Felt Rose Tutorial

For those practical brides out there (and those who want a non-floral bouquet), here's a guide on how to do your own felt rose.

1. Trace your pattern on the cloth and cut accordingly. Make sure there are no pen marks. (Send me a message if you need a copy of my pattern).

2. Roll the felt starting from the outside and continue rolling (and adding glue gun from time to time) until you reach the base.

3. Make sure you don't press when you roll. Light lang dapat if you want a fuller rose.

4. The base should look like this.

And here's the finished product:

Simple huh? You don't need to be artsy to make a felt rose. You just need to be PATIENT!

You can also make a felt rose using any kind of cloth. Will post a different tutorial for that.

HMUA: Booked!

Since we don't want to spend so much on our wedding, we decided not to get high-end suppliers. We'd rather save and prepare for our married life than spend hundreds of thousands on a single day. It's just a one-day affair after all.

Now, since we've already booked most of our major suppliers, I think the next supplier I should look for is the one who can make my h2b want me even more (haha!). Syempre baka biglang mag-backout pag nakitang ang pangit ko sa araw ng kasal lol. BUT of course, I don't want to spend too much naman on make up lang. Feeling ko naman hindi extreme makeover ang gagawin sa akin so no need to look for high-end makeup artist talaga (feeling beautiful, e). Anyway, after several days of research and price comparison, we finally found our HMUA! Yey!

Peso power: PHP 8,000

What's included in the package?

Airbrush for bride, groom + 2 heads
1k for additional head
Free ang flower girls

Now, who will make me look like a Goddess on my BIG day? Syempre, the one and only ~ Tippy Destacamento! (Sa kanya nakasalalay ang simula ng buhay mag-asawa namin. Haha!)

Wedding Rings Dilemma

Last Monday, my fiance and I went to check our wedding rings at Suarez Gateway. I was really excited to see how our final rings look like. I fell inlove with them during the Getting Married Bridal Fair at SMX so even if the price is already above our allotted budget, I asked Dj if we can get them (and he said yes! Hooray!). So we book Suarez on the spot (1k lang naman ang down payment, e).

Anyway, as we see our final rings I didn't get the same feeling I had during the fair. Honestly, I was quite disappointed with the rings. The thickness is different from the mock rings we tried during the fair. The matte finish (yellow gold) was poorly done (sorry for the term, disappointed lang talaga ako). I was expecting a different look kasi hindi yung parang ini-scrape lang talaga. So I called their MOA branch last Tuesday (since SMX kami nagbook, our record is with their MOA branch daw) and told them our concerns.

Two days after, they gave us three options:
1. If we like our rings to have the same thickness as the ones they have in display, we need to pay the difference of 23k (we got our rings for 24k during the fair) plus 10k because our rings are already finished.
2. Since I didn't like the matte look of our rings, I asked them if they can polish the YG instead. Again, we need to pay a 10k additional for this request.
3. Stick with our ring.

Sobrang nakaka-disappoint!

Now, we're thinking of cancelling our order and buy in other store instead. 1k lang naman mawawala sa amin if ever, compared to the 23k if we decide to continue the purchase.

Lesson learned, always ask questions (if possible, ipalagay lahat ng details na napagusapan sa contract or receipt).