Wedding Series: Prep + THE Dress

For any woman or bride-to-be, we can all agree that the wedding dress is one of the most important detail in our entire wedding planning. At least, that was the case for me. Since we got engaged, one of the first things that we got to work on is to find my wedding dress. You can probably say that we visited every bridal shop in the city. I did have a specific style in mind even before I went shopping; however, that hardly made the search easy. I initially opted for a custom made wedding dress because I really wanted to own the dress after the wedding. However, I wanted to be practical too and the customized option is way beyond our prospected budget. Even if my fiance (now husband) was open to the idea of spending whatever it would take to achieve my dream dress, I wasn't going to let him. My dress is an RTW from David & Rachel Bridal Boutique but we opted to give it customized beaded details and adjusted for custom fit. The quoted price for the custom made dress was at PhP 40,000 (around 900 USD) and my wedding dress was only at PhP 20,000 (around 450 USD). It was such a great deal!

There are also two versions of my dress: the first one comes with a mesh insert with lace appliques. The other one is the sweetheart neckline strapless gown with mermaid tulle skirt. Naturally, I had to change my hairstyles to suit the dress. For the church version of the dress, I wore an updo and changed it to a wavy hairstyle for the reception to create a more relaxed look.

The groom, however, wore a custom made Armani suit from David & Rachel Bridal Boutique:

You can check out a few more photos from the wedding prep:

Groom and family

Bride and parents

The next update will be the final update in this wedding series. I will be sharing photos from the reception!

Wedding Series: Engagement Photos

Credit: Homebrew

I'm sorry to all my blogger friends who've been bugging me to share photos of my wedding. I wanted to wait a while before I do. The past month felt so surreal; almost a year of preparation and the day just flew right by. Now I know why married friends would tell me to take it all in and enjoy the stress of wedding planning - I do miss that kind of stress somehow. Thanks to our trusty wedding coordinator Swan Lake for turning our dream wedding into a reality- I just replay the day in my mind over and over again. We tied the knot on my birthday so that makes the celebration extra special!

I actually debated on whether it would be a good idea to share these photos on my blog. Thankfully, my husband was understanding enough to give consent. Honestly, I know this is a private occasion, which is why we had an intimate wedding of a little over 100 guests. At the same time, it was a joyous occasion that we wanted to share the love and happiness we received that day. This is my way of sharing that with you, my readers.

There are tons of photos to sift through and it's going to take me days. Hence, I will be sharing it in installments starting off with the engagement photos today. I've shared a bit of our engagement photos in this post, but here are more photos. Credits to Richard Amora and his team at Homebrew for our engagement and wedding photos. You can check out their Facebook page here: 

I hope you enjoyed browsing through these photos as much as we did shooting them. I will be back with another installment wherein I will be sharing photos of the bridal party. Hope to see you again!

Photo credits: Homebrew and Richard Amora