THE BRIDE'S CAFE: Sarah & Nick

May 15, 2008

Sarah & Nick - Part II

Welcome back to Part II of Sarah & Nick's beautiful wedding. I hope you guys are enjoying their wedding as much as I am....and thanks to Sarah & Nick for sharing their beautiful day with us...Enjoy!

Sarah shares all the beautiful details about the ceremony and reception.....

Ceremony & Reception - Westin Hotel - Lakeside Pavillion Tent, Itasca, IL - We got lucky and were able to snag our tent at the hotel to have our ceremony and reception in. We utilized the same room to do both and just flipped the room during our cocktail hour (which was in the lobby). Our florist lined the aisle with clusters of lemony yellow and white floral arrangements and tall stemmed votives on both sides. It was very important for me to have both my Mom and Dad give my away to my husband. We also decided to go with an extra wide aisle runner so that BOTH my parents were able to walk down the aisle. We chose to go with gold chivari chairs and had my coordinators place programs on each seat and I also designed these "Bride" side and "Groom" side signages to be tied to the very last row of both sides of the aisle so that the guests would know which side to sit at. It was a very efficient method and there was no need for ushers either.

We had our string quartet play Handel's "Water Suites" for the bridal party procession and I picked Vivaldi's "Winter Largo" for my walk down the aisle. We incorporated both our Thailand and Koren heritage at the cocktail hour by having Thai appetizers and I changed into my traditional Korean dress. The highlight of the nigh was our photo-booth! We had a photo-booth station with a technician and I also had a photo-book/message table set up where guests could paste their photos and leave a message in this book.