Nick and Ping's Winery Wedding

 

I teach a class at Brookwood Church on “How to Plan Your Wedding Like a Pro”.  Now it is not unusual to have brides, moms, and brides with their grooms attend this class, but what was unusual was that I had a groom attend this class all on his own.  Turned out his fiancée lived in Singapore and he was in the process of trying to move her over here and plan the wedding so that they could be married as soon as she arrived.  I thought this was an incredibly sweet and smart thing for the groom, Nick, to do.  A few months after the class was over Nick called and asked if I would work with him and his bride, Ping, to get this wedding planned.

Until this point, I had no idea how hard it is to get someone into this country to marry.  Let me tell you, it is not a piece of cake.  The wedding date had to be moved back several times to accommodate the demands made by the American and Singapore government.  Finally Ping was allowed to arrive and the wedding was on schedule.

They wanted a wedding that was an infusion of American and Singapore traditions.  To do this we chose to go with a wedding feast that is common in Singapore.  There were six courses of food including cake.  Since Nick is really into wine and the wedding and reception was held at a winery there was a different wine with each food course.  The sommelier explained each wine to the guests and why it was chosen.  Dancing is not common at weddings in Singapore so there was only a first dance to start off the evening and then background music carefully chosen by the bride and groom was played throughout the evening.  The bride changed from her American wedding dress into a traditional Singapore outfit as the night went on.

One of the sweetest parts of the evening was the “tea ceremony” that was done to honor the bride and grooms parents.  I wish this was something that was done all the time at weddings.  It was my favorite part of the evening.

I guess I should mention that the ceremony for this wedding was supposed to take place outside, but mother nature did not want to cooperate with our plans.  It was raining like crazy.  Of course we had a plan B in place and all the vendors jumped in and the ceremony was moved inside.  It was still very beautiful and really touching in every way.

So enough talking, it’s time to see just how beautiful Nick and Ping’s wedding was. Below are some pictures my group took at the wedding.

 

Vendors for the event:

 

Site: Victoria Valley Vineyards

Florist: Just Weddings by Kaye

Photographer: Photographs By Sabrina

DJ: Pros Only Entertainment

Wedding Cake: Kathy and Co.

Wedding Planner:  Willrich Bridal

Caterer: Goodlife Catering

Limo: DL Limo