Table Number Layout

To my friend Sherry....
Super Thank you... I mentioned to my friend, Sherry (Angel Bar Photography) that I am planning to make a personalized table number layout for the reception venue and VOILA! She sent me initial layouts with just the basis of my motif to rely upon... :) Good layouts considering that she has limited pictures to work on. Thank you! I appreciated the effort more than anything... Mwah!

Will try to post the first layouts which are not the final yet since we need to retake more pictures with better pixel for printing purposes... We are thinking of making use of the pre nuptial pix :)

Any comments as to which layout is the best will be greatly appreciated :)as well as suggestions.

to be included in eash table layout...
* Couple's name
* Wedding date
* Table number
(will try to include all these in the next attempt

THANKS SHE! UR THE BEST!

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Tailor Fit...

Karl had his barong cloth tailor made at his father's referred shop...RM Manlapat...
Last day of their 20% off on both materials and labor. Good Thing that we managed to get the discount because the labor is quite expensive...

Set of Clothes....

I've finally finished my 8 sets of engagement clothes which are to be displayed for my ting hun... I also managed to cover the styrofoam with art papers that are big enough to be cartolina but with the glossy shine that we were well-acquainted with when we were kids... :)



Karl also bought the cloth for his barong for engagement. He ended up with the silk cocoon instead of the pina cocoon which he says is quite stiff compared to the one he chose.

I finally crammed our schedule for the weekend with trial makeups and florists... Hopefully, we will be able to finalize something next week.

Double happiness... Heart

I finally made use of our resources and made a D-I-Y Double happiness stickers...

I am so happy with the first result. Though not that perfect, it is quite good and would be a big minus in the total expense...



So far so good... I am doing some progress without getting too stressed out with the wedding preparation...Actually, the only thing getting some progress is the engagement preparation... I'm getting more stressed on our rush project in time for a friend's wedding... (my work still IS, in a way, wedding-related)

…a long way to go

Still on our agenda is the soon-to-be meeting with emcee, Shanda Lim and of course to start with the florist hopefully by next week… A friend of ours, Joy Lim offered to quote on our flowers and I faxed them some of the details and is waiting for their quotation.

I am planning to take a look again at the venues (church and reception) and to take another look and have the feel and review the best angle to aim the camera (hehe!). I have to check the in-house choir or soloist and the music list they have for the church like the wedding march and all that… Speaking of which, I need to talk to Bernie Pasamba as well for the Crowne venue play list and to get an idea as to their performance to finalize if we will retain them, with them being a hotel-affiliate supplier.

Mic Test….

This is our first meeting with an emcee… Referred by Crowne’s Events personnel, her name is Christine Ong and I hope that she will be easy to talk to and comes with an ok price. We were supposed to meet her this pm at 5 and just got back from doing work-related things…Super tiring. :O

Having a small break and checking on my W@W emails before our meeting… Lots of unread mails to check… Sheesh! I am so overwhelmed with all the emails in my inbox…

Will update you on the said meeting when I get the chance :)

1-6-8

If you are going to spend money and would like it to be at the most minimum...this is the place that you should frequent for they are one of the lowest priced stores here in manila... So my mom and I went for another visit to this mall and finally got the paper bag we need for our engagement's goody bags. :) 1 more thing done and more to go.

I had my trial makeup with Chichi Sotomil today. She was very accomodating and according to my mom (and to my observation...), a greater result than my previous trial. Will have to ask Karl what he thinks...

Going downtown (?! that is, if divi, 168 and tutuban is called downtown)...

I went with my parents to manila area once again... This is because they were going to buy stuffs for our own biz... (* FYI, we make babies/children's clothes but is another topic altogether hehe!). There, I bought red satin for my engagement which according to my mom was to be used for the mirror.

If we go with the plan, we are going back this time to another part of manila...the real downtown which is the ongpin area for the engagement stuffs once again to check on the detailed things that we really need, to see if we can buy it on our own since we are not "that" time-constraint yet...instead of getting them package because they cost a lot more...sayang.

