hi followers,
just received an e-mail from vera wang about their spring 2012 bridal collection. out of the collection, there's only 1 dress that captured my eyes:
i really like the colour of the sash and the mermaid shape and lace of the dress. however, i've set my mind on a dress with a sweet heart neckline... so wish me luck everyone... and my journey of dress searching continues....
cheers,
liz xoxo
Wednesday, April 27, 2011
Tuesday, April 26, 2011
catching up
hi followers,
so... what have we confirmed/booked so far in the past 2 and half months?
1. venue for ceremony:
shangri-la mactan cebu - fell in love with this place straight away... we've always wanted an exotic overseas wedding... so when we visited this place the day after our engagement during our vacation in cebu... we instantly fell in love with this place and have the dates that we wanted reserved... love love love it! maureen the events manager was exceptional helpful and lovely and followed up by sending us some vendors that their hotel recommends, like MUA, photogs, videogs, bands, florists, etc. (mental note to self: will need to check them the list out ASAP)
2. venue for reception in hk:
inter-continental HK - since we're having quite a lot of tables (min. 35 tables, i'm hopeing we're not going to have more than 40 that night -_-) there aren't that many venues that could cater the size of our banquet, so we ended up shortlisting 2 venues: inter-continental and ritz-carlton. ok... let's talk about their pros and cons:
inter-continental: pros - big marble staircase, spacious cocktail area and ballroom, old glam, well-known and great reputation for their wedding banquets; cons - looked a bit old fashioned and needed a bit of touch up (however, renovation of the ballroom is going to take place in aug 2011, so i'm crossing my fingers that the 'facelift' is going to restore the place to its former glory)
ritz-carlton: pros - new stylish hotel, modern chic, wonderful assistance from their assistant director Elkie; cons - it's new, so service, food and reputation is yet unknown, the minimun payment is extremely expensive, no staircase unfortunately, private area wasn't private enough.
THEREFORE, our conclusion is, we're opting for old glam, and would rather play safe than going for something yet unknown, and i'm so looking forward to inter-con's 'facelift' =)
3. make- up artist in HK
my friend S has recommended Polly from Faces to me as Polly was her MUA for her pre-wedding photos. went for a make-up trial not long ago. first impression was Polly was a bit awkward and came off a bit snobbish, but gradually when the atmosphere has warmed up we became more relaxed and conversation started to flow. it turns out Polly is an abrupt and straight forward person and was not afraid to raise her opinion, and frankly i would rather work with someone like her. the result of the make up and hair were wonderful and altho i didn't give too much clues of what i want ('coz i seriously have no clue what suits me best) Polly was able to give me the perfect hairdo and make up. as a result, i paid for the deposit on the spot 'coz i know Polly is THE ONE.
4. wedding photography + video
S has also recommended Johnny Productions to us for wedding photography and video, so we booked ourselves an appointment and met up with Johnny himself and Susan the photographer. Johnny showed us their work and we especially love their overseas work. however, since they're one of the most expensive team in HK, the offer that we had was kinda way out of our budget, so we went away and slept on it.
in the next two weeks, in order to broaden our options, we've also met up with Martin Yu and Givefunla. both were wonderful photographers and videographers, but we still couldn't 'forget' about the work by Susan and Johnny.
just when we've decided to go for Givefunla for their photo and video package and do some more research on local filipino photogs in cebu, Johnny gave us a call and promised to give us the best SHOCKING offer possible, and invited us for another meeting at his studio. both chris and i went in to the studio prepared with a budget in our minds for a hk + cebu package, and we were very honest with Johnny about our budget for two countries. so we came up with a solution where everyone is happy: johnny and susan are going to do our cebu wedding (YIPPPYYYY!!!!) and johnny's second team is going to do our hk banquet (and i'm hopeing that Walter will be available for that). altho the outcome of the total amount is still a little bit over our budge, it is still affordable. (i swear i can lower my expectations of my wedding shoe options :P). so it's a DEAL!!!
THANK YOU CHRIS!!! YOU MADE ME A VERY HAPPY BRIDE-TO-BE!!!! *muah muah muah*
cheers,
liz xoxo
so... what have we confirmed/booked so far in the past 2 and half months?
