One Lucky B
"IF WOMEN REALLY WANTED TO CHANGE SOCIETY, THEY COULD DO IT. I PLAN TO CHANGE IT. I JUST WANT TO GET MARRIED FIRST.” - Ally Mcbeal, my original paragon of neurosis and never-ending hope.
** This page is Blanche's. For the thoughts you never thought she'd think. Welcome to the behind-the-scenes of our wedding planning.
Mamma Mia!
...Here I go again. My, my, how can I resist
you...
Aaaand yes, I am suffering
from LSS. BUT I'm also suffering from another type of LSS for which the same
line is just as appropriate -- last scene syndrome. I can't get the table
set-up from Mamma Mia! out of my head! You know, that part where Donna
(Meryl Streep) and Sam (Pierce Brosnan) are singing SOS! while helping
put together the dinner set-up for Sophie’s wedding? The part where...
Loot bags
Things are starting to take shape. I was browsing the net early this week when I saw Greenweddingshoes' beach wedding hangover post, a Jack Johnson music video, Better Together, performed by Jack with the Buena Vista Social Club for the album Rhythms del Mundo-Cuba. It was an old album, released in 2006, but totally beachy. TOTALLY. So what's the point of all this (as my Comm II teacher once asked me)? Well, because Rhoel and I love the album so much, you'll be hearing it on the...
The bride and the Beatles
I think I want to walk to my groom with a Beatles song playing in the background. In fact, I think I want everyone to march on my wedding day to happy Beatles tunes. I've been toying with the idea since we started planning but forgot all about it because we had to attend to more urgent matters, like booking suppliers, before the music. Music is something we can do anytime. Well today, to keep myself awake at work and stimulate my brain cells to function, I played Beatles songs on Youtube...
My groom and his letterpress
Yes, change has come. Take note -- not from me. You see, I do involve my groom in the wedding preps once in a while. I say once in a while because I have given up on the ideal scenario of having Rhoel's input on the teeny weeny details of every teeny weeny thing that needs to be processed before arriving at an intelligent decision. It just causes me great stress that leads to argumentum ad infinitum. Men, simply, are not wired for these obsessive-compulsive dissection of details. Everyone...
W@W signature
so i won't have to retype every time... this is me on w@w: blanche/rhoel 19 june 2010 ambassador, boracay www.mywedding.com/beachphiles -- our wedsite www.moonsnjunes.wordpress.com -- gorgeous philippine weddings
Invitation Etiquette
So this is how it feels when people you never really told about your wedding -- for the simple reason that you do not plan to invite them -- actually approach you and ask if they're invited. Or those that you have verbally invited rattle on about how they're coming with someone, a date/stranger, despite being told that it is an intimate gathering of families and closest friends ONLY. It's awkward and, frankly, a bit irritating. We've said it a million times and we'll say it again: Rhoel...
Starting styling
Okay, all major suppliers booked, all non-negotiables of the wedding done. Which leaves now only the details to attend to. Which means I have to surf those impossibly perfect styling websites again. Which means this could take longer than the nine months we still have. Which means there could be some changes. Which means my people (groom, entourage, families) could possibly kill me before wedding day. Because you see, I get all these ideas when I start hanging out at those styling...
Images part 2
Aside from my groom, I'm in love with this guy right now: http://www.maxwanger.com/ And this is one of my favorite girls at the moment: http://jillsphotoblog.com/
Music: Minus one?
I was counting the number of suppliers we're bringing to Boracay one night when I realized that we're bringing FOUR people for music. A whole band. The cost of the musicians' service itself is not prohibitive, but they will be flown in, which means airfare, food, room. So I asked Rhoel exactly what type of reception we'll be having to gauge our need for live music. Will there be dancing? Rock n' rolling? Or just a simple dinner with some jamming? And it's dinner and jamming. We are,...
Make-up, check! Prenup,go!
The search is over. This is it. After a looooong and extensive research on practically all HMUAs listed on w@w's directory and other referrals by friends, we end up with, tan-da-da-dan... Pia Reyes . She's not one of those mentioned in w@w but her portfolio is just. so. impressive. It actually puzzles me why she isn't a big name in the wedding industry yet. I mean, studied in New York? Apprenticed under Kryst Bansuelo? Frequent magazine editorials? I feel like I stumbled on a diamond...
