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For those of you who visited the blog earlier this week, perhaps you've noticed that some of my blog posts are missing. I'll get to explain it (hopefully soon), but right now, I don't wanna jinx the exciting news so I'll zip my mouth shut for now.
So as a different spin on things, I've decided to create an article instead about having three weddings!
When people learn that I’ve already had three weddings (with the same groom of course!) in just a span of one year, the initial reaction is that I am one spoiled bride. I call it Rebellious. In truth, the reason why we’ve had three weddings is so we can accommodate and make everyone we love happy. But who am I to complain? A girl usually has only one chance to make a wedding right—and I’ve had the chance to play and experiment with my wedding ideas not twice but thrice! In the television show Sex and the City, there was one episode where Carrie Bradshaw couldn’t understand why she’s not excited when she got engaged. She said maybe she didn’t have a “bride gene”. I am probably the exact opposite of that. When it comes to “bride genes” – I was at the forefront when God was giving it away!
ROUND 1: The “Bora Hop” Wedding
Date: February 15, 2011
Venue: Boracay
Type of Wedding: Beachfront Sunset Civil Wedding
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| Photos by Mango Red |
Fondly called as the “Bora Hop”, our Boracay wedding was literally a hop from one place to the next because we wanted our family and friends to experience the island, the same way we enjoy it. We started the festivities with breakfast at Real Coffee, spa at Mandala Spa, beachfront ceremony at The White House Station 1, cocktails at The Tides, dinner at True Food, and firedance show at Bamboo Lounge. Kate Spade pinwheels, baby blue parasols, armed with my gorgeous brooch bouquet, and Boracay as our backdrop, it was really the wedding of my dreams. Our wedding has been cited as one of award-winning videographer Jason Magbanua’s favorite weddings of 2011. He described the wedding as "brief, emotional, and powerful", while he described us as "imaginative". :)
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| L-R: One of our very many giveaways was a "sniff" travel tissue pack purchased from www.beaucoup.com / My breathtaking brooch bouquet made especially for me by a dear friend. |
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| L-R: I asked my gal pals to wear their own all-white beach outfits: This allowed them to have the freedom to choose what they wanted to wear yet the effect was surprisingly cohesively stylish! / Our beachfront ceremony at the White House where we positioned the chairs to circle the ceremony arc to make it more intimate, private, and personal. / Beaches -- More Fun in the Philippine! / One of our six "Bora Hops" of the night: Cocktails at The Tides Sun Deck Solstice |
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| L-R: My "Dew Drop" gown by designer Hindy Weber Tantoco and Makeup by Rebellious Bride Mica! / The BEST groom EVER in his navy linen Linea Italia suit with a turquoise flower brooch boutonniere. |
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| Photos by J Lucas Reyes |
ROUND 2: The Sunshine, Tea-Time, Hats and Pearls Wedding
Date: June 4, 2011
Venue: Manila
Type of Wedding: Catholic Ceremony
Being wed in the eyes of God was very important for my parents, and so the second wedding was essentially to fulfill this single wish from them. But even though this was already the second wedding, we still seized the opportunity to make it special as we possibly can. With yellow butterflies and flowers, balloons, chalk boards, a yellow bridal car, yellow head pieces galore, and everyone in their best yellow tea-time outfits, we created one pretty “yellow revolution!” J Lucas Reyes picked our second wedding as one of his most rebellious for 2011. My parents' friends also personally commended me and said that they enjoyed the wedding--and since this wedding was primarily for my parents, I'm glad that they had the wedding that they wanted and a wedding their friends could appreciate!
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| Photos taken from Cafe 1771 by J Lucas Reyes / Photos taken from the Church by Arnold Camacho / L-R: Our Rebellious Brunch a few hours before the wedding at Cafe 1771 El Pueblo / One of the many yellow details of the wedding: yellow flowers in all kinds and sizes! / CORY! CORY! CORY! Our Church Wedding at Our Lady of Pentecost Katipunan was one big yellow revolution! / My pink Tadashi Shoji gown, styled with a Bonne 12-inch head piece veil and layers of pears, and makeup by Rebellious Bride Mica of course! |
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| Photo from the Left by J Lucas Reyes / Photo from the Right by Arnold Camacho *Heavenly table styling by K by Kaye Cunanan |
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| Artwork by The Fozzy Book |
ROUND 3: The Elvis Vegas Wedding
Date: February 21, 2012
Venue: Las Vegas, USA
Type of Wedding: Ceremony by Elvis!
Even though my husband loved our other weddings, a part of him felt like something was missing. Having been raised in the US, most if not all of his best friends are from the States. My husband has been homesick and missing his friends for 11 years and due to the economy and other personal reasons, they were not able to attend in any of the two weddings. So for our first year anniversary (and for our long overdue honeymoon), we decided to fly to Las Vegas, get married the third time around, and cross out one of our Bucket List items to experience an Elvis wedding. And although this was a budget-challenged wedding, we still managed to squeeze in a lot of unique details from our own artwork, to cigars, wines, a new bouquet, some booties, and cheesy Vegas Elvis elements, it was all we could ever ask for! The wedding made my husband very happy--and that's what really mattered. There was a moment when we were able to intimately have a "candle pass" (aka open forum) with his friends, sharing their feelings about seeing Cy again after 11 years, and Cy introducing me to his group. I couldn't believe my eyes that MEN were opening up like that. It was a whole other level of brotherhood and I am so grateful to have been part of it. Elvis-wise, The King was just as we expected him and SO MUCH MORE! Viva Las Vegas!
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| Photos by Nelwin Uy / Gorgeous Paper Cockade Bouquet by Vatel's {etc} Handmade Goodness, Makeup by Amelia C. in Las Vegas, "Sea Folly" gown by Hindy Weber Tantoco / My Prince CHARMING and his super cute grin :) |
*Hey wait there's a BONUS ROUND! Read on for more!
