I talked with the famous Alex Franco yesterday and we agreed to meet on June 7 to talk about the cake. Did I tell you he was one of the first supplier I booked? I think after we booked San Agustin and Manila Polo. Hehehe excited ba! This man’s reputation precedes him, I have not heard of any bad feedback on this man! Very impressive! Not so many can keep his name clean, but Alex can!



Anyways, a few posts back, I said that I don’t want to put flowers on top of the cake, but I want to put our monogram “AMA” embellished with swarovskis. Something like this picture. My only problem is up to now I have not started on doing the topper. I thought of doing the topper a little bit differently, I will not use flat alphabets like this, but most probably just use a combination of pearls and swarovskis or even gem stones on copper wire. I hope I can do it, have been thinking a lot about it. I’ll talk with Alex on this and hopefully get feedback if this is something doable or not. Baka naman he cannot accommodate my topper, but hopefully he can. Wish me luck!

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Created: Monday, May 30, 2005

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 I have a big secret I can't tell! Its a surprise to H2B. But I'm sooo excited!!



Got it? :)

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Created: Friday, May 27, 2005

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 I was telling Gel yesterday that second to our church and reception venue, the invitations is where we definitely have put so much effort! The reason is because we want to put our personality on the invites, so much like the rest of the details of the reception, we want it personalized and of course elegant and timeless. I've surfed thousands of sites, reviewed tons of magazines just to find the right fit. I found a picture in the Modern Bride magazine but I couldn't find it anywhere in the net. Let me just explain how it looked like. It looks something like this picture without the gray backing, just the white and pink.



I'll put a something like a swirling border and then put a picture of a couple like this on top.



I want it to be clean, not cluttered look so i'll probably have a separate reception card and RSVP card. I love the picture of the couple! It looks timeless and romantic.

I think La Elegar can pull this off, they are a small printing press, priced very reasonable (imagine for around P85 i'll have the invites, the thank you cards plus missalet covers pa! and embossed pa yun ha!). Really great find. :)

When I find the picture of the exact invitation in the net i'll post it, or maybe i'll just scan it and post again. Will do next time :)

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Created: Sunday, May 15, 2005

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 Hit a major snag this weekend on the preparations. Ok you all know how OC I was with our invitations, I wanted it to have the “umph!”, it started with calligraphy, then to pop-ups and then finally to informal colourful invites from Printed Matter. Last Saturday, eight thirty in the morning we were already at Printed Matters’ office in Q.C. (our meeting is at 9:30 am) to see our drafts. She works fast, remember I first visited her last, last Saturday and after a week the drafts are already complete. I asked her to make me two drafts, one folded and the other booklet type. She first presented the folded invite, almost the same as the inspiration copy I showed her. I was already swooning when I saw it! It was really beautiful, not the ordinary invite you’ll see. I really, really loved it! Because of my fascination with the first one I didn’t pay that much attention to the second one anymore, me and Gel both agree that we already have the perfect invitation.

After that we proceeded to Manila Polo to meet Lala for the ocular. It was such a productive meeting coz we were able to talk about how the over-all look will be. I was walking in the clouds after that meeting knowing that the day had been a very fruitful day!

As we went home I was so very excited to show the draft invites to my mom. Syempre at the back of my mind I want to get her approval. That’s when my almost perfect day started crumbling. She didn’t like it! She said it’s like an invitation for a children’s party! I can’t believe it! It is anything but that! Its different yes but not cheap!

I was angry, mad coz she, of all people! I thought she would be the one who would support me on this. I’ve always told her that I want to inject something different, something out of the ordinary to my wedding. And she did agree with me!

Anyways, I just went to my room and rummage through my stacks of magazines again, hoping that I will find the perfect invitation, formal but with a touch of personality. After about an hour of going through the magazines which by the way I already memorize from cover to cover, I found something I like. It’s a formal invitation, white card with brown fonts, with a beautiful boarder that I really, really like. It is lined by another paper in pink which gives the illusion that the invite is framed. I think I like this one. I showed it to my mom and she liked it too, so does Gel. Now I’ll just have to find a printer who can execute this for me. I’d probably go to a printing press this time coz my mom want the fonts to be embossed which of course Printed Matter cannot do 

Yesterday, my over-all feeling was frustration, frustrated because I couldn’t do what I want to do. But looking at it again after my anger toned down a bit, I see that my mom only wants the best for me. She has done this before during her own wedding, and she has attended a million other weddings. She knows what’s proper and what’s not, what will work and what will fail. She has been there to support me since day one of my preps and I know she will still be there even after the wedding, as supportive as she is today. Yesterday was mother’s day and yesterday I understood that being a mom doesn’t mean you give everything what your child wants, its about balancing what is right and what is wrong. Mom I haven’t shared with you my blog yet but when that time comes, I hope you smile when you read this. I love you mom.

