Weddings and Bridal Shower

A few posts ago, I mentioned I went to a couple of weddings in August. I love being a part of wedding celebrations! I can’t help but smile when I think of white dresses, dancing, flowers, family, food, drinks, and dessert.

Lindsey & Oliver
August 11, 2012

My Aunt Lindsey got married to the lovely Oliver this year on August 11th. The ceremony was very touching with beautiful vows. I loved catching up with family and having the whole Wong family in one place. After pictures, everyone headed to the reception. My family and I sat at table twenty-one (the cool table). In between the kissing, dancing and diving for the flower bouquet, I got to eat the yummy cupcakes they served as their “wedding cake”. Before I said my good-byes and congratulations, everyone got to bring their little sacks and fill them with trail-mix. Yummy!

The cool table

Time to catch the bouquet

Trail mix it up!

Dessert! Cupcakes!

The next wedding I went to was my best friend’s, Susie’s, wedding. Susie married Eddie on August 18^th, 2012. I was the maid of honor, so I set up the Bridal Shower with help from Naomi, Christine and my good friend Aya.

Susie & Eddie
August 18, 2012

I was all sorts of worried about how the Bridal Shower would turn out, but it was a successful. The decorations and favors turned out amazing. Plus the games were great and everyone loved the prizes. Don’t forget dessert! You know me, I had to have a dessert table.

From Left: Marissa (Me), Susie and Aya

Dessert Table at the Bridal Shower

Drink Station

Party favors, Firefly Christmas Lights and paper flowers made by Aya

Aya and I did a ton of hunting online when it came to decoration ideas. We both love cutesy things. Since we were planning things in different places, we collaborated on Pinterest. (Link to our board.) I think we used just one of those ideas. Go figure, right?! We did the “Firefly Christmas Lights” in the colors of the Bridal Shower. It looked amazing!

Time to dance!

Congratulations again to the lovely newlyweds: Lindsey & Oliver and Susie & Eddie.

Cupcake ATM!

Cupcake ATM. Sounds strange right? I heard of this from a friend. She sent me the video and I was amazed. I was on my way to LA for a wedding and I had to stop by. It looked very practical in the instructional video, but in person it was quite magical.

Maybe it seemed magical during my visit because we arrived by limo after my friends and I danced the night away at the Playboy Bunny Mansion for the bachelorette party.

Another magical moment during our visit to the Cupcake ATM was when the Cupcake ATM started to sing. We struck a pose for a picture and it started to sing “I love sprinkles yes I do. You love sprinkles…” It was cute and a bit creepy at the same time. It seemed like it knew we were taking a picture.

After snapping some shots, we finally chose our cupcakes. I’m sure if you come earlier in the day there would be a bigger selection, but at 3am in the morning there was only about 7 to 8 choices. I chose a basic Dark Chocolate cupcake with Vanilla Frosting!

I didn’t get to eat it until I got to the airport on my way back home. I had kept it in the fridge to keep it fresh. It looked like a lot of frosting when I opened it. I’m not big fan of frosting, but that cupcake was delicious!! Frosting and all! The magical singing Cupcake ATM! I wonder when my next visit will be. I can still hear it sing, “I love sprinkles yes I do…”