*el dorado - meaning 'place of riches'*
whew.. of course after deciding to get married next year, the preparations follow. so now we are tracking our road to getting there hehehhe...
me and hubby first agreed on the date that we would want, and we decided it's best to have it on a december because it's a festive season and of course most of the relatives would be home including us and the kids. well it would also lessen the expenses of having to decorate the church and the reception venue hehe! *nice idea right?* ..and so we finalized the date to be december 27, 2007 at 4pm in the afternoon. our wedding theme is classic vintage, around 1950's era. i was inspired by the movie, mona lisa smile starring julia roberts *my idol*. color motiff is still tentative because i have to meet my couterier first.
the second task was finding our church.. i think this part is the easiest because i already had in mind the san agustin church in intramuros. i attended a wedding there twice and during those times, i would really feel the solemnity of the ceremony and the serenity of the place. there was this warm touch of god's hands and sweet lullaby of his voice. and right then and there, i knew, this is the place where i want our vows to be witnessed by god and by our loved ones. san agustin church usually gets filled up quite fast for couples so we decided to book them as early as now. my dear sister, grace, and boyfriend, aljo, went there last july 4 to book our date. well i know you've read the story of that from my previous post :)
along the way of meditating on our wedding date, we were also deciding on the person to get as our wedding coordinator. i know that it would be difficult for us to accomplish everything being both overseas so we decided to get one. initially i was thinking of getting somebody around the ten thousand peso mark. i read some archives on the discussion of w@w *weddingsatwork* and found such names as queen, teena, clarice, etc. so i did my homework and researched on their profiles. clarice was also referred by my kumare. i also emailed teena of hitched *referred by w@w sister*. both of them sent an email regarding their proposals for our big day. we were quite stunned with the budget that we would have to alot for them. niño and i discussed our options. he said that it's ok to pay as long as the quality of service is brought home and we're comfortable with the person. in our case, another hindrance is that we need to spend our time also with the kids so we need someone who could really handle the job. our final decision was to get teena baretto of hitched. i was able to talk to her already and sure enough there was this magic right from the beginning, so i know we're in good hands.
when teena and i started discussing some few thoughts and ideas *well actually i laid all my cards from the beginning to her so that she'd know what we want*, she gave me a list of things to accomplish at the end of the year. she wanted us to settle the church date, reception venue, caterer *if needed* and photographer/videographer, and then make a downpayment or pay the reservation fees..
church: check! done already.. next..
reception venue: hmm.. this is one of the toughest decision to make. we were comparing a garden wedding against hotel or ballroom wedding. i really wanted a garden wedding because the place itself is already presentable plus the ambiance is different from a closed-door room. niño also felt that we would need to get a caterer that would dress up a function room well, otherwise, we would need an event stylist or florist to jazz up the place. of course, that would mean additional cost. from my post in the w@w yahoogroup, i was able to get a list of garden venues around intramuros that has back-up tents and ballrooms. we found ilustrados; we checked their website and we like the place already! even the ballroom is very complimenting. right now, we are 75% decided on booking them for our reception venue..
caterer: no need, ilustrados has in-house catering service so i don't have to do several taste test.
photographer/videographer: another tough situation. admittingly, there are lots of talented kababayans back home and its really so difficult to find one who could fit in with the budget and could deliver what we want. the very important thing to us is the layouting. we want it to be somewhat dramatic.. something like when you're looking at them, you can feel the emotions and it's as if you were there on the occasion. also, we want someone who could do well with black and white art according to our theme. we're still deciding on this so i guess it would follow in my succeeding post eventually. hold on to your seats..
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we plan to make our own website soon at weddingannouncer.com :) keep you posted promise!
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