Cross Cultural Micro-Wedding Honoring Family and Heritage

This intimate affair has officially stolen our hearts.  With special ceremonies honoring both the bride and groom's cultures and the inclusion of their adorable pup, Bev and Jordan's special day proves that love really is in the details. Naomi Bennett Design brought the couple's vision to the life in a beautiful color palette of soft blue, blush, and white.  Organic floral arrangements by Kenia Z Florals are wildly romantic popping up in artful installations throughout the day.  The love and elegance of the event was beautifully captured in the imagery by Alison Brynn Photography, see it all in the full gallery.

From Naomi Bennett Design...From the very first moment with Bev and Jordan, they wanted their wedding day to be highly intentional, thoughtful, and loving towards their families. They wanted a wedding that would be in full celebration of their love but also ensure that everyone in attendance had a beautiful and wonderful experience! The majority of their family as well as Bev and Jordan were from out of state so SoCal became the beautiful destination location for the wedding experience that Naomi dreamed up and designed for them. This exquisite wedding day was about honoring family and the special way that we got to do this was by including their very different cultures and backgrounds. To celebrate Bev's Chinese culture and background, we included a lovely tea ceremony that invited both families to partake in and learn the tradition and beautiful meaning. As a way to honor Jordan's German roots, they opted to have a unique German beer unity that combines beer with coke.  There is nothing more beautiful than seeing two beautiful cultures and families blending together in a celebration of love!

From the bride... When we began planning our wedding, our driving point was finding vendors who shared our vision and who we connected with. Out of all the things that came out of our wedding, our favorite aspect would have to be having all of our family members with us to celebrate. With what has been going on in the world, our wedding day was really a big leap of going somewhere exciting for everyone. We went into wedding planning not knowing what was going to happen a year down the line and we are so blessed to have had a pocket in June where everything was normal and we were all at ease. That was the beauty of having just immediate family at our wedding. While it wasn’t an easy decision, we know that we made the right choice with the love and support of our family and friends. We wanted to honor our cultures blending together with intention. We decided to do a Chinese tea ceremony and beer unity. With our tea ceremony, it allowed Jordan’s family to get a glimpse of my family’s culture as far as weddings go. This is something that I have participated in growing up as a child. For me, to have such a symbolic ceremony at our wedding was a way to honor my parents and ancestors. With our beer unity, this was something suggested by our officiant. Jordan has German roots and he loves to look back on our 2019 trip to Munich. It was fitting to honor something he loves and is a part of his culture. Our families are spread out across all over and having these components in our wedding allowed our families to blend together as one.