Mamidadi.net http://mamidadi.net Si Bakulaw at Si Bulilit Mon, 04 Feb 2013 16:55:28 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 FreeNap http://mamidadi.net/2013/02/05/freenap/ http://mamidadi.net/2013/02/05/freenap/#comments Mon, 04 Feb 2013 16:45:59 +0000 igor http://mamidadi.net/?p=1398 Continue reading →]]> Isang araw… Bago magka-lantahan… Binulabog namin ang mga sunflowers sa University Avenue… Awa ng Diyos walang sumulpot na Zombie. (And yes, pinagalitan kami ni Manong Guard dahil akala nya totoong namitas kami ng sunflowers.) XD
Maraming salamat kay Rhea Apolinario at Nap Apolinario ng NAP (Nap Apolinario Photography) XD
(*Note 1: No sunflowers were harmed in this pre-nup.)
(*Note 2: Nap used to cover weddings before his current job took him away from the wedding scene. Thank you for coming out of semi-retirement to shoot us with sunflowers. XD)

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]]> http://mamidadi.net/2013/02/05/freenap/feed/ 0 Wedding DIYs http://mamidadi.net/2013/02/04/wedding-diys/ http://mamidadi.net/2013/02/04/wedding-diys/#comments Mon, 04 Feb 2013 15:16:49 +0000 iyra http://mamidadi.net/?p=1400 Continue reading →]]> 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! :)

Done by Dadi! :)

*Photo courtesy of Merky Cruz

*Photo courtesy of Merky Cruz

Cord
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Ring and Arrhae Bed

Trivia: 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! Surprise, surprise!!! :)

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
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Bride’s Brooch Bouquet
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Bride’s headdress
bride's headdress
Bride’s Wings
white, shimmery, iridescent wings

white, shimmery, iridescent wings

*Photo courtesy of Yhna Santos

*Photo courtesy of Yhna Santos

Flower wands and bouquets for the female entourage, principal sponsors and moms
female entourage's flower wands

female entourage’s flower wands

female principal sponsor's bouquets

female principal sponsors’ bouquets

mothers' bouquets

mothers’ bouquets

nanay's bouquet

My Mother (carrying her bouquet) and her sisters

Dadi's mom and sis, Tanya

Dadi’s mom and sis, Tanya

Boutonnieres
boutonnieres
Flower wreath headdresses and wings for the female secondary sponsors and flower girls
female entourage's hair wreathflower girls' hair wreath

*Photo courtesy of Grace Tabiendo

*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)

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

*Photo courtesy of Nap Apolinario

*Photo courtesy of Nap Apolinario

Flower Girls’ Wands and Baskets
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 Dojo Tia (hubby of HMUA Berny Tia)

*Photo courtesy of Nap Apolinario

*Photo courtesy of Nap Apolinario

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

*Photo courtesy of Nap Apolinario

*Photo courtesy of Nap Apolinario

*Photo courtesy of Nap Apolinario

Signs
Grabbed the photo from Carina. Thanks, Cars! :)

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 2x3-sized couple photos were placed

where the 2×3-sized couple photos were placed

mason jars with flowers

mason jars with flowers

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

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

table no. bottle

*Photo courtesy of Grace Tabiendo

*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

*Photo courtesy of Yhna Santos

with butterfly cookie

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 SDE! :D

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

*Photo courtesy of Dan Dorado

*Photo courtesy of Dan Dorado

Hanging Butterflies
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

*Photo courtesy of Grace Gonzales

*Photo courtesy of Grace Gonzales

Souvenirs for the Principal Sponsors – Surat Journals
Kenneth Surat of Surat Journals lovingly crafted these for us!

My bff since high school, Ken Surat, made these for us! Thank you so much! <3

Personalized leather journals. Simply perfect! Thank you so much! <3

Photobooth Lay-Out
Lay-out done by Dadi! :) Photobooth supplier: Redberries Studio

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 had kept ALL the receipts, tickets, photos, etc. of our dates, eat outs, concerts and movies we watched, as well as those tiny notes/reminders/post-its I gave him, etc. He even has a separate storage container for those! This really surprised me! Grabe lang. :D

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! :D

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*Photo from Martin Julius Perez.
]]> http://mamidadi.net/2013/01/16/got-hitched/feed/ 0 Bridal Shower http://mamidadi.net/2012/12/25/bridal-shower/ http://mamidadi.net/2012/12/25/bridal-shower/#comments Tue, 25 Dec 2012 14:52:59 +0000 iyra http://mamidadi.net/?p=1386 Who wouldn’t want to have a party with your closest girl friends before getting hitched? *wink*
So here’s to my last hurrah as a single lady! Hahaha!

photo and censorship c/o my Maid of Honor Jefel

 

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Headdress from this store (i forgot the name) in Tabora.
My sister modified it a bit 2 days ago and she still has to glue in some fresh water pearls on the other half.

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Photo c/o Carina.
Thanks so much, Cars! :)

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The wedding invitations are now out. The concept of “old book of fairy tales” took on a Surat Journal-esque twist in honor of one of our secondary sponsors (yup, he makes those journals KC Concepcion mentioned over on twitter and instagram).

The whole project was drawn using a CDR-King graphics tablet. Sadly, my old Wacom Graphire4 broke down before I got to use it for the invitations. For programs I used Paint.NET, ArtRage 2, and a lot of MyPaint for the stylized kitsch-type digital drawing and painting.

After printing a couple of mock-ups on a Canon Pixma printer, Mami and I decided to have them printed at ALVA Photocopying and Printing Stall (a shop in the UP Shopping Center) instead since it would cost too much ink-wise if we printed it ourselves. The after a sleepless night of cutting up Marikina leather, stapling and sewing… The invitations are done.

Quite a long process but it was worth it.

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We were interviewed at the Mary Immaculate Parish last 01 December 2012 by Fr. Joseph, one of the priests there. We passed with flying fairies. We ate at Luk Foo after. XD next stop, the seminars on 15 December.

]]> http://mamidadi.net/2012/12/11/church-interview/feed/ 1 Working with Aisle 1401 http://mamidadi.net/2012/12/02/working-with-aisle-1401/ http://mamidadi.net/2012/12/02/working-with-aisle-1401/#comments Sat, 01 Dec 2012 23:04:40 +0000 igor http://mamidadi.net/?p=1335 Continue reading →]]> The cool videographers of Aisle 1401, one of the W@W Top 10 Wedding Suppliers for 2012, shot us as the Fairy Woodland Princess and Wandering Warrior King last Nov. 30. Thank you Anna, John, Miko and Drei. Can’t wait for the final product.

You can find them on the web below:
Email: aisle1401@gmail.com
Website: http://www.aisle1401.com
Blog: http://aisle1401.blogspot.com
Vimeo: http://vimeo.com/aisle1401/videos
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/aisle1401

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