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chinese wedding favors

March 7, 2010

last night i photographed another chinese wedding. i love documenting traditions such as the tea ceremony and the li shi money in the red envelope. the double happiness symbol was present throughout the day, adorning the door to the wedding ceremony as well as in front of the bride and groom during the actual ceremony. the bride and groom gave me a wedding favor before i wrapped up shooting. it was a small tea strainer / tea infuser shaped like a house. a tea house, get it?! if you are looking for a cute high quality wedding favor that is good for any wedding including chinese weddings, these rock!  you can buy the tea house tea infuser with its own little drip tray here.

chinese tea house wedding favor ideacomments

people often speak of having a storybook wedding. well, this wedding comes literally straight from teh storybooks of alice in wonderland. shortly after photographing sam & hezzie’s wedding at gallery 1028, i was hired for sam’s sister liza’s wedding. i am picky when it comes to photographing on holidays, so if i was going to forfeit halloween, it had to be for a fun shoot. they convinced me right away when i was informed that the wedding was going to be themed as a mad hatter tea party. i met liza at her brother’s wedding, and at the time, i had no idea i would get to work with her again. liza plays by her own rules, she is an offbeat bride. heck she even made her own blue wedding dress! with the help of her mother deborah who owns norton’s usa (a unique all-american general store), the wedding would go down in the books as being one of the most memorable for everyone in attendance. they merged a mad hatter tea party theme with elements of autumn. the wedding was held at home, in a strikingly beautiful, yet mysterious house. during the ceremony, the bride emerged from a secret bookcase door, surprising guests. the groom, richard, is from manchester, uk.

it was a real pleasure photographing this wedding, as there was such great scenery and carefully thought out decorations to work with. liza’s family has two amazing horses, and a barn full of teeny kittens!

from the mother of the bride:

Hi Heather!!! They are wonderful! Glad you had fun! We all looked with Sam’s computer yesterday and we’re thrilled. Thank you so much for coming and shooting Liza & Richards wedding.

“I didn’t get to see all of Sam and Hezi’s pics but what I did see are fabulous! You really are so very talented!
Thank you from the bottomof my heart
Deborah”

caterer: moveable feast
decor: norton’s usa
cake: sugar hills bakery
flowers: barrington fresh flower market

happy halloween everyone! don’t forget to adjust the time on your cameras to daylight savings time.

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