CieLJ Wedding Ring Plate

Middle part of the year, LJ and I decided that we will not have bearers and flower girls. We don't hate kids, we actually have an overflowing list of cutie nephews, pretty nieces, and lovely inaanaks that we really wanted to be part of the line-up.

We had to be realistic though, being that it's a morning wedding, there's a high probability of sumpong and an epic fail walk.

Along with dropping the bearers, also went my plans for the DIY pillows. We don't want to embarass our secondary sponsors by telling them to bring the usual pillow. However, it just seemed too plain to just hand the priest the box of rings, so I browsed for alternatives, and I found this....  

It's a wedding ring plate or dish, that can be ordered from the US. I was a bit hesitant to ask LJ's mom to order it for us because of the hassle, and to top it off... for such a small plate, this costs around $40, nye! So the plan to get the plate was axed. 

Two weeks before the wedding, I still haven't given up. I was browsing for a local supplier or at least another alternative for the ring pillow when I chanced upon a sulit.com.ph ad! Yahoo!! 

They were even nice enough to accomodate my request with just a week of prep time till our wedding.   

I wanted the scribble to be like the one from the US, but after reviewing their past creations, it may not work out. The one from the US had laser cut precision letters, while the one created by Designers Avenue had a more rustic look.

I just settled for a fancy letter 'M' instead. The initial of our last names. 

Here's the finish product...

It turned out a lot better than what I was expecting! It was also very photogenic, and it matched our impromptu arrhae box as well.

Here's their contact details if you want to order

Janess Ojeda
Mobile: 0939-9075560
Email: janojeda@designsavenue.com

Wedding Duties: Our DIY Wedding Cord

There was absolutely no plan to make our own wedding cord. Tito Boy assured me that he will provide us the rope that we can use for the ceremony, and I was totally fine with that. 2 months before the wedding, I was toying with the idea of making our own. No reason in particular, I just want to do some DIY, it's sort of a way for me to de-stress I guess. 

I did a bit of research and found some blogs that suggested to go to Wellmanson. You can read more about how we were able to get there, here. 

The original plan was for us to get raw materials so we can make a big rosary. True enough they were cheap at about 30 to 60 pesos per strand. We picked the colors we liked and started to compute how much we'll need. We walked around the store and I was looking for some nicer ones that I can use for the "Glory Be" beads when we spotted some bracelets. 

LJ was already tired, so guess what he did... got the bracelets, linked them together and proudly said "ayan! tapos na!" I was in shock, and a little sad about the idea that I won't make it from scratch, but he did have a point. The last thing we wanted is for me to be stressed about this DIY cord and be covered by strands of beads... and of course, crying.

The beads were already nice, and all I need to do now was to link the hooks together. So we did get the bracelets, and I also got the pliers and some extra rings, 

The CieLJ 12.08.12 Same Day Edit

Church: Mary the Queen, Greenhills

Reception: Oasis, Verandah

this can also be viewed in Vimeo http://vimeo.com/55445858

Credits to our wonderful suppliers

P/V: DB Phos

Bridal Gown: Boy Kastner Santos

Groom's Suit: Boy Kastner Santos

Entourage' Gowns and Suits: Alou Boutique 

Entourage Flowers: Serge Igonia
HMUA: Tippy Destacamento

OTD: The One Exclusive/Events by Thoffy Consulta

Church: Mary the Queen/ Annie/ Fr Rodney Hart S.J.

Venue: Oasis/ Jamie

Host: Missy Ferrer

Catering: Centertable/ Rina

Hotel: Astoria Plaza/ 2708, 2808

Bridal Car: Don Robert/ Jaguar Mark V

Photobooth: Purple Box

Wedding Rings: Hearts and Arrows/ Greenhills

Wedding Ring Plate: Trinkets and Favors by Designs Avenue

Wedding Cord: DIY, Materials from Wellmanson

Impromptu Post Nup: McDo Wilson ;p

The week after...

Exactly one week ago, we were in Astoria Plaza getting ready for the wedding. The plan was... or at least our abays plan for us was to make sure both of us were already in bed by 6pm Friday so we can wake up by 2am Saturday, in time for our our early morning ceremony. 

Well... that didn't happen. LOL! 

Friday, December 7

1pm - I was in High Street, looking for shoes! yup! less than 24 hours away and I don't have my shoes yet! 

2pm - LJ checked in for both our rooms in Astoria. I arrived about half an hour later. 

230pm - got some Mini Stop Chicken for late lunch (aren't Ministop chicken the best?!) 

3pm - Drove to Mary the Queen to check our contract. Good thing we did, since we missed a lot of primary sponsors names. 

4pm - dropped LJ in Greenhills, he still needs to buy shoes too! LOL!

430pm - I'm back at Astoria, just in time to see my parents pull over. Gina and Myra also just got there. Let the DIY cramming begin! 

6pm - My supposed beauty rest start time. LJ and I were cramming to get the Now and Then photos together. Astoria's wi-fi was failing us and we had to be creative. 

7pm - Ishy has joined us in the room. Souvenir bottles were prepped for some candy line-up. One of my bridesmaids, Stitch, dropped by to say hi. 

8pm - Nowhere near getting ready for bed. DIYs were in full swing. Ribbons! Ribbons! Tie those ribbons! 

9pm - off to Megamall to get my nails done. 

11pm - went to the condo to get my prep dress (which I will not wear in the morning, just because. LOL! 

12mn - we were still up... Mom's getting a mani/pedi, my kuya watching some videos, the bridesmaids (including a groomsman!) still in DIY mode, and Alou with Jake dropped by to lend me their arrhae. 

1am - Lights out for me at least. LJ decided to have a slumber party with his groomsmen and didn't sleep. Based from their stories, they even had the luxury of time to have some buffet breakfast. *inggit!* 

2am - Gina woke me up... we both fell asleep again!

4am - I got up... yup, just me. I took out the native fans and started to tie ribbons on them. I decided to enjoy the moment. Stitch arrived with KC and she helped me tie the ribbons. We joked that this was the 'calm before the storm' moment. 

430am - the DB Phos photo and video team arrived led by Chep, shortly followed by Tippy as my HMUA. 

5am - Tito Boy joined us and he immediately got to work setting up the gown. 

6am - well... we were preparing for a wedding. It was an organized chaos. I didn't feel panic, nor does it feel weird. Hair and Make-up was in full swing, people were in and out of the suite. 

7am - Finally got the chance to wear tito Boy's creation. There's so many words that you can describe it, awesome, amazing, and stunning were the top three words used. Friends and family however, described it with just one word --  "Cielo." It is exactly the gown that you will imagine me to want and to wear. Tito Boy did a great job, but more on this later.

8am - The pictorials were in full swing. This was the most awkward of all that happened that day. All those cheesy shots -- touch the gown, earrings shot, touch the curtain, look up from the flower shots -- well I had to do those. 

815am - mad dash to the church.  

840am - made it to the church. The bridal car was parked near the church office and I have a full view of the church doors. I had fun watching the guests gather up. 

9am - tito Boy was by my side, fixing up my gown, and making it all picture perfect. I heard the Manila String Machine start playing A Thousand Years and I was so ready to walk. 

I wouldn't say that the walk was a blur, I remember the faces, I even said 'hi' to a good number of them. I am aware of what's happening and what I need to do. It was just that I was too happy to care if anything goes wrong at that moment. Good thing everything went well though, and I finally reached LJ. We've been holding hands every moment we can since then. :)