If you’re at home, grab a cocktail. If you’re at work, put your headphones on. This is one that you REALLY don’t want to miss!

Ahhhh. Isn’t that amazing? Completely and totally amazing.

Curtis is one of those cinematographers that creates pure art. His vignettes are moving, they’re honest and they are generally spectacular. He manages to capture the realstory of the day without sacrificing style or intrigue. It’s as if you are watching a great romance unfold. His work is absolutely unreal and if you are lucky enough to hire a cinematographer…scoop him up fast!

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So, when they sent me today’s rehearsal…which is actually the rehearsal dinner for one of my favorite weddings on SMP…I jumped at the chance to put it up. And, the brilliantly talented Curtis Heyne has put together a video of the day, which made me even happier.

Plus, I am totally convinced that this rehearsal would make for a pretty awesome wedding. At least one that I would kill to attend! So laid back, so festive. And really, really beautiful. The food alone made me a little jealous!

Thank you, thank you, thank you Aaron for sending this my way! I am totally convinced that this is the best rehearsal I have ever seen. It’s making this dreary day in Boston so much brighter. Oh, and don’t fret readers, it isn’t over yet. Curtis Heyne of Living Cinema is up next with the most beautiful video of the day…it’s absolutely spectacular.

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The details…oh the details. Totally festive, shockingly pretty, each detail allows the gorgeousness to really shine. And, in a completely approachable way. Later this afternoon, I am going to feature an inspiration board for an affair like this on a budget, but for now, I just thought we could soak up the pure fun of the day.

Ahhhhh. Swoon. Stay tuned for so much more fun on the way. For one, we have the FABULOUSLY talented Curtis Heyne of Living Cinema stopping by to share a vignette of the rehearsal that he put together. And much later, we are going to announce the winner of the WedVert giveaway!

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Amy and Sean shared this exquisite wedding day with over 200 of their family and friends at the Beverly Hills Hotel. Annie Lee, founder of Daughter of Design assisted them in planning and designing a hugely successful wedding celebration from start to finish!

from Annie …

The invitations and paper suite were designed by Atelier Isabey … with birds, different kinds of Chinese lanterns, the double happiness Chinese Character, and their last names in Chinese characters. Being Chinese American, it was important for Amy and Sean to incorporate as much of their old and new culture into this wedding. Swarovski Crystals were hand applied by family and friends. The edges of the escort cards were carefully stamped with gold shimmer ink. Each table menu also had numbers in Chinese characters printed on them – incorporating more of the east meets west culture.

The gorgeous flowers were designed by Jasmine Blue Flower Shop and that amazing cake was from Susina Bakery & Cafe. All of the beautiful photographs are courtesy of Cherie Foto.

Guests were surprised as members of the USC marching band followed Sean & Amy into the reception!

Dresses – Amy wore three dresses throughout the wedding. It is Chinese tradition to change three times. After wearing her Jim Helm dress for the Ceremony and first dance, she changed to a beige/soft pink silk chi pao (traditional Chinese dress), and then to another red silk, lined with gold chi pao.

Congratulations Amy & Sean! You guys did a fabulous job!

And a huge thank you to Little Black Book members … Daughter of Design, Atelier Isabey and Living Cinema for sharing their wedding with us!

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Last week we featured Amy & Sean’s wedding  filmed by Curtis Heyne at Living Cinema in an absolutely drop-dead-gorgeous féte at the Beverly Hills Hotel. We got such a terrific response, we wanted to show you more of the specifics! Their wedding planners, Daughter of Design quickly offered us their services and sent us lots and lots of beautiful photos from this amazing event! Then, we heard from their fabulous stationery designers, Atelier Isabey, also Little Black Book members. We were so excited to see all of the various pieces of Amy & Sean’s wedding come together in such a grand style!

Originally, Amy and Sean wanted to have their wedding on August 8, 2008 … significant numbers in the Chinese Culture. However, this would have landed on a Friday and wasn’t going to work out for their guests. The next best thing was to go with August 9th … 8 (August) for fortune and 9 (9th day) meaning longevity. Still lucky by Chinese standards!

A little bit about their love story … Amy was born and raised in Los Angeles. Sean was born in Taipei, Taiwan but came to the US at the age of 3. The first time Amy and Sean met was at her next door neighbor’s house for bible study. It was 1994. She was 13 and he was 15. She would sometimes see him at Chinese School on Saturdays, with his big baggy pants. In October of 1994, Amy and her family went back to Taiwan for a family emergency. As the taxi was driving away from the Taipei Airport, she noticed a boy with a bright red Mickey Mouse hat sitting against the airport wall playing on his Game Boy. Immediately she told her parents that it was Sean! How ironic … in the middle of the year, across the ocean, they were in the same spot at the same time. Fourteen years later, they were married.

Amy spent a full year planning her wedding. One very important aspect was music. She is a firm believer that music sets the mood. She walked down the aisle to Al Green’s ‘Let’s Stay Together’.

