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kewlpuff
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Re: ***~OFFICIAL Chinese Brides Thread!~*** updated w/ dancing lesson info
Posted by kittymannering
Thanks. It's so great to find another ballroom dancer here. Where do you usually go for dance? It's such a small world I wonder if we've met. I love ballroom dancing -- have been competing in latin for about 6 years now. I actually had a ballroom dj for the wedding -- Alfredo Melendez from Stepping out. He's great -- even got the non-dancers to dance with a 5 minute merengue lesson. I guess it was easier since most of my friends and my parent's friends also ballroom dance (my mom's a dance teacher). FH, however, is a terrible dancer, but I dragged him to class and forced him. 
i'd love to learn to ballroom dance~ it sounds so cool!! fh had an ex who used to compete in latin too  are there any competitions coming up in NY?
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kewlpuff
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Asianess Invitation list - help update!
Chinese:
www.h2cards.com
China Bridal
http://www.1001chineseweddinginvitations.com/
www.icatchingcards.com
Char4U
Asian
www.paper-girl.com
www.custom-programs.com
www.thepulpstudio.com
www.myshadicards.com <-- indian
Korean Invite Thread
 Leigh's
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Posted 10/24/06 11:42 AM
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superkat
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Re: ***~OFFICIAL Chinese Brides Thread!~*** updated w/ dancing lesson info
BUMP for invitation question
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Posted 10/24/06 2:37 PM
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joisme
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Re: ***~OFFICIAL Chinese Brides Thread!~*** updated w/ dancing lesson info
Posted by kewlpuff
hmmm...that's a good question~ Might you have any friends that can work with a $250 budget? 
My friends might be able to work something in that area... I know how expensive ballroom lessons can be. Many of them compete as a hobby, so they have amazing form and have a good foundation of technique, which is a plus. They also don't teach ballroom professionally full time, so I know that it's not they're lifeswork, so you might be able to get a good deal from them.
Only problem would be that they don't have a studio... maybe you can arrange a place to meet up?
FM me if you are still interested, I can make some calls.
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Posted 10/25/06 12:15 PM
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joisme
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Re: ***~OFFICIAL Chinese Brides Thread!~*** updated w/ dancing lesson info
Posted by kewlpuff
Posted by kittymannering
Thanks. It's so great to find another ballroom dancer here. Where do you usually go for dance? It's such a small world I wonder if we've met. I love ballroom dancing -- have been competing in latin for about 6 years now. I actually had a ballroom dj for the wedding -- Alfredo Melendez from Stepping out. He's great -- even got the non-dancers to dance with a 5 minute merengue lesson. I guess it was easier since most of my friends and my parent's friends also ballroom dance (my mom's a dance teacher). FH, however, is a terrible dancer, but I dragged him to class and forced him.
i'd love to learn to ballroom dance~ it sounds so cool!! fh had an ex who used to compete in latin too are there any competitions coming up in NY?
Thanks! I have a feeling I've run into you before,... or at least we're seperated by a few degrees. I actually used to compete with the NYU Ballroom Dance team, so I know a few ppl in the ballroom world, especially a scattering of folks from other colleges (the SUNYs, Cornell, Colombia, RPI). If you've been competing and been to stepping out, you might know the prez of nyusabda, "YC". YC is actually a friend of mine and was at the wedding!
Yeah same here, DH not a big "dancing fool", but was willing to learn some basics for the wedding. My friends were great with him and never made him feel stupid for not knowing steps.
re: competition, there's usually a big one at Columbia U. in Jan (I think it's the 2nd or 3rd weekend in Jan?). Alot of events in the tri-state area are listed here:
http://www.nyusabda.org/forums-df/
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Posted 10/25/06 12:25 PM
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joisme
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Re: ***~OFFICIAL Chinese Brides Thread!~*** updated w/ dancing lesson info
Posted by sunyeo210
Besides Sachiko...who is probably already booked..
any other asian make up people?
Melinda Mo did my makeup,... she's DH's cousin and works for Chanel. I posted her info somewhere on the forum, but FM me if you can't find it and want her info. I can send you a pic of my trial and some closeups from the wedding (on my work computer now : : !)
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Posted 10/25/06 12:29 PM
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kewlpuff
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Ballroom Dancing Online Tutorial!
Check this site out:
http://www.ballroomdancers.com/Dances/
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Posted 10/25/06 1:09 PM
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Bridex100
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Re: ***~OFFICIAL Chinese Brides Thread!~*** updated w/ dancing lesson info
Can you guys recommend places in Flushing or Chinatown that custom make your dress for you?
