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The Wedding Boutique

NT — Wed, 17 Feb 2010 06:05:16 +0000

If you are getting married anytime soon, I suggest, set aside your diet supplement review first and check out the just relaunched bridal boutique of Net-A-Porter, the world’s premier online luxury fashion retailer. The Wedding Boutique features Net-A-Porter’s luxurious and the “chicest” wedding dresses from the renowned designers like Lanvin, Valentino, Vionnet, and Giambattista Valli.

It’s actually a one-stop wedding dress closet shop because you can also browse gowns and dresses for the female entourage as well as other wedding trinkets like tiaras, lingerie, bags, jewelries and even Christian Louboutin and Jimmy Choo footwear. Well, if you’re one frugal bride who can’t afford their tags, their catalog is a great resource to draw inspiration from so you can celebrate your “I Do” in style.

Lanvin's Silk Mousseline Embellished Gown

Philosophy Di Alberta Ferreti's Boned Silk Satin Halter Dress

Wedding Resource Sites

NT — Tue, 02 Feb 2010 11:06:46 +0000

A close college buddy of mine just shared the news that she’s now engaged to her long time boyfriend. Finally! They’ve been going steady for 10 years! So as a friend who has witnessed how they surpassed all the trials their relationship has been through, I sincerely feel happy for them as I know that they are now more than ready to take their union to a higher and more exciting notch, and that is as husband and wife.

Seeing how my friend is so excited and overwhelmed with the wedding preparations reminds me of my self back when we started planning for our wedding 4 years ago. Just like her, I was so clueless where to start and what to do. I got married ahead of my close peers and among my elder siblings so basically, I got no one to “coach” and give me tips. Luckily, I joined a local e-group of fellow brides who are also in the midst of wedding preparations and it’s from them I got to know of the latest wedding trends, the most sought and well known yet budget friendly wedding suppliers, DIY wedding stuff tips and so much more. It’s also through that forum that I learned various wedding resource sites such as the following that helped me and my husband plan our simple yet the fabulous wedding of our dreams.

Unique Wedding Ideas: Be on the loop about the most creative wedding ideas and tips that brides of today can use on their most magical day. This is the ultimate wedding resource about anything wedding related stuffs from A-Z: attire, jewelry, wedding suppliers, destination weddings and a lot more.

Funny Wedding Photos: Shake off those wedding jitters by having a good laugh over these funny wedding photos. If you want your wedding be less serious and infuse good humor, you may get nice funny ideas to stage on your wedding day.

Wedding Setups: A must bookmark wedding blog on your browser. Wedding planning is made a lot easier and less stressful through their informative guides, tips and resource about everything to consider on your big day.

Custom Cake Toppers: Veer away from the traditional and boring cake designs and instead, embellish it with custom wedding cake toppers! Let the guests know your personality as a couple by designing your cake toppers with the way you are..from a wacky looking couple to a themed one capturing your common interests.

Before I Do Bridal Fair

NT — Sun, 08 Nov 2009 06:30:09 +0000

Sharing this alert to all the soon-to-wed couples.

Hubby and I used to frequent bridal fairs when we were preparing for our wedding four years ago and truly, we got the best deals and booked most of our wedding suppliers from there.

Flowering Plants as Wedding Tokens

NT — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 09:13:43 +0000

Here in our country, June is not really the month when most weddings are celebrated..it’s actually December. Being a December bride myself, I understand that most couples want to get wed in this month because simply, it’s the most festive month of the year. A lot of relatives are coming home for vacation from abroad, Christmas bonuses are in and everyone’s just in the jolly mood.

December of last year, we attended three weddings and it seems we’re attending the same number again towards the end of the year starting on the 28th of November. One of the things I love about weddings and I look forward to, aside from the food, are the wedding tokens. Couples get innovative as wedding giveaways become more unique each year. We rarely see weddings now who gives away ceramic displays that just get dusted in the closets and sometimes just thrown away. I got to chat with one of my friends who’s getting next month and she said that their giveaways will be miniature Gerbera flower plants in Copper Tin with Handle that will function as a table decoration as well. Take a look at the image on the left. It’s truly stylish and one of a kind. Guests will surely love them and it’s something that they won’t just easily disregard. And oh, Mother Nature will equally be delighted as well.

Of Braces and Goofy Looks.

NT — Sun, 11 Oct 2009 13:56:09 +0000

Browsing through old photos of your younger years can really be therapeutic. I have just unearthed a few High School memorabilia of me and hubby and it’s just amusing to see how innocent looking we were then on pictures. (Hubby and I were High School classmates, by the way). Hubby almost gave me a slight whack on the head because I kept on chuckling over his so “childlike” looks – skinny, dark and sporting a crew cut hair as a requirement for our Citizen’s Army Training (CAT) curriculum. He laughed at my photos in return – petite, scrawny, and goofy looking because of my braces.

