and when I dream

Dress Diaries: Johna Ho Fall 2011

2011-04-22T03:53:00.000+08:00

source: Wedding Channel

-- I am a witness to the suffering of my people. I am a chronicler of truth and a catalyst of change. -The Scholastican-

Dress Diaries: Marchesa 2012

2011-04-20T03:59:00.003+08:00

source: Wedding Channel

-- I am a witness to the suffering of my people. I am a chronicler of truth and a catalyst of change. -The Scholastican-

Dress Diaries: Heidi Elnora Fall 2011

2011-04-18T03:51:00.002+08:00

source: Wedding Channel

-- I am a witness to the suffering of my people. I am a chronicler of truth and a catalyst of change. -The Scholastican-

Dress Diaries: Lela Rose 2012

2011-04-16T03:50:00.001+08:00

source: Wedding Channel

-- I am a witness to the suffering of my people. I am a chronicler of truth and a catalyst of change. -The Scholastican-

Of Prenup Shoots

2011-02-28T09:08:00.001+08:00

Prenup photo shoots these days have gone from being just the classic posing in the park, holding hands while walking lovey dovey stuff to outrageous out of the box thematic shoots.

Just yesterday, a friend of mine was asking me where they can get matching nursing scrubs (she and her husband to be met in nursing school). I was about to ask her why when she told me that they needed it for their prenup shoot. how creative is that, huh? now how they're gonna pull shooting in a hospital, i dont know. hahaha. :D

Anyway I told her to first search the web for cheap scrubs. At this day and age, we can practically buy anything off the internet, especially now when Nursins is still all the rage here in the Philippines. Nursing uniforms practically show up anywhere and it's amazing the wide range of choices nurses have nowadays.

As for us, we went the classic route but had the shoot in an unlikely place: a cemetery. more on that on a future post. for the meantime, let me share some of our own photos by the ever talented Richard Buan. :)

here you go:

more pictures here.

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Money Matters

2011-02-26T13:22:00.000+08:00

I hate to say it cause it sucks the whole romantic aspect of getting married, but let’s all be honest here: money IS an important aspect when planning for a wedding.

I have always been proud of the fact that the husband and I paid for our own wedding. That’s basically why it took us more than a year to plan. We had to scrimp and save every cent we made just to come up with the money to pay for the wedding. I remember I had all sorts of worksheets and lists telling me how much we saved, etc and I must admit admit I obsessed over them for months.

My biggest fear (aside from tripping down the aisle) was not having enough money to pay for the wedding. I didnt want to wake up two weeks before the big day and realize that oh my gosh, we’re short on cash. Yikes! That was like one of my worst nightmares ever!

I probably freaked out about once a month, then the husband would patiently assure me that of course we’ll have enough, yada yada yada. Still I could not be consoled. I’d go on and on about saving and money and worksheets and though I’m ashamed to admit it, but I actually would piss myself off everytime I’m at my wits end worrying about the funds. Only when he would remind me that if we really find ourselves in a bind, there’s always sites like urgentcashloan.com that bails people out of their cash emergencies, that I would actually begin to calm down.

Thankfully, we survived my crazy worries and nope I didnt drive the husband crazy. haha. But still I am grateful that there are companies like urgentcashloan.com out there. Just the idea that they are there to help us if in case we’d find ourselves in a rut, calmed my nerves. Well most of the time anyway. LOL. :D

dress diaries: Project Wedding

2011-02-25T07:51:00.000+08:00

-- I am a witness to the suffering of my people. I am a chronicler of truth and a catalyst of change. -The Scholastican-

all about the hair XVI

2011-02-23T07:47:00.001+08:00

source: Wedding Channel

-- I am a witness to the suffering of my people. I am a chronicler of truth and a catalyst of change. -The Scholastican-

Pretty Little Details

2011-02-21T07:41:00.001+08:00

source: Wedding Channel

-- I am a witness to the suffering of my people. I am a chronicler of truth and a catalyst of change. -The Scholastican-

