Before I start, I wanted to greet everyone first a Happy new year! :D It's already 2012 and we are back on track. I'm very happy and excited because James is now with me (literally), helping me with the wedding preparations. FYI, it's exactly 11 months until our wedding day, yayks!
Yesterday he came by our house and we started filling up the form our wedding coordinator gave us. The form is an excel sheet with different wedding categories. It has a category for the number of guests, wedding suppliers, there's also a budget sheet tab and notes tab where you can write down reminders for your coordinator on your wedding day. I didn't answer this form before because I wanted James to be with me so that he would also know what's in it.
Now, I'm currently researching about monogram design ideas and on how to make a fascinator tutorial. We still have a lot of things to research, do and suppliers to book. I'm going to list them here so I could track it down next time:
Do-It-Yourself Projects:
-Monogram
-Save The Date Cards
-Will You Be Cards
-Invitations
-Guest Note Frame
-Table number cards
-Table number names
-Escort cards
-My reception fascinator and for the bridesmaids
-Souvenirs for the guests
Suppliers to book:
-Bridal Car
-Photo Booth
-Entourage gown maker ( for MOH, bridesmaids and mothers of bride and groom)
-Suits for the Bestman, groomsmen and fathers of the bride and groom
-Wedding Rings
-Honeymoon destination
-Hotel for the wedding preps
-Crew meals
Prenup concept/location/costume- By April or May this year
Condo or apartment for rent- This is actually an after the wedding project, but we need to research this early because we're going to leave our houses right after our big day- I'm really going to miss my family.
Wheww! that's all I can think for now. I know as the wedding becomes nearer, more expenses will come our way, but we're hoping to save more than to spend more.
So, help us God -_-
Wednesday, January 4, 2012
Sunday, December 4, 2011
1 year and counting!!!
Today, December 4, 2011, it is exactly 1 year before our wedding day! Yes, I sound panicking, because I really am. I slacked off for several months from wedding preps, and now it'll be days before January 2012 but we still have a lot of stuff and things to do. I promise to start extensive research again when the new year comes. Good thing I already booked major suppliers before, and we just have to focus now on little details.
Well enough for the wedding preps jitters, I wanted to tell everyone about my holiday gig last November with my family and James. Yes he's finally here and he'll stay for a year to help me with the wedding preps, yey! :)
My mom, sister, my sister's bf, James and I went for a 6 day trip to HK and Macau. We Stayed at Jordan ( Ate Rocel's place) and Yuen Long- Yoho Town ( Kuya Robert's place) in HK. We're in HK for 5 days and we had a day tour trip to Macau. Below is our 6 day itinerary:
Day 1: The Peak, Peak Tram and Madam Tussaud's Wax Museum ( with side trips at Nathan Road)
Day 2: Macau Day Trip
Day 3: Hongkong Disneyland Resort
Day 4: Ocean Park Hongkong
Day 5: Avenue of Stars, Kowloon Park and Hard Rock Cafe Kowloon at night (Yeah!)
Day 6: Flight back home
Below are some pics from our trip:
Well enough for the wedding preps jitters, I wanted to tell everyone about my holiday gig last November with my family and James. Yes he's finally here and he'll stay for a year to help me with the wedding preps, yey! :)
My mom, sister, my sister's bf, James and I went for a 6 day trip to HK and Macau. We Stayed at Jordan ( Ate Rocel's place) and Yuen Long- Yoho Town ( Kuya Robert's place) in HK. We're in HK for 5 days and we had a day tour trip to Macau. Below is our 6 day itinerary:
Day 1: The Peak, Peak Tram and Madam Tussaud's Wax Museum ( with side trips at Nathan Road)
Day 2: Macau Day Trip
Day 3: Hongkong Disneyland Resort
Day 4: Ocean Park Hongkong
Day 5: Avenue of Stars, Kowloon Park and Hard Rock Cafe Kowloon at night (Yeah!)
Day 6: Flight back home
Below are some pics from our trip:
DAY 1: The Peak, Peak Tram and Madam Tussaud's Wax Museum
Peak Tram ride
Madam Tussaud's Wax Museum
At the Peak!
DAY 2: Macau Day Trip
Inside the Venetian hotel
Fisherman's Wharf
DAY 3: Hongkong Disneyland Resort
DAY 4: Ocean Park Hongkong
DAY 5: Avenue Of Stars, Kowloon Park and Hard Rock Cafe, Kowloon
This is my first out of the country trip with my family and special someone. I just hope my father and grandma can join us in our next trip.
More and more trips with my hanhan and family! :) okay so back to reality, 1 year to go before our big day!!! *screams* :D
Wednesday, November 16, 2011
My Dream Couturier
I already booked my wedding gown couturier and I'm well satisfied with his sketch. I'll just come back next year for some minor revisions to my wedding gown top design. But of course, like everyone else, I also have a dream designer that I can't afford hehe.
