My Unprofessional Florists

As I previously stated, I don't really like flowers: but since a wedding starts and end with flowers, I knew that it I have to have flowers during my big day in one way or another. For a Spanish-themed wedding like ours, I opted for Holland red roses bouquet, red roses and white calla lilies for the altar and aisles and (to limit the flowers) I asked my florist to just adorn the sandal wood fans I bought with few red roses and turquoise ribbons which asked my bridal entourage to carry as they walk on the aisle.

The fans are lovely. But, I didn't like my bridal bouquet as all. I specifically gave the picture below to my florist.

But they didn't deliver as expected.Plus! Instead of putting garden-aisle calla lilies as agreed, the put pots of calla lilies per aisle! That's what I get from trying to minimize my budgets for flowers: I was forced to work with unprofessional people who do not deliver what they committed. Luckily, I didn't ask them to decorate my reception venue.

Thanks,

Vittoria, The Frustrated Bride

Our Classic Ivory Wedding Invite with Red Floral Lace-like Accent

Since the most expensive paper you'll ever spend in life is the paper for your wedding invitation, I took time to choose the color, texture and design of our wedding invites. I opted for the classic matte ivory paper with different thickness. Thick paper (300) for the cover and outer page and slightly thinner for the insert (200).


Then to be aligned in my Spanish wedding theme, I accented the outer and cover page with red floral lace inspired design. This is a lot classier than the typing Spanish fan.
I used this design to our missallete and booklets wedding favor as well.






For wedding invitations design and wording inspirations, go to http://www.weddingprep101.com/wedding-invitations-stationary.html or check out this site:




Thanks,

Vittoria, The Happy Bride
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Why A Spanish-Themed Wedding?

Hi!

When my husband and I finally proposed to me; I instantly thought of having a Spanish-theme wedding because of the following reasons:

1. I love Antonio Banderas and I really enjoyed watching the movie Mask of Zorro. I love the Spanish details on the film — the costumes, hairstyles, music and the dance.
2. I’m captivated by the grand architecture old Spanish-built churches and cathedrals and I definitely love to walk on a long aisle like theirs.
3. I also like the bold colors of Spain — Red, Gold and Black; which I would like to be our motif if using black in weddings is acceptable here in the Philippines.
4. Spanish Cuisine isgrand, sumptuous and stomach-filling which will surely be enjoyed by our matured relatives and food loving friends alike.
5. Finally, I’m not a fan of flowers and rose is the only flower I know; since weddings start and end with flowers, I don’t want to spend and be surrounded by colorful flowers whose names I don’t even know.

Hence, I researched and canvassed for Spanish inspired wedding invitations, bouquets, wedding cake, and of course --- wedding gowns!

And the best source of elegant and timeless wedding gowns is....



Click the IMAGE above to view different wedding gowns suited for your chosen wedding theme.

Thanks,

Vittoria, The Happy Bride
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