Booked Suppliers

Our wedding is set on May 2014, but as early as now, I want to book all the majors suppliers. First because I'm excited (I don't deny it naman) and second, because of the price lock. This is the first thing that I learned from my fellow b2b's in GT and w@w. Since majority of the suppliers will most likely increase their rates in 2014 (again), it would be beneficial for us to book them while they still have their 2013 (or 2012) rates.

Here's the list of our (booked) suppliers:

Caterer: 
Purpledish - I got a very good rate from Chef V. Plus the food is great! Sayang lang he didn't give me a free cake.

Here are some of the pics from our FT last January:

soup

dessert (cake + pastries)

nakain na namin yung food namin kaya nakipicture na lang. haha!

mock set up by Stylento

Photographer: 
Pictratto - booked them during Feb bridal fair at SMX. We got them for 15k only. Full wedding coverage, 2-3 photographers, prenup (fusion), 10 prints. They are the cheapest na during the fair but their works are really good. What a steal di ba?

Rings: 
Suarez -we originally plan to buy our wedding rings in Ongpin para mura. But we saw a very nice ring from Suarez with only 1k deposit so book them on the spot (SMX fair din). The rings come with a free diamond each and engraving. We also got a free cake slicer (with engraving din). Yey!

Here's our ring (from Suarez website):

I asked them to make the YG matte instead. Free naman daw ipa-customize.

Venue:
Alpadi Estate - pencil booked them for our May 2014 wedding. Will do an ocular first with the churches of Antipolo before confirming the booking.

The entire place can accommodate up to 300 guests. And since we only have 150 guests, perfect talaga to. I grabbed some pics from Alpadi's website:

the venue is perfect for my vintage garden wedding!

covered area malapit sa bangin

Church:
OLA in Marikina - calendar for 2014 weddings will open on May 2013 pa.
St. Therese Church in Masinag - haven't visited the place yet. Sana makaramdam ako ng this is it feeling.

To book:
Videographer
HMUA

Hopefully, I can book all the major suppliers by March. So I can start with our Save the Date and invitations na rin. Excited ako, eh!

Felt Bouquet: The beginning of my DIY adventure

I've been busy reading articles and tutorials on how to make felt rose. It took me a while to find the perfect pattern and materials (and some motivation to start this project).

Here are the materials I used for my trial bouquet:

Red felt cloth
Styro ball (small)
Glue gun + glue stick
Pearl buttons

I tried a two-color bouquet. I'm not good in combining colors so I decided to  use red and cream .

Cream rose as the center.

Here's a close up of the pearl button I bought in Taytay. 

I wasn't able to buy green felt so there are no leaves yet. Also, the bouquet is only halfway done (no stem/handle). Will post updated pics as soon as it's finished. :)

The Felt Cloth Adventure

Early this month, my fiancé and I went to Divisoria to look for supplies for our DIY's. I want to start doing my felt bouquet first so we decided to visit Ilaya (mura daw dito ang felt cloth, eh).

We're not from Manila so we had a hard time looking for the place. Even with a map on hand, we still got lost. So we asked for directions instead. Unfortunately, the people we asked didn't know where to buy fabrics in Ilaya as well. They kept telling us to go back to 168 mall (ha? e sila na nga tong nasa Manila!). So we kept walking and asking for directions until we finally arrived at our destination. Although there are many fabric stores in Ilaya, I was able to find only one merchant of felt cloth (forgot the store name pa! But at least we were able to find one before losing our mind sa init, kakahanap at sa dami ng tao >.<).

I bought 6 different colors: pink, red, peach, cream, ivory and gray, with 1 yard each for my trial bouquet. I'm happy with the colors that I purchased. However, when we got home, it is when I realized I forgot to buy green felt  for the leaves. Booo! me = fail

 
Anyway, we also visited Tabora (next to Ilaya) to buy beads, wires, and other tools for our accessories (cord, bouts, etc). We didn't explore the other stores in Tabora except for Wellmanson since we are both tired already.

Next time we visit Ilayat and Tabora, I'll buy more felt (color green is on my top list now), burlap and other tools/accessories.

It all started here...

I always wanted to make my own blog but I don't know how to start. I can't think of any interesting topics to share the internet. My life is boring, I don't have a talent, I don't have a business, I'm not into photography and most importantly, I don't know how to write. booo! >.<

So, why start now? Last December 2012, I got engaged with the love of my life. We started out as friends in high school, then we became lovers in college, and now that we're both professionals, we are ready to become one (sorry, sobrang cheesy!) Anyway, I want to monitor the progress of our wedding preps and to share everyone my DIY's. Yes, I plan to DIY most of the items we need on our wedding. I love crafts, and we want to be practical (so definitely, there's going to be a lot of DIY's).

Disclaimer: This is a personal blog. There might be entries here that are not wedding-related. Please manage your expectations. :)