While browsing for my gown inspirations, I've ended up getting images from Vera Wang, Pronovias, and Alvina Valenta. I kinda mixed their designs so that I could come up with my dream wedding gown. I love those designers but just recently, I've discovered this great local wedding gown couturier named CARY SANTIAGO from Cebu city. Yes, he's not a foreigner, he's a FILIPINO! people like him makes me very proud of my nationality. I super looovveeee how he incorporate laser cutting and intricate pleating to his gown creations. I saw laser cut wedding invitations before, but I didn't know that it can also be applied to fabrics :D
I really love his AVIAN wedding gown collection the he showcased in Shanghai, China for the China Fashion Awards 2010, wherein he won to the international designer of the year award . That day, the models looked like sexy swans walking the runway while wearing Cary's works of art. He also created a Barbie wedding gown collection that was auctioned for the benefit of Ballet Philippines. I'll post some of my favorites from his collection, and for sure your jaws will drop while looking at fabulous gowns!
Below are some of my faves from his AVIAN gown collection:
Next is his Barbie wedding gown collection for the benefit of Ballet Philippines:
Aren't they jaw dropping? Someday, If I can afford to get Cary on my 25th wedding anniversary, for my future daughter or grand daughter's wedding, I'll definitely get his services :)
Photos from stylebible.ph
While browsing for my gown inspirations, I've ended up getting images from Vera Wang, Pronovias, and Alvina Valenta. I kinda mixed their designs so that I could come up with my dream wedding gown. I love those designers but just recently, I've discovered this great local wedding gown couturier named CARY SANTIAGO from Cebu city. Yes, he's not a foreigner, he's a FILIPINO! people like him makes me very proud of my nationality. I super looovveeee how he incorporate laser cutting and intricate pleating to his gown creations. I saw laser cut wedding invitations before, but I didn't know that it can also be applied to fabrics :D
I really love his AVIAN wedding gown collection the he showcased in Shanghai, China for the China Fashion Awards 2010, wherein he won to the international designer of the year award . That day, the models looked like sexy swans walking the runway while wearing Cary's works of art. He also created a Barbie wedding gown collection that was auctioned for the benefit of Ballet Philippines. I'll post some of my favorites from his collection, and for sure your jaws will drop while looking at fabulous gowns!
Below are some of my faves from his AVIAN gown collection:
This is my most favorite gown, from this collection
Next is his Barbie wedding gown collection for the benefit of Ballet Philippines:
Aren't they jaw dropping? Someday, If I can afford to get Cary on my 25th wedding anniversary, for my future daughter or grand daughter's wedding, I'll definitely get his services :)
Photos from stylebible.ph
Monday, November 14, 2011
One lucky girl :)
11.11.11...one of the most much awaited dates, because it could only happen once in a millennium. A lot of couples got married on this date, but for others it's a different story, as for me it is one of the luckiest days of my life.
If you've been following my blogs lately, you would know that I've been having problems with my Photo/Video supplier. Changing wedding suppliers is a hassle.One, it's really a waste of time, two it's a waste of money, but for me, it doesn't matter as long as my wedding won't be sacrificed.
We booked 2 P/Vs before but we decided to let them go. The first one was recommended to me by a friend. My mom and I got their package in a bridal fair, and package inclusions are reasonable for its price. As the days go by, I've been hearing negative feed backs about them. I tried to ignore it but it kept bugging my mind, until one day I woke up and looked at their site and that's when I realized that I don't like their style, I was just blinded by their very appealing package with lots of freebies.
Because of what happened, we decided to change our P/V again. We attended one food tasting in our reception venue and that's when I booked our 2nd P/V. As usual, because James was not yet here, I'm with my mom and sister again. Our 2nd P/V supplier is a reputable one. They've been in the business for several years and also they are a "suki" photographer in our church, that's why I decided to get them. Their shots are not bad, but not too good either, but it's okay with me. I was contented with them until I've read again several negative feed backs about their unorganized administration. I just ignored these feed backs again and continued to research for other suppliers, until one day, that negative feed back happened to me. The owner of our 2nd P/V ( actually it was the owner's wife who emailed me and James) emailed James and told him I haven't made the last reservation payment for the package. I was kinda pissed off when James texted me about it, because right after I deposited the down payment to their account, I emailed the deposit slip to them immediately, so why are they emailing us about it?! and they only emailed James, they didn't copied me! that incident woke me up, and I said to myself "They really have administration problems."
