My Last Weekend Wedding for November (Medina - de Leon Wedding, November 22, 2008)

Leo and April tied the knot today. Both working for Citibank, came to me months ago and gave me the free hand of coming up with the design for their apparels. Leo agreed on coming up with a pina-barong with sinuksok style incorporating their color motif of old rose and orange in small highlights not overpowering the base color of the pina material. The details of the barong of was inspired from the turn of the 20th century pattern with front full opening. April on the other hand opted for a Filipiniana-inspired western-styled gown using silk gazar material.


Each time they came to me, they were always accompanied by April's folk whom I find very nice, pleasant and friendly. Never a time I felt that their folks' likings were imposed nor insisted as far as the designs were concerned. This is a wedding bliss!


LEO AND APRIL'S DREAM TEAM:

Photography: Ariel Javelosa Photography
Videography: Ariel Javelosa Videography
Coordinator: Antonette Ongkiko
Hair and Make-up: Wendy Figueroa
Florist: Joyce Aguilar of 2171 Floral Creations
Invitation: Adworks
Caterer: VS&F

Bride's Dressing-up Venue: Rm 1513 Crowne Plaza Hotel
Ceremony Venue: Santuario de San Jose, East Greenhills, San Juan
Reception Venue: Wack-Wack Golf and Country Club

Wedding Vows Renewed ( Alvarez - Simbulan Wedding, November 16, 2008)

Ma'm Lynn came to see me thinking that she was to be a principal sponsor in a big wedding that I was doing weeks back. I realized she was the mother-in-law of Aimee Alvarez, a good client of mine.


Sir Fred and Ma's Lynn was celebrating their 50 years wedding anniversary and I was tasked to create a filipiniana terno in pina.
The lead time was kinda short but we tried to create a gown for her finishing the gown days before. The most fulfilling thing was the bride's expression of appreciation of the anniversary wedding gown we made for her. A sweet, well mannered, kind hearted bride along with her partner, Sir Fred for half-a-century.
Their expression of appreciation of my work was unending and I am humbled. I felt so fulfilled that this kind of client was being awarded to me to work on ther requirements. Both Sir Fred and Ma'm Lynn are real nice couple. God Bless this wonderful couple on their renewal of their marriage vows.


FRED AND LYNN'S DREAM TEAM

PHOTOGRAPHY: Digivision
VIDEOGRAPHY: Digivision
FLORIST: Flowers of May
HAIR AND MAKE-UP ARTIST: Rey Angeles
BRIDAL LIMOUSINE: Trans-Abi

BRIDE'S DRESSING VENUE: Alvarez Residence
CEREMONY VENUE: St. Andrew's Parish, Bel-Air, Makati
RECEPTION VENUE: Makati Sports Club

A Modest Wedding ( Camus - Sato Wedding, November 11, 2008)

I thought when they came to me the first time, I made a good impression. I was right and even received an e-mail from Mark about their appreciation of my accomodation to them during their inquiry. I was rewarded for that. Mark and Chiori was on a simple wedding and have commissioned me to do their wedding attires.
With 18 guests on the line, it was a real intimate wedding with just their families to witness the event.
No maid of honor, no bridesmaids, no flowergirls. Each member of the family took the task of being part of the ceremonial undertakings in a Catholic wedding. Chiori's family flew all the way from Japan and how emotional I guess it was for seeing her family fly to Manila and witness the profession of their marriage vows. Chiori and Mark are appreciative of the efforts we extended them.
Mark is Manila based working for a multinational consumer company based in Makati and he met Chiori here in Manila. I felt that despite the simplicity of this event, it was made in heaven.

MARK AND CHIORI'S DREAM TEAM:

Photography: Dino Lara Photography
Florist: Flowers of May
Rings: Naomi

CEREMONY VENUE: Chapel of Transfiguration, Caleruega
RECEPTION VENUE: Antonio's
PREPARATION VENUE: Evercrest Hotel, Room 205

The Second Wedding for the Day(Collantes - Donasco Wedding, November 8, 2008)

Me and my staff came to Reena's dressing venue earlier than my call time. We just finished assisting a bride in the morning in the same hotel. The preparation ran on a very smooth phase and had time to do a lot of picture taking. I recall doing the wedding apparel for Loi's (the grrom) brother years back. Everything went smoothly until we were on our way to the church and the traffic got on us.
It was even our first time to go to the church as we were finding our way. Luck was on our side and we got to the church a few minutes before the bridal march commenced. It was nice to see the Loi's parents again. Reena's folks was a delight as well. They were easy to please and I'm thankful for their trust on us. Reena wanted a not so traditonal wedding dress. We infused shades of green on the wedding dress as part of the embellishments. It was a long day for us. We headed back to the office as soon as the bride and groom have positioned themselves on the altar and the ceremony commenced.


LOI AND REENA'S DREAM TEAM:

PHOTOGRAPHY AND VIDEOGRAPHY: Blessing Photography
HAIR AND MAKE-UP: Danny Capistrano
FLORIST: .....and Flowers
LIMOUSINE SERVICE: BMW limousine from Bellevue Hotel


DRESSING-UP VENUE: Rm. 1701, Bellevue Hotel
CEREMONY VENUE: Holy Family Parish, BF Homes, Almanza, Las Pinas City
RECEPTION VENUE: Ballroom, Bellevue Hotel

Destined to be Married (Bautista - Alvarez Wedding, November 8, 2008)

I was informed that this wedding was originally planned to be in October. For some relevant reasons, the date was moved to an earlier date, July. We were all on the drawing board, collaborating with the couple Ping and Guila. Of course it was more on Guila's turf telling me what she wanted as far as the designs of her wedding gown along with her entire female entourage nine of whom are bridesmaids. As we were continously doing the planning, an untoward incident occured and the date was moved much later for November. Finally, the time as come I knew the deferment of the date was for the better and we pulled it off.
We were at Guila's bridal suite before seven in the morning. As expected, preparations were on its way and the mood was very relaxed. I was even got the chance to chat with Guila's mom, Shelly.

This is one wedding I will trully miss. From the bride and groom, to the moms, to all female the entourage and to think they were quite in number, we never encountered any annoying incident. They were all nice and pleasant and how we wished all of our clients will always be like them. They trusted us all the way and we didn't fail them. Guila rode in a vintage Mercedez Benz limousine proceeding to the church. She looked very radiant with her fabulously made hair and make-up comlimenting her wedding gown. The flowers were likewise beautiful. Ping looked dashing in his turn of the century designed barong which we also did. The church was packed with the couple's relatives, friends, colleagues. Despite all the changes, this was a wedding in destiny.



PING AND GUILA'S DREAM TEAM:

Photography and videography: Oly Ruiz/Metro Photography
Wedding Planner and coordinator: Chinky Uy-Agregado
Hair and Make-up: Madge Lejano for the Make-up Studio
Invitations: Printsonalities



CEREMONY VENUE: St. James the Great Parish, Ayala Alabang
RECEPTION VENUE: Bellevue Hotel
BRIDE'S DRESSING VENUE: bridal suite 1401, Bellevue Hotel