Two backdrops and flower balls on branches

I haven’t draped a wedding in years, so I didn’t know what it would be like to put organza back in my hands again. Thankfully, its like riding a bike — you really don’t forget how to do it. I didn’t need to do any tables, which in my opinion is more work, so doing two backdrops was a snap. The day wasn’t without its complications, as is the case with any other wedding, of course. But all in all, it all turned out well.

The decorators happened to have a personal stake in this wedding — the groom was the brother of Sophia Truong, my brother’s design partner. Above is the photo backdrop, in the lobby outside the reception. The location of this backdrop was a pickle — first it was opposite the entryway, then it was along the far adjacent wall, then we had to move it all the way next to the entryway. That would be why that last column seems to be a little too far from the rest, a fact I only noticed when looking over the photos.

And, I’d like to point out that my sister did the majority of the work on this backdrop. I mostly just finished it off. I think I’ve taught her pretty well!

Here is a closeup of the flower arrangement on the far right. It’s got pink and orange lilies on top of white hydrangeas.

This was the wishing tree — guests were given small pieces of paper to write down their wishes and blessings for the bride and groom, and they pinned them to the tree.

This happened to be a bouquet, that they doubled as decorations for the sign-in table.

And another bouquet. I never realized how nice orange and pink could be as a combination.

Here’s what guests saw when they entered the ballroom. This was the Universal Hilton, by the way. This happened to be a Chinese wedding, so dinner was Chinese banquet-style, with a Lazy Susan in the middle of each table.

The guest table arrangements were glass cylinders anchored down by smooth pebbles, a magnolia branch spearing two flower balls at different heights.

And this was the stage backdrop. I’m presuming that they set up the sweetheart table in front of this backdrop after I was done, but I am not sure that they did. I do know that as I was finishing up, that they were starting to set up a cake table, stage right.

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