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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.
Planning on having a Filipiniana-inspired wedding? Here are some creative ways of adorning your guests’ tables with decors made of products and raw materials found in the Philippines.

Abaniko Galore

Both the abaca and the bamboo abaniko can be used for this centerpiece. You can arrange them in tiers or (if your reception venue is in an indoors location) hang them on different lengths nylon thread from the ceiling to where the tables are. Alternatively, you can arrange the abanikos to be connected in a circle to cover your flower vase making it look like the flowers are enclosed by the abaniko.


The Coconut Nut

The coconut fruit, bark, leaves and trunk never go out of use for Filipinos, so why not take chance at its versatility and use every bit of it for your wedding decoration? A couple of fresh coconut ready for (juice) consumption would be a perfect centerpiece and thirst quencher for each reception table. Just make sure that you mix unopened and opened fruits so that you table centerpiece wouldn’t look empty after your guests drank their share. Surround the arrangement with a lei of seasoned blooms for a bit more added decoration.

The coconut leaves can be trimmed to a reasonable size as a backdrop for your floral arrangement. Throw in some sinamay wrappings for that added Filipiniana look.

There is also young coconut shell that you can clean up nicely and adorn with floating flower petals or candles.

Bamboo and Banana

Gather some bamboo cuttings (make sure it is big enough to serve as vase for your flowers), lay it vertically and put several holes along the bamboo length. Arrange your flowers on the holes. Set the banana leaf on the center of the table and put the bamboo vase on top.


Alternatively you can do it the other way around. Split short bamboo cuttings into 2 so that both can lay with the flat side facing down. This will serve as the footings. Prepare banana tree trunks split in half. With the two bamboo at the ends of the banana cuttings, stick flowers on the banana trunk. Now you’ve got your flower arrangement on banana trunk instead of on a vase.

Capiz Flowers

Capiz is very versatile. You can cut it up to different shapes and gather them around to form your artwork. Instead of displaying fresh flower arrangement why not have capiz flowers arranged beautifully as your centerpiece. Not only would it stay fresh all throughout the event but your guests can even take home a flower as a souvenir.


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Other than Vera Wang, another Wedding Gown designer whose name is making waves is Monique Lhuillier. This Philippine-raised designer has created wedding gowns for the likes of Britney Spears, Pink, Emilie de Ravin (of Lost), Natalie Imbruglia, Ali Landry, and Christine Baumgartner (when she was wed to Kevin Costner).


Among her works, here are a few that would fit different kind of brides.




These gowns are perfect for conservative brides. Showing less skin with the full sleeves or the shrug-like shoulder covers. The lace details and full skirt also gives the bride a very feminine look and feel.



The lace details and mini-train makes this gown a feminine item. The off-shoulder design shows more of the skin. Very appropriate for brides who wants to exude a sexy bridal image.



Another sexy gown, this lace-based, sleeveless design and the plunging neckline shows more skin for the brides who are not afraid to show it all (well, not all really). The gown looks fragile because of the lace, but it would sure be light-weight and easy to carry as it sort of just drops to the floor.



Want to feel (and look) like a lady? Well, this wedding gown would just suit you to a "T". A personal favorite, the full, layered skirt would make you feel and look like you are floating. In addition, the details on the bodice just clearly spells femininity and fragility.

Photos from www.moniquelhuillier.com

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I have been looking around the internet for noteable wedding gown designers and found a familiar name crop up - no less than Vera Wang herself.

Vera Wang has been a popular choice among Holywood celebrities to do their wedding gowns. Some of Vera Wang's famous works are bridal gowns of Jennifer Lopez, Sharon Stone, Jessica Simpson, Mariah Carey, among many others.

I had a look around Vera Wang's bridal gown website Vera Wang On Weddings and saw a couple of wedding gowns for different types of bride.



A perfect Vera Wang wedding gown for the conservatives, those hiding a bump or simply not too proud with their figure. This non-body hugging bridal gown would bring out the beauty of the bride without displaying her curves and shows less skin.



If you are naturally sexy and wants to show off your curves under your wedding gown this piece would be perfect choice for you. How the gown hugs your breast, hips and waist and has a narrow skirt instead of the usually flowing skirt gives emphasis to those gym workouts and strict diet that you religiously follow.



This is another sexy piece plus the plunging neckline. Obviously not for conservative weddings and brides. Might be a good choice for summer weddings, what with much skin exposure and a light skirt and over all design.



I find this piece very lady like. The balloon layers gives so much volume to the gown and the big ribbon on the waist reminds the bride that she is once a girl who loves ribbons on everything. It would be like having clouds drifting around you everywhere you go.



If the bride is neither conservative nor liberated this gown would best suit her. Quite a bit of both (in-betweens), the one shoulder strap hides a bit more of skin while the other shoulder is exposed. The balloon skirt and floral accent gives it a lady-like feel.


All photos are from Vera Wang On Weddings Official Site

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If you ever decided to have a Coffee-lovers themed wedding, here are a few table centrepiece ideas that you can use.

A BOWL OF COFFEE GOODNESS
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Are you about to get married? Still thinking of an appropriate wedding color scheme? Do you and your partner love coffee?

Coffee? What does that got to do with weddings? Simple. If you both love coffee and you are in the dark of what color scheme or theme to use, why not make your wedding coffee-inspired


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A photo montage is a traditional sight in most (if not all) weddings. It is a framed photo of the couple that is taken either during a pre-nuptial photo shoot or an existing photo of the couple that they truly like. The photo is glued to the center of a sheet of specialty paper with enough space around the featured photo for guests to write their best wishes for the couple.

But if you would like to be different while still keeping the spirit of having a montage alive, why not try the Bridal Quilt


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Great R&B Wedding Songs

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Weddings will never be the same without the accompaniment of songs that describes the occasion for all the happiness and love that it is and the newly-weds for their love story and their life together.

Often, wedding songs are confined to the classic love songs but throughout the years, this style has changed. Some R&B songs are now handpicked by the bride and groom to be part of their special day


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Decorating a wedding venue is fun. For this post, we will be playing with a pool side wedding venue.

Morning to Midday
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Have you decided on having a pool side wedding and thinking of the perfect table centrepiece? One of these simple ideas might give you a good start.

CANDLE BOWL
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Picky… picky… picky… that’s how some brides are when it comes to choosing their wedding color scheme. If for some reason your eyes are going in circles from looking for and comparing different color schemes and your head is spinning from trying to decide which color to choose here’s a simple suggestion that you might want to consider – Why not go for white and colorful?

What I mean by this is quite simple. Make your base color white and throw in a mixture of different colors as a contrast to it


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One inspiration that the bride and groom could use when choosing a wedding color scheme is to use the birth stone chart.

Three ways of deciding


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Still in the dark of where you will hold your wedding? Read on for some suggestions.

Are you the traditional one? One of these timeless venues might suit your taste


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The wedding cake is one of the focal points in a wedding reception. The tiered, well-decorated cake sitting on a table by itself allows it to stand out from the rest of the crowded venue. It is therefore a must that the wedding cake is well presented and often should be high enough for everyone to see even from the back of the room.

Tiered wedding cakes have been the norm with such occasions. But with bakers and the soon-to-be-wed couple’s imagination, more and more options are being offered in lieu of having that standard layered cake


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