February 12, 2010 8 Comments
I was supposed to share our wedding novelties and DIYs before the big day but found no time. But I have more of it now so better late than never. Here they are: Our DIY wedding cord made of faux pearls, metal beads (rose, Celtic, etc) and featuring the Our Lady of the Miraculous Medal [...]
Read more...January 28, 2010 12 Comments
The great thing about doing your own graphic design is that you can easily achieve a coordinated look in all your printed supplies. You’ve seen the invite, the map and the monogram. Now, I’m sharing two more. First one is our menu card: I told Maja, our event stylist, to place a menu card for [...]
Read more...January 18, 2010 11 Comments
Some say that you shouldn’t spend much thought (and money) on invitations. After all, guests will just throw them away after or even before your event. But others argue that your wedding invitation will give those invited a foresight on the kind of wedding you will have. They say, to create a first impression is [...]
Read more...January 18, 2010 8 Comments
The map is an essential part of a wedding invitation. It will tell your guests, especially those unfamiliar to the place, how to get to the Church and to the Reception venue. However important, the map was never the highlight of an invitation. It often consists of boring arrows and straight lines and corners and [...]
Read more...January 18, 2010 No Comments
For our monogram, I initially wanted to join our initials together in such a way that they will merge into a single character. Here you can find my first designs. But alas, none of them became our official monogram. I wanted something that will fit our theme and blend well with the design of our [...]
Read more...September 30, 2009 No Comments
As a young girl, I only had two pairs of shoes: my school shoes and my other shoes. I’m not sure if it’s because of that, that I grew up with little interest in shoes or I just don’t have the Imelda genes in me. I usually buy shoes that go with most of my [...]
Read more...September 28, 2009 5 Comments
Up until I started with the wedding preps, tiara was the only bridal hairpiece that I know of. But I knew I don’t want to wear a tiara so a few clicks online led me to the hair vines. Although I thought they were lovely, I’m still not sure if I want one to grace [...]
Read more...September 25, 2009 No Comments
Juggling a wedding, a project and blogging, I sometimes wonder if I can still manage to finish all my planned DIY crafts for our wedding. But somehow, I was able to squeeze in a few hours to give in to my crafty whims. And this is one of them: Just a sneak peek for now. [...]
Read more...September 22, 2009 No Comments
I love creative crafts. I love art projects. I love the feel of personalized items. The imperfect beauty of something made by the hand. Tediously. But always with love. In short, I love DIY. My fiance, on the other hand, loves mass production. Things that look exactly the same. Cut, colored and done perfectly he [...]
Read more...September 15, 2009 12 Comments
I wanted to save my feedback on Passion Cooks (our chosen caterer) for Supplier’s Rating after the wedding. But after the food tasting, I knew I had to tell the world about them. As some of you know, we’re working on a budget. But I don’t want this to deter me from finding golden straws [...]
Read more...September 8, 2009 4 Comments
{Photo courtesy of Storybook Wedding} We’re no wedding fair aficionados who’d chase one fair after the other. But I can’t blame one for being. Wedding fairs are akin to shopping: they’re simply addicting. Especially for the bride-to-be, for obvious reasons. But they are as helpful to the soon-to-weds like us as they are engaging. Through [...]
Read more...September 8, 2009 One Comment
When I started searching for our wedding caterer, the names Josiah’s, Hizon’s, K by Cunanan, Juan Carlo, Center Table and Eloquente were the frontrunners. But because we’re on a tight budget, I’d normally pass up their invitation for food tasting. We won’t be getting them anyway, so why waste both our time (mine and the [...]
Read more...September 3, 2009 No Comments
This is just a sneak peek of what I might do for our invites and some other paper projects for our wedding. Full post next week. Watch out for it!
Read more...July 28, 2009 16 Comments
We got them last Friday. And what can I say? I absolutely adore them! It’s beautiful, yet not too flashy so it’s suitable for everyday use. Simple. Exactly the way we want them. The combination of yellow and white gold, and shiny and matte surfaces gives them texture that make them a tad different from [...]
Read more...July 25, 2009 2 Comments
(Repost with update) If you’re a bride on a budget, you can’t afford to become impulsive. Every booking must be carefully weighed. Every decision, final. Every choice must be THE ONE. I knew all of these. And yet, I’ve committed one of the biggest crimes against planning for a budget wedding: CHANGING MY MIND! Not [...]
Read more...July 23, 2009 No Comments
I was visiting some of my bookmarked wedding blogs when I came to OneWed and read this: Bugdet Wisely, But Splurge for your Dream Wedding Dress. It piqued my interest. Being a self-proclaimed budget bride who refuses to splurge on a dress I will wear only once, I had to read what she is saying [...]
Read more...July 16, 2009 No Comments
I’d never seen so many gowns that I like in a single online shop. Bellina’s lace gown creations are very delicate, intricate, elegant and simply beautiful. For the first time, I am not able to pick just one that I really like. These gowns are worth getting married over and over again. Some more designs [...]
Read more...July 14, 2009 2 Comments
I didn’t think it will happen to me. And I don’t want to think that it is happening now. I am trying to imagine how our wedding will be. It’s not a very clear picture yet but it’s slowly coming together. It’s good progress because I started with a muddled image a little less than [...]
Read more...July 9, 2009 No Comments
What am I looking at in this picture? Is it the dress? The sparklers? Or that lady with an interesting hat? None of the above. I’m actually looking at an inspiration for our own wedding monogram. There, on the left-middle top part of the picture. A perfect combination of our initials, S and D, interwoven [...]
Read more...July 8, 2009 No Comments
Something’s not too good with D tonight. And I sense his tension. And it distracts me. Anyway, I am just too happy to have found this on MS Weddings. Our theme is paper and lace. We (meaning I decided for the both of us) shifted from country-style wedding theme because I just have so many [...]
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