Featured | Classic Party Rentals SF website

During Happy Hour last night at Genki Ramen with my gals, Gwen from Classic Party Rentals and Jamie, my infamous assistant, Gwen let me know our tablescape from the CPR Open House (3/10/09) was one of the chosen ones to be on their website's "Featured Projects" slideshow! Check it out at:
http://sanfrancisco.classicpartyrentals.com/special_projects/open_house
(Wait for the slideshow to load and we are picture 8 of 10!)

Vendors | New PREFERRED VENDOR LIST

Our new PREFERRED VENDOR LIST is up on our website!! You can view at http://www.anniesiu.com/, click on "CONTACT' then click on "VENDOR LIST".

OR, you can view the list below. Click on these preferred vendors' links to view more of their work on their website. Be sure to let them know Annie Siu Floral & Events sent you their way!

Cake .. www.cakemaker.net
Chair Covers .. www.eychaircovers.com
Coordinator .. www.mbweddingdesigns.com
Coordinator .. www.stacymccain.com (*new!)

DJ .. www.yabata.com
DJ .. www.thespinheads.com (*new!)
Gowns .. www.uniquebride.com (*new!)
Invitations .. www.amberchic.com
Lighting .. www.elle-music.com (*new!)
Makeup and Hair .. abbeauty.blogspot.com

Photographer .. www.kurtyphotography.com
Photographer .. www.photographybyjonathan.com
Photographer .. www.chungliphotography.com
Photographer .. www.diarao.com (*new!)

Venue .. Memorial Club and Hotel, San Francisco (*new!)
Venue .. San Francisco City Hall, San Francisco (*new!)
Venue .. San Jose Museum of Art, San Jose (*new!)
Venue .. Wente Vineyard, Livermore (*new!)
Venue .. The Westin and The Sheraton, Palo Alto (*new!)

Portfolio | Magazine submissions

Received an email from one of our favorite wedding magazines reminding us of their upcoming deadline to submit pictures for their next publication, so that's what I've been doing the past 2 days, gathering photos of our 2008 weddings to submit to this magazine and others. Here are our top four favorites of 2008 that I've decided to send in (shown here are spreads from our print portfolio, in no particular order):

#1 Charmaine & Paul / Palace Hotel, San Francisco / Pink Fog Studios

#2 Grace & Dennis / Silver Creek Valley Country Club, San Jose / Gene Higa

#3 Mike & Jeff / San Jose Museum of Art, San Jose / Emmy Jeanne Photography / Stacy McCain Event Planning

#4 Sue & Andrew / San Francisco City Hall, San Francisco / Chung Li Photography

Networking | Martini Madness

Martini Madness, held by the "who-doesn't-know" Duncan Reyes of events by design, is a chic, fun networking event for wedding industry professionals, usually at the newest lounge/venue in town. This time though, was held unusually at a DANCE CLUB, Infusion Lounge, one of San Francisco's hottest and newest, and also to celebrate Gene Higa's (Top 10 Wedding Photographers in the World) birthday.

My assistant and partner-in-crime, Jamie Reyes, and I went and painted the town red and met some new industry friends along the way. Lilia and Raymond of Lilia Photography and Eric Yee of Spintronix with his fiance, Geri. Remember, I have not been in this scene for 3+ years (since being pregnant with the bb and now him at 2.5 yrs old) that it was such an eye-opener for me! I can't believe what the girls are wearing these days! It's either low in the front, lower in the back or high from the bottom. WOAH! And it was funny joking about how since everyone there was not necessarily in the wedding industry, should we still go up to them and introduce ourselves as such? Then to find out they're not in the industry and that you've just picked up on them. HA!

Picture courtesy of Duncan Reyes, events by design.