Something to smile about

With less than six months to go, I woke up this morning thinking about the guestlist. I've been struggling with it since the start of the year...because in December, we practically did nothing for the wedding. So I texted Ane...

Me: Parang wala sa guestlist mo si D.B.? Nde mo talaga nilagay?
Him: Ala ba hehe. lagay mo po. asa list ko si EDC at KS di ba

Me: Nyeks, ala ka bang list sa 'yo? Yup kasama silang 2. Nde pa ba updated list mo, baka may nadadag or nabawas, pde ding i email mo po...
Him: Meron po. Nagta try pa ko magayos, pero la pa binabago
Me: Oks, kaya mo ba ma email yung changes today?
Him: E ala pa naman ako nababago e. dagdag lang si D kse nakalimutan nga. Double check mo din po...
Me: Ok, ok :) Gagawan ba ng save the date ang _____?
Him: Di ko pa alam hehe. c G pa lang may alam na ikakasal na ako hehe...
Me: Oks, nde ka ba nigu goosebumps when you say 'ikakasal na ako'? ...
Him: ...nakakakilabot hehe
Me: Hehe kaya nga (me grinning from ear to ear)

Well, it's true! I got that funny feeling when he said that. Ikakasal na kami. Malapit naaaa!!!!

Our Save-the-date Magnets

So this is the design that was voted the best among my layouts. I'm a newbie at layouting ... it was such a relief that my friends were actually able to choose at least one design, haha. And then I had the magnets printed by Made4U . They rushed the printing so we could get the magnets before Christmas. (Feeling ko naman kase matatapos ko ang packaging ng lahat lahat bago matapos ang taon duh, ako pa! Syempre pa hindi ko natapos agad hay).

Once I had the magnets on hand, I bought the packaging materials for mock-up from National Bookstore and SM. And when the outcome was already acceptable, I bought all materials right away (but did not start with the actual DIY project immediately hehehe...) I used handmade paper, glossy cardboard, cream-colored ribbons, translucent paper for the tags, eyelets, some glue and some thin double-sided tapes. Tadah!

So there. We spent P20 for each magnet and less than P5 for the packaging materials. DIY-ing rocks!! Can I just say I had a lot of help from our resto guard (for cutting the handmade paper to the desired size), my cousins for cutting, and from Ane and Gian (attaching the eyelets needs a lot of energy hehehe)...

Wedding Bands

Here's a picture of our wedding bands. Super simple, noh? Just the way we like it. They're so simple my mom even joked that couples who marry in a mass wedding choose bands like these, hehehe. Ane is not really the ma-jewelry type. I, on the other hand, love jewelry...am just not a "ring" person. Only when I got my engagement ring that I started to wear a ring everyday, geesh.
These are 14k imported white gold bands (3.4g mine, 3.5g his). Looks yellow in the pic but it isn't (I just could not find the right angle to shoot heheh more pics here). We were given 5% discount because we chose the bands off the shelves. And since we went to the store in Meycauayan where alaheras get their supply from, our bands are super duper cheap. We inquired in one bridal fair and we were quoted twice as much for the same simple design! Talk about big savings, hehehehe. Our rings are also already engraved with the oh so traditional nicks and date.
Can't wait to wear MY band!! :)

Another DIY project

The packaging for the Barong & Pants Tela for the Ninongs and Male Secondary Sponsors, and for the Cloth for Ninangs.

The vertical bags are for the secondary sponsors, while the horizontal ones are for the Ninongs. For the Ninang's tela, I've painstakingly sewn sinamai sheets to fit the folded cloths. The ribbons were bought in a stall in Market! Market!

Out target is to be able to deliver all bags to the owners before the month ends. We're done with three of them, FIFTEEN more to go! nyahahahah.