Centerpieces III

2010-10-29T15:38:00.000+08:00

source: Wedding Channel

-- I am a witness to the suffering of my people. I am a chronicler of truth and a catalyst of change. -The Scholastican-

all about the hair XV

2010-10-24T15:51:00.000+08:00

source: The Knot

-- I am a witness to the suffering of my people. I am a chronicler of truth and a catalyst of change. -The Scholastican-

all about the hair XIV

2010-10-22T15:48:00.001+08:00

source: The Knot

-- I am a witness to the suffering of my people. I am a chronicler of truth and a catalyst of change. -The Scholastican-

Centerpieces IV

2010-10-20T15:43:00.001+08:00

source: Wedding Channel

-- I am a witness to the suffering of my people. I am a chronicler of truth and a catalyst of change. -The Scholastican-

Missalette Template - FREE DOWNLOAD

2010-10-17T01:31:00.008+08:00

One of the harder parts of the wedding preparations (at least for us) was making the missalette. I was definitely an OC bride with an OC mom to boot. LOL. :) Good thing my then fiancé, now hubby, was very patient. He did everything from choosing the readings to typing to proofreading and eventually printing. How lucky can I get? hahaha. :)
here's a picture of my hubby looking a bit frustrated over the missalettes (LOL):

Anyway, I wanted to share to all brides out there a soft copy of the missalette and I hope it at least saves you a bit of trouble. :) (doing the layout can be a pain, seriously).

Just click on the link below and download away:

Alonzo - Rodriguez Nuptials

note:

the format we used was provided by St. James the Great Ayala Alabang, try to check with your churches first if they have a specific format you need to follow.

feel free to share this post with anyone who you think needs the help. :)

a little extra:

sharing the cover of our misalette (made this myself..)

here's a post I made months ago about the covers: Missalette Cover

happy preps everyone! :)

-- I am a witness to the suffering of my people. I am a chronicler of truth and a catalyst of change. -The Scholastican-

Centerpieces II

2010-10-16T15:33:00.001+08:00

source: Wedding Channel

-- I am a witness to the suffering of my people. I am a chronicler of truth and a catalyst of change. -The Scholastican-

Centerpieces I

2010-10-14T15:25:00.002+08:00

source: Wedding Channel

-- I am a witness to the suffering of my people. I am a chronicler of truth and a catalyst of change. -The Scholastican-

inspiration nation: Blue White Winter

2010-10-12T15:16:00.001+08:00

source: Perfect Palette

-- I am a witness to the suffering of my people. I am a chronicler of truth and a catalyst of change. -The Scholastican-

San Patrick III

2010-10-10T05:34:00.000+08:00

-- I am a witness to the suffering of my people. I am a chronicler of truth and a catalyst of change. -The Scholastican-

San Patrick II

2010-10-08T05:31:00.000+08:00

-- I am a witness to the suffering of my people. I am a chronicler of truth and a catalyst of change. -The Scholastican-

San Patrick I

2010-10-06T05:28:00.000+08:00

-- I am a witness to the suffering of my people. I am a chronicler of truth and a catalyst of change. -The Scholastican-

Eden Bridals 2011

2010-10-04T05:24:00.000+08:00

-- I am a witness to the suffering of my people. I am a chronicler of truth and a catalyst of change. -The Scholastican-

flower power X

2010-10-01T05:21:00.002+08:00

-- I am a witness to the suffering of my people. I am a chronicler of truth and a catalyst of change. -The Scholastican-

flower power IX

2010-09-29T05:18:00.001+08:00

-- I am a witness to the suffering of my people. I am a chronicler of truth and a catalyst of change. -The Scholastican-

flower power VIII

2010-09-27T05:17:00.000+08:00

-- I am a witness to the suffering of my people. I am a chronicler of truth and a catalyst of change. -The Scholastican-

inspiration nation: Blue Summer

2010-09-12T05:37:00.000+08:00

source: Perfect Palette

-- I am a witness to the suffering of my people. I am a chronicler of truth and a catalyst of change. -The Scholastican-