Sample Prenup Shoot

We had our first meeting with our photographer... here's a teaser of it ;)

I had the moral support from my Maid of Honor and Husband to be of course... Behind the scene:-

This is it... two months to go!

DIY Scratch Off Cards: Take Two

Here's the version we're going with the scratch off cards. The last one seemed dark and was too big. This time around, we printed on white paper and added more colors.

Cut the cards with x-acto knife and a sturdy ruler

Cover the scratch off area with packing tape

Tape it on a scratch paper

To create the scratch off substance, mix 1 part dish washing liquid and 2 parts acrylic paint

Let it dry

Success sample!

DIY: Scratch Off Cards

It's more of a proof of concept than anything. I wanted to know how long will it take to create these scratch off cards. We're planning on using it in one of the reception activities. It's tedious but I can imagine this as something that guests will find fun... and a prize awaits the lucky winner.

Cut the scratch off cards

Put a tape over the scratch off area. Tape it on a scratch paper

Use a craft tape for areas not to be painted over

Using 2 parts acrylic paint and 1 part dish washer liquid soap, paint over the taped area

When the paint dries off, remove the crafting tape

Cut off the scratch paper

Have to practice with acrylic paint

Sample scratch off

The cards came off a little too big so we'll have to resize that. The acrylic paint is also sloppy but hopefully we could smooth it out. And yeah, we'll change the paper... probably something lighter.

300 scratch off cards.... LET'S DO THIS!

DIY Crinkle Fans

Did I mention I am addicted to doing DIY? haha... I did try to do Crinkle fans because they are so nice to look at and cute... I am still thinking whether to finish this project because my elf is complaining that this is soooooo difficult... hehe...

My Super size Fannnnnnnn..... 

Reject!!!! Super Laki... Number 3 agad ang bilis ng fan..

House Decor na lang...

Looks promising for the second Attempt

Second Attempt

Success!!!!

Comparison!!! haha

DIY Wedding Cord ;)

I'm starting to get addicted to doing it yourself stuff for the wedding accessories... and I can't stop. It also helps to ease my nerves on my worries on the wedding preparations.... who would know getting married is so stressful....

Anyway... few days to go and I have done our Wedding Cord.... :) difficult if you don't have any background on jewelry making but worth it....

The raw materials

First try on the balls

Accessories

Cross from behind

with rhinestones ;) so front and back have the bling

Sample wearing if success... ;)

Accessories for the bride

Finish Product

I am a proud owner of this Wedding Cord

100 days to go!

Says our site countdown...

"Lo que Dios une que no lo separe el hombre"

It's here!!! Our Arras Coins... what I love about our Arras is that it has a photo of Mama Mary and a quote behind: "What therefore God hath joined together, let not man separate."  -Mark 10:9. Here's to a lifetime of forever. 

13 coins for Arras

Accio Book Wedding Ring Holder

We love books, and we love Harry Potter. What better way to add this little detail in our wedding by having our DIY book wedding ring holders. We saw this from one of the DIY websites and thought it was a nice project to do since we can't do much prepping from overseas.

We saw this book at one of the 2nd hand bookshops in Bras Basah Complex. We were instantly drawn to the lone hardcopy of Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban. It was easier for us to decide on this because we don't speak German. Another plus is it's my favorite book in the series. I also don't think I can bear to butcher the other books that were in English...

Sorry JK for butchering this book

Turn to page 81

Up close (and still a lot of x-actoing to do).

We still lack the ribbon that will bind the whole book but it's close to being finished. And yea, the rings too... we need to buy a pair soon.

Perfect Shoe

Finding the perfect shoes for the wedding day is soooooo hardddd.... specially if you are thinking of a specific color like teal (tiffany's blue) which is really very hard to find...

I thought of having my shoes customized thinking it was cheaper since we are working on a tight budget... but it costs a fortune... S$150... crazy right? and I have to provide fabric for my customized shoes and it would take 4 - 6 weeks before I can get my hands on it... so I kept bugging Lui to come with me to search for my perfect shoes since it is GSS as well... and it gives me an excuse to do some window shopping as well. ;)

Luckily for me this season is summer season where pastel colors are in.... and I found my shoes :)

But I wanted to make my shoes to be different... unique from the other shoes...

so I have put a special touch on my wedding shoes... to make it personalized and my own... Are you ready to see what I did?

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What do you think? ;)

 

Viral in 3... 2...

Must admit, this was one hell of a proposal (On that note, overly romantic guys, please stop doing this to us....)

DIY: Custom Stamps

Waiting for my brother to feedback on these customized stamps made by the manguukit outside Makati CBD waiting sheds.

DIY maths & invitation seals

The seal means Double Happiness

To check how many wax sticks we need for our invitation seal, I took the time to test on the gold stick.

Four odd hours later, I finished the remaining red and silver sticks. Based on averages, a stick can create 14-19 seals.

At 200+ invitations, we need about 16 sticks and 21+ hours!

What did we get into?

I Love you 5eva!

Our final date isn't the best date that we had before.... ;) did you know we have another church booked for a different day for this year? here's the original date together with a very sentimental gift from Mr Lee =p

There's a touch of Louis' inside jokes during the period he gave me his sentimental gift....

Who would thought a toughie guy would fall to a little girl like me ;) here's to 5eva Louis! :)

PS: There will be more surprises to come ;)

Soundcheck

I'm not familiar with fair use & copyright laws in the Philippines. As we're picking some songs for our video, the song of this band shuffled its way and we had a "this is it!" moment. We rarely see wedding videos using original Filipino music so I checked the lead singer's Facebook page and messaged him about using it. He gave us the go signal!

Now that's out of the way, we need to conceptualize our video around this song.

Sorry, we can't reveal too much info about our music choices. We want the songs to be a surprise for our families and friends. :-)

The Crazy July Prep Schedule

All shades of hectic