Karen Pantig, started as my client, eventually a friend and now a bride-elect. Life had always been good to her. A wonderful family, a good career and a bunch of "amigas para siempre" from high school and college. Tjerk is an addition to her blessings. Of Dutch origin they've schedule their union today and together with their families and friends witnessed a new beginning in their lives. For a 2:00pm wedding we arrived at Karen's dressing venue around a quarter past eleven. Room 1201 of the Makati Shangri-la Hotel was our first stop for Karen's dressing. It's so nice a to see such an awesome ambiance in the room with everyone filled with excitement and of course with Karen's humor.
Joyce Aguilar of 2171 Floral Creations outdid herself again. Karen loved her bridal bouquet in blush pink Colombian roses and whitish pink lisanthus highlighted with snap dragons and berries. Her bouquet definitely matched the wedding gown I created for her. The flowers for the entourage was likewise beautiful. Threelogy has started to cover video footage of Karen's preparation. John Mateos Ong headed by John of course was also there in charge of photography. Karen and Tjerk's invitations made by Printsonalities was a stand out. It was my third straight wedding working side by side with make-up artist , Reniel Cadiz. I must say, consistent with his craft working with Rey Arciaga doing the hairstyles of the ladies. Who can not notice the presence of Events Expert with Jody Liwanag as their team leader.
I must agree to the fact that indeed, we were Karen's dream team. Nstra. Sra. de Gracia (Guadalupe Church) was the ceremony venue. The heat and humidity of the climate is really to reckon with. We were all helpless though we were managing the warm temperature. Anahaw fans were distributed to somehow help everyone with the warm environment. Ceremony started 5 minutes earlier but everything was ready. As the bridal march commenced, Bernie Pasamba provided the music accompaniment.
From the wedding ceremony, everyone is to proceed at the North Forbes Park Pavilion for the reception with K Cunanan as her chosen caterer. I did a Houdini again. Right after Karen has reached the altar, me and my staff left and headed back to the office to attend to other concerns. Yes she did asked me to be in the banquet. But it had always been my preference to witness the ceremony than the party. Well the reality of it all is that, every time a bride marches the aisle, my sense of relief sets in but the stress consequence also gets to me. The feeling of fatigue has taken over me.
My Best Wishes to Tjerk and Karen!
1 comment:
Joel, your creations were fabulous! Karen looked soooo beautiful! and so did the other girls you dressed. thank you!
Clara - sister of Tjerk.
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