Shots from various people of our scrapbook guestbook.
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Guestbook Gallery
Monday, November 9th, 2009Flowers by Sebesta Design
Saturday, November 7th, 2009These photos are coutesy of Sebesta Design, which is an EXCELLENT and highly recommended event design company serving mid-Michigan. I can’t even thank her (Corinne) enough for the wonderful work that she did. Read the review.
I am a little bit OCD and particular when it comes to art and design… so before ever meeting with her or any other decor vendor, I created these excel spreadsheets of everything I wanted. Every little detail.


She did an EXCELLENT job bring it all together. I will be writing a review soon!
Pictures from Corinne:
DIY Details
Wednesday, November 4th, 2009We made a lot of stuff for the wedding to make sure that it had our personal touch.
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Details from VIP Lounge
Monday, November 2nd, 2009We turned the prefunction space at the Radisson into a cocktail lounge, rather, a VIP lounge. There were two bars, one on either side of the room and the color scheme in this room was black and white with hot pink accents.
Any images without an asterisk (*) were not taken by a professional. All others were taken by Mitch Ranger.
Guests came up the escalator and were greeted by the escort card table. The buddha on the table was actually part of our home décor before the wedding. As a last minute decision, I told Corinne that I would bring it in case she could use it and I loved where she ended up putting it. The Radisson set up all the little escort cards I made.



Then, they turned and found their seats on the very simple table map. I made it simple as to not take away from what they’d find behind the first post…
…which was our VIP lounge areas. Corinne hung up the panels I made to separate the little areas.
My panels!

She designed the coral centerpieces on the modern tables and brought in modern furniture to bring our theme to life. I brought the candle votives which were previously puchased at Ikea.


There were four cocktail tables that guests could stand at and sign our guestbook cards. There were awesome centerpieces on each of them along with the box of guestbook cards. I LOVE mokara orchids.


The guestbook was also placed by the room entrance for guests to deposit their messages.

Details of the Ceremony
Monday, November 2nd, 2009Details from the Reception Room
Friday, October 30th, 2009Once guests passed the cocktail room and entered the banquet room, they were greeted with a huge 24′ x 24′ dance floor, three types of orchid centerpieces. chocolate and purple/lavender accents, a yellow and chocolate head table, fabric, and lighting.
Any images without an asterisk (*) were not taken by a professional. All others were taken by Mitch Ranger. Décor was set up by the Radisson staff and led by Corinne from Sebesta Design.

I think lighting really changes the feel of a room. We wanted to achieve the nightclub feel so everything was candlelit and dim with colors bursting against the walls.





Check out the head table.
All Wedding Day Details
Saturday, October 24th, 2009Tea Ceremony Details
Friday, September 4th, 2009These photos were taken by Mitch Ranger. As you can see, the main colors in the morning were red and gold for traditional luck. The Vietnamese attire, called Ao Dai, added the punches of color.
A nice little collage of the ceremony

Signs in front of the bride and groom’s homes, respectively.


My ceremony dress and the bouquet his mother made for me.

We wore the ornate Vietnamese Ao Dai in the morning.

Traditional wedding dowries include the Betel Fruit

Everything is wrapped in red cellophane and covered in red cloth since red is LUCKY!


Jewely offering for the dowry


Other fruits to share between the families

Chinese pastries

Tea to offer to the family

Décor straight from Vietnam.

One of the Buddhist figures on the altars at my mother’s home.

One of the altars at his parent’s home.

A roast pig is always part of the Vietnamese dowry.



































































