our super cute Sailor couple note holder

click the photo for better viewing :D

i super love them to bits!

Our Sailor Couple dolls by ANTHILL Fabric Gallery

Today I was surprised when I've got a private message in Facebook from ANTHILL informing me that the couple sailor dolls I requested them to make for us are already done.Yey! And they've attached a photo of them....Gawd!! They are so adorable!!

This  Isabel x HOME occupational dolls caught my attention few weeks back....The first thing that came into my mind that time is why not request  for a seawoman/seaman rag dolls.... it's one of things that could represent me and Alan...plus these dolls will surely match our Nautical/Chevron inspired wedding and  I could even help HOME mothers to create more lovely occupational dolls..... Without second thoughts I  shoot them a message....gave them pegs and now...I am so happy with the output!!! Can't wait to see??? Come on!

Lemme share you my pegs (for the dolls outfits/clothes) ....see below!

for the sailor woman

for the sailorman 

note:photos from the web

and the final product
TAAAADAAAAA!....*giggles*

I so love them!! <3

Don't you think they're lovely?? I super love them and really can't wait to see them up close.... I'm just waiting for the invoice so they can finally ship them to me. :D

I never mention this to Alan yet but I'm sure he will love them to bits too!....

Customized Isabel occupational rag dolls is at P550.00 each only  + shipping fee....So if you are a couple with same occupation or thinking for a nice gift to your loved ones with a specific profession, for me Isabel rag doll is one  nice and unique idea...hihi!

Note: I am not paid to advertise nor got these dolls for free... I just so love their items  plus I'm happy to purchase a product to a company with a great mission like them. :D

You can see samples of their occupational dolls here.

Nanays get challenged when they do different dolls ---> ANTHILL

My DIY cord - Nautical inspired

Hola!! As promised, I will now share my DIY nautical inspired wedding cord.... :D

Sorry but I don't have a step by step instructions on how I made it because it's just a piece of cake..I just did some tying and sewing....hahaha

I wanna create something with a nautical feel for this one to match our Nautical/Chevron theme for our wedding in Mexico....so here's what I came up with.....

My DIY cord

I initially wanted to use colored ropes for this but since I'm based in the province it's quite difficult to find materials here....so what I did is just make one out of baker's twine...

here's the materials I've used:

20 yards each of yellow and blue baker's twine - P330.00 ( i ordered online so it goes with the shipping fee)

yellow and deep blue buttons- P20.00 for 60 pieces

assorted stainless/silver charms/pendants - P180.00 (all)

yellow and blue threads- from granny's sewing box :p

mighty bond- from the household 

Total cost : P500.00

Here's a closer view of my DIY cord...

cross in the middle

steering wheel charm in the middle that bind both loops

stainless anchor

girl and boy charm ( for me it's cute) I put it in the end of each loop

another anchor charm (silver)

symbol of LOVE :D

angel with heart charm 

blue buttons I sewed in  yellow loop

yellow buttons I sewed in  blue loop

I so love the combination of our motif :D

That's it pansit!!

I hope you like it! :D

Note: This cord is also inspired by the DIY  bouquet of a w@w sissy (Michelle ni Jay) who is my cheerlearder for this DIY. ;) -Gracias Sis! :D

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 >_<