Jennifer & Joseph |  May 21, 2011 |  Denver, Colorado

From the bride:
We had a traditional American wedding reception followed by a costume ceremony presentation of the Korean Culture.

Photography by Jason + Gina Wedding PhotographersI knew I wanted something bright, so as soon as I saw the color key lime, I knew that was our color!  I was scared at first that it might be too bright, but everything went really well together so I was relieved. The Korean costume ceremony (Pae-baek Ceremony) is to pay respect to our elders, receive blessings, and also “catch” the gifts of our future.  The elders toss different items/foods into our costume and our objective is to catch all or as many of the items as we can.  Each item represents a different idea, like children, success, wealth, health and prosperity. The majority of the items thrown to us were items to represent children, our families want us to have many children.   

MEMORABLE MOMENT
After the ceremony, my maid of honor and I had the hardest time figuring out how to bustle my dress.  In the midst of our panic, all we could do was laugh about it.  We called an emergency meeting of bridesmaids.  When we opened the door for them, they had a very worried and concerned look on their faces because they thought it was a different kind of an emergency.  We finally figured it out and it was just a fun moment for us all. I loved how the room constantly changed colors, which gave a slightly different ambiance with each color. FAVORITE DETAIL
We wanted to keep the wedding traditional, but just to be a tad different; we added a “chicken and waffles” dish to our dinner selection which was delicious!