After that incident, I can't sleep soundly anymore because of worrying. I lost trust with our 2nd P/V and decided to let go again the down payment I made with them. This time, it's a big decision because the DP for this supplier is bigger than our first one, so I just kept my eyes shut hehe. I'm very thankful that James is so understanding and he supported me again to find another one. By the way, we have a backup videographer for our wedding, but because we let go of our 2nd main P/V, we made them our main videographer now. Our main videographer now is TheRockinDuo. They are really good, so I know we're still blessed to have them :)
I told James that this time I will shoulder all the expenses for the 3rd photographer,because I don't want him to carry all the burden because of changing the supplier again. I felt guilty about it, so I volunteered. I've listed and set a meeting to several photographers, I'm still waiting James to get back here so we could meet them, until a certain event changed the whole scene :)
I'm a member of this certain wedding group and they held a private auction for some of the eligible members. It started Nov. 7 and will end on Nov. 11, 2011. I was eyeing on getting this certain photographer, but I was outbid (she got it near to the original amount,so no big deal, not affected hehe). Thank God my friend Roan told me that there's another photographer that is still available on our wedding date. She told me how good he was, and when I checked his site, whoah! lo and behold he is indeed great and well known :) I tried my luck to bid for his package and hoping to get it in a lower rate.Almost a few seconds left before the clock strikes midnight, I though I lost the bidding until a received a notification email that I WON! :) :) :)
I got the package 44% percent lower that its original price! (Thank you God!) and I was so happy I won! can't believe it :D
Now, presenting our 3rd wedding photographer, and I assure you, no more 4th! :D
If you've been following my blogs lately, you would know that I've been having problems with my Photo/Video supplier. Changing wedding suppliers is a hassle.One, it's really a waste of time, two it's a waste of money, but for me, it doesn't matter as long as my wedding won't be sacrificed.
We booked 2 P/Vs before but we decided to let them go. The first one was recommended to me by a friend. My mom and I got their package in a bridal fair, and package inclusions are reasonable for its price. As the days go by, I've been hearing negative feed backs about them. I tried to ignore it but it kept bugging my mind, until one day I woke up and looked at their site and that's when I realized that I don't like their style, I was just blinded by their very appealing package with lots of freebies.
Because of what happened, we decided to change our P/V again. We attended one food tasting in our reception venue and that's when I booked our 2nd P/V. As usual, because James was not yet here, I'm with my mom and sister again. Our 2nd P/V supplier is a reputable one. They've been in the business for several years and also they are a "suki" photographer in our church, that's why I decided to get them. Their shots are not bad, but not too good either, but it's okay with me. I was contented with them until I've read again several negative feed backs about their unorganized administration. I just ignored these feed backs again and continued to research for other suppliers, until one day, that negative feed back happened to me. The owner of our 2nd P/V ( actually it was the owner's wife who emailed me and James) emailed James and told him I haven't made the last reservation payment for the package. I was kinda pissed off when James texted me about it, because right after I deposited the down payment to their account, I emailed the deposit slip to them immediately, so why are they emailing us about it?! and they only emailed James, they didn't copied me! that incident woke me up, and I said to myself "They really have administration problems."
After that incident, I can't sleep soundly anymore because of worrying. I lost trust with our 2nd P/V and decided to let go again the down payment I made with them. This time, it's a big decision because the DP for this supplier is bigger than our first one, so I just kept my eyes shut hehe. I'm very thankful that James is so understanding and he supported me again to find another one. By the way, we have a backup videographer for our wedding, but because we let go of our 2nd main P/V, we made them our main videographer now. Our main videographer now is TheRockinDuo. They are really good, so I know we're still blessed to have them :)
I told James that this time I will shoulder all the expenses for the 3rd photographer,because I don't want him to carry all the burden because of changing the supplier again. I felt guilty about it, so I volunteered. I've listed and set a meeting to several photographers, I'm still waiting James to get back here so we could meet them, until a certain event changed the whole scene :)
I'm a member of this certain wedding group and they held a private auction for some of the eligible members. It started Nov. 7 and will end on Nov. 11, 2011. I was eyeing on getting this certain photographer, but I was outbid (she got it near to the original amount,so no big deal, not affected hehe). Thank God my friend Roan told me that there's another photographer that is still available on our wedding date. She told me how good he was, and when I checked his site, whoah! lo and behold he is indeed great and well known :) I tried my luck to bid for his package and hoping to get it in a lower rate.Almost a few seconds left before the clock strikes midnight, I though I lost the bidding until a received a notification email that I WON! :) :) :)
I got the package 44% percent lower that its original price! (Thank you God!) and I was so happy I won! can't believe it :D
Now, presenting our 3rd wedding photographer, and I assure you, no more 4th! :D
I'm happy we'll be a PF couple! *wink* ;)
Sunday, October 2, 2011
Wish (Part 1)
It's now October, and I'm starting my countdown for James' arrival. In 31 days he'll be here again (Yey!) and thank God he'll be working here in the Philippines for a year to be with me and help me with our wedding preparations.
