A Winter Wedding - Hye-Hyun & Chang Sik

We had such fun starting 2009 with Hye-Hyun and Chang Sik! These two designed a beautiful wedding for about 300 of their friends and family. Their inspiration was Christina Aguilera and Jordan Bratman's stunning 2005 "winter wonderland" wedding. The photos below, taken by Hyon Smith Photography, help to tell the story of the day:

The bridal party was large, with twelve bridesmaids and ten groomsmen. The gorgeous bridesmaids were decked out in gowns by Vera Wang.

The traditional Catholic wedding ceremony took place at St. Paul Chung Catholic Church in Reston, Virginia.

Following the ceremony, guests travelled about ten miles to the Hyatt Regency Reston, where they were greeted by hors d'eovres, drinks and traditional Korean rice cakes. Photographer Hyon Smith also had on display a gallery of Hye-Hyun and Chang Sik's gorgeous engagement portraits throughout the cocktail hour space. Guests also had the opportunity, throughout the evening, to have a portrait taken by Hyon's team. Prints were made on-site and given to the guests before the end of the evening. This is always such a hit with wedding guests -- people love it!!

After entering the reception through a shower of petals, Hye-Hyun and Chang Sik totally ROCKED the reception by surprising all of their guests with a lively and entertaining first dance with two of their friends!

I worked secretly with the groom to coordinate one last surprise -- this time for the bride! Chang Sik brought Hye-Hyun (and many guests) to tears as we pulled a grand piano from behind a curtain on which he performed and sang a song for his new bride.

Two incredibly impressive cakes were created for the bride and groom by The Food Network's very own Duff Goldman of Ace of Cakes - Charm City Cakes. The wedding cake was a delicious five-tier cake adorned with highly detailed flowers made of sugar. The groom's cake was based upon HH and Chang Sik's engagement -- a mountain ski slope with HH on a snowboard and Chang Sik on skis heading down "The Plunge". Fantastic!

These two pics are taken, unfortunately, by my own camera phone - so not the best :)

Special thanks to the fantastic vendors who helped make this event so perfect:

Reception site: Hyatt Regency Reston

Photographer & Videographer: Hyon Smith Photography

Flowers: Sophia Kim

String Quartet: Montebello Strings

Transportation: Prime Transportation (Rolls Royce); Chariots for Hire (Hummers)

Pipe and Drape: Fabrication Events

Rentals: DC Rental, Liz Kelly Waylan

Cake: Charm City Cakes, Duff Goldman

DJ: Shane, Friend of Bride and Groom

Wedding Planner: breathe. event planning, Lauren Freeman