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Wedding Code - by bluephin

 
Welcome! You might be reading this blog because you are one of the following: • A Bride-To-Be or Groom-To-Be looking for Wedding Planning Tips (Congratulations! You’re soon to join the bandwagon); • A Wedding Fanatic (just like me!); • A Wedding Planner who seeks new wedding ideas; • A Friend or Family member of someone who is planning on getting married; or • Simply an Interested Reader who chanced upon this blog. You are welcome to browse through the posts and pick an idea or two about weddings. Enjoy and please do come back anytime and check out my new posts. Bring a friend or two who you think would enjoy reading through my articles as much as you did. It’s always fun to bounce around ideas -- especially when you’re planning a wedding.

A Friend's Wedding: The Invitation

December 1st 2008 05:30
A friend (actually she's my son's godmother) is getting married in nine months...

Both my toddlers are part of the wedding entourage. I can't wait to see them wearing a formal suit (I'm sure they will be very handsome... )

Not to focus too much on my kids, I want to share the type of invitation that they chose and what they decided to include in it.



This is the invitation (in its open state) and the envelope. They sealed the envelope the way kings and queens of olden days do. The seal itself is a nice touch on the invitation.

This invitation was personally picked and ordered by the bride in the Philippines. Pink is their motif, so obviously, a pink ribbon adorn the invitation card and a pink font color is also used for some of the writings within.

Upon opening the card the wedding details are already evident in the first page, which includes the couple's name, the wedding ceremony and reception location and time and the date of the occasion.

There are 3 inserts in the invitation - the first one lists the names of those included in the wedding entourage (like the list of primary and secondary sponsors), the second insert is like a little poem depicting of gift suggestions for the couple and the third insert is the acceptance card (which includes details like the number of seats reserved, RSVP date and the RSVP contact details). In addition, a small coupon is inserted which gives the wedding registry details as created by the couple to help their guests with "gift picking".


Invitation is simple yet elegant looking - not too much embellishments or decorations or too much fancy writings.

Here are other photos of the invite:



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The Wedding Code Story

August 12th 2008 06:00
This wedding blog is special to me and is as close to my heart as any craft that I enjoy doing. I was busy writing articles for a Wedding Planning writing contest for Helium when I came across the idea of having a wedding blog.

Planning a wedding is a passion for me. I think if I am not a software developer, I would have become a wedding coordinator. I love playing around with ideas and matching them up with the bride and the groom’s personality, their wedding dream and their visualization of their special day.

I can’t be a wedding coordinator just now (and I don’t know if I ever will be), so I thought of sharing my thoughts and ideas with web readers who may be interested in my wedding ideas or who find my posts helpful.

There is also something personal about my blog (besides the posts and ideas) and that is the banner. I designed it personally and added a touch of my personal wedding to it. The bride and groom’s image on the banner is a photo of my wedding cake topper more than 3 years ago.

Although my own wedding doesn’t have the frills of a typical wedding that I have in mind, but I still find it to be my dream wedding simply because my groom is my dream husband and father of my kids. Just a testimony that sometimes there is more to the wedding than just the wedding day and all its extravagance.
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Unpredictable Weather

August 11th 2008 10:12
If there is one thing that you cannot predict to happen during a day as special as your wedding that is the weather. For most major decisions in the wedding, we try to put the weather into consideration like choosing the venue, date or season of the wedding.

I remember attending a wedding some 4 or 5 years ago of an officemate. The ceremony was held in a small chapel in their village and the reception was in a pool-side just next to the chapel. It was a very handy decision for them as both venues are just a stone’s throw away from the bride’s parents’ house.

It was a timely decision, as well, to have it by the pool-side because it was a summer afternoon in May. They know, though, that the weather is the least of a friend that you can have on occasions like this. They took precautionary measures by offering eggs to the altar – an old Filipino belief says that if you want to stop a rainfall from happening on a special day offer a dozen eggs to Sta. Clara.

Anyway, the wedding came and the ceremony went through in a breeze. It was one hot summer afternoon, indeed. As everybody is seated on their tables at the reception, plates filled with food, tiny drops of rain started to trickle. Despite offering a dozen eggs to Sta. Clara, the couple forgot to put tarpaulins in their list – except for the buffet table which is standing under a marquee and the bride and groom who are seated under a gazebo.

In no less than ten minutes the trickle started to pour and the guests darted everywhere – plates in hand. Some took cover beside the buffet table. Others went to the lobby while some took hiding under some trees.

One guest, though, sat firm on his table eating his food away and used one of the plastic chairs as his cover.

Aside from the wedding itself, that “brave” guest has been one of the highlights of the event.

The lesson from this situation is to always have a plan B especially if you have an outdoor venue. Never consider the weather to be a friend, always keep in mind that it might change. Never let it ruin your special day and take the spotlight away from you. Always be ready.

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Let's Talk about Weddings...

July 12th 2008 04:30
Weddings… weddings… weddings… Sorry for the repetition but I just L-O-V-E weddings. Not only do I find them romantic (yeah yeah I’m a self-sworn hopeless romantic) but it also speaks so much of unity and promise (and don’t forget an exercise of ones creativity).

So here I am writing on anything under the sun that is about WEDDINGS and I would love for you to share with me some ideas as well. I’m not at all an expert on this, let’s just say that I’ve got ideas and rather than wasting those ideas keeping it to myself I thought “Why not write about it!”. Who knows? I might be able to inspire somebody’s wedding (now that would be a big plus


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