Food, Flowers/Flowergirls??

What's the difference between an Asian reception and an American reception? The AMOUNT of food!
We have a 10 course dinner plan which includes dessert.
It's mostly seafood..so for those who cannot eat seafood the manager is on call and would cook up anything that you request of! :]

So we had to decide on 3-4 different menus and each had a set price. We wanted the best and most satisfying food that WE love and we would know our guest would enjoy. So we personally picked each dish to our liking and already had a tasting a few days before Tra left for his new duty station. So here are some photos of what we had.

Royal China Restaurant
Food is absolutely yummy!






It's a pretty decent size since it's not that big of a wedding

Okay..So I forgot to take a before picture of this absolutely DELICIOUS lobster salad.. We demolished it within minutes but it was a great looking dish!

 Shark fin soup

 Shark fin soup...so GOOD. Expensive but well worth the price as it is also very healthy and can't always get this so we thought hey why not OUR wedding? :]

 Shrimp stuff crab claw (I think?)
whatever it is..it's delicious and juicy and fried perfectly!

 Seafood Birds Nest
Honestly this is the only one I seen so pretty, we requested the nest to be a bit more darker and it was really good! and NO it is not really a birds nest it's fried noodles!

 Garlic baked twin lobsters?
Good with beer!

 side view of it :]

 Walnut Shrimp
I HAD to get this!! It's my ABSOLUTE favorite dish EVER! I didn't care what the adults had to say..I wanted it! Honey Mayonnaise over jumbo shrimp with candied walnuts.

 Fried Rice...typical~

 Fried Quail and Shrimp chips
we requested the quail to be cooked a little longer~

 Stir fry fish with ginger n such
actually pretty good and I dislike ginger..but I ate it!

Dessert..it's seafood. nah JUST KIDDING! Mango Pudding shaped like a fish! absolutely ADORABLE!!!!!!! & it was tasty~








So lets talk flowers. Instead of getting a florist which would cost $$$$$$$...We're doing it ourselves!
I notice I'm doing a lot of DIY projects and I really like how personal my wedding has become :]
Which is also why I'm doing a blog for those who cannot attend at least I can update everyone :]

Here are some samples I have of what I wanted for my centerpiece (mother's idea..) and we have been testing out flowers for a few weeks now and I can go order them next month (10 days BEFORE the wedding) to get it together. We're making our own bouquets/boutineer/other stuff.

 My centerpiece vases
Dollar tree $1 each vase
Red ribbon (to tie in the red ribbons on the chair of the restaurants)
blue pebbles to make it look like blue water :]

Probably our #1 choice because it sticks out and scream TAKE ME~ I'M BEAUTIFUL
and it is absolutely eye catching :]








Red roses looks classy and romantic but...dull at the same time?
whatever it may be, it's probably just going to be at the sign in table









Bridesmaid Bouquet
I actually just put this together today and thought it looks special :]
especially for my two girls I think it'll look darling with them!

Boutineer for the family members.
We're going to go with white for my groom and best man/groomsmen










Another project I'm working on are the flower girl baskets. I didn't want my two little cousins fussing and fighting so I decided to make both of them my flower girls and make them baskets for them to carry out their duties :]

this is how it had looked before

and this is just the piece I put out but it's not fully finished yet
there's still some more sparkles I have to put.






I think that's it for now!!
More tomorrow :]