After being married for about a month now, I consider myself
as an ex-bride. As an “ex-bride”, I know the feeling of being busy for months
for that one special day. Who wouldn’t want to have a grand and beautiful wedding?
But my then-fiance and I know that we have limitations (budget is the big
issue) and so we worked hard in stretching our resources and talents to pull
out a nice wedding.
Now I looked back and I’d say, I hope I relaxed more and
maybe to not be too idealistic. After all, hindi
lahat ng gusto ko nasunod. But I can still say that I had a beautiful and
meaningful wedding. It wasn’t grand but it was beautiful in its own way. It wasn’t too hot (it rained a bit in the
afternoon). The people who love us were there and rejoiced with us. And most of
all, we know that we have given God the honor that He deserved. Our day wasn’t
really ours but His.
And so, here are my few thoughts on my wedding preparation.
I hope that my future bride-friends would be inspired and would learn something from this.
Negative:
*I wish I spent less on “little things”. I spent hours in
researching and managed to create a folder of ideas for our wedding. I
discussed them with my then-fiance and with my friends as well. The researching
is good but I guess some of the ideas were not really that important.
Remember: Things can be simpler but grand on its way.
*I wish I did not just research on wedding ideas but on
wedding forums as well. Maybe I was able to get great deals from good
suppliers. Yes, I had mistakes on just trusting people in Divisoria for my
wedding gown! (Beware of Nikki’s Bridal Shop in 168-they cannot be trusted!)
Remember: Ask questions. Research. Read.
Positive:
* DIYs. It stretched
my artistic abilities (if there’s-any). My mom helped a lot with my projects. I
would do the model and she would mass produce it for me. And I think we did a
good job J
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| DIY Pillow |
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| DIY Cord. |
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| My mom made all of these. Nagkanda pasopaso ang mga kamay nya! |
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| Boutonnieres--nakailang revise din ito! :P |
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| My idea--but my mom did all these paper designs for the wedding ceremony. |
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| We collected wine bottles for the VIP table and transported 21 chunks of wood from Quezon! |
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| My mom and I made all the bottles for table numbers and LOVE design. |
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| I made these Mr and Mrs Sign |
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| DIY Bible Cover |
*Booking early. We
had discounts and freebies because we booked early! (There is a disadvantage with this also pero
mas maraming advantage!) Better start early than ma-stress kapag malapit na. We
also had our pre-nup shoot done early so we are still looking fresh J
Hehehe
Remember: Do know what you want ahead of time. Pick a theme
and decide on your venue (church, garden, backyard etc). Determine the number
of your guests so that you’ll know what venue to choose.
*Buying stuff that we
could use again. I had two shoes for my wedding but I can use them both in
many occasions. I chose brown for the high-heels. I can use it in the office
and formal occasions. I chose the celebracion fleur of suelas—it was comfy and
beautiful! Hindi sila mukhang wedding shoes.
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| Got this on sale and then my then-fiance gave me a flat shoes as a wedding gift. Check the Suelas for Celebracion. They have 3 designs for flat shoes. |
Nems chose his own suit-with the idea in mind that he'll be able to to
use them all again—shoes, suit, the tie etc. Hindi sayang.
We bought little decorative-stuff that we can use again.
(Yeah, we bought many—which is a mistake pero we can still use them naman. So
wala pa ding sayang).
Remember: Expensive isn’t always bad—but make sure you’d use
them again ;)
*Find friends in the
wedding industry. I guess, I was
blessed to have friends in the wedding industry that I can asked. My
coordinator is a friend of mine in college (Styled Celebration by Kits Diaz) and
she referred me a supplier for photo and video (JP Recodo for PHOTO|GRAPH).
Kits and my two friends in college went with me in Mt. Manalmon
Remember: Friends can help you (whether or not they are in the industry).
Remember: Friends can help you (whether or not they are in the industry).
*Finding the right
venue and caterer. It was really a blessing to have known Shekinah Dishes.
They do event styling for free and they were easy to talk with.
Remember: It is not just the food you know.
Remember: It is not just the food you know.
Now here’s my first take on weddings and the life after it. I want to share
more but this is getting long. But I do hope it will help in some ways on your
preparation. Enjoy the preparation!!! :)
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