The Wedding Bells

So, its already June. The wedding month. So, I decided to post about my own wedding who happened last March 12, 2016. Let me share to you how we planned our wedding without hiring a Wedding Planner/Coordinator. I planned it myself of course with the help of the then-fiance. We don't have the kilig to the bones wedding proposal [he didn't propose actually], it was a mutual decision. We just feel that this is it. This is the right time to make our relationship to the next level. We just feel in our heart that this is God's perfect time to seal our relationship with God's blessing. October 2015 when we woke up one morning and feel that we want to really spend the lifetime together. We first inform our parents about our plans and the next thing we did is to look for the venue, when will be the date, who will be the part of the entourage and how much will be our budget. The Pamamanhikan was scheduled on the 8th of November 2015 but before that day came we already had a concrete plan for the wedding.

Wedding Ceremony

This is not the place where we met or where I said yes when he ask me to be his girlfriend or his wife. This church has nothing to do with our 8 years relationship except that this church is one of the churches we visited during a Visita Iglesia back in 2012. And for no particular reason, we just love it. We just love the solemness, the size (its not too big nor too small), it was a not too old, it's facing the Laguna Bay (huh?), nothing... we just love it. I can't explain, I just feel its magic. What we loved most about it, honestly, is the parking space. Hahaha. We just want to have a church that have a spacious front to park the vehicle of the people who will attend our wedding and the main reason is I really wanted to have a photo of us outside the church with the bridal car. So after March 12, 2016, we can say that this special church is where we say our I dos. It will become a special part of our lifetime relationship.

Immaculate Conception Parish 

Los Baños, Laguna

Wedding Preparation & Reception

We first saw this venue when my cousin April got married last December 2012. We love how spacious is this place. We love the garden. After looking for some other venues to considered we still end up here. Like the church, we just love it for no reason at all. They offered a free room for the preparation so we decided to used this place.

Lina's Orchard   

Bangkal Road, Lopez Village, Los Baños, Laguna

Wedding Ring

Before the Pamamanhikan day came, we already talk to an old high school friend named Mille Pangantihon, who owned the Calamba Jewelry . Wedding ring is the first thing we inquire for the wedding. It's an investment. We already bought a wedding ring from a cousin which he bought in Riyadh but we didn't like it and it doesn't fit our fingers anymore [oh that's gaining weight]. At first we wanted it to be melt (tunaw) to make new one but mom recommend to just order a new one. We met once and our next conversation was thru text or Facebook messaging. We decided to just start the production of the ring by January 2016 because they say it only takes a month to finish the ring. [baka kasi pag gagawin agad, di kami makapagpigil, isuot agad namin hahaha]. I search the net for the design and finally here it is. For the groom we decided to put just one stone.

Theme & Motif

This is never a question. There will be no arguing happened. We just know.Since we both love the color BLUE, we picked it as the motif of the wedding. AQUA BLUE to be exact.The theme, was a traditional wedding. No more arte. Just plain and simple traditional wedding.We really want a laid back wedding because we have a tight budget.

 
That's the first four concrete plan we have before the Pamamanhikan day came, it was an afternoon of November 8, 2015 when his family met my family. It was a great feeling that they don't have nothing to argue about and they let us to decide what we want for our wedding. They just let us know that they are behind us and supporting us all the way they can.One of his Tita owned a catering services and we decide to get their services. We can save a lot and we know they serve great foods. And his other Tita and her husband, they will be one of the  Sponsor on our wedding offered us that they will provide all the floral arrangements on the wedding for free, that will be their gift for us. [yes, another savings].  The only question arise is "Sinong maghahatid kay Bunek/Cris?". I answered "Si Mommy lang po at ang picture ni Papa". What do I mean by that is this.... 

Saw this on the wedding of Isabel Oli and John Prats. Photo by Niceprint Photography

 "We know you'd be here today, if heaven weren't so far away"

Aww... we missed you so much Papa... Please walk with us in your spirit.

And we decided to do the same. Mommy will walk me down the aisle with Papa in our hearts.

And I will start to look for a pendant to put the picture of my Papa.

And that will be it.... The wedding planning really starts... Its time to inform the family on who will be part of the Wedding Entourage... Look for the suppliers and ideas on how to make our wedding memorable.

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