Eco Wedding : An Interesting Wedding Style to Save The Earth.

It is nothing new to hear in publicity campaigns about creating an eco-friendly environment, or news reporting a manufacturing plant building an eco-friendly vehicle. But preparing an eco-friendly wedding? This would be something new and interesting to consider for a wedding event.

Reduce, Reuse and Recycle! Following the principle of three Rs, eco-couples can easily and creatively prepare a beautiful wedding, yet saving the environment the same! Here are some tips from our friend at National Parks Singapore:

For the eco-couples, here are some tips from our friend at National Parks Singapore :

Cheers,

Nana

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Wei Jie and An Qi's Invitation Card

ROM Invitation Card, with Vintage setting

Recommend printing: Thick texture artcard 280 - 300gsm

Traditional or Modern Wedding?

Many young couples are already shunning away from the traditional type of wedding banquets. They rather spend the money on honeymoon. So, it got me thinking. Which is more important...?

After much contemplations, I decided to go through the traditional wedding! The morning tradition from sitting in my room, waiting for my soon-to-be-husband, the 'suan-tian-ku-la' sabotaging stage, and the essential stage of offering tea to my parents and elders. It makes a wedding - the real chinese wedding. Well besides that, the process of wedding banquet such as inviting my relatives and friends to witness it, makes me feel like being officially husband and wife, making me feel somehow different from who and what we are now.

So what if I choose to spend it on honeymoon rather than the banquet itself? When I grow old and have the luxury of going for as much holidays as I want, how significant will my honeymoon be?

I know I can have as many holidays as I would like to have 10, 20 or 30 years down the road. But I can never be able to press restart and have my wedding day..

But, always strike a balance ya?

Cheers,
Nana
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The Ang Pow Checklist

Not only do you have to worry about the photoshoot, the gown fitting, the invitation list and so on, preparation of Ang Pows on your big day is also a must-not-forget.

                       (Quoted from: www.lechuaphotography.com)
 

Thanks to Nana (which is me of course), I have prepared a checklist of the must-give Ang Pows so that there will be no last minute panic.

1. The Solemnizer
2. Jiemeis
3. Younger extended relatives like cousins, nephews & nieces
4. Tea-lady who is helping the tea ceremony (both groom and bride side. Which means, there are 2 Ang Pows to prepare)
5. Umbrella Lady (she, who holds your umbrella over your head on your wedding day)
6. Brother (for opening the car)
7. Haircoming woman (a lucky lady chosen to comb the bride's hair before "shang tou")
8. Groomsmen & xiong dis
9. The "An Chuang" lady who sets the martial bed for you
10. The boy who jumps on the bed
11. Make up artist
12. Photographer
13. Emcee
14. At least 20 Ang Pows with at least $10 or $20 in each one for miscellaneous needs you might overlooked. 
15. ‘Milk Money’ or ‘Nappy Money’ (this is a small angpow to be given to the parents of the bride on the morning the groom picks her up, and it’s completely separate from the ‘peng kam’ (dowry or bride price) cash given during the ‘Guo Da Li')

Of course, some of the above mentioned are optional. But I believe this is a good checklist for you just before your big day.

Cheers,
Nana
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