Déjà Vu

Jules called me into the room today and when I opened the door, he was down on one knee with a small box in his hand!! It looked much like the time he proposed last June, before our civil marriage. He replaced my promise ring with this pretty thing:



He also picked out this wedding ring to match it:



It's things like these that make glad that Jules has better taste than me. :P

Invitations: Take 1

It looks like my coworkers' designing skills might be rubbing off on me. Here's a mock-up design of our invitations.



The fonts and wording aren't final, I just threw them together to make the design more complete. I'm hoping to have the brown part be bronze metallic material like so:



The inserts and the main invite are brown/bronze wording letter-pressed on ivory card, and stuck on turquoise card for the border. The picture is printed regularly, and the quote on the right is letter-pressed turquoise.

Of course, this will all change depending on the cost of printing and other details.

Meeting Florists

Mom and I visited a few florists yesterday. Let me tell you, trying to convey your entire vision to a florist when you know nothing about colors, flowers, or design is really difficult. We spent two hours with the first girl going through every flower arrangement she could possibly make for us. She mentioned stuff like Mango Calla Lilies, Dendrobium Orchids, Aranda Orchids, Burnt Umber and Leonidas Roses, Protea, etc. (I got those from the quotes they gave me, not off the top of my head. Off the top of my head, all I know there is the Mango Calla Lily.)

In the end, we got about the same quote from the American florists, and half the price from the Chinese one. Plus, the Chinese one will do samples for me beforehand, and play around with the arrangement if I'm not happy with it. So I'm booking Ms. Kim Chi (yes, that's really her name) tomorrow. Oh, and she does linen too, so I won't have to find a separate vendor for that.

I would post pictures to make this post more interesting, but I think I'll just hold back and post pictures of the samples that Kim makes me, instead of pictures that can be found all over the Internet that won't be exactly what I'm looking for anyway.

Reception Site

So it's official. Our ceremony will be at 9am in St. Denis, and our reception from 11-4pm at Orange Hill (more pictures at their website).

That takes a lot off my mind. I know it's far from over, but I feel like everything else is just details.

...orange hill...

...we finally booked a reception hall today, i'm soo relieved that we've at least saved a church and reception hall...i could almost care less that all the rest haven't been set...who cares if my bride doesn't have a dress, or if flowers are not present?...as far as i'm concerned, we've covered:

1. venue for ceremony

2. venue for party after

...all else are just che-che-bureche...

...of course, i'm sure "tequila princess" wouldn't agree :P...

Website Up and Running

I finally got around to fixing the layout of this site. Tweaked the template here and there to match our wedding's theme colors. It's pretty cute, if I do say so myself. I admit the slideshow of pictures is a little cheesy, but maybe Lolo and Lola will appreciate it. :P

It's now ready to have its URL distributed. Of course, the only people who'll actually be interested in our wedding plans will most likely be me and... Lolo and Lola for the pictures.

Oh well. Gotta get ready for bed. Jules and I are going to make a down-payment for our reception site tomorrow. Hopefully. *crosses fingers!*

Booked the Church!

We met with Fr. Dennis at St. Denis (haha) and booked Saturday, October 4, 2008 at 12:00pm. Yay! Now to find a reception site.