Red Carpet Moment

Things I'll Never Forget About Jen & Rommel's Wedding last Saturday in Baguio:

1. How Jen's dad cried when he came in from the hospital & saw her getting ready for the wedding, and how he cried when he gave Jen away to Rommel. I swear we were all crying!


2. Beautiful flowers.
3. Even more beautiful friends. Wish you were here Cla & MM!



4. Great food and drinks from cocktails (love that frozen strawberry margarita!) to dessert by Bizu (yumyum! Sayang di ako nakapag-uwi!)


5. Teaser & on-site video by The Jason Magbanua. I told him I'm a fan. :) Can't wait to see the on-site uploaded on his blog.

6. After party. Just stuck to boring, manang drinks (tequila rose & hot tea!) so I can watch people get drunk, hahaha!


7. Lots and lots of picture-taking! We just can't get enough of it! Buti na lang the "asawas" were there to be the designated photographers, hehe. (Yes, we ARE vain.)


8. The cold, biting weather. But I don't care, I want to savor my red carpet moment in my Randy Ortiz gown. :) Look bebe, no flabby arms. :)

Check-out Jason's on-site teaser http://www.jasonmagbanua.com/blog/ and photos by David Hanson at http://www.davidhansonphotographer.com/rommel-jenny/. :)

Wedding napkins

I got these from ebay during my US vacation. I was so excited when I got them! This also helped me conceptualize the unifying element for the wedding, since I don't exactly have a very specific theme.




Actually, the wedding has a "summer-y" theme, with our colors being orange, turquoise, lime representing the summer sunset at the beach. :) I would have wanted a Boracay wedding - with us being beach babies - but that would've turned me into a bridezilla with all the logistic challenges, hehe.

Trial HMU

I had my trial make-up with Cathy Cantada (Shu Uemura) & hair by Jerry (check out latest issue of Wedding Essentials). I love it! And Ramil loves it too. :) I asked her to add more color to my cheeks and lips and more drama to my eyes for the wedding. Smokey eyes are for me! As well as waterproof & cry-proof wedding make-up!


Have to have those darn braces removed soon. I look weird! I'm not exactly photogenic and those braces even mess up my smile.

Save the Date

This got me so excited 2 weekends ago...


I emailed them as soon as I can to friends and relatives. One of our creative agencies printed them out on sticker and mounted them on magnetic sheets. (It's a ref magnet to remind our friends & relatives, especially those from outside the country.) I then made turquoise envelopes with lining (with lime RM design).


The RM rings design should be embossed and foil printed in silver. But I guess I'll just do that for the invite. I don't want to spend so much for the STD. So much effort has been placed on it as it is. :)

With our wax seal. :) That's "M" for Monsod...pwede rin M for Macy. :)

DB and GB

For fear that I might have another wedding nightmare, I am posting this wedding update:

Finally asked Ms D.B. (my boss' celebrity GF) if she can be our Principal Sponsor. Told her that H.C. (my boss) already agreed to be one of my ninongs and of course who would be the best partner but her right? :) Of course she said yes. :)

We had dinner at Fish Out of Water at the newly opened Greenbelt 5. These frog legs were yummy!


And the Rockefeller oysters were unforgettable! (Dalawa na lang natira when I took this pic, hehe.)



I also just had to take a picture of their menu. I was so hungry and was so engrossed on what's good to eat, I wasn't able to check the whole "book/menu".



Missed you terribly bebe. Missed our movie nights, our gimmick nights, our resto adventures, our weekend mallings...I'm taking it one day at a time. Sooo excited to see you. Ilang tulog na lang! :)

O.C.D.

For the past weeks, I haven't poured as much time and effort on the wedding preps. I have most of the major suppliers, if not all, covered already. I think about the details now and then but have not actually actively acted on them yet.

But what I have been obssessing about since I started with the preps is my wedding invite. I know I just couldn't settle for the usual wedding invite. I want something different. Early on I have already made a project brief on it - the look and feel and all that. On powerpoint! But I guess that doesn't completely translate what's on my head. I need an artist (a real Fine Arts person, an artist, and not just someone who can lay-out pics and can manipulate stuff on Photoshop or Illustrator) who can concretize (is there such a word?) what I have on my head (I'm a frustrated artist; I swear if I didn't take science I'd be in Fine Arts), give creative inputs and not just execute what I say. Anyway, I hope I found the one. And I hope I can actually afford her! :) I'm sooo excited; I hope she exceeds expectations. Can't wait til Saturday for some studies.

Ok, so now I digress.

Went to saGuijo with Raymond and Em last Tuesday to catch Chillitees (checking them out for their wedding). I'm so glad I went! I had a blast with them watching the bands. Chillitees is just great (for lack of a better term). I guess if most of my guests were just cool enough, I would get them too! Hehehe. :)

Chillitees!