Engagement Dress: My first Fitting

I had my first engagement gown fitting… (Yey! A baby step progress finally… ). My mom accompanied me for my first fitting together with my dad who did the driving (since we are going to the new location and I am not that keen on directions) and waited for us inside the car…

Anyway, the new shop is at
Ms. Veluz Reyes/ Nico
1133 Pres. Quirino St.



My gown? Let's see when the engagement's done so I have "some" element of surprise :)

My mom liked the color of the gown which was a bright shade of pink (the favorite color for those engagements because of its lively and bright color) and she likes the style I chose (yippee!) since it made me fuller in places that I am…well, flat! Hehehe! My first fitting was pretty much a good fit already and just needs small alterations for it to fit me the way it should.

Overall, I am happy with my first fitting…The style, the fit… I just hope that the finish product will exceed my expectation and make me feel BEAUUUUUUTIFUL for my engagement… Move on, now the search for the perfect makeup artist for me…This is a critical one….tsk tsk!

Njork

I was supposed to stop searching for gown designer... BUT, I went with a close friend (Hi Heidz *_*), and I am glad that I did met up with Francisco of Miguel Francisco, the designer.Since I haven't actually finalized the wedding gowns to a specific designer yet! I went ahead and made a schedule with Miguel for next week, in time for Karl to be here with an added 1 day free to relax before resuming the wedding preparation hehhe!

I finally got word from Veluz that I can finally go to their shop for my 1st fitting. I am planning to get my mom to go with me just to get the 1nd opinion on the dress...

I hope that I'll have this gown thing wrap up after the meeting with Njork next week...

CONTACT DETAILS:
Njork
Miguel Francisco
Studio 126 Sct. Fernandez T. Morato St. Q.C
925-5495 T/F 416-9098
www.miguelfrancisco.com

A friend's Engagement...

Couple: Cathy King- Christopher Dagdag
Venue: Gloria Maris, Greenhills
Date: March 05, 2006

First Engagement of our high school group this year... (mine's the 2nd and last one for the year hehe!). Although I have lots of engagements/ weddings i'm about to attend this year but in some other group of friends...

The pix... (Cathy: gown by Jerome Ang)


and our group picture...

The newly engaged couple, me, che, iris and steven

Bride-to-be on the go

For the bride-to-be on the go, I have finally found the solution to checking my email anywhere just with a Cellphone...Gmail mobile addy: gmobile.sayni.net/
I finally tried this methods and the not so good news comes when the bills arrive...I hope it's not that shocking hehe!

Karl's flight for Canada...Sniff* Sad... I am left in the Philippines with all the preps... :O
I have made a new webshots album for our engagement and wedding pics... I've uploaded some pre-nup pix we have shot ourselves with the help of my family :)



New Year's-DIY Prenup


On the Rocks...

A Close friend's Engagement...

2 more days to a close friend's engagement. After 5 years of being in a relationship, they are finally taking a step closer to tying the knot. :)

I am so happy for them because they are one couple in our high school group who were already 'acquainted'(but not romantically ivolved with one another YET) with each other way before they became a couple so they really grew up together and have seen each other through the years.

CHEERS!

A week vacation from preparation

Karl's going abroad so my wedding preparation meetings with suppliers will lie down for the week. I'll probably go with my mom when there are some things to be done when he is not around...

There are pending things to do when he gets back though....

Photographer- need to see the AVP, Vid sample to start with the Parents AVP so as to finish something and have those small things forgotten when things are near.

Couturier- Finalize and collaborate on sketch for the entourage and get a package price.

Florist/Cake- Go round and canvas as well as check portfolios...

Sigh* So many things to do...

A week vacation from preparation

Karl's going abroad so my wedding preparation meetings with suppliers will lie down for the week. I'll probably go with my mom when there are some things to be done when he is not around...

There are pending things to do when he gets back though....

Photographer- need to see the AVP, Vid sample to start with the Parents AVP so as to finish something and have those small things forgotten when things are near.

Couturier- Finalize and collaborate on sketch for the entourage and get a package price.

Florist/Cake- Go round and canvas as well as check portfolios...

Sigh* So many things to do...