Happy 2nd :)

Erman and I celebrated our 2nd wedding anniversary yesterday.  We were supposed go on a Tagaytay (where we got married) road trip but with so many things going on at home and also our car being banned on the road on Tuesday (color coding) we just decided to spend our special day here.  To be honest, I really didn't want anything grand...  I just wanted two things and those were to be with my husband and to buy cake!  I have been dreaming about the cake for weeks!  I am not kidding :D

We went to Greenfield (a.k.a Edsa Central) to have lunch.  I was pleasantly surprised to see how the area has changed.  It looks so clean!  There is still a lot of construction work going on but I'm sure it will be a really nice place to visit after.

Outside the restaurant I spotted the weirdest thing.  Do you see it?  I saw a dead (or maybe very dry?) potted plant with a singkamas planted with it! So odd!

The singkamas is thriving and growing vines :D  I wonder who planted it there!

And finally cake!  We dropped by Purple oven to buy my current favorite cake :D  Isn't it pretty?  I love white cakes the best.

It is so yummy too! Best cake ever!  Although I had to send half of it to my mom's because if not I will eat the whole thing :D

Btw, I'm happy to say that our wedding plants are still alive!  I feel really nostalgic when I think of how many funny things happened that day...  It drizzled a bit, my veil was ridiculously long that I had to cut some of it, we couldn't find the wedding string lights but thankfully things fell wonderfully into place in the end.  Happy 2nd, Erman!  Looking forward to more years with you :) 

Things that make me happy

Watching Kumo give Nugget a massage :D

Yummy treats from Bacolod.  Thanks Isa :)

Spotting interesting drawings on a wall

homemade chicken nuggets

and finally receiving our Wedding book!  It traveled all the way from Malaysia.  Btw, our wedding was also featured on Bridal Book the other day :D  I can't believe that we'll be celebrating our first anniversary next month.  Time is so fast!

Finally Married

Meow is finally married!  Yes, it's been over 2 weeks since we exchanged vows but I still can't get over how wonderfully everything fell into place.  Sorry, this is going to be a long and photo heavy post... but I'm quite excited to share everything :)

We had a very simple, DIY wedding.  Nothing fancy but we put a lot of effort in making the wedding very personalized.

 It took us almost 3 months to pick out the plants.  I didn't mind this task so much because I loved going to Manila Seedling.  It was also fun arranging and re-potting the plants.  I guess the most challenging part was when we had to transport them all to Tagaytay.  Thankfully everything remained intact during the trip up... All 300+ plants!

I carved out a book to hold our rings.  I remember making one just like this to hold my valentine's day gift for Erman many years ago.

Mini pineapples and acrylic emulsion transfers of our initials on the cups.   I'm so glad I paid attention during materials class in college :D

My mom arranged all our bouquets :)

Cakes!

Spot the Nug

Our wedding plants are here!

Can you spot the Nug? :)

Our little wedding inspector takes a closer look at all the potted plants.

I think he is amazed at how many new things we have at home.

meow!

Our D-I-Y Wedding

I can't believe we only have 2 weeks to go before our wedding!

We just wanted to keep it simple yet personalized so I took care of most of the details.

I designed and assembled the invites

Our names, the details and the map.

No stylist and florist for us too.  It's just my mom and I (plus the kitties!) planning the centerpiece design for the tables.

I'll post a photo of the finished product soon :)

Oh, Vera Wang is included in our wedding...  Not the dress but the ceramics :D

Nugget approves!

Celebratory cigars

We'll have a reason to light these up soon!

Well, not for me since I don't smoke but for Erman and the other guests.

Happy 8th!

Today, Erman and I celebrate our 8th year as a couple.  It's funny how 8 years seems so long when you say it... but in reality it feels as if everything happened in an instant!  And in exactly 1 month we'll be getting married.  Haha!  Happy/crazy times!  Anyway, we decided to take a quick break from work and all the wedding planning hullabaloo. 

Guess where we are? I'll be posting more photos when we get back :) 

French Macarons

Do you like French Macarons?  

I found out about The Cookie Jar while I was researching on dessert suppliers for our wedding.  I got in touch with them and ordered 8 pcs to sample.

I got a pleasant surprise when I picked up my order.   Rae (the person behind The Cookie Jar) texted me that it was on the house.  Thank you so much, Rae :)  We loved all the flavors!  I wish I took more photos but they were gone in minutes :D

Kumo on the other hand was more interested in the mini pineapple...

I found him asleep beside it too.  This cat is crazy! Hehe.

2 Months to go!

I'm getting married in exactly 2 months!  

I'm not sure if we're 100% ready.  I mean, every time we check our list something gets added!  I'm really excited, but I am also looking forward to the after party so we can finally relax :)

We dropped by our venue over the weekend to do some last minute checks.  I still can't get over how beautiful the place is!    So glad we picked this place!  Btw, we'll be saying our vows in this altar :)  Too bad we can't bring Nugget and Kumo with us since the 3 hour car ride would be too much for them :(

Thankfully, this little kitty said she will be coming :)

Food Tasting

I can't believe that we only have 3 months to go before our wedding!  There are still a lot of things to settle but thankfully we can cross out the most important item on the the list - Food!  Yay!

The table is ready :)

We had pumpkin soup with toasted bread to start.

We were served a simple salad after.  We all enjoyed this because the toppings were amazing.  Aside from the expected stuff like corn and Parmesan cheese, they included unusual picks like chicco and langka too!

I've never had salad with chico and langka before but I liked it :)  I should make this at home sometime.

We also had Cod in lemon garlic sauce, 3 other meat dishes

and the best pasta ever!  We were told that this tinapa (smoked fish) sauce is their best seller.  To be honest, we picked this from the list out of curiosity but I'm so glad we did because it's so good!  Hopefully the guests will think so too :)

Looking forward to this

Something to look forward to in 2011!

We just booked our wedding photographer and this is how their office looks like.  Well, a part of it :)  I've always loved these things - Dia de los Muertos skulls, vintage cameras and assorted knick knacks so I knew we had found the right group as soon as we went inside their office.  Yay!

Wedding planning is serious business

Almost 8 months left to plan our wedding and so far we have nothing!  Well, that's not entirely true because we've already reserved the venue.  Next on the list would be the judge, photographer, food and yes the dress.  I just want a really small and intimate wedding so I'm sure the 8 months is more than enough time to plan.

The account executive gave us a very detailed floor plan when we went to Hacienda Isabella's office to reserve.  She also discussed some things that I did not know we needed (generator, extra lights, sounds, etc.) which got me thinking that wedding planning IS serious business. Haha!

Thankfully, Nugget approves! Me-ow!