More Wedding Photos (Alex Ruelo)

Since Alex does not maintain a blog of his own for his wedding photos (I mean, none that I know of) I'm posting some of my favorite photos taken by him during our wedding.

Event Malditas - A Very Late Review

Wedding Coordinator: Event Malditas
Cost: 12,000 (with discount for being a w@w member :))
Rating: 5+++

It's been 8 months since we got married, and it's only now that I'm finally finally finishing all our supplier reviews. This is the last one, but as they say.. Last but not the least.

Our wedding coordinators are Event Malditas, again, another one of our amazing suppliers that we got from w@w :)

Church and Flowers

On photographs and videos. A review. :)

During our wedding preps, we were hell bent on following our original wedding budget. It was something that we really wanted to do because 1. We don't really want to spend too much on a single-day event 2. We don't really have that much money to begin with. Haha. 

Anyhows, so we looked for cheap but really good suppliers, and we definitely found them in Imagine Nation Photography and Aisle 1401.

From Black to Gold(?). Our wedding rings review.

Supplier: OROCHER JEWELLERY
Price: 23,000 (something.)
Payment scheme: Paid down of 10% and then paid the remaining balance monthly for 12 months via deposit to their account.
Rating: 1.5 stars?

Review: Hair and Make-up

1. Chinky Tanjangco
    Rating: Perfect 5! +++++++++++++
    Website: https://www.facebook.com/CJTProfessionalMakeupArtistry?fref=ts
    Cost: P8,500 (Traditional makeup for the bride and groom only)

Changing HMUA.

Have posted before that our HMUA for our entourage will be Allen Gyan, but just today I received an email from her, saying she no longer can make it to our wedding since she'll be staying in Australia for one more month. She gave her personal reasons and I totally understand her side. (Reasons won't be posted, since it's not my story to tell.)

Anyway, the good thing is, she found a replacement for her before she emailed me. She already confirmed the other HMUA and everything is already finalized. Our new HMUA now is Kaye Misajon. :)

Kudos to Allen for handling the situation in a very professional way. I do wish her the best and to her family as well.

No stress at all. :)

Reception checklist :)

We just got home from our meeting with our AE in Enderun, Iyette. We just love her! She's very accommodating and never pa kami nastress or nagworry with anything na reception supplier related. :)

Anyway, we finally paid half of our contract price, decided on table layouts, buffet tables, the kiosk, the final menu and a lot of small stuff.

I'm really glad we're moving along smoothly. We just need to go back in August to pay the remaining balance, and then we're done. :D

To Infinity and Beyond! :)

So, have mentioned before that my entourage will be using the Infinity dress, there's just so many plus points that this dress gives you:

1. It's definitely cheaper, with the cost ranging from 700 to 800Php
2. It's very versatile, if you want your entourage with different styles, then this is perfect.
3. They have a wide range of colors, good for any motif.
4. And the last one, you can still wear it after the wedding! Actually for me that's the best part, since the money that we'll be spending won't go to waste. :D

The Perfect Suit

Jam and I went back to Divisoria last Saturday to make his first fitting of his suit. We were really not expecting much, maybe a little adjustments here and there, and definitely not expecting that we'll be bringing his suit home with us then. 

When he finally did his fitting, we were both surprised that the suit was a perfect fit. The pants were measured to the last inch, and it was the best fitted pants he had worn. EVER. Hehe!

And oh boy, did he look good. :)

Dresses, Dresses, Dresses and a Coat. (Our Divisoria Trip Part 3)

Went back to Divisoria today to finally get Jam's measurements for his Coat attire, since he already made a decision on what he's going to wear. Me on the other hand, went there to still look for that perfect dress.

We went around, even went to Tutuban mall this time, but found nothing nice there. Went to 168, went to all the boutiques there, since the displayed dresses have changed. I tried on 3 dresses and we had to pick which tops our list. Only have a pic of the first dress I tried on, since after that Jam's phone died on us. Darn.

On Drapes, Flowers and Being a Sponsor :)

Since shooting our engagement photos in Enderun last month, Jam and I we're bugged by the idea that our guests may sit and cook under the morning sun during our reception since the ceiling of Enderun has some glass panes.

We've been toying with the idea of putting drapes on the ceiling, but was hesitant since I didn't want the beautiful ceiling to be covered. Plus the fact that it was not included in our original budget. We first asked quotation from our original florist, Full Blooms, but surprise surprise, the quotation was WAY WAY WAAAAAAYYYYYY more than what we can afford, like 5 times more.

Praline Balls ... yum.yum.yum.

When we attended the wedding fair in SMX this year, we passed by this chocolate booth with a very funny and uber friendly owner. It was the first time I heard of Villa Del Conte (https://www.facebook.com/pages/Villa-Del-Conte/208401809195513?ref=ts) and in 5 minutes I was in love (with both the chocolate and the owner, Vince. hehe)

HMUA.

After searching and inquiring and booking and cancelling, we have finally booked our HMUAs for our wedding.

READ: HMUAs

One more to go!!

Finally booked the last of our important suppliers today. :)

Took advantage of the holiday, and went to Full Blooms office in Makati to finalize our flowers with Ate Inah, she gave us a lot of discounts and helped us in choosing the right colors and flowers. She's very easy to talk to and very considerate of our tight-tight budget. LOL.

Uhg. Feeling the pressure.

Been researching and inquring on HMUA for the past month already, and I think I've just had enough. This HMUA is getting more complicated than I thought it would be.

I never though it would be this hard trying to choose a makeup and hair artist. I mean really. I thought it would be as easy as booking our reception venue, our photographer and our photobooth. But it's not. My list is getting longer and longer and longer, and the cost is getting higher and higher and higher.

I really don't know what I'm supposed to do now. I don't want to research anymore, and I have tons of packages that I can't keep up.

I need to organize, and lay them out in a spreadsheet, and go back to what I'm looking for: Fresh makeup, with perfect brows and amazing eyes.

I hope I can book my HMUA and my entourage's HMUA soon. Cause the stress and the pressure is getting to me. Ugh!

Oh I think this is it :)

3 months into full wedding planning, and I think I can say now, that the hardest part in planning is not researching or inquiring or asking for quotes from different suppliers. It's not even deciding whom to get. I think it's the part when you have to pay the down payment and sign the contract. 

It's just so final. So binding. And you have this nagging thought at the back of your mind, what if we're making the wrong decision?

This is exactly why last Wedding fair, we managed to book only one supplier. LoL. 

Based on our past decision, we have booked suppliers based on our blink decisions. Based on that feeling when you say, "Oh I think this is it!"..

Budget Gown

Now that most of the major suppliers are booked (re: reception and photographer.) I'm now just jumping from one checklist to another, just sending away emails when I can, though not really giving much though to it.

Photographer Done!

After lots and lots and lots of research, and spending hours on end creating and updating our spreadsheet for photographers, we finally decided on the first name on our list (BLINK decision, here we go again!).

We finally booked Imagine Nation last saturday at the SMX Wedding Fair!!

Venue DONE!

Trusting on our BLINK decision, we paid our down payment for the reservation of our future reception venue. ENDERUN Colleges. :)

Here's a sneak peak of the venue.(More pictures to come after I get them from Jam :))