Wonderfully lovely:: Alainna Jhayce's 1st

Coming from a lovely wedding the day before this party, if there was a loveliness hangover, then I was suffering from that. Just but thankful from the heavens that even if the calendar is crazy, we still get to weave loveliness here and there. We were set to do an Alice in Wonderland inspired 1st birthday for Alainna Jhayce. And so we did!

Of course, its a topsy turvy tea pot cake with sweets and florals for the little one. 

Colorful candies, jelly beans, M&M's ... treats for everyone. Now as the sign says, Go Back! This Way! Down! You just can't decide which to pick.

 Butterflies perched everywhere.

 Teapots, servers, goblets... all adorned with flowers and lovely butterflies.

The path that leads to the small door, and oh with over sized keys! Teehee! Once again, I prove to the mister that I don't buy out of whim but with foresight.

Wonderfully lovely isn't it? Happy 1st little one. I'm kinda hoping you celebrate your 2nd in Aloha land, and hope will do that there again. Much love.

Glitz and glam :: Ninotchka + Rayhum

Somehow, I cannot find the words to start this post. I cannot help but be dreamy with the look we came up with. Though this wedding has been booked months before, we've finalized our final work plans just last Monday. Sigh! From the start though, we were set on having simplicity yet oozing with loveliness.





































Cascading pearls. Very romantic. Lovely. My vocabulary is already giving up on me. Teehee!





Congratulations Ninotchka and Rayhum! May your days be filled with so much loveliness.

Cake:: Ava's Cakes
Floral and event styling :: Kit + Ace of Ava's Cakes
Venue and catering :: Playa Tropical Resort Hotel
HMUA :: Audrey Adora
Music :: Synergy
Photo booth :: Purple Pixel
Photography :: Raymund Fortun

Doljanchi Party :: Mary Caitlin's 1st

My ignorance to other world cultures made me procrastinate in doing plans for this party. But when Caitlin's mom, took matters by visiting me at home to make arrangements, we were pushed to start conceptualizing for this party. Doljanchi, how very foreign. 

And like any other Doljanchi party, the Dol table cannot be missed. It is actually the center of everything. A mix of flowers, sweets and fruits. On the day of the party, we went to the party venue earlier than usual so we finish, of course, earlier than usual, and be able to attend my little swimmer's swimming graduation. As we were setting up, someone arrives and hands us a tarpaulin to put up. Uh oh! Definitely this was not her party, and definitely she was not our client. So we learned, there was still a lunch thing before our dinner party. Nightmare! Again, I say, I am very thankful for a work staff so oiled that my stress level just escalated minimally. You can imagine the scenario from this scene forth already.

And like I always say, mini mishaps don't deter us from doing loveliness.

A message from Mary Caitlin's mom goes "Thank you for making my dol table. It was a success all my visitors are praising the way u set up the centerpiece, dol table and everything on it. We love it sooooo much. Kahit mga taga Manila napahanga mo. " So I guess, we did well yesterday. Sigh!

Rustic Vintage:: Sharon + Davide

It is always a challenge to come up with something new for a theme which has been done too many times already. This is actually a second design which we decided two or three days before the big day. Why do we do that? Because the mister is so allergic to mediocrity, that if there is doubt on the design we are set to do, it means it doesn't really pass. Sigh! I am glad though that we did because we learned when we had our first meeting with the couple Sharon and Davide, that Davide is an Italian Interior Designer. My gahd!

Nothings more vintage-y than lace wrapped jars with lovely lovely blooms.

This hanging plant box, we did a day before the wedding. It would have been so much nicer if home stores were close to us... or my favorite stores in the US. Sigh! Again, you don't get everything you need in Divisoria, and definitely some stuff are to be DIY-ed by us... nothing made in China. Teehee!

 Ace's lacework is just so lovely that you'll have to shoot me for blowing our own toot... very neat and impeccable. I did the flower for this one.

 One of two centerpieces we did for this wedding. Mix of lovely blooms in hues of pink, violet and green.

And I was asked while working, where do we get these inspirations... I honestly don't know anymore. Its just that the heavens has blessed us with this gift that definitely has to be shared. And I am very very thankful for an amazing support group, our staff who somehow have somewhat aligned their work habits with us already. Sigh!

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

Congratulations Sharon and Davide.

Venue:: Playa Tropical Resort Hotel
Photography and Videography:: Coverlook
Photobooth:: Faces and Giggles
Cake:: Ava's Cakes
Floral and Event Styling :: Kit + Ace of Ava's Cakes
Catering :: La Preciosa