A couple weeks back, we attended the wedding of our good friends Aileen & CT. Their wedding was held at the gorgeous Crystal Cathedral, designed by architect Philip Johnson. Beautiful California sunshine filtered gently through the sanctuary’s 10,000 panes of glass and filled the entire space with breathtakingly beautiful light. It was the perfect setting for a wedding!

Aside from being really warm, caring people, Aileen and CT are some of smartest, most talented people I know – they dance, they sing, they play musical instruments (extremely well), they cook, and they’re super smart! So, of course it’s no surprise that they are also artistically gifted. :) I believe CT did all of the awesome graphic design work for their wedding himself! Here’s a look at their invitations and wedding stationery:

wedding invitation suite

ceremony program

place cards – Aileen did the calligraphy for all 300 of the name cards herself! (Didn’t I tell you she was talented!?)

Unfortunately, I didn’t get to take too many pictures of the wedding details that day because I was helping out behind the scenes. But trust me, it was gorgeous! Aileen’s parents have a florist friend who did most of the flower arrangements, and she did such a beautiful job. Aileen and several of her friends and family helped out in making centerpieces and boutonnieres too! I helped out with the bridesmaid bouquets and as one of the coordinators for the day.

Here are a few pictures that I was able to get from the wedding:

When I was young, I went to so many Chinese weddings with my family (I was actually the flower girl for most of them because my dad always officiated) and we would eat so many Chinese wedding banquets, that I quickly grew quite tired of them. I think I haven’t been to a Chinese wedding banquet in over 15 years now, so I was REALLY happy to eat Chinese food again!

crab claws

shark fin soup

lobster

with the newly married couple

Congrats, Aileen & CT! :)

A couple weekends back, Dean and I attended the wedding of our long-time high school friend, Jessi, at the Hyatt in Huntington Beach. Jessi actually moved to Cali from AZ as well, so we’ve been lucky enough to see her occasionally. Jessi and her sister are both really crafty and have excellent taste, so it was no surprise to me that all the details of her wedding day were planned and executed perfectly!

Since Jessi and Isaac have had a long-distance relationship for the majority of their time together, it was entirely appropriate that the wedding was travel-themed. (He even proposed to her on an airplane!)

The invitations were designed to look like boarding pass pamphlets with an airplane ticket and seating assignments inside.

modern black jacket paired with purple and silver

information + rsvp cards

love the attention to detail – our RSVP code was the seat number, “4D4E”

programs (stripey background was my dress)

probably my favorite part of the wedding – the programs contained instructions to fold a paper airplane to shower the newlyweds with as they walk back up the aisle!

aisle runner

pew flowers

seating name cards: all the tables were named after airports – we were at JFK!

beautiful centerpieces with table name cards resembling airline badges (notice how the wire is shaped like an airplane too!)

photobooth fun

and the favors: luggage tags (genius!)

with the bride + groom

Congrats, Jessi + Issac! Thanks for letting us share your wedding day with you – we had a fabulous time! Hope to see you both more often now that we’re all in Cali. :)

*For more pictures from their wedding, click here.