The Wedding Preparations
On September 3-13, 2004, Craig came back to the Philippines once again. The good news was, we were together to work on partially finalizing our church wedding plans in the Philippines. The plans started in the late week of June 2004 barely two weeks after Craig's first visit, and we thought we can have more than enough preparations until our wedding ceremony which was set October of that same year.
It was much busier than we both expected, but the tight schedules still were not a hindrance in spending more wonderful time together. Of course, the planning stage was "rough and tough" as they would say, since we both agreed this would be a "big" wedding celebration for our family in the Philippines with some friends.
With all the labors and lots of errands, we finally decided to seek the help of a wedding planner who will help us coordinate all the things and schedules we needed to do and accomplish. Gemma (aka "Gima") was of course awesome in doing her job and we were both thankful towards her effort on what she did.
Thanks Gima ;).
Our Wedding Planner - (The Woman Behind The Scene)
More Preparations ...
The arrhaes
The rings
The bride and the gown
Corinne - flower girl
Arienne - flower girl
Miguel Alfonso - coin bearer
Luis Joaquin - bible bearer
Margie - bridesmaid
Nickle - groomsman
The designs and cuts of our wedding entourage outfits are exclusively made by our wedding designer Ms. Jaki Penalosa.
Gathering the whole entourage for body measurements is not easy. So, we decided to let them go by batch.
On the other hand, the final fitting of each of the participants was even more tough to handle and quite difficult to get them together for the fitting schedules. So, we thought of having 4 fitting schedules as an adjustment for those who had hectic schedules, wherein the final fitting should be done before the actual ceremony. This was to allow time for any cut adjustments for the outfit.
The above photos were during the final fitting of the rest, while the others were already done beforehand.
The Color Motiff
The Make up and Hairdo Test
We did the make up and hairdo test 2 days before the wedding. My skin is highly sensitive to some facial cosmetics so a light test on it would help us determine the presence of bad allergens :). So far, so good!
The hairdo was not actually done exactly the day of the wedding. My make up artist and our designer had conflicts, so I ended up having 2 different hairdo's. Oh boy! I didn't mind it afterall. I know I am still beautiful without the hairdo, LOL!
Here's the complete list of the number of participants that made up our bridal entourage.
Although we didn't assured them about confidentiality of photos to be posted online, mostly said it is alright :).
Since many of the participants agreed to just put their identities privately, we chose not to divulge their complete names here. We respect their right to privacy, so we are giving you just the detail list as follows:
Our Principal Sponsors: (Godparents) - 22 people, 10 came
Best man: 1
Matron of Honor: 1
Junior Groomsmen: 3
Junior Bridesmaids: 3
Our Secondary Sponsors:
Candle Sponsors: 2
Veil Sponsors: 2
Cord Sponsors: 2
Our Bearers:
Ring Bearer: 1
Coin Bearer: 1
Bible Bearer: 1
Our Flower Girls: 3
Our Singers: 3
Our Usherettes: 4
