In an oh-so-sweet way, last Friday’s Wedding Clique mixer for wedding couples at the studio was the highest point of my wedding photography business. Not only was I surrounded with all the wonderful couples that have given me the opportunity to do what I love, but I got the chance to enjoy the evening with some amazing vendors/good friends.

Deanne of Bella Fiore put together the fabulous floral arrangements. Raul and Johnny of R&R Entertainment provided top-notch DJ-ing service, Erica of Erica O’Brien Cake Design baked a delicious cake and had another on display, Mary of Jay’s Catering was more than gracious to provide yummy catering, and Trini of NOZZA Studio was the mastermind being the whole thing – planning, coordinating, and putting the mixer together. Special thanks to William Kim for stopping by and taking photos of the mixer.

On behalf of all the vendors that help put the mixer together for our couples, I know I speak for all of them when I say, “Thank you.” Thank you to our brides and grooms for coming to the Friday event and supporting us. Without you and your trust in what we do, there would be no Henry Chen Photography, Bella Fiore, NOZZA Studio, etc. I’m forever grateful in each and every one of you for allowing me to come into your life and choosing me to capture your day. Seeing our friendship continue to grow well after the wedding day puts a huge smile on my face and that warm fuzzy feeling in my heart :). Until our next client mixer, keep on being in love, re-falling in love, and being fantastic!

Few of the many floral decorations from Bella Fiore:

Lines and tables decked out by NOZZA Studio, topped with delicious hors d’oeuvres from Jay’s Catering:

Top-left: Yapping away with Coco and Lysander (July 2009). Top-right: Johnny and Raul DJ-ing the night away. Bottom-left: Outside the studio looking in. Bottom-right: Soraya and Viral (June 2009) posing for the camera.

Top-left: Kimberly and Grady (July 2010) hanging out with Trini. Top-right: Dat (December 2008) feeding a yummy piece of Erica’s cake to Craig (July 2010). Bottom-left: Michele and Dean (August 2008) checking out Erica’s cake portfolio. Bottom-right: Trini and Mary talking to Melissa and Bernie (May 2010).

Top-left: Trini greeting Jasmine and Estevan (April 2009). Top-right: Deanne and Erica talking to 2011 bride Justine, her mom, and future mother-in-law. Bottom-left: Moshe (June 2010) with Ken and Julie (July 2009). Bottom-right: Seeing how Bree and Michael’s (April 2010) wedding plans are coming along.

Few more details of the client mixer, love the cake design by Erica!

Top-left: impromptu client meeting with Justine and her two moms :). Top-right: Kimberly and Grady hanging out with Viral and Soraya. Bottom-left: Erica chatting up with Elizabeth (with Dat, December 2008) and Mylinh (with Craig, July 2010). Bottom-right: Dina and Michael (July 2010) and Paul and Juna (April 2010) checking out my studio albums.

We’d like to thank all our brides and grooms for coming to our mixer. And to the ones that couldn’t make it, we missed you and hope to see you at the next one!