As I’ve promised in my previous post, here’s our matches for lighting our candles. I so love this delightful surprise that Erika (of Detalye) had for us. 😀 Look, it has our logo and our wedding date! 😀 Daisuki!
Raw photo courtesy of Dino Lara. (Didn’t edit anything aside from adding text for our wedsite).
During our wedding preps, in the same way that I have consistently mentioned Dino here in our blog, I probably couldn’t count already the number of times that I stalked Dino’s blog. And with every visit, as I admire the pictures of other couples, I dream and yearn of the one day when finally we’ll have our own.
And today, we finally saw our share of pictures.
Happiness.
Received DVDs of our pictures by Dino Lara via FEDEX this morning. And now, picture selection commences. Yosh!
There are 12 DVDs. Checked the first DVD and it holds 1300 pictures. Exciting!!!
Taking a break with my baby steps to learning Nihon-go. Here’s some of our pictures from our prenup last spring by our friend Gali Montalbo.
And oh, do watch out when you drop by Lonely Planet and National Geographic’s stock photos. You just might come across Gali’s name on one of the photos 😉
I was ready not to incorporate the First Dance tradition, concerned as I was that Atsushi might be very conscious about it, considering that this was literally his first dance, ever. But Hubby knows this is part of tradition hence he was bent on training his body for it – by doing some nightly exercises. 😀 Thank you Hubby! As for me, it’s been almost a decade since I last danced. With that, we really do need a dance instructor to choreograph our dance for us.
Mitzi was recommended by Erika (of Detalye). And i’d say easily Mitzi is one of the BEST suppliers we had. She’s one bundle of positive energy from the moment we met her up to when we had to say goodbye after our last practice. Totally she was one supplier you can hang around with to help remove your stress. She was the one who went to our hotel rooms for the practices (we had two sessions the week before our wedding). She even brought with her a CD with a couple or so of our songs in it! Girlscout! By the way, her thoughtfulness worked for us because Hubby and I was only relying on youtube for the our first dance song, Grow Old With Me (Mary Chapin Carpenter’s version)
Mitzi was really patient with me and Atsushi. She was very forgiving with our missteps yet was quick to point out what needs to be improved. She was also quick with her compliments, especially with how Atsushi was very serious in mastering the steps. On our last practice (the Wednesday before our Saturday wedding), Mitzi told us to try to practice by ourselves in the next couple of days. Hubby and I did try but the hotel room we transferred to was just so crowded what with all the luggages hence difficult for us to practice. We had, however, a good “ballroom” as we practiced our steps (sans the hands) in NAIA I arrivals area as we waited for the arrivals of Atsushi’s family. Hehe! 😀
Our dance wasn’t so bad, I think.
despite the bustle, I still have quite a train on my back. Kudos to Hubby for not tripping over it
Thank you Mitzi!
Supplier: Mitzi
Rating: 5/5
Contact details: +639196278077
Thanks to Abe Umali for the pictures taken during our dance.
Idea: Erika of Detalye Weddings and Events
Execution: by Atsushi and Marjorie 😀 Doing it together was so much fun! It was one of my favorite evenings on our last week before the wedding. It was good to have our good laughs offset the scary atmosphere of Prince Plaza Hotel II where we stayed for 3 nights. (Segue, on Prince Plaza Hotel II: I am sensitive to “presence” of those not human. At one point, Hubby asked me, “Can you feel the ghost? Even I can feel the ghost”. That’s how eerie the place was. One good advantage of the place though is its convenience being just right in front of Greenbelt IV.)
Materials: bought by Erika’s team in Divisoria
So proud with our finished products! Ready for handing over to Macy of K by Cunanan to adorn our napkins.
