A Chinese Wedding is very much a family affair. The Chinese character for double happiness is on the front door of the bride's home where the bride's immediate family is bustling about.

Makeup artist Tina from Wedding Box in Flushing does a full updo for the bride's hair. According to custom, when a girl is married, all of their hair should be worn up. This traditional hairpiece was purchased online to match the Chinese Han Fu (漢服) dress.



































The bride is a big Hello Kitty aficionado and the wedding would not have been complete without the participation of Hello Kitty and Dear Daniel.





















The groom, groomsmen and bridesmaids participate in the traditional open-door-ceremony games in order to enter the bride's home.


























The best man is holding a red envelope with lucky money inside which will be given to the bridesmaids as part of the open-door-ceremony games.



























After a series of tests for the groom inside the bride's home, close relatives prepare tea for the couple so they can serve and honor the bride's parents as well as immediate relatives.















The groom successfully reaches the bride.

One of the bridesmaids, wearing a mint green ankle length dress inspired by Watters, covers the bride's head with an old style Chinese umbrella as the bride leaves her natal home. The umbrella is to "protect" the bride and is an important part of the wedding ceremony.



































At the reception hall Jericho Terrace, the couple serves tea to the groom's parents.



































A pair of traditional dragon and phoenix jade pieces are worn to signify the longevity and good pairing of the couple.













The bride and groom's wedding rings in a purple velvet tulip ring box.
























The bridal party have their photographs taken outside of Jericho Terrace before the ceremony begins. Here, the bride is wearing a Maggie Sottero Pia in preparation for the ceremony.





























The Skylight Chapel inside Jericho Terrace also right before the ceremony.
























Reserved seating signage made by the bride using Word and then assembled with cardstock, double sided tape and ribbon.

DVD Programs containing a montage of the couple made by the bride were given to guests before the ceremony. The programs were made from white DVD cases, ribbon, eyelets and vellum. Design and layout were done in Illustrator.




























Petal cones were also given to guests along with the DVD programs above. They were designed by the bride in Illustrator, then assembled by the bridesmaids and the groom using scalloped scissors, double sided tape and 1/4 inch mint green ribbon.


























The couple is about to lead the recessional as the groom's father happily claps.

































The bride's bouquet was made of green cymbidium and purple vanda orchids.
































The bridesmaids' bouquets were made of the same purple vanda orchids to pair with the purple and green color scheme for the evening.























The same green cymbidium orchids in the bride's bouquet also made up some of the centerpieces during the reception. Table numbers were designed by the bride in Illustrator and made from cardstock, double sided tape and a corner punch.














The wedding cake in the background is made of smoothed mint green buttercream and chocolate ganache.













The ceramic figurine favors were purchased from Hong Kong. Favor tags were designed by the bride's good friend while the bride designed & assembled the menus on leftover cardstock & ribbon using Illustrator.

This was the general layout of the Penthouse Room at Jericho Terrace before centerpieces were set out.



































For the couple's first dance, the bride changed into a custom made Shantung silk dress.








































The couple took dance classes with Anne-Marie Nespoli in NYC.




































The bride and groom were both very nervous during the dance and very relieved afterward.





































There were many photographers at the wedding ranging from the professional to the amateur.



































Keeping to the modern Chinese wedding custom, the bride had a final dress change into an empire waist dress, custom made of mint green tulle and satin to match the bridal party.

The bride and groom cutting the cake towards the latter part of the evening.

The bride and groom tried to stick to a budget and are thankful for all the help from their lovely bridal party.