I've been researching and preparing for our wedding since February this year. I'm confident and happy with all of my chosen suppliers, except for one,I'm still having some doubts with our main photographer and videographer.They are actually our second P/V,we decided to change our first P/V because of the ultimate negative feedback I read about them in a wedding forum ( I let go of the non-refundable downpayment (DP) I had with them). I thought after changing our P/V I'm going to be okay, until I've read this another long negative feedback with our 2nd P/V (in this wedding forum again), that made my high spirits sink (again). This time, I can't just let go of the DP because it is big compared to the DP I made on our first P/V. So, even though I really wanted to jump into another supplier, I can't just do it anymore -_-
I'm really an art and photography enthusiast, I wanted to have my own DSLR and someday create my own photo and video business. Ever since I started researching about weddings, I really became an addict looking for wedding pictures,e-sessions (engagement sessions) and SDE videos ( Same Day Edit). Unfortunately, those high-end photo and video suppliers are waaaayyyy over our alloted budget. -_-
If given the opportunity to change our photographer (which will happen only in my dreams) and have the best one out there, below are my top favorites:
My tip for newly engaged couples? SAVE A LOT OF MONEY and CHOOSE YOUR SUPPLIERS WELL. If you want to have your dream wedding suppliers, you have to save more and book early so that you could still get their old rates.
I just hope that inspite of the negative feedbacks I've read regarding our Photo/Video supplier, they would still deliver well on our wedding day.
My next blog will be about my favorite videographers ( If I get the chance to write again, hopefully).
Want to know what is inside my head right now?I wish I have enough money (my own money) to change our Photo/Video supplier...but I guess I'll just put this off to sleep.Zzzz...-_-
I've been researching and preparing for our wedding since February this year. I'm confident and happy with all of my chosen suppliers, except for one,I'm still having some doubts with our main photographer and videographer.They are actually our second P/V,we decided to change our first P/V because of the ultimate negative feedback I read about them in a wedding forum ( I let go of the non-refundable downpayment (DP) I had with them). I thought after changing our P/V I'm going to be okay, until I've read this another long negative feedback with our 2nd P/V (in this wedding forum again), that made my high spirits sink (again). This time, I can't just let go of the DP because it is big compared to the DP I made on our first P/V. So, even though I really wanted to jump into another supplier, I can't just do it anymore -_-
I'm really an art and photography enthusiast, I wanted to have my own DSLR and someday create my own photo and video business. Ever since I started researching about weddings, I really became an addict looking for wedding pictures,e-sessions (engagement sessions) and SDE videos ( Same Day Edit). Unfortunately, those high-end photo and video suppliers are waaaayyyy over our alloted budget. -_-
If given the opportunity to change our photographer (which will happen only in my dreams) and have the best one out there, below are my top favorites:
I thought this photographer was a girl! but no, he's a guy hehe. I though Pat is short for Patricia, but then I'm wrong hehe. I fell in love with his wedding shots for the couple Anielle & Rapha. This is my favorite set among his works. How am I going to describe his shots? I can't describe it, because I just simply LOVE it!
Below is my Pat Dy's favorite couple shot:
What I like about this photographer is his classy and dreamy style. There's this sort of dreamy appeal whenever I visit his website ( maybe it's his website color composition), but whatever it is, it makes me wonder how it feels to be his subject.
Below is my Metro Photo's favorite couple shot:
What I liked about Paul Vincent is when he captures sunny and happy moments. I really love seeing people's smiles, because it brightens up my day.
Below is my favorite Paul Vincent couple shot:
I found this P/V supplier when they were just starting in the wedding industry. I like their shots and angles and they were pretty good for starters. I really wanted to book them before, but for some reason (actually it's not my reason), we didn't get them.When I finally decided to inquire and get their services, their rates became high :(
I just wish I got them when their still affordable.
Below is my favorite Blacktie project couple shot:
The Rockin Duo is the youngest supplier among my top favorites. They are really new but their talent spread like wildfire among soon-to-be married couples. I already booked our 2nd P/V when I found them, I just wish I have found them earlier. Thank God, I was still able to get them as our backup videographer(When Rockin Videographer is still independent and in its starting rate), so at least I have a piece in one of my top favorites. They have P/V packages like Blacktie so if you don't have enough money to hire for a separate videographer, you could check their sample SDE's, and they are really good. I haven't chosen my best couple shot from TheRockingDuo yet, I guess I'll just have to post it next time.
I just hope that inspite of the negative feedbacks I've read regarding our Photo/Video supplier, they would still deliver well on our wedding day.
My next blog will be about my favorite videographers ( If I get the chance to write again, hopefully).
Want to know what is inside my head right now?I wish I have enough money (my own money) to change our Photo/Video supplier...but I guess I'll just put this off to sleep.Zzzz...-_-
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