History in Love:: Lorenz + Fely

And the mother of groom tells me that their guests thought they got someone from Manila to style Lorenz and Fely's wedding. Sigh! I'm sure it meant as a compliment . It elates me to know that somehow in this side of the universe, we already do have wedding vendors that work professionally, execute beautifully, and charge reasonably. Should you wish to know my dream team, long long time ago, which still holds true for now, I did a feature of it a few years back in this blog.

I'm very partial to Malacañang of the North as a wedding venue. You have the lake and that grandiose facade of the house, a lush and verdant lawn, Philippine history to reminisce. Yesterday, we also made history... For so long, there are only two caterers accredited to work here, yet now, Chef Nic Rodriguez of Bistro Candon and Rufino's debuts catering at the Malacañang of the North. The staff admires the rows of clean linens, shiny silver, well-oiled staff. They should have been able to get a taste of the food so they can vouch for that as well.

Venue:: Malacañang of the North

Floral and Event styling:: Ava's Cakes and Events

Photographer:: EM Prods by Marianne Pasion and Eric Cayetano

Videographer:: Gyver Lauricio Wedding Cinematography

Aerial:: Mykel Mesina of Light Painters Creative Weddings

Coordination :: The Red Gala Weddings

Host:: Clyde Panlaque

 

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Sophisticated Rustic:: Jen + Dwin

I could not even find the words to describe how lovely Jen and Dwin's rustic wedding is. We incorporated gorgeous florals with foliage and wood elements. For their sweethearts lounge, we dropped upside down foliage lace tied and candles floating in square jars. The presidential tables had rows of lovely carnations, kales, lisianthus, roses, ivy vines, green berries, hydrangeas, snapdragons, celosia under shiny crystal candelabras.

Ceremony venue:: Hotel in Among

Reception venue:: Plaza Maestro Vigan

Cake:: Ava's Cakes and Events

Floral and Event styling:: Ava's Cakes and Events

 

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Beginnings:: Rizza + Reddy

We're starting our events calendar, as promised, with nothing but loveliness. I love working with flowers a lot. I love how one blooms first than the other, I love how there could be different rose variants - Ecuadoreans, Holland roses, David Austin's, Garden roses, spray roses... Why you can just get lost! Colors, oh my! The list could be almost endless... Antique purple roses, bicolor sprays, purple "cool water" rose... believe me, you'll get lost from this loveliness. And while flowers bring beauty in the floral centerpieces, table scapes, nothing beats it's beauty when it is illuminated with candles.

While Fort ILocandia remains to be the loveliest and grandest among the hotels in the north, you'll have to remove it from your list of possible venues if you want to have lit candles as part of your decor. I had to say pretty please in lighting the candelabras just for pictorials. I kept my promise though that after I take photos, I'd extinguish the candles. My heart cries a little when the guests arrived with no lit candle in sight. Oh well, hotel policy. So I guess, we have to make sure, from our end, that whether a hotel would allow lit candles or not, the centerpieces are lovely.

Venue:: Fort ILocandia Resort Hotel

Cake and Floral styling:: Ava's Cakes and Events

Planning and Coordination:: The Red Gala Weddings

 

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