DIY days = LOVE

Despite of the super rush 15 days preparation for our Church wedding here in Mexico we still managed to do some DIY projects ....

So here are some of them....

invitation

neck ties for the wedding party

mini veils for the party

mandil for the party too

bride and groom car sign & just married sign

wedding favors

It's more fun when you are together!

 somebody can cook for you something when you're starving :p

And surprises you in the mid of it! :D

our super cute Sailor couple note holder

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i super love them to bits!

First Fitting (Mexico wedding gown)

Yup yup! i'm already done with my 1st fitting for my gown in  Mexico last July 7...Funny! but I feel so nervous before I tried it......hahaha.... But hey! I so love it.. I so love the drapings and the flow of the fabric....the only thing that I hate was.....Errrrrrrrr I gained extra pounds! whooooooah that made the gown a little bit tigher than it should be..... So I asked Jef if he can wait for me until I somehow lose some flabs! (asa pa talaga ako)! Glad Jef let me....Hmmmmm ....At the moment I doubt I lose some...huhu but I'm still hoping!*wish me luck*..... If not He don't have any choice but to adjust it! :(

I have some pictures taken during the fitting (courtesy of sis Irene) .... but since Alan has this belief about seeing his bride with the wedding dress on before the wedding  day is a bad luck.... so I decided not to share it until our wedding is over! :) yeah so Pinoy lang ang peg! :P

I just can't wait until it's done :D wiiiiihhhh hapiness <3

from google

reasons behind our Nautical/Chevron Theme for our wedding in Mex + mood board

Wedding in Mexico is unplanned....we just decided to have it mainly because Alan's Mom can't make it to our December wedding due to some health issues .... so as his Sister, his Sister's BF and  his Grandma since it will fall on Christmas Holidays and  they can't leave MIL celebrating Christmas alone...so there...

It's not planned so that means we don't have budget for this so as much as possible we wanted a super intimate Church wedding with Alan's immediate relatives only....

Budgeted?why with theme??

People say having a thematic wedding will just cost an arm and a leg but I believed it will always depends in the situation....:P In our case we just wanna have a theme to just have a simple touch of the things that we love or let us just say a touch of the things that are special to us..:D Thus, Nautical/Chevron inspired wedding was born. :D

There are 4 main reasons why.....see below~

• We met on board a ship so initially we want it Nautical....but we added the Chevron touch so it will not looks like those normal nautical themed weddings....
• Alan and I studied the same course in College....Bachelor of Science in Marine Transportation.... Yes!My dream profession before is to be a Captain of a ship but since it's quite difficult for a woman like me to  pursue such kind of profession in that kind of field I am currently in the process of  being the Captain of my husband who will pursue my dream profession....LOL -kiddin there:P
• Our first wedding was on board a passenger vessel (Caribbean Fantasy) where we used to work... It was officiated by a ship Captain....from there I guess it's one of the valid reason why Nautical is special to us...
• Like other Marine Officers, Alan is also dreaming of wearing his Black Marine Officer's suit on his wedding day and since he can't wear it on our December wedding , he can finally wear it this time...A happy kid indeed! 

To give you an idea......lemme share you our Nautical/Chevron inspired mood board :)

pics used in the collage is from the web ;)

and this is our motif (deep ocean blue and vibrant yellow)

our motif :)

Don't you think it's a nice theme and motif combination?? Because for us it is! :D

stories to blab after being MIA (preview) and Monogram studies for our wedding in Mexico

Hola friends !!!!

Talk about being MIA - I'm totally missing in action these past few weeks due to some problems I'm encountering in our Mexico's wedding preps..... I have lots of stories to blab but I just can't write them all in one seating so for the moment lemme just give you ideas what are those stuffs I'll soon post ...

Here they are:

My trip to Bicol with my HS friends
w@w tags
Chevron/nautical theme for Mexico's wedding
w@w EB #2
documents dilemma: hablo espanol???
First fitting with Jef albea for my gown in Mexico
My DIY cord for Mexico-Nautical inspired
Trip to Liliw, Laguna
My DIY bouquet #3
My rebellious outdoor boudoir shoot

I cant believed I filed them like that.....whew!

But for the meantime....can you please help us choose which monogram is the best we can use for our wedding in Mexico???
We will be having a simple church wedding in Alan's hometown in Mexico and we decided to have a Nautical/Chevron theme wedding.....and because I'm a fan of Sis Joy of Monogram hub I asked her  to create 3 monogram studies for our wedding in Mexico again  and yes, she never fails to amaze me of her craetions.....After receiving the studies she made for us...it is really hard for me/us to decide which is which again.....so now please help us vote! hihi :P

Here you go! :)

uno

dos

tres

what do you think folks???

which is which?? :D

My fave so far is monogram dos while Alan wants tres....and you? :P

TIA 

Note: The date is still missing because for the moment we dunno yet if we can still have our wedding on August 4 or move it a lil bit later >_< 

My gown for our Mex's wedding by Jef is LOVE

Have I told you  that I almost call  our wedding off?
Yes you read it right.....It's because I'm too disappointed after knowing  that my in laws can't come and be with us on our Big Day...At first I don't know the main reason that led me to felt bad but when I finally got the chance to talk to my mother in law I accepted the reason instantly since it' s a  health related  and a totally acceptable reason at all...From there I let it go!

Before , Alan and I got an idea of... Why not get married in a church in Mexico (very simple) so we can just have a renewal of vows instead by the beach here in the Philippines? This thought excites us since it can make our dream of having a beach wedding come true.....

We are undecided about that idea but when in laws confirmed their absence in our wedding here we decide to pursue it and I'm happy they are all excited about it!...So yes, we will have a total of 3 weddings in span of 1 1/2 year, how cool is that?

Well since we can't afford two big weddings, we planned to have a super intimate wedding with maximum of 50 guests. We will invite  close relatives and friends only. We are still in search of suppliers but MIL promised me she will help with all those stuffs.Yey!

And because Mother in law can't come I asked Jef (our designer) if he can make my MIL's gown as my simple wedding dress in Mexico's wedding instead?  And I'm so happy that it's ok with him and even sketched a very nice gown for me.Well it's more simple than the one I'll use for our wedding here but gee I so love it too!!!! I just love Jef  more because of this......

Excited to see it!?

Check his sketch below! :)

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lovely isn't it? :D
he will make a birdcage veil for it too...

How do you like it?

Don't ask me cause I super love it! And guess what?

He is making it already and I can't wait to see the final output...:D

Spell HAPPINESS! ^_^

Have a happy day y'all! Until next update!