Wedding Blog

Dear Bees,

It’s been a long time since I posted, as I’ve just started a new job (among other things)… but I came across this lovely cupcake picture today, and wanted to share it with you all. This would work particularly well for a winter wedding…

You can buy them here.

After three months of anticipation, I finally had the chance to meet with my videographer this past week. Alex Tomek greeted us warmly when we arrived, then ushered us into the mock living room that was set up as part of his office. As Mr. Tomato and I settled comfortably into the couch, he started to play our video. To my surprise, a lump formed…

…or at least, the biggest wedding cake I personally have ever seen. Here’s a cake I saw in a bakery window during my honeymoon in Vienna:

Some of you have been asking for pictures of my makeup/hair from the Southern California reception. Sorry it took so long–it took me awhile to find them again! Without further ado, here they are…

During the countdown of the last month before my wedding, I suddenly realized I had forgotten to book a make-up artist for my Chinese reception down in Southern California. I panicked as the first two people I contacted were already booked. Would I, Ms. Never-Wears-Makeup, be left to my own hands?

I scoured both The Knot and Weddingbee, and soon found a few more contacts. Natalie…

I’ll admit it: I never watched Leonardo diCaprio’s movie Blood Diamond. Many of my friends said the movie made them so depressed they no longer wanted to wear their engagement ring, and, well…I like my ring. If I stopped wearing it, I’m not sure Mr.Tomato would be thrilled to find it sitting in my jewelry box for the rest of our marriage.

I will say though,…

During my wedding planning madness, I never thought about where and how to get my dress cleaned post-wedding. After all, I would have plenty of time after the honeymoon. Right?

Lo and behold, when I started doing my research, most websites recommend that you get it cleaned immediately after the wedding (we’re talking about the day after). It sounds a little ridiculous, but it makes sense.…

As Mr. Tomato and I waved good-bye to our guests, the cameras continued to flash. No, it wasn’t the paparazzi (though as we waited for our getaway car to arrive, we were introduced to one of the founders of youtube!), but I had requested that the photographers follow us to Napa Cottages, where we were planning to stay that night.

I had heard of people having…

A bit more about the shoe game that Mr.Tomato and I played during the end of our reception…

Basically, the bride/groom take off their shoes and trade one shoe so that each are holding a bride shoe and a groom shoe. The couple is then seated back to back (we had chairs set up at the front of the room so everyone could see) so that…

It was 6pm, and the bridal party was due for their big entrance.

7:10    
Wedding party line-up in hallway; Auberge staff turns off music
Chris plays music
MC makes wedding party introductions:
- Alice Tan & Dan Tsui
- Janice Chen & Vincent Ko
- Judy Liang & Dean Chang
- Bride & Groom [play "Sexy Back"]

If I had to pick one miniscule disappointment on my wedding day, it was that Mr. Tomato…

Hi all!

Remember the picture of the adorable lamps I had included in my bridal shower post? So many readers have asked me about them that I finally got around to asking my friend about the DIY details. Here’s the link for the instructions (it includes the template too!)

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…it was 15 minutes before the bride (me) was due to walk down the aisle. Let’s take a sneak peek at the setup around us, shall we?

The programs:

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So as the bride and her ladies were getting ready…

3:00 Groom and GMs arrive at Napa Cottages.

Believe it or not, Mr.Tomato was actually slightly early. And I freaked out, because he came in as I was in the middle of getting ready! NOT the first glimpse of me I wanted him to see. The bridesmaids had to shoo him outside. To keep him…

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So where were we? Ah yes, the part where my hair looked like it belonged in a time warp.

But fear not, when you let it all out, you get this…

We all know about the Mario cake. Mrs. Pumpkin just blogged about the Rubik’s Cube cake. Tetris, anyone?!

An obsessive Tetris fan in Singapore was given this wedding cake by his sister and friends. The loose tetriminos you see on various parts of the cake actually had places to be inserted, and the groom was required to “solve the puzzle” before finally cutting and distributing the…