Our Registration Table

I didn’t expect that Quidos, our caterer will put lots of wedding details in our registration table. If I only knew we didn’t put much effort in adding more as it was okay already for me. (Less work, more budget, haha!), hubby and I just doesn't want it to look too blank. Anyway, hubby and I really enjoyed doing it (well more me on that side) so it's okay. All the frames, pinwheels the letter boxes were all our labor of love.

Materials Used: Frames, Jar, Pinwheels, Letter boxes, Ribbons, Pink Bucket

Sadly, our photographers wasn't able to capture all our DIY's, huhu, I should've reminded them to do that.
























Side Kwento's...

We initially colored the letters silver but it didn't quite look good so we changed it to the closest color that we've got to the theme. Much better than Silver.

Testing our crafty side

We also added “Guess How Many Kisses Game” upon registering. That’s why there's a jar of Kisses in the table. The winner was announced after the party. We saw that all our guests were excited to know who the lucky guesser is; they all wanted the jar of Kisses. The lucky winner was my Maid of Honor’s boyfriend Jeck. Btw, Kaye, my MOH was 2 months pregnant on my wedding so I believe Jeck won the prize because of the lucky baby. :)

Winner!

DIY Table Number, PinWheel in a Bottle and Madlibs

We decided to use some pictures from our 2nd prenup as our table numbers. We also added Pinwheel in a bottle and wedding mad libs in the table to keep them busy while waiting for us. We bought colored pens for them to use. It’s also cheaper if you have your own printer and print the photos and mad libs on your own. As you can see, the details of the design is very easy, we just wanted to add more to the theme and I guess we did a pretty good job despite of the rush and the budget.

Here's more during the preps...

Materials used:
Picture Frame
Ribbons (Pink, Gray and Teal)
Bottles
Paper Doily
Colored Pens
Card Stock for the madlibs

DIY Wedding Invitation

We are very proud sharing with you our wedding invitation. We wanted a non traditional invite for our wedding and wanted not to splurge much for it. 

Materials were bought in National Bookstore. Hal was in-charge of measuring the size of the layout and I am in-charge of the design using Photoshop. Hal assisted me with printing and cutting. We used Epson L800 for printing. 

Pros: 

More bonding time for the couple

Will enhance your Photoshop skills

You can easily update your invitation details

You’ll save a lot of bucks

Cons:

Possible petty fights if your hubby doesn’t want to cooperate or lazy 

You’ll get a bit frustrated if you wasn’t able to achieve your desired style and design

You’ll get sleepless nights in cutting and working on it 

Overall, I am happy with the results. We also spent less than 1,000Php for our invites, so it’s very worth the effort. It’s just a simple invite but we've made it out of love. 

DIY Wedding Pin Wheel

Whimsy Pin Wheel :)

To make our theme more whimsy, I decided to add pinwheels to the theme. So I decided to create pinwheels for my entourage.

Materials Used:

1. Wrapping Paper Book
2. Glue
3. Stick Balloons – Cut in half
4. Buttons
5. Ruler, Pencils and Scissors

First thing to do is to resize your papers into squares. I also wanted to have prints on both sides so I brush some glue and stick 2 different patterns together.

Trace four diagonal lines from the corners of the squares towards the center. Make sure not to cut farther to the center. Make sure to leave few centimeters, I estimate it depending on how far the fold will reach the center.  (1 and a half inch for me I guess)

After you cut all sides, fold on the same side working clockwise to the center of the square then glued it on.

I glued the button on top and glued the stick on the back.

As you’ll notice, my pinwheel will not turn. I decided to have it the easy way since it’s created purely as my wedding decoration. If you want your pinwheel to be fully functional, you can use pins and push it in a wooden stick. I'll be adding more soon for the decors.

Happy Preps :)

DIY Wedding Send Off Shakers

Celebration shakers is one thing to add noise and festivity as we make our way back down the aisle

A very easy DIY for your wedding.

Materials used:

1. Balloon Sticks – Cut in half
2. Ribbons – (Colors of your motif)
3. Bells
4. Glue gun and glue stick
5. Silver string (tied to the bell before gluing)

I used silver strings, tied it to my bells first then I cut the ribbon my desired lengths. I glued everything on top together with the bells. Very easy!

100 Days Left and our First Prenup Shoot

It's 100 days to go before the big day! 

Yey and I am now ready to share you our first prenup photos by DPS team! The main photographer is a friend so this is an almost freenup pictorial session. He gave us a very special rate as they are just building their portfolio. They are Laguna-based photographers so we decided to go all the way to Pagsanjan for a shoot. Our photographer is the one who selected the location. We paid 20Php per person for the entrance but the guard charged us another 500Php because of the prenup shoot.

I also do not have HMUA because I’m saving my prenup HMUA package for our official prenup session with our main photographer. After a very tough decision, I decided to do my own make up. Sadly, I’m not good in fixing my hair so as you can see; it’s just how it is. I also do not wear make up all the time but thanks to plenty of online tutorials and confidence of course, I was able to pull it off. Oh I just love the result of my effort! Okay, next time I'll learn how to apply fake eyelashes so I can add more volume on it, and will learn some contouring or maybe just enroll to a make-up class. Haha! Any way I am just so proud of myself here! 

The gown I used here was borrowed from my officemate. She wore it just once at our God’s and Goddesses themed party in the office. I bought the floral headwear from Divisoria. We tag 2 of our friends along to be our critic, to help us with our outfits and stuffs and to be more relaxed during the shoot. 

All pictures here are RAW files from our photographers but I enhanced it a bit using Photoshop. 

As you can see, the hue of the photos below are more vibrant yellow-ish color. The pictures below were taken by the 2nd photographer, and obviously my favorite shots were from this set. 

Since we are into balloon business, we brought some spare balloons and incorporate it in our prenup shots.

After our late lunch together with the gang, we went straight to Liliw for a shoe hunt. And that ended our trip.

Prenuptial pictorial especially if it’s outdoor is very tiring!  Remember to bring hydration along and wear a sunscreen. I realized I got tanned after the day. Better to do your prenup on weekdays so lesser people around.

It’s exhausting yet it was fun especially if you have cool and professional photographers with you that will help you with the poses. It’s also an advantage if you’re good in posing and playing with the camera but for me, even I'm watching ANTM, applying was not that easy. Hal seemed more relaxed than me; I need to do better on our next prenup. Can't wait.

Photographer: Dream Pictures Studio (DPS) by Jonathan Sieras

Venue: Japanese Garden, Caliraya Laguna

2nd DIY: Will You Be Our Ninong/Ninang Card

We decided to just edit our Save The Date card to be our Will You Be Cards for our Ninong and Ninang. The envelopes were DIY-ed too. We also printed small version of our monogram for the envelope seal. We wanted our future Ninongs and Ninangs to have these printed invites to make it extra special. We personally gave these to them upon informing them about the marriage. :)

First DIY: Save The Date

The first DIY is our Save The Date card. After hours of browsing the net for idea and design, I fell in love with the minimalist yet cute design from from Weddingchicks.com. So I decided that instead of creating one, I downloaded the free invitation template and had it customized using Photoshop. It’s really an easy job because I love Photoshop editing is very used to it. Hal approved it immediately! We just had it forwarded to our friends and relatives via Facebook instead. Not only that we save a few bucks, paperless is Earth friendly. :)