One more bridal fair.... not getting tired of it!!!

Me and my cousin went to the Wedding Expo of Themes & Motifs today. We went early to avoid the crowd of people that might go today since it is the last day of the event. Before we got in the venue, my cousin met one of her former officemates --- well she is my former officemate as well since we all worked the same call center before. She is one of the exhibitors for the bridal fair.

I think we spent near two hours in the venue. Looking around suppliers... since I need to get the prices of invite suppliers and photobooth. I also wanted to try the food of Josiah's to see if I really made a mistake in booking Hizon's earlier in our preparation and without even trying other caterers. Well... what can I say... I like the food of our caterer.... I am just happy that I booked Hizon's. We even went to the food tasting of Hizon's at Palacio de Maynila just to see the difference between the two. My cousin liked the food of Hizon's as well.

While we were eating, my cousin just told me if I want to book Calliope for our invites, since they are offering a 10% discount on their invites and they are willing to work with me to get the design that I want.... I said I will really book them but will just walk around. She just then said that she will pay for it as her gift to us.... I am so happy to hear those words and I am really thankful for it. At least we have one supplier checked and we don't have to spend for it.... So we have both our rings and invites as gifts. That really made my day!!!

We also talked to our former officemate and she will work out something to meet our budget for the services that they render. I guess I will just have to pay the downpayment soon to get that check from our list as well. Everything is really taking shape but with the venue we are still zero on that one. As we went around the venue, we came across one of the designers, Merlene Marcelo and we just both laughed out loud.... Our middle names are both Marcelo and we told Merlene about it.... She just laughed as well. She had a promo this September where she will work around the budget of the bride for the dress as well as the entourage if you visit her shop. I will try to go to the place and check it out and probably bring my mom with me since I really don't know anything about dresses!!!!

Of course there are the photobooths!!!! I just went around and we tried the one by Baicapture and my photo was like yuck!!! My face was too oily... I really need to find a remedy for that one.... I know powder is a quick fix but I need a solution to stop my face from being too oily.... Hmm.....

As I mentioned earlier, we went to the food tasting of Hizon's since I want to see Palacio de Maynila and man.... I can't believe that the venue is 100,000 pesos... it is just a tent with a concrete facade for crying out loud.... My cousin told me that it was not worth it.... We just enjoyed the food especially the pritchon wrap and the cheezy lasagna.... as well as the creme brulee with blueberries .... it was so good... I don't have to eat dinner anymore since I was so full with the two food tasting that we have today!!!!

I just posted some pictures of the loot bag and the agreement slip with Calliope to document this day!!!

Just had another food tasting with Hizon's today. Even though we booked them already, we went to the food tasting today to check out the venue.... The venue is called the Light of Love, located along Santol Street in Quezon City. I came with Christian and Sharleen.. the place is extremely close to my parent's house!!! Literally close!!!!

The place is really really beautiful... It is pricey but I love it... Christian loves it as well... It is a convenience for us and to my family as well since most of them don't have their own vehicles...We are keeping our fingers cross that this is the one... The place is over our budget for the venue but we planned to forego with some stuff in our budget list... maybe twist and turn some suppliers that we are looking at the moment and go with the more affordable packages... we will definitely do not need to book a hotel for the wedding preps since I talked to the person from the venue and said that we can make an arrangement to have the preps at one of the bridal rooms in the venue itself for a minimum fee. I have asked my mom to check out the churches near the area since that will definitely set our budget for the church at a minimum for some of the churches there are not the really big churches.... We really want this venue....

Just check out the pictures below:

Tree-lane drive towards the venue.... wet road due to the hard downpour during the day.

Entrance to one of the halls.... Perfect place to put the cocktail bar and the mobile bar for cocktails once the guests arrive from the church ceremony.

Pictures of the Atrium... it can accommodate 120 guest, perfect for our needs. Just look at the pillars, pretty good to go with our wannabe Greek theme. The place reminds me of the courtyard in 300. How I wish Leonidas will pop up. Just check out the ceiling, we can still have the outdoor feel under the stars but keep ourselves dry.

Shar just clicked and clicked away with her camera phone. Taken in one of the tents within the venue where the Hizon's food tasting took place.

Some of the bridal rooms available in the venue. There are three rooms altogether. All are spacious, clean and they have a pretty big closet as well as nice bathrooms as well.

One of the other venue, it leads outside to the balcony. They say it can accomodate 150 guests but I am not keen of having the shiny floors.

If you want to know more about the place, check them out at 1163 Santol Street, Quezon City. It is near to SM Centerpoint and Araneta Avenue. Numbers are 714.7989/714.3871.

First food tasting

Last 20 June 2009, me and Christian went to the office of Hizon's Catering in Quezon City for their grand food tasting. It was a good commute to the venue since it is very near to our place. We even took the local tricycle on the way home... that is how near the caterer is to our place.

When we got there, I can say that the staff is really professional. They really want to know what you want for your day. The food is great as well. Everything tasted well-spiced and really good. Christian even struggle to try the lengua estofado which he is really keen of not having during our reception. He said that he will prefer not to have it on our menu even his friends are begging him to have it otherwise. In the end, he just took an itsy bitsy bite and he transferred it to my plate since he knows that I will like it. In the end, we already reserve the caterer for our wedding reception even though we don't have any reception venue yet at hand. The account executive who talked with us said that we can certainly move the date if we want to since everything is not yet finalized until we sign the contract.

What made us book the caterer is the freebies that we can only get during food tasting. We were able to get a dessert bar, a big chocolate fountain, a cocktail bar and also a crepe station. All the 4 are for free. So I paid 500 pesos even though I only have one thousand pesos left, just to pencil book our date and get the freebies. Now we have to look for a good deal reception venue. In the end, I am really happy that we were able to get a caterer this early and part of the deal that we have the price protected from any increase... that was the one that push me to the edge.... hahahaha