First Food Tasting - Cocooro Catering

So full :)) arrgh! hahahaha We just had our first ever FREE food tasting, unfortunately dadhie was not able to attend with me so I let mama joined me :) Cocooro Catering is located near our place so its very convenient to attend their invite.

I talked to Aina Cruz , a co-owner of Cocooro catering that was established in late 90's. They prepared minimal dishes and few deserts during the free food tasting. Their price and packages are very affordable without sacrificing the taste of the food. They also personalize cake toppers and fondant cakes. However I was expecting a lil' more in terms of table set up since that's one of the things that I'm very particular. I attached sample pictures of their food and fondant cakes. Overall Score is 3.5 out of 5

Personalize Cake Topper! Sooo Cute!

fondant cake

Mama's Plate- hindi siya masyadong gutom :)

My Plate :)

Their showroom table set up :( i will it give 3 out of 5

My beautiful Mama!

My special favorite is "Burgundy Deglazed Pot Roast Beef"

2 deserts- Mango Jello and Buko Pandan (3 out of 5)

another personal favorite - Korean Pasta

You can reach them through this phone number
Cocooro Catering - Aina Cruz-Marquez
0917-470-4951
425-6995
Facebook page - http://www.facebook.com/cocooro?fref=ts

DIY boutonniere - Idea

Happy Sunday Y'all! No work today so more time to read blogs and browse pictures for our wedding. I saw this DIY boutonniere posted by weddings at work and I felt to in love with it. Since our wedding theme is vintage, this one is a perfect match!

Lovely!

We won! :)

In continuation from my previous post about the Bridal Fair... WE WON the RAFFLE! weeeeeee....
We went home around 1 pm, we were so exhausted and hungry that's why we decided to no longer wait for their hourly raffle. We are heading back home, then someone called me from Were Engaged Bridal Fair Team that we won, at first I thought we just won 1,000 worth of something spa. hahahaha I was sleeping when they called so I cant comprehend what their saying. :) So I confirmed to them that we won 5,000 GC at SERIASIA SPA! :) Son of a swimming pool! :))))))) that was HUGE! UNBELIEVABLE. We are planning to use it next year on our 7th year anniversary! WE ARE SO LUCKY! thank you papa god! :)

Free Trial Make Up by Carl Capellan

So, aside from booking She and Him, I also took advantage of FREE stuff during the fair. :) I planned to try another HMUA however, I needed to wait for a long time. So we decided to walk and get flyers from HMUA. I never felt comfortable to some of them but I had this THIS IS IT FEELING when Carl approached me. But since dadhie was feeling sick we decided to sit for awhile and rest. When we got back to Carl, I decided to try his artistry. I felt SOOOO comfortable talking to him, I thought I know him for a long time. I love how he magically transformed me from haggard ugly duckling to a fresh and no make up look! :) I so love him and promised to book him next year! :)

VOILA! Before and After look! Thanks Carl!

She and Him OFFICIALLY BOOKED!

Atlast, I can now share what happened last weekend. :) panakaw na oras :)  Yipeeee!! So, Dadhie and I attended the Were Engaged Bridal Fair even though he was sick. He was able to accompany me and collect TONS of flyers given out by suppliers. that's why i love him <3 LOL!

So we finally meet Sheena and Richard during the fair and officially signed the contract :) unfortunately, Wax was not available that time because of family emergency. Anyway, they are very mabait and bubbly like me so we easily get along with them, we talked about possible location for our pre-nup, any themed in mind and the progress of our wedding preparation. I asked gazillion questions to them, :) hehehehe like how much will be OOT fees, possible shoot locations and a lot more. As early as now I want to know what are the things we need to remember. We are so happy to booked them as early as now, one burden taken out of our shoulders :)

Me and Sheena :)

No time!

I'm so sad that I haven't updated my blog for a week now after we attended the Were Engaged bridal fair :( I'm so busy at work that I cant even read my emails. :( waaaaaahhhh!!! 

We are officialy ENGAGED!

WE ARE ENGAGED! :) I cant explain how happy I'm today! :)))) I thought its just a regular night but this was so special because of that special question he asked me! I cant wait to share what happened.

I was dozing off to sleep around 7:00 pm and suddenly woke up hearing the song "Just Say Yes by Nicole Scherzinger" and saw dadhie holding a box with a ring on it.  He said " will you marry me?" I was surprised and I said nothing but hug him tight, I burst out to tears because I cant still believe that it's happening but I said "Yes"(of course:) He said that he cant think of anyway to do it and he doesn't want us to attend the Bridal Fair without me wearing a ring. He was quite pissed off if someone is asking if he already proposed or Why am i not wearing a ring.

