cheesygarcia is getting married!

originally we only got 92AD to sing at the ceremony, but after clarice pointed out that it would only cost 5k extra for them to sing at the reception, we decided to get them for the reception as well. i really can’t remember much of the music during the ceremony or the reception, but apparently butch almost teared up when they started humming “after all” for my bridal march.

some people also asked if we had their dresses made cos the colours sort of meshed well with our motif. no we didn’t pay for their gowns lol but they looked great

anyway, people said they were great so i give them a 5 out of 5.

the church flowers were mainly butch’s thing. his only requirement was that there’s plenty of flowers and that they’re all white. we got an upgraded package from scenta flora cos butch wanted to have flowers along the aisles as well. i remember not paying for the flowers on the rails of the stairs but they came up with them. i don’t know if that’s a bonus or if we actually paid for them, anyway they looked nice

butch’s only comment was that he wanted roses along the aisles and not the lilies (is that what they’re called), but i suppose it would’ve been more expensive to use roses. also it might have been harder to walk down the aisles with my parents if they used roses.

i had no issues with them, so i am giving them a 5 out of 5.

i first heard of clarice through a friend’s wedding blog. i really liked her wedding so i mostly used the suppliers she had. anyway i googled clarice and found out that she has a lot of experience dealing with overseas-based brides. it actually took her a while to get back to me and i had already gotten a different coordinator.

after a chance meeting on ym (i forgot i had added her ym id on my list) i decided to go ahead with getting her for full coordination cos then my coordinator had some personal issues that made her unavailable for quite some time. anyway even before booking clarice i had already gotten in touch with some suppliers and the chancery. at first i was having trouble letting go and getting her to take care of everything. but when i got pregnant i lost interest with the preps so i let her have complete control over liaising with suppliers hehe.

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when i saw the invitations that i wanted on printed matter’s website i was really excited cos it seemed as though the colours of the exact invites i wanted matched that of our colour scheme. unfortunately though the lighting they used for taking pictures sort of sucked because the pic on the website is a far cry from what it actually looks like in person.

this is the picture of the invite on their website:

and the picture of our invites:

i was in the US when we were doing the preps, so even though the colours were not the ones i liked i decided to just go through with it cos it was too much of a hassle looking for another design that i liked.

we also got a loose invitation for matt’s christening. we decided not to include it as part of the actual invitation cos it would’ve cost a lot more to have his picture printed in colour.

matt’s christening invitation;

i give printed matter a 4 out of 5.

we chose josiah’s because out of all the accredited fernwood caterers, they were the ones that i had heard of before. they seemed to cater a lot of showbiz events, so i thought, why not? lol

although there were a lot of no show guests there wasn’t a lot of leftovers because the guests came back for seconds. being a sweet tooth myself i really liked their dessert bar, although i wasn’t actually able to enjoy the food on the actual wedding i suppose being the bride and groom you don’t have much choice but to do as you are told! lucky we ate heaps during the food tasting, at least we got to enjoy their food somehow hehe.

the kids also enjoyed the kiddie setup that they did, with matching mini tiffany chairs

i wish i were a guest at my own wedding, then i could’ve enjoyed the food and the desserts! especially the chocolate fountain *drools* hehe anyway, i would give josiah’s a 5 out of 5.