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Friday, March 29, 2013

Grecian simplicity :: Rachel + Manuel

I've been saving this post for today.  I know, it is quite ironic for me to say this wedding is simple. It is not really. Comparing to our other weddings and parties though, this one is very low key... lots of foliage and minimal whites. A few touches of gold did the trick... oh and lest I forget, it wasn't that hard anymore to come up with loveliness for this wedding as the fountain area of Fort Ilocandia Resort Hotel is oozing with so much class and loveliness. The brick cladding and bougainvillea cascades are so spot on. It feels like I am in a different country and yet I am just home. Sigh!









I'm going to be off tangent with this post, but I'll do it anyway. Last night as we did the Visita Iglesia, as I knelt down to pray, my little one follows. As I said my prayers, he did too... aloud. And at the end of his prayer, he would say Be alive Jesus, I am sorry. I asked my son, what was he sorry for, and he told me... Because I am bad mommy, Jesus is up there.  Dumbfounded with such reasoning from my little one. And like the cleanliness, simplicity of the styling, I wish that I may be again like my little one.

Have a blessed holy week folks.

Wednesday, March 27, 2013

To another level:: Ysabel's Elementary Graduation

Ysabel's gorgeous mom, Anna, called me up a few weeks back and asked if we could accommodate them for the 26th. We we're supposed to take a break and prepare for the parties lined up after the lovely wedding in Playa Tropical. But she was so insistent that it was just going to be a simple party. So we set a meeting at Arabella's, which would also be the party's venue. Quite amused that they had a Parisian themed graduation party in mind. Didn't know that themes are now needed for graduation parties. Teehee!

Our interpretation of a simple Parisian themed graduation party which I think is not so simple at all. With the ghost chairs and all? Ha! ha!  I love the impromptu striped wall we did. Very very chic. Sorry for blowing my own horn again! Yay!



 Her name in our lovely white mirrors.


 When we were in Hawaii, Ace was raising eyebrows whenever I picked up something Paris -ish items. Dear husband, I told you... I have foresight. Like how I married you. Teehee!

 Her stack of cupcakes and cake.





Congratulations Ysabel! I look forward to styling another milestone in your life in the coming years.

Venue: Arabella's Events Place
Catering: La Preciosa Catering Services
Photographer: Ferina Albano, Shayne Lauricio and Cesar Lauricio
Music: Synergy
Lights and Sounds: Avalanche
Cakes: Ava's Cakes
Event styling: Kit + Ace of Ava's Cakes

Tuesday, March 26, 2013

Fly away with me :: Mau + Von





Come again? What's the theme? I asked.


Hot air balloon, ate. 





So here's the wedding where the bride was adamant that it has to be fun and quirky. We made them a cake in lovely pastels, topped with THEM riding in a hot air balloon. Teehee!




Mau's non negotiable for this wedding was that she wanted to get married on the pool of Playa Tropical. At first, everyone was skeptical on how we shall pull it through. The logistics was quite cray. But if you have a bride like Mau, who talks about nuts and bolts and stuff my mind could not even comprehend when it comes to engineering, hands down... she sourced this by herself. Obviously, she got what she wanted.








Surprise of all surprises,  this is my first time to see a bride serenade her groom on her bridal march. She sang. And I am about to shoot myself for not remembering what song was that. Believe me, I got teary eyed. When I looked at the groom, he was holding back his tears too. And Toni, the big boss behind the lovely Playa Tropical Resort, was also wiping her own tears. Teehee!



 We made lace Japanese lanterns, made them look like hot air balloons, which we hanged in the pavilion's ceiling. This was how Playa Tropical's pavilion looked like at dusk.








Someone made a comment that the centerpieces looked like mini gardens which was exactly the idea. Mini gardens with hot air balloons hovering. I love it when folks see the picture we are trying to convey.









Photo above is Toni, Playa Tropical's big boss and Brandy Howards, coordinator for this event. Been working for quite sometime at Playa and so far they have never been but accommodating. This would be the second time I've bumped into Brandy. The LOVE wedding and this. Oh and lest I forget, his alter ego emceed this event too. Teehee! Way to go B!




So that's it... another lovely wedding for the books. 




Congratulations Mau and Von!












Sunday, March 17, 2013

Of all things dainty:: Marlon + Mary Joy

A year ago, this project landed in our lap. The first peg we received was their cake. If you are a cake artist or  simply like my Lola Doc who follows society pages, you'd recognize this cake as a doppelganger of Penk Ching's famous cake for the Shalani-Romulo wedding. The peonies added are the spin-off we did for this lovely cake. 

