Sunday, January 16, 2011

My Simple Sakura Spring Themed Wedding

I always adored a Sakura themed wedding as it symbolizes an emblem of eternal love and affection. Sakuras are thought to be good omens in the Japanese culture and it is a perfect representation of springtime in most Asian countries. The cherry blossom signifies a perfect marriage of contemporary
style with traditional roots and like all weddings it's timeless and will never go out of style.

Being a wedding planner, weddings have always been an everyday recurrence for myself. Thus, for my own wedding I decided that simplicity coupled with elegance was the best way to go. I wanted to avoid going into "work mode" or worst still, becoming "Bridezilla". I left most of the design work and floral decor ideas to my partner Jessie and focused only on the wedding program and coordination (can't leave everything to chance right?) This was made more bearable thanks to the assistance from my sister in law, Mei and her best friend Angie. Their experience working with events made all the difference in coordinating, MCing and the overall flow of the wedding.

As for music, we decided to set the mood with jazz classics from the 60s like Sinatra, Cole and even a touch of 70's pop from the Fab Four. Our march-in theme was immaculately tempo-ed by the sweet serenade of Old Blue Eye's - L.O.V.E!!! Alas, the biggest compliment we got for the song selections was that many of our guests decided to "steal" a copy of the wedding mix tape after our event to set the mood to their own weddings or that of their children and relatives.

My wedding venue housed only approximately 30 tables and we decided to keep the guest list to a moderate size, as with my extensive experience working with wedding events a crowd of around 300 guests is definitely easier to manage and you can really make it a more personal and casual evening. I recall having actually to remind my guests to take their seats in the main hall as they were over enjoying the pre-wedding cocktail mingling  at the lounge area which took casual to a whole new height. Nevertheless, I loved the idea that the guests were comfortable and everyone felt at home and like a family - mission accomplished and I actually had the time and appetite to enjoy the food that evening.

FE's Recipe for making a Simple yet Elegant Wedding Event:

Wedding Venue: Gurney Hotel, Penang 
Wedding Theme: Champagne, Pink, Green, Sakura 
Flowers: Cymbidium, Roses, Sakura, Eustoma
Wedding Cake: Jenny's bakery, Penang
Wedding Favors: Peanut Candies From China 
Florist: Jessie Poon, Favors Essence
Wedding Gown: Aspial Bridal House, Penang
Wedding Rings: Love Diamond 
Accessories: Mikimoto Pearls
Evening Gown: Jason Yek 
Hair do: Yaki Chang (my sister who is incidentally a full time hair stylist)
Make up: Phyllis Tan (my aunt who is incidentally a make-up artist)
Photographer: Kid Chan Studio

Tuesday, January 11, 2011

Wedding Decorations Packages

Good News!! Favors Essence is introducing new wedding decoration packages for the year 2011. These packages are applicable for wedding dates from now until Oct 2011, and they are applicable to all venues within the Klang Valley area. Flowers can be custom selected to match your wedding theme colour and the available flower types are Hydrangeas, roses, Eustomas, orchids & Gerberas. We use only fresh flowers for ours packages which translates to great value for money. Do email (favorsessence@gmail.com) or call us (0356212218) for further inquiries on these amazing packages!!!



Monday, January 10, 2011

Testimonials



Heartfelt appreciations such as these from our beloved customers makes all the hard work and effort worthwhile. They ignite our passion, inspire our creativity and motivates us to strive harder in our endeavors to make our wedding events a truly life changing experience that will last a lifetime! We really appreciate that you have granted us the privilege to be apart of your "once in-a-lifetime"...
Derek & Linda, 6th Nov 2010


 Dearest Agnes & Jessie, 
For all the beauty that you have created. We thank you for bringing glimpses of paradise on earth for our special day. So much effort & details went into each of your creation and with all praises we've been hearing, we know that we could not have asked for a better floral designer to work with our most special day. Thank you, Thank you, Thank you!
Love,
Derek & Linda


Yudesh & MaryAnne,4th Dec 2010
Dearest Agnes & Jessie,
Thank you so much for the floral arrangements which was exquisitely done for our wedding reception.
With simple and elegant arrangements you have both turned the venue into a gorgeous garden setting with the fresh floral arrangement prepared. Not only did our guest returned with favors, but many of them had fresh flowers to take home as remembrance! Even the men were awed at such a beautiful decoration and commented that they've never seen a setting which was simple and elegant! 
We even had guest from the other wedding in the hall opposite us, peeping and taking photos with your floral stands! Hehehe... This proved that your effort is very captivating, unique & tastefully done! Wonderful work! Thank you so much once again! 
With Love 
Yudesh &MaryAnne