remember back in june, when i said you will have to wait until july to find out which keywords we actually ended up executing for tania and steve’s wedding? well if you guessed: brazil, arts, chic, and modern, you’re right on the dot! like i previously mentioned, tania and steve’s wedding was SO much fun to plan because we had so many ideas to work with. tania and steve are super hip when it comes to EVERYTHING. so we wanted to make sure their wedding just as hip. we also wanted their guests to be WOWED. on top of that, tania is an interior designer so she definitely has a keen eye for design. plus, i know she likes angles, lines, etc. they both love the colors blue and white, so we started with that palette. but we wanted to add in some small elements of brazil (since that’s where tania is from), so we used accents of yellow and green (to make it the colors of the brazilian flag!). from the get go, tania knew she wanted to incorporate a brazilian-style dessert buffet. but instead of using standard tables, we rented something super cool (wait until you see it below).
with all these ideas floating around, there were so many details that had to be put together. i could envision this wedding from the very beginning, but for tania and steve (and most of our clients, as a matter of fact), it was hard for them to picture how everything was going to turn out. so i feel absolutely honored that they trusted us completely to plan and execute their vision. i would never forget the looks on their faces when we first took them into the ballroom. those are the moments we live for.
another reason why we loved tania and steve’s wedding so much is that they were SO into each other the entire night. they were always together. you could just feel the love radiating from the two of them. steve always had his arm around his beautiful bride (except when i took him to see the cigar roller…).
simply put, it was an awesome wedding, from the wedding party, the decor, the speeches from the dads, matron of honor, and best man, the hangover 3 video, to the dance-off that closed the night… and of course, our awesome bride and groom. definitely a wedding that we will remember forever.
now comes the good part!
love the ritz carlton… so many beautiful places for photos…
we also kept the ceremony simple and chic with mirrored pedestals and simple florals. added a bit of chinese in the program with the “double happiness” for steve. 
instead of standard escort cards, tania and steve opted for escort cans!! so fun!
love the ballroom decor… especially the dessert display, white dancefloor, and lounge furniture
beautiful florals from Florals by Jenny. each table were actually named after famous artists, with the card set on little easels
the sweetheart table. since everything was rectangular in the center of the room, we decided to go with a banquet table instead of the typical half moon to keep the look consistent
and across the pristine white dancefloor from the sweetheart table, sat this beauty. big thanks to tania’s family who helped put this table together!
tania and steve love their pups so their cake had paw prints on it. as a fellow dog lover, this was one of my favorite cakes ever! also, check out their cake topper, flown in all the way from brazil. it has their pups, kodi and kaia, as well as some playing cards and poker chips (steve’s a poker buff!), and little flags that shows where tania and steve are from.
big big kudos to tania and her family who made each of these brazilian treats by hand!! they were SO yummy! the delicious macarones were courtesy of coco bisou.
tania looked amazing in her qipao. and check out the ring bearer’s matching hat!
once the party got started!
we hired a professional cigar roller for the wedding for steve. steve got his own custom cigar bands. and look at the happy wedding guests enjoying their cigars.
*sigh*… perfect couple… perfect day
an amazing wedding day like this couldn’t have happened without some amazing fellow vendors:
venue: eryin choi and the ritz carlton laguna niguel
photographer: stephen cheng
videographer: elysium productions
florist: florals by jenny
dj/lighting: Jack Hou of TMMPro
hair/makeup: kelly zhang
chairs, dancefloor, lounge furniture: fusion linens
wedding day stationery: sugar press
photobooth: cheesy photobooths
cigar roller: the cigar guys
rentals: luxe event rentals
cake: filigree cakes
macarones: coco bisou
