Final Food Tasting and Dress Check

Last February 10 was yet another busy Sunday for me and the fiance. We were all over Manila, but we were just glad we were getting things done.

The first order of business that day was our final food tasting at our caterer, Josiah's. We already had a general food tasting last August, but this one was the part where we got to choose from their menu items and make our own menu for our wedding. We found out that their office is in alien Marikina, and luckily, my brother and sis-in-law live just a block away from their office - they could show us the way and we wouldn't get lost. We met up with my sis-in-law Ate Weng at SM Marikina, and she was only supposed to show us the way to the place, but we ended up taking her along because we were almost late and we didn't have the time to drop her off at her house. We were actually glad she came with us because she's such a picky eater that there were actually weddings that she attended where she only ate bread and soup because she didn't like the food. She was our impromptu tie-breaker.

So Aleq, Ate Weng, and I got there, met up with our banquet and events consultant Karla, and she had the food served to us immediately. We were served small portions since it was just a food tasting and we brought an unannounced person with us, heh. Still, we were all pretty stuffed afterwards and couldn't finish the food! Friends, because of this, we're pretty sure you won't go hungry at our wedding.

Raspberry iced tea. Aleq likes it, I like dalandan juice, so we got both. 

Angelicum and UST Visit

Last January 7, Aleq and I planned on paying his high school, Angelicum, a visit to get his confirmation document. When his family heard about it though, they asked to come with us. They also asked to visit UST, our university and the church we're getting married in, because it was in the area anyway. They arranged everything - schedule, itinerary. How could we say no? We're happy that they are all being very supportive and are actually excited for the wedding!

So Aleq's mom Tita Inty, his dad Tito Fort, uncle Chitoy, aunt Winnie, cousin Aielle, Mima his grandma, Aleq, and I all hied off to QC and Manila that Sunday. We went to Angelicum first, and I was thrilled to see Aleq's old school for the first time. He got his confirmation document in 5 minutes flat, so we spent a bit of time looking around and reminiscing. He enjoyed it a lot with his family because they had a lot of memories there - first communion, confirmation, graduations, etc. We also dropped by the Santo Domingo church beside the school where he had his confirmation and said a little prayer.

Aleq's confirmation doc

He wanted to take this picture because he said they weren't allowed to hop on that ledge and sit there when he was in school.

Julls in Angelicum! wOOt wOOt!

General Meetup with the Wedding Fairies

I cannot believe I forgot to post this! The pictures somehow disappeared in the bottom of a pile of other pics in my super messy notebook. Anyway, before the Will You Be My project, my wedding fairies and I met up at the start of the year - January 8, to be exact - to line up all the projects we need to accomplish for the wedding. It was one big brainstorming session so that we could just check items off the list as we go along. We had dinner first at Milky and Sunny (Aleq and I had to feed them, you know) and then we worked until the wee hours as usual at the Yellow Pad. Clang ended up sleeping over with Lek - it was fun. Like I said before, I can't live without my wedding fairies! Love them.

So many ideas!

Suit Designer - Check!

I've been telling stories about my side of things, but it's time I tell the boy's stories too. Aleq is really busy with work though, so it's up to me to post things.

So as you know, designer Edwin Uy and his team are making my wedding gown. The fiance checked out their suits before, but took his time deciding on his suit-maker because he just wanted to be sure about what he wanted. Last January 7, he finally decided and went with Edwin Uy too.

We headed there after one really hectic day at the office so we got there really late, but assistant designer Jeon and the rest of the team were still able to accommodate us. They're awesome. I didn't take pics when Jeon was taking my measurements anymore, but I did take pics of Aleq's suit swatches.

Navy without flash (it was dark in the showroom)

A Day with My Girls

Last January 20, I spent a day with my girls - specifically, my bridesmaids, junior bridesmaid, flower girl, and my future mother-in-law. The dressmaker had to take their measurements, and my brilliant sis-in-law, Ate Weng, thought of inviting them over to her and my brother's house in Marikina. We all met up at Coffee Bean and Tea Leaf in Araneta and convoyed to the house.

