Wedding Memories: Wedding Suppliers’ Ratings - Part 1

Blessings Photography

(Photo and Video Coverage)

Rating: 4.5 out of 5

Package inclusions:

·         1 photographer

·         1 videographer

·         1 lightsman

·         40pages 8x10 album with glass cover

·         1 CD copy of raw files

·         2 DVD copies of edited wedding video

·         16x20 blow up w/o frame

We chose the cheapest package and then opted to upgrade.  They were very easy to talk to.  They arrived on time in our wedding day and had a lot of suggestions for me to be photogenic (harhar).

Everything went smoothly in our wedding day.  They were able to release our raw files one week after our wedding for us to choose final pictures for our album.  Well, it took us 2 months to finally decide on our wedding photos and it took them 3 months to release our album  but all the wait is worth it.  Some minor delays were - our wedding date in the album cover was wrong, and album box has the wrong size.  We waited for additional 3 weeks from the agreed delivery date.  Nonetheless, we had the best wedding album of all!

Why 4.5? We love our album, video, and blow up – however, we have to wait for soooo long just to acquire this.

Matus Jewellery

(Wedding Rings)

Rating: 5 out of 5

·         Pair of wedding rings

·         Pair of mock rings for daily use

This is the very first supplier we booked – more than 1 year before our wedding.  And we didn't regret working with them.  Miss Belle is very accommodating.  We were always treated nicely whenever we meet, be it at their shop at SM Megamall or during Bridal fairs.  She even greeted us when we met by chance at Boracay after our wedding – we, for our honeymoon; she, on a summer vacation.

Why 5? Well, we really love our wedding rings.

Dymings

(invitations)

Rating: 3 out of 5

·         50 pcs wedding invites

We wanted simple and elegant looking invites that would come in inexpensive price.  Where to go? Recto, of course. We scouted all shops in Recto and were able to work with Dymings.  They offered us a good deal.  However, we have to go back and forth to this supplier just to finalize the design of our invites.  Emails and text messages seldom work for them (might be because of their hectic schedule).  As opposed to our initial discussion that after 2 weeks, we will be able to get our invites, it took us more than a month to finally got hold of our invites.  Patience really is a virtue.

Well, all our patience paid off.  We got what we wanted from the start, simple and elegant looking invites!

Why 3.0?  Our invites were really beautiful however; we have to go back and forth to Recto to confirm everything we need.  They seldom respond to text messages and emails.  They also did not made it in our initial and revised (we revised for like 4 times) deadline.  Imagine the stress and hassle we have to go through just to get these beautiful invites.

Von Espiritu

(Pre Nup Pictorial)

Rating: 5 out of 5

Von is not yet a professional photographer – just a hobbyist.  He is my friend Anj’s boyfriend.  He offered to do us a pre-nup for free!  We really wanted to have our pre-nup pictorial as UPLB (our alma matter), but couldn’t squeeze enough time to have it done there.  In the end, we were able to have our pre-nup at Daang Reyna.  Von was very kind in coming up with all the things we needed – from concept to props (he and Anj even woke up too early for our pre-nup! Haha).

We had fun bonding during the pictorial.  Von as are official prenuptial pictorial photographer; Anj as his assistant / unofficial photographer with her cute digicam.

Why 5.0?  Not just because Von and Anj are our friends.  Not just because our pre-nuptial pictorial was free of charge.  It was the dedication they offered us.  They didn’t gave us any hassle on our pictorial – well that might be because they’re our friends LOL :P

Wedding Suppliers’ Ratings - Part 2

Grandparents' Day

First Sunday of September marks the celebration of Grandparents’ Day.  We rarely celebrate it as it is not as popular as Mother’s or Father’s Day.  But every since Neo came, we try to make sure he gets to enjoy all these simple celebrations.

So after going to church, Lolo Jun treated us to lunch at Seafood Island.  We had a sumptuous lunch J

Then Lolo Jun and Neo had a quick bonding over cars.

Can you spot the little boy and his lolo?

This is me with my favorite Grandmama in the whole wide world. J

Belated Happy Grandparents’ Day to all Lolos and Lolas.

Shopping Saturday At Mandaue Foam

I am a practical shopper.  I always choose quality over quantity and all other factors.  I believe that buying quality items and products will yield me better savings because I wont be buying and replacing these items a lot of times.  But we all know that quality comes with a price.  So I remedy this “small” problem by buying during SALE season.

When it comes to buying foams there are two brands that would come to my mind.  One is SALEM – my first bed as a child was SALEM and we only changed beds when I was in college.  Second is URATEX.  The brand I trust most.  When it was my time to purchase foams for myself and for our home, I only bought Uratex products.  This is a very practical brand.

Now, before Leo and I got married, we wanted to have our house blessing first.  But the house was then bare and our guests need to be seated during the house blessing.  We don’t have enough cash as we were just starting to build our home, and we ended up buying sofas that were not made of quality materials. 

Fast forward, after 3 years, the sofas we bought are now worn out.   I have been thinking for the past months of replacing it because it’s really not very comfortable and it looks dangerous for the active little boy to play and sit at.  But I have been putting buying a new sofa in the least of my things-to-do.  Until last Friday, when I was sitting in our sofa and I abruptly stood up – my legs got caught in the protruding spring and alas, I was wounded. L

Leo don’t want the sofa in our house na.   He wants to buy a new one already.  I was browsing when we saw that Mandaue Foam is having an All Out Sale.  Mandaue Foam?  This is a new brand for me and I need to search for good reviews.   And good reviews I found. J

So last Saturday, off we go to Mandaue Foam Las Pinas show room, the closest one from us.  And there, my eyes feasted.

Three floors of different items on sale.  Sofas, beds, foams, linens, decors, pillows, tables, and all furniture you can think of.

What got me in love with Mandaue Foam is that they offered 5 years warranty of our chosen sofa for the foam and the frame itself. (No warranty for the fabric).  For you to offer such long warranty it only means that the product is made of quality materials.

The little boy looks so comfy in the sofa J

Also, we get to customized the fabric that we want for the sofa.  We just have to wait for a month – and I don’t mind waiting if it would look so good J

I love home shopping.  I will surely go back again to Mandaue Foam and buy lots and lots of home furniture and decors. J

Visit them at:

Mandaue Foam – Las Pinas City

Address: 487 Alabang Zapote Road Brgy. Almanza Uno

Store Hours: Mon-Sat: 10am – 8pm   Sun: 10am – 6pm

Contact Numbers: (02) 659 5042 – 43