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 ...

OUR ALTERNATIVE STRINGS

Wedding music was previously a big dilemma of ours - though we both appreciate and sometimes crave for the usual sentimental love songs, we are, at heart, more of the alternative_rock kind of people. (One of us is just pretending though, guess who, haha)

Obviously, the songs we wanted were not in the standard repertoire of popular musicians and choirs - and having specially arranged pieces would seriously deplete our budget.

Fotunately, a former officemate (my eternal gratitude to you Fritz!) introduced me to vitamin record's string quartet albums ... and several p2p downloads later, we had our ideal playlist! (hey, to be fair, I bought some of the hard-to-find ones in the US)

If you want to hear samples, please visit my multiply account :-)

OUR MOTIFF: "COLORS OF SUMMER"

Coral Pink, Amber and Apricot

brings to mind:

... juicy pomelo and orange slices, mango shakes and fruit parfaits
... lazy afternoons under a shady tree while listening to the symphony of sand and sea
... carefree laughter and animated conversation over latte's and fraps
... memories of sweet smiles, promises fulfilled and bonds strengthened

we hope to imbue our wedding with the refreshing, invigorating and cheerful emotions of a SUNNY (hopefully, with fingers and toes crossed!) summer day :-)