Archive for August, 2009

Guest blogger - Beloved Weddings

Monday, August 31st, 2009

A lot of couples are interested in having an engagement photo session with their photographer prior to their wedding day.  Not only will they have beautiful portraits of the 2 of them to display at the reception, it also allows them to have the opportunity to work with and get comfortable with the photographer prior [...]

Need a Babysitter?

Friday, August 28th, 2009

Awww… aren’t these babies cute?  They are so adorable that it makes me “almost” want to have a child of my own!  :)  Augie Chang and Jennifer Skog are 2 of my many favorite photographers in San Francisco, and they are just amazing… don’t you agree?
So you are probably thinking why I am posting baby [...]

The Most Ridiculous Wedding Event Ever!

Thursday, August 27th, 2009

Planner extraordinaire - Mindy Weiss, would like to invite you to the Most Ridiculous Wedding Event Ever.  If you live in the Los Angeles, area, you may want to check this out.  I am sure it’s going to be uber fabulous!
Here are the details:

Make sure you save the date!

Suntan and not sunburn

Wednesday, August 26th, 2009

Of the 4 years I have planned destination weddings in Hawaii, I have seen so many brides who got sunburned right before their wedding.  Not only does it look painful, it’s also going to show up in every single picture that the photographer takes.  It will definitely be very expensive on the photo retouching part.
Let [...]

My M&M’s

Tuesday, August 25th, 2009

Now, who doesn’t like M&M’s, right?  A while ago, our friends back in San Francisco made some personalized M&M’s as their Christmas favors, and they gave them out to all of their friends for the holidays.  With My M&M’s, not only can you personalize it by choosing your wedding colors, but they can also put [...]

Photo shoot with the Chin’s!

Monday, August 24th, 2009

I have waited for this day to come for a long, long time, and finally it’s coming true in about 14 weeks!  I am beyond ecstatic.  Floral designer and photographer extraordinaires - Nancy Liu Chin and Kevin Chin are visiting Maui the first week of December, and we are going to hang out and do [...]

Featured Wedding - Karen & Micah

Friday, August 21st, 2009

Karen first contacted me last April for her wedding this May.  Although she and Micah didn’t get a chance to fly out to Maui for a scouting trip prior to their wedding, we did everything by phone and by email and we had a great time planning the wedding together.
They wanted a Filipino Catholic ceremony, [...]

Happy birthday again, Anna & Elan!

Thursday, August 20th, 2009

This past Sunday, my hubby and I went to our friend’s Anna & Elan’s joint birthday party in Haiku!  It was a lot of fun.  If you remember from one of my old blog posts, Anna & Elan were actually my very first clients!  They moved to Maui in August 2007, and they got married [...]

Little Palm Island

Wednesday, August 19th, 2009

There is one venue in the U.S. that I have been dreaming to do a destination wedding at.  Believe it or not, it’s not in Hawaii!  I came across this location while reading a travel magazine, and I thought - Wow, it will be so awesome to plan a wedding there.

Why is this location so [...]

Creating Magic Through Music

Tuesday, August 18th, 2009

How many of you have scanned through lists and lists of songs from your iTunes or MP3 players, and still couldn’t find the songs that you want for your special day?
3 weeks ago, I had the opportunity to meet with Felice Keller, Founder and Director of Client Relations of Felice Keller Productions, which makes special [...]