And since the cake is too pretty to place in a corner or so, we opted to highlight it right in the middle of Sierra Madre's ballroom. Teehee! This cake actually dictated some elements we needed to style this wedding. 


The instruction too for this wedding was that... there was actually none. Teehee! Mind you though, when your clients are very easy to please, it is somehow much more difficult. I wouldn't know what is lurking in their minds, would they want this or that, grand or subdued or so on. The color motif of pink and green was the only thing definite to start on with the styling for this. Ayayay!

The apples floating within the glass vases looks so deliciously lovely.  I'm sure the guests shared my opinion. Not one apple was left after the wedding. Teehee! 











Forgive me for not blogging on this immediately. We just felt the impact of doing this wedding with two events before us at the church and another wedding before us at the reception. You can just imagine the time constraint. Plus I went cray, the ghosts weren't supposed to be used here, but they just have to be there. Had to request staff to bring them to the ballroom. That's it, done with three pinks, a blue, a pastel filled, and another pink (again!) for the month.

Thank you to the other M's {Marlon + Mary Joy} for letting us work on your big day! Much love!

Wednesday, March 6, 2013

Cakes for March

It's just a matter of perspective.

The benefit of being commissioned to do this cake in a days notice is that... first, we we're able to prove that creativity still flows even in dire times, second, I discovered I could do lacework too.

It would have been easier to do this cake if it wasn't within the same day as that of the lantern, lace and crystal filled cake we had to do for Lendell and Nicole, oh and with their 250minicake souvenirs. But again, how can you say no if the City Mayor's daughter in law comes personally to make arrangements for this cake? So, as cray as it is, we had to do this cake.

Ace did the top and bottom lacework, of course his workmanship, in my opinion, is unquestionable. And since it was taking too long for him to finish one layer, and the clock was ticking, I had to help already. I'm sure it's not only me that when you are trying to rush something, it's as if time is not on your side. How traitorous! So I did the three middle layers lace works, artists discretion. Teehee!




From the feedback we got, somehow, they were pleased and from Facebook and Instagram, it's loveliness was affirmed.

The equally lovely cake for March 2nd was that of Nicole Guillen and Lendell Chua.



The 2nd and 4th layers were lanterns, laced and accented with lots and lots of rhinestones.

After doing these two cakes, I was not yearning to do big ones again for the weekend. I'm glad the next wedding cakes were smaller ones but still pretty!


The flowers are breathtaking. Ace did the big one, and it is very very dainty. I did the smaller ones. Teehee! I always say that when we do flowers, when we want roses, we try to make it look like a rose and never otherwise. Isn't it supposed to be that way teehee? I wish though that we had formal schooling so we'd know the techniques and simpler ways to make them. Believe me, it takes so much time to do sugar flowers.




And this ruffled cake is also a star of its own. Very neat!


kit m.

Tuesday, March 5, 2013

Arabella love :: Charmaine + Jayson

After posting a photo of this wedding in our Facebook page, I had a few inquiries on where is this place. Folks, this is at Arabella's Events Place in Barangay Pila, Laoag City. The people who own La Preciosa owns this new picturesque events place too. Lovely right?
The styling we did for this wedding blends so well with Arabella's look. Don't you think so? Our ghosts and the pink and white flowers went so well with the columns and wrought iron accents of the building. Sigh!










Last night, Ace and I were deliberating on how we shall style today's wedding, coming from another pink wedding yesterday. Well yesterday was whimsical, today was a different story. I could not quite define what would be the theme for today. Last night too, Ferina of Ferina Albano Photography, one of my fave photographers in this side of the world, asked me if what was the theme... I told her '' ahhh none?'' Teehee!
It makes sense now, we were meant to style the wedding that would compliment Arabella's look. I'm going to call this an Arabella themed wedding. Teehee!

















Been exchanging emails with the bride for quite sometime, and I thought it wasn't pushing through anymore when she didn't respond to my last email. She said when she came to us, she thought we were settled. So when I asked when was it, it was like supposed to be in three days. Oops! Then I'm glad, she bumped it and gave us a few more days.
Charmaine and Jayson didn't want it very elaborate, but then, they might as well. C looks like a Barbie doll. And I'm going to sound cray here, but I really really love her lace dresses. And apparently, I am again becoming incoherent... Too much sun exposure again. Oh no! Looking at our events calendar, we have a few more that will be under the summer sun. Boo!
Charmaine and Jayson, thank you, for being indignant on having us to style your wedding. I am honored when you said that when you saw us, you had no one else in mind anymore other than us. Much love!