Magical Romantic Wedding In Sierra Madre

This weekend we headed over to the beautiful foothill village of Sierra Madre to create a romantic wedding for this special couple. We were hired 5 months ago to plan out a wedding for May 28, 2022,. This was their auspicious date given to them to get married. In many Asian cultures, it’s common to receive a favorable wedding date rather than choosing an available date! With only 5 months to find a venue and get all the details in order, we had to get started right away.

THE COUPLE:

Michelle + Wesley

THE WEDDING:

Lavender Marketplace, Sierra Madre, CA

As the ‘unofficial Maid of Honor’, Christine and Michelle curated every details from the invitations design to the colors/textures of the napkins and linens. They even incorporated the bride’s favorite movie into the overall design of the place setting. The small star candies in the place settings are from Spirited Away!

Christine was aggressive about doing everything the couple wanted for their dream wedding in the short amount of time and was able to get it all done! We managed a tea ceremony in the morning and a brunch wedding/reception with 60 of the couples closest friends and family.

Next was a traditional Chinese banquet reception at a different location with 230 other guests to celebrate with. It was a long special day to remember for this couple with HMU starting at 2:45 AM and finishing off the celebrations till 11 PM. #goodtimes

Vendors:

Planning | Event Styling: @livelovecreate, @christineschang

Florist: @theflowerbyyoori

Cake: @eatdomi

Catering: @hungrybearcatering

Photographer: @erinkimphoto

Bartender: @smokinggunbarstaffing

Rentals: @mtb_event_rentals, @borrowedblu

Venue: @lavendermarketplaceworkshops

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Asian-American Women Entrepreneur Panel

We are all here for Asian-American women entrepreneurs! It was an honor to have our founder and CEO Christine Chang share her origin story on this special AAPI panel.

She talked about what growing up Asian-American in the city with a hodgepodge of cultures felt like and how that influenced her to become a face of representation for the wedding industry and beyond.

Infusing culture and tradition into celebrations like weddings and birthdays wasn’t as readily available as it is today. Even now, the number of vendors specializing in that niche are few and many don’t even know that it’s possible!

After feeling like she had to teether between the separate worlds of American and Korean her whole life, Christine Chang said that the first time she felt real joy through her work was when she expressed herself through wedding & event planning in 2009.

While planning her own wedding and her son’s birthday celebrations, she realized that she should be the one to create an authentic tribute to both sides of her identity after only experiencing “cookie-cutter” Korean-American weddings. Coming from an art background, Christine was able to hand-paint a beautiful backdrop for Paebaek, or traditional Korean wedding celebration. She also creates amazing customized backdrops for Korean first birthdays and stylized milestone photoshoots.

Listen to Christine’s intro excerpt below!

We really resonated with all the advice the other panelists, Chef Beverly Kim and Carol Pak of Drink Sool, had to share and we hope our attendees also gained some insight as well!

Thank you so much for bringing everyone together to celebrate intersectionality and how far we have come as a minority group.

Planning | Styling: @livelovecreate, @christineschang

Panelists: @chefbeverlykim, @drinksool

Host: @flexport

Feel free to contact us for all of your wedding & event inquiries!