Wedding Shoes

I really, really like these shoes. I found one at Rustan's in Cubao but it is in the color violet. It costs Php2,900.00++. Still expensive but I think I will be comfortable in it. I know how tiring a wedding could be and I'm sure this shoe will help reduce the stress of standing almost the whole day.

Source: http://theberry.com/2012/04/27/the-color-of-the-day-is-coral-25-photos/coral-fashion-5/

-D

First Pinterest Fail

Jon and I knew that our venue could be very dark at night so we decided to decorate the place with light. I stumbled upon a photo while browsing through some stuff and I instantly loved it. I have seen glow-in-the-dark sticks at Japanese stores way back, but now, all those stores in Cubao were gone. So when I went to BIR to file for our monthly tax, I was happy because close to it is a huge Daiso store! Here's what I bought.

Daiso finds

Here's Jon fitting the glow in the dark stick inside the balloon.

"A" for effort

Aaand here is our inspiration photo.

Source: http://hearts-of-glass.tumblr.com/post/10692653524

Buuuut, it was a fail. There was no luminescent balloon of some sort. I can barely see the outline of that glow-in-whatever stick. Oh well. Not everything in Pinterest can be done by humans, eh?

-D

Confetti Day Dreams

Another great source of ideas!

I downloaded their worksheets and printables already and it's very helpful.
Don't forget to also check their wedding magazine. It's awesome!

Oh, they have a Pinterest account! Yay!

Capiz Shells

Yes, we already bought 800 capiz shells for our DIY hanging photos! Hihi. Now we have 200 each of the blue and coral ones at 1 peso each. We also bought 400 small ones at 50 cents each. Here's a picture!

Yesterday, out of the blue, I thought of using the Capiz shells as escort cards too. So today, I tried making one. Oh, by the way, instead of using numbers, our table labels are songs, hence the titles under the names.

Whaddya think?

Hanging Photos | Dapitan Arcade II

I went back to Dapitan Arcade to research more on raw materials or finished products we can use. As seen in our cocktail hour area plan, there would be some hanging photos (11). Our inspiration is this photo from Pinterest.

Source: http://ruffledblog.com/fun-diy-homemade-outdoor-wedding-at-home-with-bunting-flags-and-storytelling-in-oregon/

Anyway, as I was walking aimlessly around the area, I saw the capiz shells and I quickly thought of incorporating it in my hanging photo area. You can buy the shells on wholesale (100 pieces) at one peso each. One string of capiz shells like the one shown below is worth 25 pesos. The best thing about this find is that the capiz are in our wedding colors! Yay!

For anyone interested, I also saw these mason jars at 150 pesos each. Pwede pang matawaran, I'm sure. :D

5 Months Left!!!

Do I need to panic now?

We've only secured the following:

     1. Church - San Juan Nepomuceno Church

     2. Reception Venue - Kota Keluarga

     3. Photographer/Videographer - Blissful House Digital

     4. Make-up Artist - MVBalo

Uh oh..

-D

"Cocktail Hour" Area Plan

At the second site visit, Jon and I started planning what to do with the huge dining platform. We initially wanted our 170 guests to dine in it but we felt that the space would be too cramped, so we moved the buffet/dining area in front of the platform. The internet gave us a ton of great ideas that would be nice and entertaining enough for our guests.

Here's the plan:

1 - Reception Table
2 - Stone Guestbook
3 - Refreshments
4 - Ice Cream
5 - Filler
6 - Splash Zone
7 - Quotes
8 - Witty Guestbook
9 - Dessert Table
10 - 3D Photobooth
11 - Hanging Photos
12 - Photo Booth
13 - Smores

Dapitan Arcade | Ylaya and Tabora Street

Since our wedding reception will be completely DIYed by us, we decided to start searching for the cheapest raw materials we can find. We got most of the idea for our reception styling through our bestfriend, Pinterest, so we already know which materials to look for.

First stop is the Dapitan Arcade. Whenever I drive my mom to Manila, we almost always pass by this street. I was intrigued so I made sure to check out this place first. To go there from Quezon Avenue, we turned right to Kanlaon Street (street before Mayon St. of Welcome Rotonda), then we drove straight to Dapitan Street. The corner building is the Dapitan Arcade. You wouldn't miss it for several vendors of handcrafts line up the street.

Anyway, we found these baked clay ornaments at 20 pesos each. Not bad eh? I will first try the clay recipe I found, though. If it fails, at least I know where to buy one.

We also found twine lanterns at 350 pesos each. When asked for 20 pieces, they said the price could go down to 175 pesos. The size is similar to the regular beach ball.

This also caught my attention. A potential centerpiece but Jon didn't like it. The bigger one's 150 pesos while the other's 100 pesos.

After Dapitan Arcade, we drove to Divisoria and went straight to Ylaya and Tabora Street. We basically just wanted to know what we can find there. Maybe buy a thing or two so we can try some of the DIYs but we're not in a hurry to finish stuff.

We found the twine that Jon would use to make a lantern. We bought 3 bundles for 100 pesos. We also found these cute wooden flowers for 2 pesos each.

