Debutantes, grooms and brides-to-be will gather once again at the Grand Ballroom of the Marco Polo Plaza Cebu, the only five-star hotel in Cebu City, for its much-awaited annual “SEASONS: A Debutante and Bridal Fair” on August 28 to 29, 2010. Cebu’s best designers, stylists, florists, photographers as well as makers of jewelry, giveaways, and invitation cards will be offered in one venue. There will be useful tips on skincare, makeup, and wedding etiquette by industry experts. Highlighting the event are the debutante and bridal fashion shows featuring the latest couture creations of the Fashion Council of Cebu, composed of today’s celebrated designers Jun Escario, Albert Arriba, Arcy Gayatin and Philip Rodriguez, among others. For inquiries and reservations, call (032) 253-1111 (in Cebu) and 8871263 (in Manila)
Modern brides are indeed lucky! They get help from all kinds of media these days, including wedding blogs like this and of course the wedding websites. The newly-launched Bridalbook.ph is one such site and caters to the bride looking forward to have her dream wedding in the Philippines. I expect this site to get bigger as it belongs to the Summit media group, which also publishes Martha Stewart Weddings (Philippines).
Brides-to-be would do well registering as a member of bridalbook.ph to be able to talk with fellow members in the Forums or create her own Bridal Book. I also saw helpful articles like DIY projects and answers to questions about wedding etiquette. Moments like this, I look back at my own wedding preparations where I read as much as possible about wedding stuff on the internet and browsed bridal magazines. It all helped me well in the end. Read the rest of this entry »
Our family went up to Tagaytay this weekend to savor the cool breeze and stayed at Summit Ridge hotel.We enjoyed our stay here because of its modern amenities (free wifi!) and the scenic view of Taal volcano from our fourth floor balcony. Summit Ridge is the newest hotel building to rise in Tagaytay and its advantage from competitors like Taal Vista is the mall-promenade beside it. No need to go far because everything is beside your hotel – restaurants, coffeeshops, boutiques, even a hardware store and supermarket. Parking is also very convenient.
Because of its big space, the ten-storey Summit Ridge makes for an ideal wedding venue. In fact, it has three ballrooms and three function rooms for special celebrations like anniversaries, birthdays and weddings. The biggest ballroom, Raintree A, can accommodate 240 persons while Raintree B & C, can seat up to 150 people each. All three ballrooms combined has space for 400 to 500 people. Read the rest of this entry »
Recently, I was attend the launch of the new line of liquid foundation by Artistry, the prestige make-up brand of Amway. One of the highlights of the launch was a fashion show featuring wedding gown creations by designer to the stars Francis Libiran. He has made red carpet gowns for the likes of beauteous actresses Anne Curtis and Bea Alonzo. During a brief chat, the youthful Francis revealed that one can have a wedding gown made with him for as low as P17,000 (seventeen thousand pesos). For a celebrity designer, that’s certainly reasonable!
We certainly give the thumbs up to his wedding gowns, which were simple yet stunning. When asked what the wedding trends for 2010 will be, he mentioned that the color tone for the entourage will now veer on pastels, as opposed to the dark colors last year. This means the return of pink, lavender, lime green and other light colors. Instead of straight silhouettes, wedding gowns will have more frills at the bottom edges, like what you see in these gowns:
Divisoria in Manila, Philippines is the ultimate refuge for the harassed bride on a budget. Even if it is unconsidered “unglamorous,” the truth of the matter is that even the most famous designers and couturiers go here for their raw materials and other supplies.
A walk down Divi will easily cut your wedding expenses in half. What you can find here: souvenirs, wedding giveaways, wedding accessories like necklaces, and of course ready-made wedding dresses for as low as 2K (about $40) , bridal entourage gowns for as low as 800 pesos (about $18) – all of them come in different sizes already. If you have your own style, the Divisoria tailors will customize the gowns for you, just be sure to give them the magazine clipping or photocopy of the image.
This is what I did when I had my daughters’ flower girls’ gowns done by a shop in Yangco Building, a place dedicated to wedding dresses and supplies in Divisoria. I just printed the picture I saw on the internet. I was happy with the outcome, although I remember being worried because the shop was so delayed in their promise to deliver. So one tip when you avail of the made-to-order services of the Divisoria shops: allow for lead time in delivery because they might be attending to a lot of clients. Anyway, I was really happy with how my daughters’ gown turned out. They certainly looked lovely, don’t you think? Read the rest of this entry »
In the run-up to the wedding, a bride often fusses and frets about her wedding gown. But there’s one thing that should also hold equal importance: her wedding lingerie, or what she wears inside the gown.
Bridal undergarments are a serious business since they determine the degree of comfort of the bride on her special day. A body shaper or waist slimmer would be handy to make sure no unsightly bulges are showing beneath her frock. There’s also the delicate matter of her bra. What to wear, for example, if her gown is almost backless? Happy to say that there are special brassieres for that, bra designs which will stay invisible at the right corners. Read the rest of this entry »
It was the hubby who introduced me to the pleasures of Tiffany. A living testament is the Tiffany wedding ring and Tiffany engagement ring I wear on my left hand which I consider to be one of my most precious possessions in this world. So in love are both of us with Tiffany that we tried to incorporate it into our wedding. We managed to come up with a single-tier Tiffany wedding cake atop a cupcake tower expertly made by master baker Joy San Gabriel. It was all things pretty, yummy and sweet!
If me and my husband are to get married again, I’d surely choose a Tiffany wedding theme. The color itself is classy and far from ordinary. Most of all, it will blend perfectly with a white wedding gown. Read the rest of this entry »
First of all, happy holidays to readers of this dormant blog, LOL. Updating this site more often now happily counts as one of my New Year’s resolutions, if only to share more info with betrothed couples and hopeful brides out there. Forgive my delinquency pls.
Over Christmas, I was trying to compile an animated presentation of our holiday pictures and suddenly remembered this nifty site called animoto.com. First heard of Animoto because our wedding photographer used this website for the audio-visual presentation of our prenuptial pictures. Please see video above, this was shown during our wedding reception.
I remember then, our wedding photographer, Guj Tungpalan of Redsheep Photography gave us a link to the above video so I can embed it in my blog or favorite networking site like Facebook. Read the rest of this entry »
Finally, we got our wedding album yesterday, nine months after our wedding, haha.
The delay is remarkable because this hasn’t really been our priority. We’re quite content viewing our pics from the computer and various photo-sharing sites. Our wedding pictures are also in Facebook.
It was only my friend Tonyo, a graphic designer, who pointed out to me the importance of having an album to preserve our wedding memories. Okay, I was bound to order it from outside but Tonyo gave me a good deal. Six thousand pesos for a wooden album with waterproofing, and inclusive of designing it on Photoshop. A very friendly rate, I must say, and I agreed to it. Read the rest of this entry »
Pearl Farm Beach Resort in scenic Samal Island in Davao is one of the best beach resorts in the Philippines. My friends and I spent time here last July, and I couldn’t help but think of it as a good honeymoon place as well. Think of it: a suite on an island for the two of you, away from the hustle and bustle of the big crowds, a good time to establish your enduring bond after the wedding.
I liked best our view here of the sea. For accommodations, one can have a choice of hilltop rooms (garden view), those houses on stilts or any of the seven exclusive villas. Room rates can be gleaned from their website. We stayed in the Samal Suite, a two-storey suite which had a queen size (matrimonial bed) on the second floor, flatscreen TVs and an iPod dock. Modern contemporary meets Muslim traditional design Read the rest of this entry »