1. venue for ceremony:
shangri-la mactan cebu - fell in love with this place straight away... we've always wanted an exotic overseas wedding... so when we visited this place the day after our engagement during our vacation in cebu... we instantly fell in love with this place and have the dates that we wanted reserved... love love love it! maureen the events manager was exceptional helpful and lovely and followed up by sending us some vendors that their hotel recommends, like MUA, photogs, videogs, bands, florists, etc. (mental note to self: will need to check them the list out ASAP)
2. venue for reception in hk:
inter-continental HK - since we're having quite a lot of tables (min. 35 tables, i'm hopeing we're not going to have more than 40 that night -_-) there aren't that many venues that could cater the size of our banquet, so we ended up shortlisting 2 venues: inter-continental and ritz-carlton. ok... let's talk about their pros and cons:
inter-continental: pros - big marble staircase, spacious cocktail area and ballroom, old glam, well-known and great reputation for their wedding banquets; cons - looked a bit old fashioned and needed a bit of touch up (however, renovation of the ballroom is going to take place in aug 2011, so i'm crossing my fingers that the 'facelift' is going to restore the place to its former glory)
ritz-carlton: pros - new stylish hotel, modern chic, wonderful assistance from their assistant director Elkie; cons - it's new, so service, food and reputation is yet unknown, the minimun payment is extremely expensive, no staircase unfortunately, private area wasn't private enough.
THEREFORE, our conclusion is, we're opting for old glam, and would rather play safe than going for something yet unknown, and i'm so looking forward to inter-con's 'facelift' =)
3. make- up artist in HK
my friend S has recommended Polly from Faces to me as Polly was her MUA for her pre-wedding photos. went for a make-up trial not long ago. first impression was Polly was a bit awkward and came off a bit snobbish, but gradually when the atmosphere has warmed up we became more relaxed and conversation started to flow. it turns out Polly is an abrupt and straight forward person and was not afraid to raise her opinion, and frankly i would rather work with someone like her. the result of the make up and hair were wonderful and altho i didn't give too much clues of what i want ('coz i seriously have no clue what suits me best) Polly was able to give me the perfect hairdo and make up. as a result, i paid for the deposit on the spot 'coz i know Polly is THE ONE.
4. wedding photography + video
S has also recommended Johnny Productions to us for wedding photography and video, so we booked ourselves an appointment and met up with Johnny himself and Susan the photographer. Johnny showed us their work and we especially love their overseas work. however, since they're one of the most expensive team in HK, the offer that we had was kinda way out of our budget, so we went away and slept on it.
in the next two weeks, in order to broaden our options, we've also met up with Martin Yu and Givefunla. both were wonderful photographers and videographers, but we still couldn't 'forget' about the work by Susan and Johnny.
just when we've decided to go for Givefunla for their photo and video package and do some more research on local filipino photogs in cebu, Johnny gave us a call and promised to give us the best SHOCKING offer possible, and invited us for another meeting at his studio. both chris and i went in to the studio prepared with a budget in our minds for a hk + cebu package, and we were very honest with Johnny about our budget for two countries. so we came up with a solution where everyone is happy: johnny and susan are going to do our cebu wedding (YIPPPYYYY!!!!) and johnny's second team is going to do our hk banquet (and i'm hopeing that Walter will be available for that). altho the outcome of the total amount is still a little bit over our budge, it is still affordable. (i swear i can lower my expectations of my wedding shoe options :P). so it's a DEAL!!!
THANK YOU CHRIS!!! YOU MADE ME A VERY HAPPY BRIDE-TO-BE!!!! *muah muah muah*
cheers,
liz xoxo
Monday, April 25, 2011
first post!!!
hi followers,
i've finally got this blog ready and this is my first post!!! *round of applause* used to blog daily while i was studying at high school... but when time goes by... it became a bit tideous and there goes the story... lol... anyways... let's hope that God would give me the will power to blog until our big day!!! muahahahaha...
cheers,
liz xoxo
i've finally got this blog ready and this is my first post!!! *round of applause* used to blog daily while i was studying at high school... but when time goes by... it became a bit tideous and there goes the story... lol... anyways... let's hope that God would give me the will power to blog until our big day!!! muahahahaha...
cheers,
liz xoxo
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