What kind of lame blogger starts a contest but forgets to pick winners? Oh, I guess that would be me (hangs head in shame.) Thank you for being so patient! I'm finally getting around to responding to your comments and have randomly picked winners. The winners are:
The Knitting in the Sun book goes to: Rosi!
The Weekend Sewing book goes to: Martha!
The Sock Innovation book goes to: Kaet!
A lot of your comments made me crack up so I randomly picked a just-for-fun commenter, and winner of sock yarn, and that goes to: Bertha!
Thank you so much for all the fun comments! You guys have great secrets.
I mentioned in my last post that my sister was getting married. It was a really gorgeous wedding and day. I had never seen a traditional Vietnamese wedding before and my sister did it all up for the whole family and for all the kids to see. There were so many women, and a few men, dressed in colorful traditional clothing. I have some miniature pics to share. Here are my sister, her new husband and my daughter, who was so excited to be flower girl:
The bridal party wore the traditional clothing for the wedding and changed into tuxes and wedding gown/bridesmaid dresses for the reception and they changed back and they changed again. I think my sister wore 3 different outfits, throughout the day/evening, that she kept rotating - very exhausting! Here are my kids in their tuxes and traditional ao dais:
The Knitting in the Sun book goes to: Rosi!
The Weekend Sewing book goes to: Martha!
The Sock Innovation book goes to: Kaet!
A lot of your comments made me crack up so I randomly picked a just-for-fun commenter, and winner of sock yarn, and that goes to: Bertha!
Thank you so much for all the fun comments! You guys have great secrets.
I mentioned in my last post that my sister was getting married. It was a really gorgeous wedding and day. I had never seen a traditional Vietnamese wedding before and my sister did it all up for the whole family and for all the kids to see. There were so many women, and a few men, dressed in colorful traditional clothing. I have some miniature pics to share. Here are my sister, her new husband and my daughter, who was so excited to be flower girl:
The bridal party wore the traditional clothing for the wedding and changed into tuxes and wedding gown/bridesmaid dresses for the reception and they changed back and they changed again. I think my sister wore 3 different outfits, throughout the day/evening, that she kept rotating - very exhausting! Here are my kids in their tuxes and traditional ao dais:
The boys could have worn ao dais too but I didn't think that they would tolerate having to change twice - especially in the heat of that day. Here are my daughters and my niece in their beautiful ao dais:
My girls were excited to be dressed up and got to change into pretty party dresses for the reception too. We shot so many pictures of that day but you'll forgive me for keeping them a bit private? Thank you for being awesome blog friends!
Beautiful pictures! Congratulations to your sister. How fun that she did a traditional Vietnamese wedding. What a great idea.
Posted by: Heidi | July 27, 2009 at 09:16 PM
I had no idea you had a teenage daughter! Where have I been? They all look beautiful!
Posted by: Whistlepea | July 27, 2009 at 09:32 PM
Congratulations on your sister and hew new husband. Your children look so beautiful in their lovely outfits. The blue looks very cooling too.
Posted by: sue | July 27, 2009 at 09:33 PM
Congrats to the winners & congrats to your sister on her wedding!
Posted by: Robyn | July 27, 2009 at 09:37 PM
Congratulations to the happy couple! And I discovered how graceful an ao dai looks when I was in Vietnam. Now I want one, too!
Posted by: MicheleLB | July 27, 2009 at 09:44 PM
Beautiful pics and great of you sister to follow tradition....we would love to see more pics.....hey...can you at least send us one of your "eye Candy" Matt....lol
Posted by: Diane | July 28, 2009 at 03:29 AM
What a lovely day and beautiful family!
Posted by: Renee | July 28, 2009 at 04:43 AM
Stunning!!
Posted by: Liane | July 28, 2009 at 06:05 AM
Congratulations to your sister and her new husband! Your family looks beautiful!
Posted by: Rebecca | July 28, 2009 at 06:15 AM
i love traditional vietnamese ceremonies. i'm surprised you've never seen one before! thanks for sharing the photos :) they look so happy.
Posted by: mai | July 28, 2009 at 07:36 AM
Mum likes this post a lot. She said to tell you your girls are beautiful. We think so too...
Posted by: Ginger aka Beethoven | July 28, 2009 at 07:42 AM
Congratulations to the contest winners!
The wedding clothes are so colorful and pretty! What a nice way to make the day personal and meaningful for your family. Your daughters look especially lovely in that beautiful shade of blue.
Posted by: Debby | July 28, 2009 at 08:06 AM
I love the color! I'm sure it was a beautiful wedding.
Congrats to the winners.
Posted by: km | July 28, 2009 at 08:13 AM
What beautiful pictures of this special day and your precious children! I loved seeing them all together - as I hadn't realized you had a teenager.
Your sister sounds just a lovely as you :)
Posted by: MrPuffy | July 28, 2009 at 08:33 AM
What a fun celebration! Congrats to your sister!
Posted by: Kara | July 28, 2009 at 09:47 AM
YAY! Thank you thank you thank you! very excited. :D
Wow, what a BEAUTIFUL wedding party! Everyone looks so gorgeous and handsome all dressed up. The colors are beautiful. Makes me want to find yarn that color. LOL
Posted by: Rosi G. | July 28, 2009 at 09:53 AM
You have a beautiful family, and it looks like your sister had a wonderful wedding day.