I want to explore all options.
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Posted 10/26/06 3:11 PM
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kittymannering
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Re: ***~OFFICIAL Chinese Brides Thread!~*** updated w/ dancing lesson info
Posted by Bridex100
Can you guys recommend places in Flushing or Chinatown that custom make your dress for you?
I want to explore all options.
You mean a wedding gown or a traditional Chinese dress?
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Posted 10/26/06 3:21 PM
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Bridex100
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Re: ***~OFFICIAL Chinese Brides Thread!~*** updated w/ dancing lesson info
wedding gown
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Posted 10/26/06 3:22 PM
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kewlpuff
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Re: ***~OFFICIAL Chinese Brides Thread!~*** updated w/ dancing lesson info
Posted by Bridex100
wedding gown
mmm i think the only place that will custom make your gown for you is to goto China to do it.... if you were to make your own dress, unless it's one of those relatively simple mermaid ones, it'd probably cost quite a lot....  like A line, ballgown types would probably cost alot b/c of the complexity of the layers and layers underneath....
 and to get a good quality custom made one, your best bet would probably be to goto a costume designer....
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Posted 10/26/06 7:45 PM
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oOMarshmallowOo
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Re: ***~OFFICIAL Chinese Brides Thread!~*** updated w/ dancing lesson info
Posted by Bridex100
Can you guys recommend places in Flushing or Chinatown that custom make your dress for you?
I want to explore all options.
There's a place in the Sheraton Hotel building in Flushing that can help you custom make dresses. My MOH got her prom dress custom made there. It came out perfect. Her prom dress was really fancy so in terms of intricate work of a wedding dress, it's comparable.
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Posted 10/26/06 8:37 PM
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Bridex100
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Re: ***~OFFICIAL Chinese Brides Thread!~*** updated w/ dancing lesson info
Do you know what the pricing is like there?
Most of the dresses I'm looking at are in the $3-5k range so I hope it's comparable in price.
If it's not too much trouble, could you get me their contact information? I'd like to make an appointment.
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Posted 10/27/06 11:13 AM
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kewlpuff
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Re: ***~OFFICIAL Chinese Brides Thread!~*** updated w/ dancing lesson info
bump for invitation additions post on10/24/06 11:42 AM 
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Posted 11/7/06 3:01 PM
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qtko0ko0
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Re: ***~OFFICIAL Chinese Brides Thread!~*** updated w/ dancing lesson info
Very Nice!!
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Posted 11/7/06 11:57 PM
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oOMarshmallowOo
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Re: ***~OFFICIAL Chinese Brides Thread!~*** updated w/ dancing lesson info
So, who's going to the Flower Michele even tonight??!!
I am..I am!!!!
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Posted 11/8/06 10:15 AM
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superkat
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Re: ***~OFFICIAL Chinese Brides Thread!~*** updated w/ dancing lesson info
Hey ladies.
I am so excited. My husband and I are going to a Christmas party next month for his work and I am going to wear my Chinese wedding dress to the party. The dress was custom made for me and it is SO pretty. I can't wait to wear it again. Although, I need to have it taken in before I can wear it.
How is everyone doing? How is the wedding planning?
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Posted 11/8/06 10:41 AM
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oOMarshmallowOo
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Re: ***~OFFICIAL Chinese Brides Thread!~*** updated w/ dancing lesson info
Posted by superkat
Hey ladies.
I am so excited. My husband and I are going to a Christmas party next month for his work and I am going to wear my Chinese wedding dress to the party. The dress was custom made for me and it is SO pretty. I can't wait to wear it again. Although, I need to have it taken in before I can wear it.
How is everyone doing? How is the wedding planning?
That's great you get to rewear the chinese dress!!! I saw your pictures a while back and you looked so beautiful in the chinese dress!!!!
Have fun at the party!!!
BTW...can you believe x-mas is next month??!!!!
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Posted 11/8/06 1:41 PM
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superkat
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Re: ***~OFFICIAL Chinese Brides Thread!~*** updated w/ dancing lesson info
Posted by oOMarshmallowOo
Posted by superkat
Hey ladies.
I am so excited. My husband and I are going to a Christmas party next month for his work and I am going to wear my Chinese wedding dress to the party. The dress was custom made for me and it is SO pretty. I can't wait to wear it again. Although, I need to have it taken in before I can wear it.
How is everyone doing? How is the wedding planning?
That's great you get to rewear the chinese dress!!! I saw your pictures a while back and you looked so beautiful in the chinese dress!!!!
