THE SCENT OF SUMMER

It took hours of debates (one-sided monologues actually) a couple of aspirins and several drops of eye-mo before we finally settled on a theme ;-) Being two highly polarized individuals, the hours we spent "communing with our inner child" yielded only a general ambience rather than a specific theme like modern filipiniana, chocolates, travel, beach, etc.

As mentioned in an earlier post, we fell in love with the vibrant hues of coral pink, amber and apricot yellow and settled on a summer garden atmosphere. Come rain or shine, we want our reception styling to capture the light, cheerful and carefree feelings evoked by a clear summer day, and based on the sneak peak our stylist Teddy provided , I think we're almost there :-) You can almost smell the citrus fruits, apples and roses ...

HAVIN' YOUR CAKE & EATIN' IT TOO!

Having overspent (he said) on some elements of our wedding - which is actually money well-spent (she said) - I had to restrain myself from going overboard on the others just to keep the peace :-)

So the gameplan was: go for simple AND delish. However, having "simple" doesn't mean we have to settle for those pretty but barely edible fondant concoctions so popular for weddings. And since going for all-edible cakes from wickedly hedonistic pastry shops will simply bankrupt us, we opted to settle for just small portions of our tried-and-tested favorites.

In the end, we got an unassuming satellite cake from Bizu composed of 3 different flavors, which we know we'll love. Fortunately, Audrey and team Bizu were creative and flexible enough to agree to incorporate the above design in our wedding cake. Can't wait to see (and taste!) the end product :-)