Our Ceremony Venue

As I have mentioned in one of my previous posts, St. Jerome was really not our first choice. But it turned out ok na rin because what really matters is that Joe and I are finally married.

My rating: (so-so)

I opted for St. Jerome because I wasn't into big churches. I wanted an intimate wedding and I didn't want to feel na aalog-alog kami sa church. Look at the picture below. Mukhang puno naman di ba?

They were affordable also though they had an accredited florist and you just had to choose among their packages. We were aiming for simplicity so we just chose the basic arrangement plus I wanted the door to be decorated. Unfortunately, we were not able to clarify the closing of the door before the bridal march. With the arch of flowers, it was not possible to close the door. Syempre, we found out lang on the day itself na. I was just so happy I didn't care anymore. Pero sayang sana yung effect.

Some other problems that we encountered:

1) Strict with the dress code (I think if you will bring your won priest, pwede makalusot yung mga tube and spag strap dresses)- bawal daw sleeveless and mga revealing styles. I wasn't into wearing shrugs or boleros so we decided on an off-shoulder design. Initially, hindi din daw pwede yun! I almost broke down because my gown was almost finished at that time! Well, to the rescue ang aking ever reliable husband. He talked to the priest mismo and guess what! Yung priest pa mismo yung nagsabi sa akin na ok na daw yung gown ko. Ang galing talaga ni Joe!

2) Minsan medyo masungit yung parish secretary - well pwede palagpasin yung mga comments nya so I will not elaborate on this anymore.

3) Soloist was so difficult to contact - I think her name was Sugar. Even our coordinator got stressed with her! Ang tagal niya sumagot sa email, texts and calls. When we finally got a hold of her, dagdag problema pa because hindi daw nila alam yung ibang songs na gusto ko. I didn't want to choose from their usual line up kasi common songs na plus wala namang significance sa amin ni Joe. My mother in law was able to find a back up but since it was a day before our wedding already, she wasn't able to study the songs na. Yung bridal march ko tuloy and even the processional song were canned music. No one told me na ganun na nga. I guess they didn't want me to be stressed anymore.

Some more church pictures...

Our Invites

My supplier reviews will be in no particular order. Kung sino na lang feel ko i-review at the moment.

I'll start with our invites. We got ours from Alliana's Printshop in Recto. Here is the final product...



Joe and I spent one Sunday morning with Mommy and Ate Mayette (our coordinator) scouting for a good invitation supplier. I was thinking that prices in Recto would be so much cheaper. Well, there were designs that cost low but we didn't like the style or material that much. There were some shops that made invites comparable to those you see in malls but the prices don't differ that much anymore and we didn't want to spend a lot on our invites. Alliana's was actually recommended by Ate Mayette. Alliana's was able to make some nice invites for another client of Ate Mayette, hence the recommendation.

So what's my final verdict?

My rating:

If they got everything right the first time, they would have passed my standards. Unfortunately, we had a page reprinted and we still had to pay for it. Our invites had 3 inserts: the main invite, the entourage page and the rsvp card. The main page was supposed to have a yellow border. When we saw the quality of the final product, Joe and I were so disappointed. They only pasted the main paper on the yellow border. It would have been ok if they were careful and if the finished product was clean and pulido. Since the main paper was pasted, bubbles formed and you could see that the sheet was not flat and may baku-bako! The invites weren't fit to be distributed! I actually wanted to have a whole new set made! But no one would accept our order anymore because it was close to Christmas already and we wouldn't have time to distribute it in time for the wedding. We just decided to let go of the yellow border and just have simple lines printed as border. Joe said mas maganda pa daw lumabas. Well, it wasn't my first choice!

Here's a picture of the inserts.



Buti na lang maganda yung envelope

I added another insert for the map. DIY na siya, made with MS Publisher.



For the names on the envelopes, since no one wanted to do it, I had it printed on white sticker paper. To make it look more elegant, I opted for a metallic gold border for the white sticker. I will post a picture if I can find a sample.

If I had more time,I think I could have found more options on the net. So brides-to-be, scout and scout and scout!!!

The Wedding

It has been 5 months since our wedding and even though there are a lot of adjustments, the 5 months have been wonderful. :-D But before I go into the details of our married life, I’d like to share more about our wedding and the details of it. After all, that was the main why I started this blog. Plus I’m hoping that sharing my experiences and supplier reviews will help all those soon to be brides (and at the same time promote my most recommended suppliers

I don't want this to be a long post so I'll cut the reviews into several posts. However, before I begin, I'd like to share some of my favorite pictures from our official photographer, Danie Lei Studios (I'll still have a detailed review of them soon).