It’s already been a month since our fairy tale wedding. I’m now Mrs. C! I haven’t officially changed my name and IDs, though. I’m not yet ready for the grueling process of changing all my documents, especially those involving transactions with government agencies. Oh wait, I’m a government employee! So for now and the next couple of months, I’ll still be Ms. B / Prof. B. And Mr. C / Prof. C is cool with it.
As what I was always saying, our wedding was like a big art project – with all these DIYs, crafts and whimsical, fairy woodland ideas. Anyway, here’s just a summary of all our wedding DIYs:
Storybook Invitation

Done by Dadi! 

*Photo courtesy of Merky Cruz
Cord
Ring and Arrhae Bed

Trivia 1: Guess what coins we used as arrhae?
Answer: Tom’s World Tokens (and some other random arcade tokens, like Glicos). Just because Dadi and I love going to arcades!
Trivia 2: Guess what dummy rings we used during the wedding?
Answer: The old replica of “my precioooous” ring of Lord of the Rings Dadi has kept for more or less 10 years already. He gave me the smaller ring, which perfectly fit me (he kept the bigger one since he has two) when we started dating in 2010.
Surprise, surprise!!! 
Bible
Bride’s Brooch Bouquet

Bride’s headdress
Bride’s Wings

white, shimmery, iridescent wings

*Photo courtesy of Yhna Santos
Flower wands and bouquets for the female entourage, principal sponsors and moms

female entourage’s flower wands

female principal sponsors’ bouquets

mothers’ bouquets

My Mother (carrying her bouquet) and her sisters

Dadi’s mom and sis, Tanya
Boutonnieres
Flower wreath headdresses and wings for the female secondary sponsors and flower girls


*Photo courtesy of Grace Tabiendo

Fairy bridesmaid and fairy maid of honor
*Photo courtesy of Dojo Tia (hubby of Berny Tia, our wedding’s official hair and makeup artist)

*Photo courtesy of Nap Apolinario

*Photo courtesy of Nap Apolinario
Flower Girls’ Wands and Baskets

Baskets done by Maid of Honor Jefel
‘Here Comes the Bride’ Sign

*Photo courtesy of Dojo Tia (hubby of HMUA Berny Tia)

*Photo courtesy of Nap Apolinario
‘Happily Ever After Starts Here’ Sign

*Photo courtesy of Nap Apolinario

*Photo courtesy of Nap Apolinario
Signs

Grabbed the photo from Carina.
Thanks, Cars! 
Table Centerpieces (baskets for photo-dedication – in lieu of guest book, wine bottles as table numbers, photo frames, mason jars with flowers)

where the 2×3-sized couple photos were placed

mason jars with flowers

Table numbers DIY’ed by our good friend, Merky Cruz.
*Photo courtesy of Merky


*Photo courtesy of Grace Tabiendo
Shot glass (for the ceremonial toast and one of the souvenirs for our guests) with Dadi’s very own concoction, “Igor Mix.”

*Photo courtesy of Yhna Santos

shot glass, DIY photo frame, and butterfly cookie souvenir
Cake topper – Fairy Princess Hello Kitty and Warrior King Baby Milo!

This topper recreated one of the scenes in our Same-Day Edit Wedding Video!
It was done by Jona, a friend of my sister-bridesmaid Janine. Janine also did the forest topper base.

*Photo courtesy of Dan Dorado
Hanging Butterflies

I got this idea from my highschool bff, Kenneth Surat, in a wedding he personally designed and styled in Dubai. He and my other high school bffs also helped in setting up these butterfly curtains at the reception area hours before the wedding.
Thanks also to my and Dadi’s students/UPLISSA for making all these butterfly cut outs!

*Photo courtesy of Grace Gonzales

*Photo courtesy of Grace Gonzales
Photobooth Lay-Out

Lay-out done by Dadi!
Photobooth supplier: Redberries Photo Booth
Mami and Dadi’s Timeline – My Favorite DIY done by Dadi

Trivia No. 3: Dadi has kept ALL the receipts, tickets, photos, etc. of our dates, out of town travels, eat outs, concerts and movies we watched, as well as those tiny notes/reminders/post-its I gave him (kahit patawa na yun iba), etc. He even has a separate storage container for those! This really surprised me! Grabe lang. Ilang years na pag-collect din yun! 