Wen's wedding - getting ready

All the ladies at the house woke up as early as 7am on 3 December 2012. We all then drove to The Cottage in Constantia Mist, the place where the ladies in my family will get their make-up and get dressed. We reached there about 9am as we thought the make-up artist will arrive at 10am. Turns out they are only arriving at 11am. *smack head! should have woke up one hour later instead.

We were wow-ed at the beauty of The Cottage (might blog about the cottage in later post). We took photos, drank hot chocolate and coffee and also decorated the place with a few chinese wedding decorations.

double happiness

traditional bride and groom, with angpows

And also hung up the wedding dresses.

mum and 3 daughters

At 11am, the make-up artists arrived. We took turns and of course, the bride was the last one to get her make-up and hair done. Videographer and photographer arrived when we were halfway through.

braid and then curl by the side

hairpiece

wearing the dress

accessories

And me *ahem* the bridesmaid's hairdo was this.

braids at right and left, joined in the middle. and uses bracelets as hairpiece.

After everyone is done with the make-up, of course many photos were taken.. hehe

this picture to show how the wedding dress with the can-can looks like

Halfway taking photos, we received a call from dad. We were supposed to meet Dad, Peter and Shern in Kirstenbosch (wedding venue) at 2pm. They were there and they couldnt find us! Oh now, we are late!! Rush rush rush..... So we took a few more pictures and all the girls left to Kirstenbosch, except for Wen, Drikus (photographer) and Lee (Wen's friend who acts as the chauffeur for the day) to continue to take more pictures.

lady of the day

Wen . Mum

ladies

3 sisters

pretty bride

Wen joined us in Kirstenbosch at around 3pm, where it all begins....


***to be continued.....