Engagement Shoot at Heima's Store

Location: Heima's Store in Kapitolyo
Hair and Make Up: Toni Aviles [www.tonivailes.com]
Photography: Myra Ho

Inspiration: Wedding Color Palette

Silver, Tistle, Light Pink and White

It's because I love pastel colors!

My Wedding Checklist

It's been a while since the last time I wrote here in my wedding blog! So many things happened these pasts months and I'm a bit lazy to blog. I wrote all of my posts in my cozy room in Singapore and now I'm back in Manila! :)

Back to my wedding update, Right now, I'm happy that we almost booked all the MAJOR suppliers. I'm excited, happy, worried, anxious. Is it normal for a bride to be? haha! I'm having a mixed emotion while counting the days. 5 months to go! <3 :)

Here are the Wedding Checklist (Suppliers):

Major: Ceremony Venue Reception Venue Catering / Events Styling Photo and Video Lights and Sounds Wedding Gown Groom Suit - Still looking Hair and Make Up Invitations Wedding Coordinator

Minor: Wedding Ring Band/Musician Cake Florist - Negotiating with suppliers Photobooth - c/o bestfriends Entourage stuffs - buy on August Officiant (Pastor) - on process Documents- 3 mo. before big day Host - still looking Bridal Car - still looking Preparation Venue

No highlight means on process :)  I hope this checklist will also help soon to be brides to determine the suppliers that they need to book. That's all for now. I will blog about my 2nd food tasting soon.

Photo taken during our SG shoot

Lights and Sounds by RejectKrew

We booked our lights and sounds last December. Thanks to GT thread and some bloggers for recommending RejectKrew! Super in demand nila. Magaling at maganda ang setup ng RejectKrew, affordable with high quality gadgets based on the reviews and  photos that i saw online.  I really like his set up on mood lights, very creative! So I searched their contact information and email Mr.Elmer (owner of RejectKrew) to inquire for their rates and thank God it's under our budget range. You can contact Elmer via email too but please be patient  because it will take time for him to reply due to his hectic schedule. After weeks of communication, Finally we booked them and Elmer sent us the contract. Yey!

Sample light setup of RejectKrew (credit to the owner)
Email Address: funkymix08[at]hotmail[dot]com
Website: www.rejectkrew.com

Food Tasting at Ma Del's Cuisine

Ma Del's is very popular in w@w and GT forums. According to the feed backs, Their styling and setup was beautiful and elegant and the food was great. Yes! We booked our caterer last year and met Ms. Anj last September 2013 for a meeting and on Dec 30, 2013, we had our first food tasting at their place in Pasig. I'm satisfied with their menus and will be having our next FT by July and final detailing of the ceremony and reception styling/setup.

For our first FT, These are the menu:  Fetuccini Italiana, Chicken Flambe, Korean Pork, Chopseuy,
Fish Fillet with Tartar Sauce(i love the sauce), Chopseuy with quail eggs, pumpkin soup, cream of asparagus, Sweet and Sour Fish Fillet, Chicken Empanaditas, Buko Pandal Jello

Verdict: Everything in the plate is good! I like their Fetuccini Italiana and Chicken Flambe more,  For the soup, I like the pumpkin and for the dessert, Buko Pandan Jello. So i put them on my draft menu list.

I'm looking forward for our next FT so we can finalize the menu.

Here are some of the photos, Sorry i forgot to take photo of buko pandan jello!

The Make-up Artist: Toni Aviles

Finding your right MUA (make up artist) on your wedding day is another big task. Bride's look on her very special day is important because the make up will stay like forever through photographs and videos. You don't want to look godzilla in front of your guests and on your wedding album and video right?

I booked Toni Aviles as my  fairygod mother on our big day! Haha! Why Toni? I like the make up style, very natural, I love the over all look of the brides as i browse her portfolio online. Toni can really turn her beautiful bride into more more more beautiful bride! (x10 hehe). Apart from her God-given talent, Toni  is very bubbly, approachable and funny. For sure you will feel comfortable and the make up session will never be boring :)  

I already met Toni before. We had our "photoshoot" session with some of my friends (Myra, me, badjo). She did my make up then. We did also a shoot before, I am the hobbyist photographer and she's the MUA, with some of my photographer friends and met her also when I shoot at a wedding gig with my photographer friend (Myra Ho) and soon i will meet her again...my MUA! hehe :)

You may check Toni's FB page and website for portfolio and more details :)

Wedding Photographer: Bliss and Berries

There are lots of great wedding photographer that you can get nowadays. In choosing the right wedding photographer / videographer, It is important that you like them and consider how much money you are willing to spend then you can search according to your budget range. Always remember that these photos and videos are the special memories that will be left after the wedding, After 10 years or more you can look back with those picturesque.

