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.