When I was asked to be the maid of honor for one of my best friends' wedding,
I jokingly told the bride, Sue, she only asked to to use and abuse me,
but of course I was elated to help her and her soon-to-be husband, John,
who also happens to be a long-time friend of mine from my hometown.
The theme of the wedding came quite clear when they chose
red to be one of their main colors (bridesmaids' dresses were red),
which is a wedding color in the Chinese culture (groom is Chinese),
and when they chose an invitation design with cherry blossoms.
They wanted their wedding to have a slight Asian feel,
but mostly American modern.
Thai ceremony for the bride's family and
Chinese ceremony for the groom's family
was performed the day before the actual wedding day.
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INVITATIONS
wedding invitations were chosen by the bride & the groom through a vendor.
in order to cut costs, i had them order just the pocket and the invitation
and made the seal and the insert cards for the pocket myself.
the seal has the bride & the groom's names in their native languages.
the four cards are at different sizes so they can be placed in the pocket in layers.
PROGRAMS
wedding programs were designed to emulate their wedding invitations.
each layer showing tabs for each page.
cover of the program has the bride & the groom's names in their native languages,
like the seal for the pocket of the invitation.
ESCORT CARDS
escort card idea came from a magazine i was about to toss.
i decided to skim through before throwing it away,
and it had an origami page with a how-to on a paper fortune cookie.
i immediately thought how perfect it was for a chinese groom!
cherry blossoms were printed in 3 different colors schemes to show some variety.
TABLE NUMBERS
tables reserved for family were in red and
the rest of the guests' table numbers were in pink
More related to this wedding...
i took the cherry blossom pattern and made this bridal shower invitation.
the bride tossing her "practice" bouquet i made
with all the ribbons and bows from her bridal shower gifts.
TABLE NUMBERS
tables reserved for family were in red and
the rest of the guests' table numbers were in pink
More related to this wedding...
i took the cherry blossom pattern and made this bridal shower invitation.
the bride tossing her "practice" bouquet i made
with all the ribbons and bows from her bridal shower gifts.
You did a wonderful job with the invitation and escort cards. The wedding must’ve been enjoyable too. My sister’s wedding will also be in a few days and we are so eager for it. I am pleased that we got to book a spacious hall with a beautiful yard at one of the wedding venues in town.
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