Oh those braces…it really brings back a lot of memories. I used to wear braces for quite a period of time to correct the spacing of my overlapping teeth. Back then, for some reason, wearing braces and retainers was a cool thing among teenagers. It was more of like a status symbol and just like when pagers and cellphones were introduced, braces became an instant fad. As for me who was forced to wear because of a genetic teeth malformation (my 2 siblings also wore braces), I didn’t find it cool. It was a torture especially when my orthodontist attached the brackets for the first time and every time she adjusts them on a monthly basis. She gave me the freedom to choose whatever rubber color she’d put on the brackets so as the season and holiday changes, so does the color of my braces, too. Every December, I had it in green and red, alternate. For the Halloween, it was in black and orange. Just a lighter way of exhausting out the pain. I had a huge relief when my teeth aligned very well and she finally removed my braces. I also wore retainers briefly then had a permanent retention behind my lower teeth. Too bad, my orthodontist migrated already abroad. I’m not sure where in the US she’s based now but I’m sure she’s doing great..at par even with the best San Diego orthodontics in Cali. The Irresistible Smiles orthodontist are all great at providing orthodontic services. They also perform various dental procedures, surgeries and implant services.

Anyway, back to the pictures, it’s also amazing to realize how we transformed over the years. We’ll surely keep these and treasure very well so that my 19 month old son will have something to chuckle over too in the future.

Meanwhile, if you’d like to see my goofy photo…hmmm, I’ll think it over first if I’ll post it online.

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Wishing For My Own Territory.

NT — Tue, 22 Sep 2009 10:49:08 +0000

I really look forward to the day when we finally move to a place that we can call our own.

Don’t get me wrong, I love everyone supporting us right now but it really is different if you can be the sole Queen and take control of the household. Your own territory where you can not just keep mum but you can freely say what’s on your mind without feeling any sense of inferiority. Your own place where you can freely move without being conscious what the others might think about your action. You own niche where you can set your own rules. Your own home where your kid wouldn’t be confused of the parenting style being imposed. Your own kingdom where your preference will prevail.

:sigh:

On another note, if there’s one thing that we should be happy about with this setup, our savings are shooting up faster than we thought. This means, the faster that we can save much, the faster we can reach the realization of our dream home.

We will no longer push through with our plan to rent an apartment. Instead, we’ll remain here and just save the rental fee and use it for M Project’s DP.

So tama si asawa. Tiis is the magic word really…and the skill of artful keber and deadma.

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Cooking Up a Bachelorette Party.

NT — Tue, 01 Sep 2009 05:19:08 +0000

Aside from Christmas, one reason that I’m excited about the coming year end Holidays is the upcoming wedding of a very dear friend, P. The Maid of Honor, C, who’s also a close friend of ours, has sought or should I say, made me promise that I help her out in organizing P’s bridal shower two weeks before the wedding. C sounded so desperate that I had no choice but to say yes. It’s not that I’m expert in that field but given that I’m the only one in our circle of friends, so far, who’s married, there’s no one to help her. And since I got myself into it, I have started scouring the web for ideas on how to stage a semi-wild-but-wholesome-still bachelorette party. I now have a few ideas like on the theme, invitations to hand out, food and other party effects. Thanks to the Bachelorette.com coupon codes I chanced upon online, we’ll save a lot on the party effects we’ll be ordering. Same with my gift for the bride. I have scored some Romantic Gifts coupons and I’m sure that she’ll first feel aloof with my gift but I know that they’ll enjoy it. :naughty grin:

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Hardworking.

NT — Sat, 29 Aug 2009 13:45:58 +0000

One of the topics that I blog most of the time is about my family, specifically my boys. I used to blog about dear husband a lot then but now, the little boy has taken the center stage that I barely even mention the husband. So tonight, I will dedicate an exclusive blog post for the main man of the family.

If you are a Facebook contact, you might have frequently read my blurbs about having late dinners during weekdays. It is because the husband has been working overtime for the past couple of months and he usually reaches home late at 9 pm. Eating late can be a big sacrifice to my “always-hungry” tummy but I don’t have the right to complain. Besides, I’d rather eat late with the husband than eat alone early. It’s my way of helping the husband de-stress after a very long and tiring day at work. I appreciate that he’s such a very hardworking and responsible provider to our family. Ever since, he’s been such even during his student years. I can even recall how he patiently underwent his boring OJT course – he counted stocks of refurbished VOIP Phones in one of the major telephone companies in the country. He took up Electronics and Communications Engineering so his works and projects were about these VOIP Phones. (If you wish to know more about these VOIP phones, check out Primelec.com).

Anyway, I wish that he takes time to relax because his body might take its toll on him if he won’t slow down. And that is why I love long weekends so much like what we have now. He was on leave last Friday then it’s public holiday on Monday so my son and I are the happiest because we get to spend 4 long days with the most hardworking Daddy on the world.

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L-O-V-E

NT — Sun, 24 May 2009 09:45:00 +0000

Just a reminder to every married couple…

Journalling: Love doesn’t consist in gazing at each other but in looking outward together in the same direction-St Antoine de Exupery.

Credits:
Katie the Scrapbooklady’s Visual Stories Template Set – Floating Frames (available at ACOT)
Katie the Scrapbooklady’s Fill-abets Fillable Alphabets
Abrasive Earth Colors Papers by Lisa Carter (DSP)

To my hubby..I’m so grateful that we’ve been looking and will continue to look outward together in that direction. We’ll get there, bi!

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Internet and Married Life.

NT — Fri, 06 Mar 2009 02:02:35 +0000

The husband may be a programmer but good thing he isn’t a blogger or site owner and cares less about Alexa and Google Page Ranks.