The Don & Jean Wedding

June 25, 2011 - 3pm - Oasis Garden - Garden Wedding Set-up

This day, my cousin Exedon Velasco, Don-Don as we call him exchanged vow with Jean Bernales. Since I've been giving my services as wedding coordinators to others, I volunteered to handle this wedding together with my 2 other friends/coordinators -- Millet & Chickie. At first my cousin was skeptic to take on the offer since it will be free of charged, charge to friendship :) but I insisted that it was ok especially for the other two.

A few weeks before the wedding, I've been bugging my cousin to hand over the nitty gritty details of the wedding since we will be handling it and we want to have the full blown coverage of our work as early as possible so that we would know how to adjust to the situation - and it was given to me a few days before the wedding with constant revision here and there! Also, weeks before the wedding, I've been joking him as a "GROOMZILLA"! And his bride just kept laughing about it, because it was indeed true! This was the first time that I met a groom as hands-on as my cousin. He was the one who chose the color motif red, design the wedding invitation, printed and cut it out, reserved the place, hire the minister to facilitate the wedding rites and all that jazz! whoa! For a guy?! That is why also his bride kept on joking "Ate, bading ata ang pinsan mo!" Oh well...I just say "Basta mas matining tumili yan kesa sa akin!"

On the day of the wedding - It was raining so HARD! OH NO! Not today! We have to go Plan B! have the wedding inside the reception. But my cousin's fighting spirit to push the Garden wedding as planned was very high. He was very optimistic that they can held the ceremony as planned. True to being the Groomzilla - in a nice way - he took charge of the set-up and really pushed thru with the garden wedding. And as to some miracle - it did not rain on us! yey! Millet kept on saying "Iba ang fighting spirit ng pinsan mo!" Since it was a civil ceremony, it took no longer than 30-minutes and guests are filing up the lobby, waiting to be seated at their respective tables. And they enter the banquet - it was a new beginning for both of the as Husband and Wife ... and soon to be Father and Mother of a little boy named Kikko! (Jean was already on her second term, 5months when they wed)

Congratulations Don & Jean!

Don&Jean with coordinators Rose, Millet & Chickie

The Newlyweds - Don & Jean

The Coordinators - Chickie, Rose & Millet

the SASSY girls

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Wedding Coordination Schedule

June 25 - Exedon Velasco & Jean Bernales' Wedding

August 6 - Victor Galang & Glorylyn Gibson Wedding

October 8 - Jopet's Wedding

December 28 - Tin's Wedding

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January 8 - Renell & Evelyn's Wedding

April 4 - Gio & Imee's Wedding

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Group Name

Millet, Chickie and Me have been contemplating on this for the longest time. A name for our group! Because it is -sometimes- hard to introduce ourselves "wedding coordinators" because most supplier and even possible clients asks for our affiliation or what group are we. So it dawned in us that maybe we should make this formal (and with the push of a new found friend)

One Sunday afternoon, Millet went to my place to check the progress of the invites im creating for our August wedding and with some chit-chat time. It was during this time that I blurted the tagline I thought would be catching and cute - just like us..hehe..and she liked it

So.....I think, this is it!

Cheers!

Gio and Imee's E-Invitee

This is the E-Invite I created for the couple that they posted on their FB event invite

Gio and Imee Wedding

April 4, 2011 is the set date for Gio and Imee's Wedding
Church: Transfiguration Chapel, Caleruega Nasugbu Batangas
Reception: Sylvina's Garden inside Bali Village

April 3 good chaos :)
Call time: 12 noon - that is para sa lahat!
Meeting Place: Imee's House at Malumanay St.
Itenerary: To transport all entourage to Tagaytay via convoy
What happened: Hindi nasunod. So kumulot ang noo at buhok ata ni Millet sa pag re-organize ng mga tao para makarating sa Tagaytay in one piece...

But before that happened, eto muna ang eksena namin nila Millet at Chickie.

I was picked up by the van ng mga 8am. Then we picked up Millet at her apartment, then boom! I remembered yun mga polo ng boys, nakalimutan ko sa bahay...hahaha...buti na lang nasa makati pa kami nun naalala ko! hahaha...back to house to pick up the polos and ties. Then totoo na to we went to Ms. Matamis to pick up the cake. Then we headed towards Imee's place na to check on the couple; si Groom kasi may kumpil pa sa may Quiapo at 9:30am. There, they met up with Chickie na dakilang chaperon nila for their day's itenerary para to keep them on track na din. To our suprise, hindi pa gising yun dalawa, to take note that was already 8:30am, at dapat they should be at the Church ng 9:30am for the kumpil. So talak mode kami at pinagmadali yun dalawa. While we asked our two helpers to have their breakfast first before doing the other tasks. Si Millet will pick up the cupcakes at ako naman ay to pick up the overhead projector at board sa bahay ni Tito G sa Fairview, then pick up Gio's - the Groom - mom, son and nephew. Ok. Both task done without a sweat. Yun lang, pag balik ni Millet from the bakery - na may konting kaguluhan - dahil ang blue colored icing at naging VIOLET! So hindi maari, dapat blue ang color ng icing, in short ginawan ng retouch. So pag balik sa bahay nila Imee medyo napa hinga kami ng onti ni Millet. The entourage arrived one by one. Maiko arrived with the doves to be used at the Church; Si Peter driving one of the cars to be used to transport some of the entourage; Manong Allen one of our hired vans to transport the entourage! And to our dismay the two more cars we've been waiting didn't arrive, no advice at all!

Kebarbaridad!

So, we can't do anything about it. Plan B! The van driven by Manong Allen already headed to Tagaytay, with the Bride's sister and other members of the Entourage. Soon after I followed together with Peter, his GF and two boys from the entourage too. I was in charge of transporting the 1 tier cake for the cutting ceremony to the reception area and the making sure that the entourage are already settled in our rented house for the night.

So, everyone arrived safely at Tagaytay. Everyone settled in, ate dinner and started rehearsing for the "dance entrance" to be performed at the Reception, while Chickie and I were busy doing our artwork - misallete, offertories, table numbers and headdress. And true to our words, the rest already put their heads to sleep while the three of us - Millet, Chickie and I - stayed all night to make sure everything is finished and done. We also made a run-through of what will happen to make sure everything will be on scheduled.

APRIL 4 - WEDDING DAY!
4am call time for everyone. We also scheduled the use of the Bathrooms since we only have 2 bathrooms in the house and we are more like 15 people in the house. While the rest of the entourage were busy preparing themselves of the wedding, the three of us busy gathering all the paraphernalias we need - lanterns, offertories, tarpaulin, etc. Chickie left first with the rest of the entourage for the pictorial while Millet and I headed towards the Reception Area to check the progress of the design. Then by 930am Millet went to the Church and I was left behind at the reception area to make sure everything is taking cared of.

Then the party started :)

Oh did I mention that the couple presented us with gifts? We were really shocked and pleased with their gesture. They gave us wayfarer shades that went really well with our outfits

reception's red carpet area

couple's table

sweets table

cake and topper

ninong and ninang giveaways

wayfarer

couple's table