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Created: Monday, May 09, 2005

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 I was in panic last night! I was looking at the quotes for the lightning and sounds and I just can’t believe they are charging this much! I’m not lightning the whole Araneta Coliseum for god’s sake! And I am not running a concert either!!

Then I remembered reading something about stage lightning from Lala’s quote so I hurriedly looked for it again. And whala! It is included in her package already! Syempre I texted her to confirm that it is and she said it really is. But I think sa stage lang and not the whole place. I’ll confirm with her again tomorrow when we meet at Manila Polo for the ocular. If the lights included in the package is just for the stage, I’ll just ask her to add it in our package. Hopefully it will not pull up the prices though.

Did I tell you I love Lala! Hehehe

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Created: Friday, May 06, 2005

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 Grabe I’ve called about three lights and sounds suppliers today and I didn’t imagine they’re expensive pala! Huhuhu there goes my budget again!

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Created: Thursday, May 05, 2005

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 Oh my gosh I am sooo happy today I want to jump up and down!! This 3-day long weekend was really fulfilling for us! We accomplished so much! Let me tell you all about it:

First the reception décor: I just had another meeting with Lala of Interplay today and I must tell you she is really a sweetheart!! She sent me her quotation last Thursday and when I got it, I was really happy! Sobrang within budget sya plus everything I wanted was there! From the fishbowls, to the fruits, to the ceiling treatment down to the stage décor and to the stair entrance arrangements! As in sobrang detailed! I was really very surprised! So syempre I texted her and asked for another meeting so we can talk about it again. Kanina, we met at ATC Seattle’s Best. She was a bit late but I didn’t mind coz it gave me and Gel time to really think about how we want the reception to be. We want it relaxed, fun, conducible to guests roaming around and not just stay seated but of course elegant and welcoming. When she came we started brainstorming on the whole concept. I liked how she handles clients, she is very professional and straightforward, not the super chika kind of supplier where we spend almost half the time talking about so many other things except about the wedding. Syempre my last question was how we can still bring down the cost (this is given that the cost now is really very reasonable na!) We talked about what we can take out and she is very open naman. We decided to do an ocular next Saturday at Manila Polo so we will all have a better perspective. Over-all I am one very happy client and I am really looking forward to a beautiful reception because of Lala at a very reasonable price!

Next, my gown: I went to Joel Bautista last Saturday to pick-up the second set of gown designs. I wasn’t able to talk to him coz he had a client pero when I saw the designs I was amazed! He gave me three extra sketches, two of which I really, really liked, but one just stands out! It is the one I was telling him about, an off shoulder A-line gown with a lace upper body. I loved it! The back part though is something I want to talk to him about again. I want drama kasi on the train part eh, and medyo simple pa kasi yung likod ng gown. Hehehe yun na lang and I think my gown is final na!

Then the invitations: Before going to Joel last Saturday we went to Printed Matters in Q.C. Boy is it far! Pero when we saw Phoebe’s samples I was take aback! These are the kind of invites I was looking for for so long na! Not the usual engraved, ecru card you usually see. This is full colour, personally designed cards! She first showed me her samples, and explained to me her costings. Grabe she has a P20 invitation card! Imagine that! After she showed me all her works both me and Gel agreed that she is the girl who can put my ideas to life in terms of our invitations. So we quickly asked her to make a design for us. I showed her a picture of an invitation card I saw in a magazine; it’s a folded invitation with a drawing of a couple in front. She said she will design me something like it and will show me next Saturday how it will look like! Grabe super fast!! I’ll just have to e-mail her this week the data, entourage lists and all, and she can proceed to make the mock!

Lastly, the reception: After Joel Bautista we proceeded to Manila Polo to pay our security deposit. Got to talk with our AE about some other concerns we had. She seems really nice and very helpful. Hopefully she’ll stay nice until our wedding day hehehe.

Oops meron pa pala: Yesterday, Sunday, the remaining half of my entourage has finally gotten their measurements taken. I was really happy when Ofelia showed me the fabrics she has already bought. Seeing the actual fabric made me more excited than ever. Hopefully next week I’d be able to bring the flower girls in for measurement so she can start on the gowns na!

Haaay! Didn't I tell you that this was such a beautiful weekend! :)

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Created: Monday, May 02, 2005

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