Posted by: linda | July 28, 2009 at 02:10 PM
Beautiful photos! Congratulations to your sister and her new husband! I had heard that Indian weddings also involve a few different changes of clothing - I have a friend who is a makeup artist and she attended the entire day for an Indian client of hers to redo her makeup mid day with the second outfit.
Posted by: Robin | July 28, 2009 at 02:38 PM
Congratulations to the lucky winners! Your sister's wedding looks so beautiful - I love the idea of mixing traditional with contemporary. Your children look soooo beautiful...they always do!
Posted by: Woolywumpus | July 28, 2009 at 03:47 PM
beautiful wedding photos,Tiennie...and congrats to the winners as well.
Posted by: theresa/t does wool | July 28, 2009 at 05:02 PM
love those vietnamese costumes!! especially the ao dais!!
Posted by: Michelle | July 28, 2009 at 05:21 PM
What a beautiful day. The photos are wonderful- everyone looks so sunny and happy. Congrats to the newlyweds!!
Posted by: Rani | July 28, 2009 at 08:44 PM
The kids looked so handsome and beautiful! Congratulations to your sister.
Posted by: martha | July 28, 2009 at 11:27 PM
What a lovely day! Congrats to everyone!
Posted by: ali | July 29, 2009 at 06:39 AM
Well done to the winners! The wedding looked gorgeous, the colours in the outfits fabulous and the setting!
Posted by: Linda | July 29, 2009 at 07:59 AM
Congratulations to your sister! Everyone looked so happy and pretty!(yes even the boys!)
Posted by: monica | July 29, 2009 at 01:26 PM
Congrats to your sister and new family additions! Your kids look gorgeous!
Posted by: AJ | July 29, 2009 at 03:26 PM
congrats! you have a beautiful family :)
Posted by: vanessa | July 29, 2009 at 05:43 PM
Congrats to your sister - sounds like a wonderful day!
Posted by: Jeanne | July 29, 2009 at 06:02 PM
Congrats to your sister. Sounds like a good day and your family looks lovely.
Posted by: Bea | July 30, 2009 at 03:52 AM
Congrats to your sister! Thanks for sharing a little bit of the beautiful day with us.
Congrats to the contest winners, too. :)
Posted by: Meg | July 30, 2009 at 08:00 AM
Your girls look so gorgeous in their dresses. It must have been a good experience for your children. I brought my girls back to Singapore for Chinese New Year early this year for the same purpose & they enjoyed all the celebrations.
Posted by: Ann | July 30, 2009 at 05:02 PM
Beautiful wedding photos!
Posted by: Rose | July 30, 2009 at 08:18 PM
I love that they wore the traditional clothing. Everyone looks fantastic!
Posted by: Leslie | July 31, 2009 at 06:11 AM
Beautiful!
Posted by: Michele | July 31, 2009 at 06:14 AM
thanks for sharing some shots from your sister's wedding. i couldn't imagine all the costume changes! happy belated blogiversary too!
Posted by: rhoda | July 31, 2009 at 06:30 PM
What an absolute gorgeous family!
Posted by: Jodi | August 01, 2009 at 08:52 AM
oh, that looks like a beautiful wedding!
Posted by: kaite | August 02, 2009 at 05:12 PM
SO MUCH FUN! I got to be a bridesmaid in a Vietnamese wedding (the american part) and it was sure an all day and most of the next day and all night before & during & after affair. They sure do know how to have a good wedding weekend celebration! the pics are beautiful, what lovely outfits!
Posted by: Christine | August 03, 2009 at 03:25 PM
Congrats to the winners!! And I knit w/ Rosi from time to time she is great! :)
And what a beautiful traditional wedding!!
Posted by: Stacey _CrimsonPurl | August 03, 2009 at 06:09 PM
what a gorgeous wedding and what gorgeous clothes! thanks so much for sharing the photos with us!
Posted by: opal | August 04, 2009 at 02:28 PM
What wonderful pictures, and such beautiful clothes. Best wishes to everyone.
Posted by: marjorie | August 04, 2009 at 05:25 PM
Congratulations to the lucky winners and to your sister!
I've never seen such a beautiful shade of blue - all the dresses are beautiful, but the blue is amazing!
Posted by: Janet | August 05, 2009 at 06:39 PM
i have been MIA due to work stuff and checked back in and wow!!! i won something! cool! thanks a million! the pictures are so amazing...
my email is kaetrn@hotmail.com...let me know how to get my info to you. thanks again!
Posted by: kaet | August 06, 2009 at 12:41 PM
Love those wedding pics!
Posted by: Heather | August 06, 2009 at 08:07 PM
congratulation for the new family, i wish them all the best, you should be proud of your sister, she is beautiful
the winners are so lucky i hope they will love their present,
have a fantastic day and your family too
Posted by: Marimi | August 08, 2009 at 05:48 AM
Ooooh, the kiddies look beautiful!!! Your sis looks so happy! Congrats on to the contest winners!
Posted by: Fly Honey | August 08, 2009 at 01:09 PM
Congratulations to your sis! What a wonderful wedding ceremony, loved getting a glimpse of the wedding.
Posted by: keri | August 10, 2009 at 07:47 AM
Pretty pictures, as always! Those are beautiful outfits, and how wonderful of your sister to do a traditional style wedding; I'm sure your kids, well at least the girls, will remember it all their lives.
Posted by: domesticshorthair | August 12, 2009 at 07:24 PM
such lovely clothes, all those changes, makes me hot just thinking about it!
Posted by: Marianne | August 13, 2009 at 11:40 AM