All photography courtesy of Cherie Foto

Their simply stunning invitations were designed by Atelier Isabey, a custom invitation and design studio based in New York.

from Margot of Atelier Isabey … Amy and Sean’s invitations were a really lovely set with an East meets West theme. We used lanterns, crystals and Peonies to convey the theme in a romantic and sophisticated way.

We have many more beautiful photos from their wedding, so check back in a bit. If you missed the wedding highlight film from Living Cinema, you can see it here!

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photography courtesy of Cherie Foto

Curtis Heyne, one of our very special Little Black Book Cinematographers, sent us this film from Sean & Amy’s wedding.  He said that Amy had “found” him on Style Me Pretty. Yes! That’s what we LOVE to hear!

One thing we want you to take special note of … this film was produced using a combination of Black and White 16mm film and High Definition digital cinematography. This style has become increasingly popular and we want you to be sure you’re aware of all the different styles of wedding cinematography before you finalize your wedding vendor decisions! We’re pretty sure you’ll love Curtis’ style!

Remember, too … for smoothest replay of all films (no matter where you are on the web), click play and then pause. Even while paused, the feature will continue to load in the background. Allow the feature to load for just a bit, and then come back and enjoy!

From Curtis and Living Cinema… Amy & Sean’s wedding day~

from today’s stunning bride, Amy …

“Yes … we have known each other since we were in junior high! We knew how difficult it would be to have so many friends and family come together, and we knew we had to make this special. There was so much heart and detail put into the wedding planning from the hand-applied Swarovski crystals on the escort cards, programs, menus, and table numbers that sat on antique-gold painted easels to the hand-stamped name cards tied on the packaged favors.

We tried to incorporate as much of our culture as possible. On a school trip to Shandong province in China a few months before the wedding, I bought and brought back 150 pashminas as favors to give to our female guests. This was sentimental in that Sean’s family is originally from that area. For the male guests, we had USB flash drives monogrammed with our Chinese characters as favors.

I changed twice into two different chi paos (Chinese traditional dress), had Chinese music throughout the reception, displayed table numbers with English and Chinese characters, and had a double happiness character made with fresh flowers showcased outside of the ballroom.

Many of our guests were USC alumni and thus were pleasantly surprised when the band followed us into the ballroom as they introduced us as husband and wife for the first time.

On the way out, guests picked up midnight snacks outside the ballroom that had personalized packaging of pretzels and water bottles with a special thank you note to our guests.

Congratulations Amy & Sean! SUCH a beautiful wedding and we’re so glad that SMP led you to Living Cinema!

About Living Cinema … Curtis and his team know that this one day of your life is one of the most important of all days. They will honor your love, respect your joy and share your most precious moments in a way that will touch your heart like no others.

If you’d like to see another of their tremendously popular weddings posted on Style Me Pretty … take a look at Day and Max’s clip that brought tears to Abby’s eyes!

Thanks, Curtis!  We love your devotion to your clients and your gratitude toward life as an artform in and of itself!

Update:  We just learned that two more of our celebrated Little Black Book members were intimately involved in Amy & Sean’s wedding … Daughter of Design (wedding planning) and Atelier Isabey (invitations). We’re hoping to do a follow-up feature with photos of their lovely wedding in the near future!

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Chills…tears, the works! I actually just ran upstairs and gave my husband a huge kiss, to soften the blow for when I tell him that I think we have to get married all over again so that I can have a wedding just like this one. Curtis, your work totally blows me away. Thank you so much for sharing this with us!

For those of you that are on the fence as to whether or not to hire a cinematographer (and it’s in the budget of course), I hope that I can be the little nudge that sends you over the edge. It was one of the best things that I did for my own wedding. Three years later, I still pull out our video, cry a few tears, then fall in love with my husband all over again. AND if you are lucky enough to hire Curtis at Living Cinema, well, you just might be pulling that video out more often than you probably should.

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Before we dive into all of the details, I just wanted to share a few pictures of the ridiculously beautiful bride and all of her stunning fashions. The perfect hair piece, the delicate antique inspired jewelry and that dress…oh the dress. I am working on getting some details about who made it, so stay tuned!

Again, the stunning photographs were all taken by Aaron Delesie who, over the course of Style Me Pretty’s life,  has been one of those photographers that inspires over and over again. To see more of his featured work, check out Ashley and Rob’s wedding here and here, a pink inspired wedding that we celebrated on breast cancer awareness week, and a glamorous but organic style wedding here.

So much more to come from this beautiful wedding!

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The first is so utterly romantic, in a laid-back and completely approachable way…

The second clip is just as lovely. The bride walking down the aisle with her father, the perfect smiles, the incredible music…it all comes together so beautifully…

I am not sure what it, but I am so weepy today and these clips have me completely choked up. Seeing these gorgeous weddings brought to life in such an artistic and beautiful way is just too much! Thank you so much to Curtis for sharing these clips with us!

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