Have fun at the party!!!
BTW...can you believe x-mas is next month??!!!!
I can't believe Christmas is next month. I feel like my wedding was yesterday but it was MONTHS ago.  I haven't even finalized my wedding video. I need to get moving on it or else I won't have it for my 1 year anniversary. LOL
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Posted 11/9/06 9:38 AM
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kewlpuff
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Re: ***~OFFICIAL Chinese Brides Thread!~*** updated w/ dancing lesson info
superkat: that's awesome!!!! take pics from the party of you and your dress~~ it is so pretty - i really like the cutting.
mashmallow: trying to look fwd to xmas but w/ finals coming up, i feel so swamped!!!  but can't believe it's coming so soon too.
i feel so behind in wedding planning... b/c we haven't had time to do any =P have u guys finalized honeymoon plans yet???
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Posted 11/12/06 7:22 PM
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oOMarshmallowOo
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Re: ***~OFFICIAL Chinese Brides Thread!~*** updated w/ dancing lesson info
Hi girls......
I finally got both indoor and outdoor pix back. FH scanned some of the outdoor pix and here's the link of it....
LINK!!!
We had close to 100 for outdoor and close to 100 for the indoor!!!! I can't believe it!!
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Posted 11/14/06 10:40 AM
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superkat
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Re: ***~OFFICIAL Chinese Brides Thread!~*** updated w/ dancing lesson info
Very pretty pics! You look so cute together.
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Posted 11/14/06 10:54 AM
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joisme
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Re: ***~OFFICIAL Chinese Brides Thread!~*** updated w/ dancing lesson info
Okay ladies! I know a few posts WAAAAAY BACK, I promised I'd post up some of the little things I did to add some cultural ASIAN FLAIR to our wedding. So so so so so sorry for the delay... new job, new marriage, new husband, new home, new surname... aiya, so much to get used to! ...and... new PROOFS~! I'll add some info for each posted image as best I can.
First, MY INVITATIONS, done by Tommy Seto at Wedding Hill in Flushing Sheraton:
(apologize for my crappy camera. These pics were the only ones that closely reflected the actual colors of the invites. Gold and Bronze!)
(Bah! had to shrink the images!)
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Posted 11/16/06 3:59 AM
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joisme
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Re: ***~OFFICIAL Chinese Brides Thread!~*** updated w/ dancing lesson info
Makeup by Melinda Mo!
Trial, Day of Wedding #2 (how it actually photographs in the pix)...and a REALLY BIG CLOSEUP of my face (full disclosure here, girls...)
For my previous post on Melinda, go here:
http://www.liweddings.com/chat/topic.aspx?&P=1&ID=327608&Highlight=melinda#P3635308
EDIT
Bah! sorry gals, the files too big,  My attempts at lo-res''ing the pics make my face look distorted, and don't do her makeup justice...plus, I also realize DH might not want my picture plastered for the public to see . PM me if you want, I can email to you. 
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Posted 11/16/06 4:10 AM
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joisme
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Re: ***~OFFICIAL Chinese Brides Thread!~*** updated w/ dancing lesson info
We had A WISHING TREE, which was constructed out of Italian branches (?? that's what it said on our floral order), eucalyptus, and bamboo. Guests would write down a wish that they had for us on a leaf and hang it on the "tree". I made the leaves by hand using different color construction paper and the ellison press at my school (a die cutter used by most elementary school for quick-pressed stencils). They were roughly the size of an index card, enough to write a short message. I also stocked the table with silver sharpie pens (which mysteriously disappeared soon after the reception was over).
My Previous Post on our florist, Silver Stems of Valley Stream (Also the house florist for Flushing Sheraton!)
Post # 2 a/b Silver Stems
You can check your local library or craft store to see were the nearest available press is if they have one. you can also try oriental trading or online under "crafts" "scrapbook" or "hobbies" for cut-out leaves.
We also put up a photo of our engagement portrait. Our parents both wanted the "wedding-shot-before-the-actual-wedding" type picture, but since we didn't go through a conventional Chinese studio, DH's friend, Benny Liu, is a freelance photog, and took amazing "journalistic" shots for our e-portraits as well as for BOTH our weddings (western and C-banquet). I'm almost tempted to say... I actually liked a good lot of HIS shots BETTER than the paid professionals. He took the two pix below, but they don't do justice, since I had to lo-res them in order to post.
My previous blurb on Benny
Here's his wedding portfolio/website if you are interested in contacting him:
http://www.pbase.com/serendipity0000/wedding_photos
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