DIY Projects

Monogram

We envision our wedding as a cozy morning, pastel colors and classic-modern fairy tales. We thought of creating a monogram which shows the first letter of our names and a tree which symbolizes life given by God that bears good fruits. The R font is like a kite hanging on the tree and the C font is like a man sitting under the bushes of the tree. The owls represent our parents to whom we offer this celebration.

Our monogram means starting a new life together which would always remind us that God is at the center of our relationship, that there are so much in life we should be grateful for; such as our home, families and friends around us.

This monogram was used in the following:

• Missalette front cover
• Sticker for the Wedding Invitation box
• Thank You cards for the Sponsors
• Photo Booth background layout

Applications we use to design the Monogram:

• MS Word
• Adobe Photoshop
• Paint

Save The Date Card

The Save The Date card is a preview of the wedding day itself. We wanted it to look fun, posh and classy. We also put our color motif on it: Champagne and Pale/Pastel Pink to give a hint for our guests of what they could probably wear on the event.

Distribution method:

• Print on card board paper, put on a glimmering envelop
• Save as jpg or tif, send through Facebook or Email

Credits for the Pre-nup photo shoot:

• Marvin Dungao (The 12 Masters) Photographer, December 2010 Promo
• Jardin De Miramar, Antipolo for the venue
• Uncle Fely's Van for the transportation
• Jennifer Sy Flores as the Make-up Artist & Martini as Hair Stylist
• Roshee's attire: top blouse, skirt, vintage ring from Forever21, floral belt from Zara, shoes from Charles & Keith
• Conrad's attire: white pants from Lee, polo, rubber shoes from Zara

My Tip: 1. Schedule your trial make-up on your pre-nup photoshoot day. 2. Book your wedding suppliers at least one year ahead.. there are promo or price lock rates that can save your budget a lot! ♥

Missalette

This is one of the most time-consuming DIY project we did as we had to type every single word of the whole ceremony and print it as a booklet-type layout. This is important as it's used by the Priests and Readers during the mass. We were given the wrong version at first so we had to reproduce it again and modify some parts of it.

Applications used to create a Missalette:

• MS Word / MS Publisher
• 30 pieces photocopy by InterMatrix located at Eastwood, CyberMall

My Tip: 1. Have your Missalette proof-read and approved first by the Priest or by the Church Coordinator before producing several copies. 2. Ask if the Church has a copy service that is probably cheaper than having it made by invitation card makers usually found at malls. Otherwise, do-it-yourself.. you'll only need a printer and bond papers anyways. ♥

Wedding Reception Video

We are supposed to create a Growing-up video which is usually being shown at Wedding receptions. But we decided to just put photos when we were kids since most of our single and couple pictures are already seen by everyone.

Digging up our old photos which our Moms kept for a long time was such a happy moment as we were able to look back from our past, saw how cute we are as a baby and how playful we are during kindergarten and grade school.


Background Music:

• Fireflies by Owl City
• Teenage Dream by Katy Perry ♥

First Dance

We are so clueless on what we're supposed to do on our first dance. One idea we thought of is to choose a modern song like Ne-Yo's One In A Million then have our entourage join us perform. But we don't have time to practice and it will take too much effort to choreograph a whole dance number.

Our Wedding Coordinator Darlene Tan, encouraged us to perform a medley dance. She said that it'll be easy to have few steps on different songs that can last for only 1 or 2 minutes. We said we'll think about it...

After several hours of brainstorming with my hubby, we listed down five songs. Started it with a classic waltz and the rest are crazy-whatever music that comes into mind.

1. 1867 J. Strauss II- The Blue Danube - Waltz
2. Sorry Sorry by K-Pop Super Junior
3. Nobody by Wonder Girls
4. Bad Romance by Lady Gaga
5. Moves Like Jagger by Maroon 5 (The Voice Performance) [feat. Christina Aguilera]

My Tip: Compile and cut music by using Windows Live Movie Maker. Just add your mp3 songs in order then trim it. ♥

The experience was really fun and it was great to see that the crowd enjoyed it as well.. and yeah, they were surprised!

The Entourage & Supplier's List

At the early stage of wedding planning (at least 6 months before the big day), it is important to list down all the suppliers you want to provide the service on your event and inform them as early as possible, especially those who have roles in the ceremony, etc. so they can commit on the schedule as you have to consider their travel or availability.

 ♥ Happy Preps! ♥