Congratulations Raymond and Em! Wedding preps is exciting diba?! :) So cool we have same suppliers! :)


I hope I get to go to saGuijo again soon and more often. But sino naman aayain ko? Most of my friends are pop- or R&B-kids naman hehe! :P I want to watch Up Dharma Down, Cynthia Alexander, etc etc! If you were here bebe kukulitin kita to go with me. Even if I know balladeer ka, hehehehe.

Vintage

My bridal car! I absolutely fell in love with this 1947 Jaguar Mark V the first time I saw it. :)

And like you said bebe, pumikit na lang ako when I paid for it, hehehe. Thanks my baby! :)

Flower Power

Inspiration for my wedding bouquet. All orange tulips.



Fireplace garland (floral arc) for the fireplace where the B&G table will be. My flowers will be orange, yellow, peach, green, blue/violet and include the ff: roses, carnations, snapdragon, hydrangea, gerbera, iris, lilium, statice, buttons, etc. By April & Karen Yu. :)

Unofficial Save the Date Video

I'm starting to really love my mac. I was able to do this "unofficial save the date video" in just a few hours. Ok, I lost precious sleep over this because I got too excited. But it's all worth it. :) However, we won't be sending this to our friends and relatives as our save the date. It's too "bold" hehe. (We love the beach what can I do? :))

Anyway, this is just to show that I can actually make something more out of the millions and millions of pictures that we have. :)

Cinderella

It's been over two months since I last posted. Work got in the way. I can't believe I planned, organized, and executed successfully (I can't remember any major glitches) one major major event (more than 200 attendees, foreign speaker!) plus a few others. (I'm being vague I know, hehe.)

I know my wedding will be far more organized and better than this. :) But this time, the spotlight will be on me (yikes!). Oops, on me and my groom. :)

Anyway, despite the hectic schedule, long nights, and stress that I got from the simultaneous events, I found THIS and all the stress was gone. :D



Yes, I found my wedding shoes after nights and nights of puyat searching for The One! And as I speak, it's already in hands of my bebe in the US. Can't wait to see it this December!

Wedding Mania

I'm pretty proud of the things I have accomplished for the wedding for the past two months. :) Despite a hectic work schedule (Picture this: took the 430am flight to Davao for an activity during lunch, then flew back to Manila on the last flight so I could still have the whole weekend for the wedding preps!), I managed to squeeze in bookings of major suppliers.

Here's a rundown of what I have accomplished:

1) INC - New Era, Cavite - They have already blocked off my wedding day! :) Talked to the pastor already and contacted the person in-charge for the flowers. I can just imagine how beautiful the church would look. :)

2) Splendido, Taal - Booked and had food tasting! The place is perfect. It has a view of Taal to your right and the golf course to your left. It has a "garden wedding" feel without worrying about rain.



The fountain area where cocktails will be served.



By next year, they'll have the fire place working already.

The food is great! Really yummy! Too bad I wasn't able to take pics of the food. :(

3) Photo: Dino Lara - Need I say more? One of the best wedding photographers. Got great tips from him. :) I told him, di ako pwede masapawan sa pics ng fiance ko na artistahin, hahahaha. :P

4) Video: Bob Nicolas - Nice, low-key guy. I'm only hearing good things about him. So excited how the on-site will turn out. Hmm, still have to decide on the on-site AVP song...

5) Wedding Gown: Veluz - I love my wedding gown. It's so me! Can't wait to see it! :) I'm so looking forward to my fittings. I'm sure there wouldn't be any dull moment with Veluz and Niko! You have to meet them bebe!



6) Flowers/Event Stylist: April & Karen Yu - Great eye to detail. Very creative!

7) Wedding Coordinator: Events Experts - From our meeting, I immediately sensed Jody's passion for her work. Very thorough and organized. Looking forward to working with her soon. I still haven't sent her the accomplished list, hehe.


8) String Quartet: Manila Philharmonic Orchestra - Got a good deal as a wedding gift from my "kinakapatid" whose husband is a member of MPO. I hope I get the time soon to list down the songs...

9) Sound System/Lighting: Rejektcrew - Elmer is very professional. Committed to giving the best to his clients. I'll be waiting for that free confetti blast! :)

Well, I'm hoping to finally order our wedding rings during the wedding congress on Sept 1 & 2. You have to get your ring size na, bebe! And please decide on the bridal car na ok? :)

Finally, our blogspot

Finally, I have my own blogspot. I was originally thinking of using those wedsites, but decided i want something more "generic" and not too "wedding-y". :) I even thought I wouldn't put up a wedsite...but then I saw this pic. I just have to post it somewhere.
I love my engagement ring. Ramil gave it to me last May 28, 2007 - straight out of his jeans pocket.