I will share with you our photographer and videographer!- Bliss and Berries. I like the output of their photos it looks vintage with a bit of HDR effect, the colors are not too bright, not too much contrast and the saturation is not too strong. I super like the post process that's why i asked and convinced h2b to get them and He booked them na. :)

They will also do our 20-30 minutes wedding video highlights and 3-5 minutes SDE! Yehey I'm excited for that! Bliss and Berries is also a sister company of BlacktieProject- Another great Wedding P&V in the industry. Btw, we didn't get their prenup (pre wedding shoot) services because we have a separate photographer for that.

You can check their sample photos here

I want to share one of my favorite photo from them

(Photo Credit to Bliss and Berries)

For sample SDE, You may check this or visit their fb and vimeo account for more :)

Please check now our own SDE and Wedding Photos :)
Wedding SDE by Bliss and Berries
Wedding Photos by Bliss and Berries

Venue Hunting #1: Sweet Harmony Gardens

One of the important part in wedding preparation is finding the good venue for your special day. We chose Antipolo / Rizal area as our wedding location because we wanted a garden wedding and a place that is close to the city. Since I'm here in Singapore, I only search venues online and h2b is the one who do the occular.

The first venue that we checked is Sweet Harmony Garden, It is located in Taytay, Rizal. I fell in love with rooftop venue which they call it "Amazing Haven Above" I'm thinking that we can hold the ceremony on that area with overlooking views and a perfect sunset. Then the reception will follow at one of their indoor venues. For this venues, they quoted me: 12,500 php for Amazing Haven and 25,000php for Worship Garden. Total will be 37,500php. I asked h2b to see the venue.

This is the photo that he sent me when he checked the place last June

The top left photo and right photo is the Amazing Haven Above

while below photo is the Majestic Upper Room. 

The venue is good for 150 pax

H2b talked to the person in charge about the place and since I only want the venue there will be a corkage fee for the caterer that 15,000php which i find expensive plus 2,000php for the photographer. The corkage fees were almost half the price of the venue! and another thing, they do simultaneous events, As much as possible i wanted a place that holds one event per day. 

So next please :P

More venues here: Antipolo Garden Wedding Venues

Bridal Caravan Singapore Freebies

Once again, I would like to thank Bridal Caravan Singapore 2013 for these freebies! Button pin and a very cute notepad. Congratulations to the organizers for a successful event here in Singapore!

button pin and notepad :)

With my friend Donna during the event. :)

Bridal Fair: Bridal Caravan 2013 -Singapore

Hello everyone, just a quick update! :) Since I'm currently based in Singapore, I'm so excited to know that there will be a bridal fair here on August 18, 2013 at Traders Hotel in Orchard from 9:00 am to 8:00 pm. The event will feature some of the awesome wedding suppliers from the Philippines. In case, this will be my very first time to attend a bridal fair. But, i will attend alone because h2b is currently in PH :) To all SG brides, here are some of the details:

I would like to thank my friend Donna, for inviting me to this event. I'm pretty excited now. See you there! :)

Wedding Hairstyle Inspiration: Fierce

Fab or Not? For me, It's fab!

This hairstyle is perfect for long hair. You can put fresh flowers too. Love it!

Wedding Gown Inspiration: The Sweetheart Cut

I'm loving now the sweetheart cut wedding gowns! Thanks to my friend for sending me this photo. I think this cut suits my body type coz I'm always thinking which type of cut (neckline) to choose that will look good on me. I am very particular with this gown stuff, i don't want to be a bridezilla lol. Well, I still have time to think. For now, this is my favorite!

http://tradisiwedding.com/

Bridesmaids Dresses Inspirations

Wow I found this collections from Polyvore. So cute and there's a lot of style to choose. I'm contemplating now if i will choose short dresses or long gowns for my entourage. I like long gowns because it looks elegant but i find this dresses cute yet classy. I still have long time to think. I love the colors too.

Bridesmaids' Dresses | Silver Shot by pinkrubbersoul featuring sequin dresses