I know that It's every woman's dream to have a romantic, fairytale, flash mobbed wedding proposal, but mine was very simple yet romantic. It doesn't even matter, because the fact that he is committed to marry me and spend our lives together is PRICELESS.  HAPPY ME!

Beautiful :)

We're Engaged Bridal Fair - ATTENDING!

We are sooo excited to attend one of the biggest Bridal Fair this year. We're Engaged Bridal Fair will be held in PICC on October 20-21. We will also book our first supplier (She and Him Photography with Wax Ambata) all documents are set and we are ready to go! :) . 

I was also ecstatic when I read that they are giving out FREEBIES, DISCOUNTS and even raffle draw. We are looking forward for this one of a kind experience and hope to book as many supplier as possible :p. I attached their logo and the link for FREE Registration! :)

Registration Link: http://www.ourweddingphilippines.com/the-bridal-fair/event-registration/?ee=1

Hurry! You only have until tomorrow to register.

Wedding Giveaway - My Sweet Closet

Everyone will die for chocolate cake or chocolate chip cookies right? How about use that as your giveaway? sponsor giveaways or supplier giveaways?

I want to introduce my Friends Sweet Closet. Shes a very talented pastry cook and started her business with passion and dedication and take note! AFFORDABLE indeed. From chocolate truffles to Cakes to cookies you will definitely love each and every creations freshly baked from home. I attached the link and pictures for your reference. ENJOY and INDULGE!

her version of triple chocolate! YUMMY!

DEEEE-LISH!!!!! :)) 

Coated Chocolate Truffles

Red Velvet Cupcakes. :))

Kindly visit her Facebook page if you want to order. Thanks!
http://www.facebook.com/Mysweetgoodies?fref=ts

First Supplier - She and Him with Joaquin Ambata

Yipee! First supplier- PENCIL BOOKED!  Its been a month since I emailed Sheena and inquired about their rates/packages, luckily they are partnered with Joaquin Ambata as their Videographer. We are so impressed with how She and Him took magical shots. We are very specific with our Photo and Video since those are the only memories we can look back, we want simple, no heavy editing but elegant photos. We are moved when we saw their pictures, no words can describe the love and passion behind every shots. I uploaded some of the photos taken from their website.

And since we will booked them early, we are entitled for FREEBIES. Pren-up shoot is included in our package. :) Sample shots below! :)

I also attached a sample FULL HD Same Day Edit link by Joaquin Ambata which is again, included in the package. :)

http://vimeo.com/49092421

We are sooo excited to work with them. We read a lot of positive feedback's from their previous clients, that is why we are so convince to get them on our special day! :)

Too early to prepare

18 months from now is our wedding day. Too early to prepare? I don't think so. Days passed so fast you will be surprise its already 2013. One of the reason or I must say Benefit for booking early is SAVING MONEY! yep you read it right. Scouting for suppliers a year earlier will definitely save you tons! why? the term LOCKED IN is the keyword. There are suppliers who accept early bookings and locked in the terms from the time you make the partial payment or down payment. It will save you from drastic changes of rates from time to time because of their need. Will surely follow what I have learned from reading wedding blogs. :))

Wedding Proposal

"Did he proposed?" "where is your engagement ring?" those are the questions that i often hear from my friends and colleagues. We started planning the wedding a month ago, no formal proposal. We just woke up one morning and started scouting for potential suppliers.

Well, its every woman's dream to have that magical/romantic proposal and expensive engagement ring but the fact that your man is ready to tie the knot is the most important thing for sure. In our case were on planning stage and for me its really not that necessary, All I want is to marry my man. 

Am I still waiting for that question? YES! hahahaha.. :) Cross fingers! :))))

Wedding Theme and Motif

Its been awhile since i created this blog for our upcoming wedding and I have been searching suppliers left and right, reading blogs- left and right but i really haven't shared any.

First off, Dadhie and I decided that our wedding should be simple, no theme or whatsoever but in case we have the opportunity, we want a vintage-modern wedding. I uploaded a sample picture of what it looks like. :)

Aside from loving vintage, Dhie and I love color YELLOW so we decided to incorporate that to our wedding, however according to Bridalbook.com if you don't want your wedding to look like a kids party you need to choose a different color to blend with a bright one so we choose GRAY. I'm so in love with the combination. <3

My Second Blog! Yipee!

Finally, after 7 long years of not doing it, I finally created my 2nd blog, this time its not about my favorite show, singer or reality shows, this blog is created for my wedding preparations. yep you read it right! :) I'M GETTING MARRIED. I will update this blog every now and then, (I hope so :p). I will let you know the progress of my nerve wracking wedding preparations.