That's it, I will post the DIYs and our second Divisoria trip soon.

Common and Quirky Wedding Traditions

hmm... interesting...

Got this from http://www.homeaway.com/info/travelers/travel-ideas/best-of/weddings/wedding-traditions-infographic

Wedding Colors

With the advent of Pinterest, inspirations to do practically anything, were easy to find. When I was still new to the app, I would find myself awake at the wee hours of the morning scrolling from pictures to pictures, websites to websites, pinning and reading what I like. (Shameless plug: cenidlareg is my Pinterest account)

Anyway, one of the first things I researched (which I also think is one of the very reason why I joined) through Pinterest are related to my wedding preparation. In terms of my wedding color, I limited my search to beach wedding colors. I stumbled upon the color coral and I instantly loved it. Here's is the what coral looks like.

Perfect for the wedding eh? Anything close to that color is fine with me.

San Juan Nepomuceno Church

Last July 19, we went to San Juan Nepomuceno Church to ask for the availability of our chosen date. Since I already had an idea that payment for churches would cost as much as Php25,000.00, I thought we would pay about that much. Well, you guessed it, I thought wrong. The fee is only Php10,000.00. Yay!

The lady assigned in the wedding logbook (sorry, I forgot her name) also gave us the list of their requirements. In the list is a note that wedding coordinators, own readers and commentators are not allowed. Fine with me. There were also information on additional fees: we will pay Php100.00 for every godparent after the limit of 5 pairs, and Php300.00 for the electricity that the photographer or videographer will use. Not a problem.

Regarding the structure of the church, Wikipedia said it was built during the Spanish colonial period. The church and it's interior is beautiful. I like it. There was no "this is it" feeling though. Probably because the bell tower ruined it for me. The material they used to build it is different. Oh well. I still like it.

Here's a photo:

Looking at it and imagining myself walking down that aisle gives me the thrills. Can't wait!

-D

Coleman Sale!

It was Jon and I's first time to attend the sale and we scored big time. We spent Php11,945.00 for items worth Php43,170.00. Yep, we only paid 28% of the total worth.

We bought: (2) 10x10ft Weatherlite Tents, (18) Twist Flashlights, (1) Aluminum Hydration Bottle, ((2) Switch Flashlights, (1) Lantern 4D Rugged Led CPX, (1) 50QT Extreme Cooler, and (2) 3x3m Gazebo Screen House.

So we tried setting up the Gazebo Screenhouse yesterday and it barely fit the living room! Thank God. That means it's big enough to fit a lot of people. Perfect for the wedding. Here are pictures of us setting it up.

By the way, the thing was 77% off. So from Php5,935.00, we only paid Php1,385.00. Yay!

Jon thought the 10x10ft tent wouldn't fit so he decided to just set it up in another day at a bigger place. I will post pictures when that happens.

-D


*We plan to sell it after the wedding. :D

Disorganized Organization

I had all these random ideas floating in my head. It causes me to panic. I made myself believe that I have done a lot of things for the wedding but I recently realized I haven't. We were only able to book the church, reception venue, photographer/videographer and the make-up artist.

We should have accomplished a lot of things already. I can't go back in time to remind myself to organize stuff I read/will be reading from the internet. However, I can do something now. 

Enter Excel:

To start organizing, I added worksheets for every DIY's, decors, blog sources, etc. Anything I think of doing. Anything of importance. I know it's still disorganized but it works for me. I'll post more updates soon.

- D

Five Months Left.

That's it. Only 5 months until the wedding. I'm starting to panic just thinking about it. The fiance and I have not done a lot of preparations. We procrastinated.

Let the Planning Begin

Months before Jon proposed, I was already browsing fora, blogs and whatnots. Most of the time it took me until the wee hours of the morning just reading through stuff and marveling at someone else's wedding. It was no joke.

Wedding preparation tip: talk to your fiance first about the concept or theme you wanted for your wedding... as detailed as possible. There are tons of ideas for each theme and you don't want to be overwhelmed by it. The theme of the wedding should fit the personality of both the bride and the groom.

Jon and I like traveling so we decided on a destination wedding. In 2009, I bought a lot with a wonderful cove (clubhouse) in Laiya, Batangas. We go to this clubhouse (pictured below) so often that we did not even think of finding more options for our destination wedding.

So Kota Keluarga it is! Hmm... pero magkano?

The Proposal

I might as well start the blog with how IT happened.

It was the day of his birthday celebration. Usually, the preparation starts with us doing grocery in the morning, tapos magluluto kami, we wait for visitors and kakain na. Nothing really extraordinary. I didn't notice anything weird until he blew his cake and his brother told everyone that he made a video for him. Naks. Naisip ko pa, ang sweet naman ni Lafoy.

After several pictures of him were shown, nag-iba ang video. Puro text... parang message. Pero not from one brother to another. Then I get it. And my mind went blank. I see letters, I see words, but I barely understood any of it.

I looked at him. Made a face (a failed attempt to lighten things up). Ngumiti lang siya. Then I looked and watched again. I may not remember exactly what he said but I know it was the sweetest thing... and I couldn't stop smiling.

- Den