, and brainstorming fantastic ideas. I also love cats, coffee, and know every quote written on Sex & the City. I'm known to laugh really loud and have really crazy hand gestures while I talk. My fiance writes songs and I take pictures. What else? We're just a crazy young couple in love, trying to make a fabulous wedding!
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Our 2nd Ceremony

November 29th, 2007 @ 3:17 pm by Mrs. Caramel

Mr. Caramel and I debated a few times on whether or not we wanted to do the traditional Korean ceremony.  We kept thinking that we would do it for the few relatives traveling from Korea to see us get married. But after going to my cousin’s traditional Korean ceremony and seeing the big headache of arranging a whole other event on top of the wedding– we basically said “heck no, please.”  Our parents were okay with whatever we wanted to do–they knew that we weren’t very traditional so they left the decision to us. (Yeah lucky us we had very non-demanding parents!)

At the last moment we decided to have one if we only invited very close family members. We held it at my parents’ house and it ended up being only about 25 people, which was perfect for us! It wasn’t crazy and it was comfortable and pretty painless. The whole thing took about 30 minutes and we got to eat delicious food afterwards! Plus we made a lot of extra money, which was helpful for our honeymoon.

If anyone is teetering on the idea of a traditional ceremony, I would really have to say that I’m glad we did it. You only get married once in your life– what’s one more thing? Plus you have pictures to remember the event and it might mean a lot to your relatives. We even got to tweak things around to make it more comfortable and less stressful.

Most people do the traditional ceremony before the wedding, but Mr. Caramel and I wanted to do it after since we had one day to spare before the honeymoon. I was relieved of this because I was more nervous about the Big Wedding and less nervous about the traditional ceremony, since it was smaller and just family. So I felt very relaxed and happy during the traditional ceremony! (Although I was POOPED.)

Some pictures of the ceremony day:

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My dogs were there to support me :)

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And of course, we had to take a picture of my mom’s ceremony picture too since people say we look so much alike!

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We had NO idea how a traditional Korean ceremony worked. We were pretty much walked through the whole way. It’s amazing to realize that you don’t know that much about your culture, and then you find out that it’s very different and a bit bizarre! Basically the ceremony goes like this: you pour sake/alcohol to family members, they drink it, then you bow and they toss money & nuts into my little white blanket that I carry over my arms. Sounds weird to me, but hey– whatever makes the parents happy. :)

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Here’s a good shot of what we were wearing that day underneath our “gear.” My dress was a gift from my new MIL. I think it’s tradition for her to buy me a new traditional gown and for my parents to buy Mr. Caramel a suit. Luckily I was able to choose my dress colors and I chose these watermelon colors — I thought it was young & fresh and I loved it!

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15 Responses to “Our 2nd Ceremony”

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mllesarah

love your watermelon colored hanbok mrs caramel ;)

 
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Mrs. Emerald (message)  901 posts, Busy bee

What beauuutiful pictures!! I especially love the first 2…

 
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Miss Cherry Blossom (message)  696 posts, Busy bee

I LOVE YOUR 3333333333333 DOGS!

 
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Mrs. Bee (message)  3,261 posts, Sugar bee

i love your hanbok colors!!!!

 
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serena

the colors of your dress are so yummy!

 
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Miss Peony (message)  318 posts, Helper bee

I love your hanbok! Geez seeing the pictures from your paebaek makes me kinda want one too. :-P

I have to say, the more and more I see pictures of you the more you remind me of my friend Juliette. I wrote about her wedding earlier at http://www.weddingbee.com/2007/08/28/real-weddings-juliette-and-mark/ - you guys look so alike!

 
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wow. that picture of your mom really could be you!! love your hanbok colors~~

 
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beanchar

You and your mom really do look like twins– and you both looked lovely on your ceremony day!

And I’m sure you’ll still be as pretty as she is now when your own daughter (or son) gets married.

 
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Jennifer

You look beautiful! I love your hair!

 
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tea (message)  2,615 posts, Sugar bee

your hanbok colors are beautiful! and you so do look like your mom.

 
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snowart (message)  3 posts, Wannabee

the second picture is gorgeous! Did you have your photographer shoot the ceremony too? I was thinking of having the paebak right after our ceremony during cocktail hour but having it the next day sounds so much better!

 
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Carnation (message)  25 posts, Newbee

Mrs. Caramel–Where did you get your coffee beans from?? Thanks!!

 
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Vivian

Wow! I LOVE your hanbok Mrs. Caramel (although I am not Korean) - I loved that you did the traditional thing for your family as well. The colros are wonderful and I love the 2nd and last pics!

 
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pancy (message)  288 posts, Helper bee

Your hanbok is beautiful and so nice of your mil to let you pick it! :)

can i ask where you got your hair and makeup done? did you go back to jessica after the horrors of your wedding day?

 
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kbok

fun! your ceremony reminds me of a scene from the korean movie, ‘my little bride’. =)

 


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Mrs. Caramel Mrs. Caramel, Los Angeles Age and Occupation: 24, Art Gallery/Museums Fiance's Age and Occupation: 24, Engineer Engagement Date: January 8, 2007 Wedding Date: October 6, 2007 Venue: a beautiful church and hotel reception About Me: I love dancing, singing, eating out, eating in, surfing on the net, and brainstorming fantastic ideas. I also love cats, coffee, and know every quote written on Sex & the City. I'm known to laugh really loud and have really crazy hand gestures while I talk. My fiance writes songs and I take pictures. What else? We're just a crazy young couple in love, trying to make a fabulous wedding!
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