Vendors

I thought I'd consolidate a list of my wonderful vendors, because I loved working with them and want to make sure I still have their contact information many years from now. 

Venue

ABC Seafood Restaurant 

768 Barber Lane

Milpitas, CA 95035

(408) 435-8888

Florist

LuluLove Events 

916-259-9697

lululoveevents@gmail.com

Photographer

Simone Anne 

simone.anne.lang@gmail.com 

from my wedding

 Videographer: Jake Pearring

Choreographer

Jenny Baran

jginorio@gmail.com 

from Ariel Dance Studios

 

Sound Engineer: Jin-Ping Lim, contact me if you are interested in his work

Wedding Cake

Margaret's French Bakery

750 McGlincy Lane Suite 105

Campbell, CA. 95008

PHONE: (408) 379-2226 

FAX: (408) 379-7210 

sales@margaretsfrenchbakery.com

Groom's Cake

The Sweet Stuff Cakery 

Annette@thesweetstuffcakery.com

Hair and Makeup

Lily Salon

19656 Stevens Creek Blvd

Cupertino, California, 95014
Phone:(408)973-0253 

Fax:(408)973-0373
Email: contact@lilysalon.com 

ask for Violet

Wedding Gown

David's Bridal

Winchester Shopping Center
3111 Stevens Creek Blvd.
San Jose, CA 95117

Store: 408-554-0025

Alteration: 408-554-0106

Wedding Shoes

Zappos.com

Pedicure and Manicure

New Fashion Nails 

1760 S Winchester Blvd

Campbell, CA 95008

(408) 866-1516

Thank you, thank you for making my wedding beautiful and making sure I have evidence of my (our) special day!

In one month...

we're going to wake up in the mountains of Whistler, BC, Canada.

Gosh, that means that in between now and then we have a wedding to attend to. :P There are lots of little details that I have to decide on, the trick is to figure out which details those are! When anybody asks, I always say I have it under control, but who knows. If only some of my friends had gotten married earlier! Then, I might have more of a plan.

No worries, though, I'm sure we'll have a fun filled evening with games, food and great conversation. I'm excited to see some friends whom I haven't seen in a while, and meeting a few new special somebodies.

I'm excited as heck and hope you are too!

Invitations!

The invitations are starting to come together! I love the colors I picked from Paper Source and the way that they are turning out. My sister (and others) have graciously offered to help me put them together, and I have to say, they look AMAZING!

Every vendor has asked me what my colors are, and now I can say! The paper is all from Paper Source, and the invitations were from weddingpaperdivas.com. The colors are: peacock, papaya, chocolate, and khaki. The colors online at the Paper Source website don't do the real colors justice. If you really can't wait until you receive your invitation, feel free to look at the colors at any Paper Source store (Santana Row, Berkeley, Beverly Hills, Santa Monica).

Make sure to sign the guestbook (with your address) so I send your invitation to you, instead of the person who's living in your old apartment.

Paper Source

After work one day, I stopped by the Paper Source at Santana Row. I remember this store from Berkeley as a magical paper place! I remembered correctly and was helped by a nice man named Ben (I think). He set up me to look at their invitations and was so helpful in answering all my questions (and I had a lot). Nothing really struck my fancy, so I ended up showing him one that I really liked from another vendor's website. He helped me brainstorm ways to make that invitation stand out by adding other little touches. He was supportive of the invitation I wanted and wasn't trying to hard-sell me anything at all! Eventually, we started talking about a personal letterpress machine I had purchased and different ways to use it. He was knowledgeable about the products in his store (and where to get accessories if Paper Source didn't carry it) and was honest in giving his advice on what we could make ourselves and what we should leave to professionals.

Once I have my sample, I will definitely be back to learn how to make envelope liners (saving a lot on the cost of envelopes) and finalize my invitation look!

Cake Tasting 3/3

Margaret's French Bakery, Campbell, CA

Today, we visited our third (and hopefully final) bakery for our wedding cake. We had thirteen different kinds of cakes. Luckily, they were in smaller (way smaller) than the other cakes we had tried. The cake was extremely moist (to which the Margaret, the owner, said "thank you"), but I didn't like those as much. Maybe I'm just used to less high-quality cakes!

I can't even remember all thirteen I tried, but there were the really moist cakes, the denser cakes, the buttercream frosting, the cream cheese filling, and the amaretto filling.

Guess which was my favorite?

Margaret was wonderful to talk to; she was very kind in answering all my questions about the difference between tortes and other cakes. She was flexible in design options and was willing to work with my (scattered) design ideas.

I *think* I'm going to go with this one! A three tier cake, a whimsical design, and a sweet surprise in the bottom tier!