Ice Kristals

So have you ever been to a Chinese wedding? You know all that red and gold? And the «double happiness» signs everywhere? Yeah… despite my parents and my husband, I was trying to avoid the crazy. However, my parents wouldn’t rest until there was at least ONE «double happiness» at the wedding. To forestall them from peppering the walls with cardboard and glitter cut-​outs, my husband and I decided to surprise them with a «double happiness» ice sculpture instead.
I almost didn’t use Ice Kristals as they never returned any of my calls. I had left 3 messages for someone to call me back, to discuss if they could make a custom «double happiness» ice sculpture for me. Just as I was about to give up — I sent them an email, as a last ditch effort, and I got a response immediately! Their email responses are quick, prompt, and very professional.
As soon as I mentioned «double happiness», they were able to send me a sample — as they have done this before. Heh, evidently I’m not the only Chinese bride who whimpered at the thought of a gold and red «double happiness» wedding.
Two weeks before the wedding, my husband-​to-​be realized that we didn’t have any lighting for the sculpture… so I had to email them to get that added to our order. While the light was incredibly inexpensive, and the sales guy was very nice about walking me through what would work best with my ice sculpture (and talked me down from having two dual colored lights to just a white/​clear one), at the same time, it would have been helpful if they offered the lights when I first ordered the sculpture 5 months ago.
The day of the wedding, they were on time and did a great job setting it up. The ice sculpture was lovely — it was «double happiness» without being tacky. My parents loved it (although, I know that they would have preferred the red and gold cardboard cutouts) and it was a lovely un-​weird touch for my new non-​Chinese family.