The rooms are huge! We booked 5 rooms in all for all of my family members, JP's family, as well as some principal sponsors coming from the province.

There's a story behind this. We initially got Atty. Raymond Fortun for our prenup shoot, scheduled for February 2011. Then we received news that Japes might be sent overseas for work. We decided to reschedule the prenup shoot to November this year. Turns out, Atty. RF's calendar for October and November were full so we had to scout for other photographers who could capture the mood/look we were after. We checked out the works of Sir Joey and we liked how he could balance candids with posed shots. His posed shots weren't stiff - they looked natural. We booked him during our 1st meeting with him and look forward to our coming prenup shoot.

We wore ourselves out checking out one SDE after another from different videographers, and yet we still kept coming back to Threelogy's website, even though they were out of our budget. I finally left the decision to Japes and he made the lone trip back to fair at PICC to decide. He called me up and said "Threelo na. The best talaga sila."

They are letterpress invitation suppliers based in Cebu who gave us the best rates for our letterpress invitations. They are communicative, creative and easy to work with. We are looking forward to seeing our invitations and sharing them with our guests.

Arfie is a W@W find. She did the entourage make-up of another W@Wie, Jade, and they all looked amazing. I am counting on Arfie to wield her magic for my entourage on our wedding day. Email makeupforbrides@yahoo.com for inquiries.

Lila was easy to work with, always giving suggestions and options on how to make my shoes look daintier. Her sketch based on my description and requirements was spot on. The actual product was true to the sketch, but much more divine.

Ryan and Jenny can do magic with flowers. Anything you want on your wedding, they'll make it with flowers. A modern renaissance team, we're excited to see them work their magic on our big day.

Another early booking (March 2010!) of ours because of a chance encounter at a PICC bridal fair where Ms. Joy had samples for tasting. We fell in love with the mouth-watering coffee caramel and strawberry shortcake. We just love Ms. Joy's cakes and we want our guests to experience her cakes too.

The second supplier we booked. It was Japes who met up with Elmer at Glorietta. "Mukang DJ na rakista, pero ang professional," was Japes' comment. They've been consistent in getting top marks for supplier ratings at W@W, and this year, they're on the Top 10 Wedding Suppliers list. They will illuminate our reception hall and play the tunes we can all dance to.

Our gifts for the good people who will stand as witnesses to our commitment to each other. We chose the black plum flavor after a wine tasting with Ms. Helen and a vote of confidence from our Best Man. Ms. Chelo has been easy to deal with, and we are waiting for how they will design the personalized labels that will adorn our wine bottles.

Starbucks has been part of both our lives for so long now. Tala needs to have her daily fix. Meetings with suppliers have been held here, and it even made a short stint during our prenup. Our wedding won't be complete without the Starbucks Out-of-Store Experience cart.

http://groups.yahoo.com/group/WeddingsAtWork

My support group. The best bunch of bride and husband to be's in the planet. Without them, I wouldn't have known where to start the overwhelming process of preps. Most of my suppliers are actually W@W finds/recommendations. More power to the community that John and Benz Rana built.