It was a lot of fun having everyone there! Most of my girls actually know each other already (they somehow met at my Yellow Pad and my parties over the years), but I'm glad the ones who didn't know each other do now. Ate Weng and Kuya Manny prepared a feast for us. There was baked mac, bopis, sweet and sour fish, laing, gising gising, sinigang na hipon, and fruit salad. It was funny because we were going to get measured for our dresses, and our tummies were so full! I also gave them my Will You Be My cards that day and we discussed what shoes they needed to get, what kind of jewelry, how their hair should look, etc. The meetup was a really great idea because I got to address everyone's questions in one go. Oh and our junior groomsman and ring bearer were there too, so that was really cool as well.

Thank you so much to my girls (aka my official beeyatches haha) Lek, Hazel, Sheva, Cielo, Mel, also to Aleq's mom Tita Inty and cousin Aielle, plus my cousin Ate Bing and kids Cyrene, Kyle, Carlos for giving me a bit of their time today. Thanks as well to my friends' hubbies JP and Felix, and also to Kuya Edgar, my dressmaker, for going all the way to Marikina. Most of all, thanks to my sis-in-law Ate Weng, my bro Kuya Manny, and nephew Rein for organizing and hosting this mini-party - they're the best! We missed you, Sheila, Emz, and Hilda!

Aielle, our Junior Bridesmaid and Aleq's cousin, in front of the food smorgasbord, heh.

My Wedding Shoes

So darn perfect!

I'm so happy right now, I'm going to ramble on and on about this for sure. Don't say I didn't warn you! It's because I got my wedding shoes today! It's actually a long story, so here we go.

Will You Be My: Behind the Scenes

I don't know where I'll be without my Wedding Fairies. Seriously! Aleq and I are so lucky to have Lek and Clang. We think up stuff, they execute, and we all have fun while doing it too.

After the Save-the-Date project came the Will-You-Be-My project. A and I wanted to take asking our entourage a step further, and thought we would just formalize it with cards. Well, those cards were no joke to make! Lek and Clang came over last January 19, and we ended up working all day and staying up all night.

I wanted my bridesmaid cards to include sketches of the dresses. I also wanted a card that would detail the bridesmaids' "duties", as well as provide them a peg for their shoes. A, on the other hand, wanted his groomsman cards to be non-emo and totally dude. Plus he wanted the set of cards to include a Magic: The Gathering card with a peg the groomsmen could use so they know their suit and shirt colors and also to tell them that we are providing the ties.

We took inspiration from Pinterest of course, and found a way to do the cards with our theme. The fiance came up with the Magic card (he used the FalseBlue Magic Card Generator), while I came up with some rhymes to this text I found online, and switched up the words here and there to make them more me (there are a lot of versions out there). I told Lek and Clang what I wanted in terms of layout and such, and they Photoshopped designs like it was nothing. The printing part was the hardest! The pencil sketches looked too faint and those darn Magic cards wouldn't print back-to-back at first. In the end, we got through it! Thank you so much Lek and Clang! Now on to our next projects!

A and I are no slave drivers haha. We make sure Lek and Clang are well-fed - that's actually part of our verbal contract, that we feed them every time LOL. Bacon and spinach Tuscany pizza from Pizza Hut FTW!

Behold my stack of wedding mags.

Will you be my bridesmaid? Will you be my groomsman?

Hey girls!

Yo dudes!

A closer look at the details after the jump. 

Dressmaker - Check!

Hello! It's been a while. So where have we been? Well life recently threw us for a loop, but we're all good and now really in the thick of wedding preparations. Just because nothing has been happening on this blog doesn't mean nothing has been happening in real life. We've managed to get stuff done, so finally, here's an update.

First of all finding a dressmaker for my entourage dresses and my reception dress: done. My awesome sister-in-law, Ate Weng, knew this guy, Edgar Basilan, who runs a dress shop called The Secret Creations. The fiance and I met up with my sis-in-law, brother, and nephew and paid the dressmaker a visit last December 23. 

It was a good first meeting. I showed him my peg for the entourage dress, and also my reception dress. We talked about the dress details and then we picked swatches. The fiance also looked at swatches for his suit, though he ended up not getting Edgar's services for it.