The Birdcage Veil from PrincessWeds

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Dear Online Diary,

PrincessWeds offers an array of customized hand-made accessories that would let every bride's personal style transpire on her wedding day. They have loads of elegant products such as wedding cord, Bible with beaded cover, arrhae case, hand-made wedding souvenirs, hair vine, tiara and tokens for the principal sponsors.

Last month, PrincessWeds conducted a contest for W@Wies. It is pretty simple. All we had to do is to narrate how H2B proposed to us (B2Bs) and from all the entries, they are going to pick three W@Wies who will win a wedding cord, a birdcage veil and a hair vine.

Without hesitation, I entered the story (rather proudly) of how H2B popped the question on the occasion of my birthday. It was short and sweet but full of emotion and originality. To this day, I cannot believe that H2B can actually pull off such a romantic gesture. :)

{The screenshot of PrincessWeds' multiply site. Read the contest entries here including H2B's proposal}

Now here comes the great part. Just a couple of weeks ago, I received an email from Sis Che, a former W@Wie (hence, the contest is exclusively for W@Wies) and the brilliant brain behind PrincessWeds, informing me that they like the story of our proposal and that I’m one of the winners! Yey!

Soon enough (and after a handful of email messages), I received our prize, which was sent through Air21. It’s really pretty and adorable…

{The Birdcage Veil: Nice Packaging}

{The pretty birdcage veil from PrincessWeds}

Thank you, PrincessWeds, for sharing your God-given talent. You're an inspiration and more power! :)



X.O.X.O.,

Bridal Fair Escapade: Wedding Expo Philippines 16th Ed.

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Dear Online Diary,

H2B and I attended the recently concluded Wedding Expo Philippines held at the PICC Forum. It was not as eventful as it was last year. Nevertheless, we enjoyed talking to some of the suppliers and gazed in awe to things, services and products that they offer.

{Environment-friendly bag from Themes & Motifs, wedding suppliers directory, Wedding Expo original audio cd soundtrack, entrance tickets for another bridal fair in April, and our name tags}

One of the drawbacks of this bridal fair is the fact that they do not allow taking of pictures inside the fair (it has something to do with intellectual rights). Too bad, most of the supplier’s booths are elegant and creative. Jason Magbanua’s booth is an epitome of a sari-sari store with a 32 inch LCD TV. It was very simple yet unique. It caught our attention when we passed by the photographer’s aisle. :)

We were looking for cake and invites suppliers but nope, we did not feel the “this-is-it” moment. We decided to go over the rest of the suppliers and we’re glad we did because we found a couple of impressive items and services. Here they are:

{Bride and Groom place card holder, Red Heart Key Holder, and trial photo from Poof photobooth}

The Bride and Groom place card holders are from Fun Wedding Souvenir Shop, which is an online shop for unique wedding favors imported from US and Hongkong. On the other hand, the little red heart key holder is from Splendid Specialties. They create one-of-a kind gifts and souvenir items. Fun Wedding Souvenir didn’t want to sell their items but I fell in love with the bride and groom place card holders. For a minute, I thought I wouldn’t be able to get it because the owner won’t sell any of the products (and stressed that it's for display to show to the clients). It was such a lucky break for us since the fair is almost over at that time (it was around 7:00 pm and the fair will close at 8:00 pm) and because I was a bit persistent, they sold it to me. Happiness.

We love the new feature that Poof photobooth offers, which is the ability to use not one but four custom layout designs which the guests can choose from throughout the event. after hearing this, we immediately jumped in front of the photo booth. True enough, the touch screen has four designs we could choose from – colorful nature, vintage red, purple elegance, and crazy black. What a great innovation. :)

All in all, it was a tiring yet happy event. We're actually excited to attend another fair next month (and hoping we could find our cake and invites suppliers). Happy preps! :)

X.O.X.O.,

We Got Our Trip to Mauritius Prize!

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Dear Online Diary,

Yey!

Since it was my VL last Tuesday and I was in need of an outlet to de-stress, I went to SM Megamall, rather alone, to claim our Mauritius prize from The Wedding Library (and shop!).

It was a brief visit. Ms. Mehlda assisted me as soon as I arrived at their office. She checked the requirements I have, phoned Ms. Winnie for some reminders they might have forgotten to tell me and handed the certificate from Air Mauritius.

{The Wedding Library SM Megamall branch; Ms. Mehlda and yours truly; & our Air Mauritius Certificate}

Thank you to Ms. Winnie and Ms. Mehlda of The Wedding Library for being helpful. Now, what we need to do is to finalize the date we want to go to Mauritius and call them to set everything. Thank you, The Wedding Library and Air Mauritius. More power!

X.O.X.O.,

The Wedding Library and White Lace & Promises

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Dear Online Diary,

Did I mention H2B and I love to attend bridal fairs?

Attending bridal fairs is a must for couples who want to make their wedding preps memorable. There are so many things to learn while inside the fair as well as friendly faces to meet, not to mention, the chances of winning awesome prizes.

As if the prizes at stake at the fair weren’t enough, The Wedding Library sent an email survey to the registered brides who attended the Weddings & Debuts 2010 bridal fair. It was their way of thanking the brides who visited the fair as well as to get insights on how to mount an even successful event next year. As a token of gratitude, they gave away 28 White Lace and Promises by Agot Isidro Original Wedding Audio CDs, and 50 Honeymoon Sexy Underwear for the first 78 respondents (CD for the first 28 and sexy undies for the next 50) who completely answered the survey and sent it back.

It was such a lucky break. I received their email while browsing through my inbox, read it, answered the survey and in no time, sent it back to the appropriate email address. The same night, I received a confirmation email that I was one of the first 28 respondents. :)

So, just yesterday, I went to their SM Megamall branch to claim our prizes (the other prize is our trip to Mauritius -- click here for the full story). Here is it:

{Our Free White Lace & Promises Audio CDs: Album cover, two CDs, inserts (Agot's Thank Yous and the people behind the album), booklet (lyrics of the songs) and wedding discount coupons}

The Audio CD is packaged just like a wedding invitation would be. It’s very elegant and as a matter of fact, it gave me an idea on how to DIY our own invites. Awesome.

Thanks to The Wedding Library for being so generous. Please continue on inspiring and helping us, B2Bs, into staging our dream wedding. More power!

X.O.X.O.,

Wedding Checklist: Caterer

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Dear Online Diary,

Thank God. We have a caterer. Finally.

H2B and I met Miss Anj of Ma Del’s Catering a while ago (right after work, I must add) to block our wedding date and give the down payment. Since H2B wasn’t around during the first food tasting (read the story here), Miss Anj graciously brought some food samples for H2B to taste.

{Sumptuous Food Samples: Roast Beef with Mushroom Gravy, Fettuccine Italiana, Pork Royale with Honey Dip, and Chicken Flambe}

At the end, H2B and I decided to seal the deal. We handed the down payment, signed the papers and set the date for the contract signing. It was such a brief meeting since Miss Anj and myself have been exchanging text messages about the deal. We went home super happy as we found a very reliable caterer. As for the wedding checklist, Caterer = checked!

{Smile for the Camera: yours truly and Miss Anj of Ma Del's Cuisine}

Supplier's Information:

Ma Del's Cuisine, Catering and Food Services
Tel. #: 641 3423
Cel # 0916 780 2705
Email: madelscuisine@yahoo.com
Website: http://madelscuisine.multiply.com/

X.O.X.O.,