Behind-the-Scenes Pics from the Prenup Session

Now that we finally posted our prenup pics (I know, it has taken this long because it's been really hard for us to choose a hundred photos from thousands of good ones), here are the behind-the-scenes pics from that day. We really weren't planning on documenting it that thoroughly because it was such a hectic day that started early in the morning and ended late in the evening, but one of our Wedding Fairies, Clang, took my camera and just snapped away the entire time.

In hindsight, Aleq and I are super grateful that she did it, because at least we get to remember that one hot summer day. This is also a chance for us to give credit to all the people who worked hard that day to give us pictures to remember.

Thank you so much Wedding Fairies Lek and Clang, Cindy of Shu Uemura, Avril Seguin, MyPhotato/WeCelebrate, and my sis-in-law Ate Weng!

Here go the pics!

Shopping with the Wedding Fairies

Things are crazy busy and insanely hectic on our end already but I have to make this quick post about shopping for outfits for my prenup shoot with my Wedding Fairies. They are truly awesome and have really gone above and beyond what I thought they initially signed up for. I messaged Lek and Clang last Friday very randomly and last minute if they wanted to go shopping with me at Megamall, and they said yes immediately and brought along their other friend Eah to boot.

I had previously gone shopping for a few pieces here and there, but I needed to complete everything that day. Luckily, with my fairies' help, we got everything done quickly. We even got a dress for my bachelorette party and my big day preparations dress. We also had time for dinner at Savory with fiance Aleq. Here go the pics.

The night's loot

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!

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.

A Tiny Yet Incredible Wedding Favors Miracle

I've been having a horrible week so I retreated into my shell today because the world was too tough to handle. I was actually lying in bed doing nothing, with my heart literally and figuratively aching, when my phone rang its usual chiming BBM alert. It was Clang, one of our wedding fairies. As it turned out, she had a surprise for me and the fiance that really made me smile for the first time the entire day.

Such an awesome surprise!

Save the Date: Behind the Scenes

A and I can be creative thinkers, but we definitely don't have the skills to execute artsy things. This is why my Wedding Fairies really played a huge part in our Save the Date stuff. We decided to go DIY (do-it-yourself) because they're just cards, and they're not as important as the actual wedding invitation. So A and I brought supplies, and Lek and Clang came over to my dingy little Yellow Pad a few times back in September to make them. I came up with the concept, they brought it to reality. Here go the behind-the-scenes pics.

Hard at work. This was the night when we finalized the card designs.

Being Productive

Aleq and I plus our wedding fairies Lek and Clang are almost done with our first project! The girls came over to my Yellow Pad, and it was such a fun night! My wedding fairies are awesome. We ran into a bit of a speed bump however, so we're finishing up next week. What it is, I'm not going to say just yet. For now, here's a pic that my cousin Lek took that night.

First Meetup with the Wedding Fairies

Me with my Wedding Fairies!

Ever since Aleq and I got engaged, we've been offered help and given advice and tips by almost everybody. It's wonderful. We are glad for any kind of help, because let's face it - wedding planning is tough. This is why  when my cousin Lek and her friend Clang offered to help me with pretty much every aspect of the wedding that I need their help with, I said yes instantly. These architects are level-headed and creative, and since we started working together, I've taken to calling them our Wedding Fairies.

This and That

Everyday Aleq and I try to do something for the wedding, whether it's just to discuss an idea or go over the budget. We have work and bills and other things to think about, and we know we have so many months ahead of us, but we don't want to waste a single minute being unproductive. Time flies by so fast and we don't want to be left cramming. Here are a few things worth documenting wedding-wise as of late.


This is the Our Happy Day Google doc. It's an Excel file that my friend Geli sent to me that has been incredibly helpful to us. It's the one she and her fiance Pat are using, and she actually customized it for me and Aleq, which we thought was very sweet. It has tabs for the timeline, to-dos, guest list, sponsors, suppliers, on-going expenses, and a budget checklist! How cool is that? I am currently tweaking it further to indulge my obsessive-compulsive tendencies.

I recently dug out my keepsakes from the most recent weddings I attended. I made sure to keep things like invitations, photobooth pictures, thank you cards, and misalettes to serve as references for my own wedding. Seeing these actually helped me figure out what I wanted.