Down the Rabbit Hole

When we started to plan the wedding, one of the first thing we thought about was the wedding theme. We want it to reflect our quirky personality pero romantic pa din ang dating. After much thinking, 'vintage whimsical' ang napili namin. It well-fitted our personalities and at the same time it's something we can easily work on in terms of DIY's and conceptualization. Tamang kagamitan lang galing sa baul ni lola at dagdagan ng konting contemporary but unique pieces at swak na sa trippings namin. Parang "Alice in Wonderland" but less the extra-crazy stuff.

vintage quirky

After finalizing what we want for the areas that needs styling, next step is to find someone who can execute all these ideas on the wedding. Gusto namin yung may sense of style, madaming ideas at resources, and syempre, can work on our budget. We eventually ended up with three options:

• In-house stylist from our caterer
• Chasing Dreams
• Moki Gray.

We meet up with the in-house stylist for Queensland Catering Services (Madel). That's a week after we did a reservation to them to be our caterer. The meeting went well. We showed her our pegs and discussed how are we going to achieve it. She has tons of ideas and quite reassuring that she can do the job kahit morning wedding pa kami. It's a plus din na kasama na sa isa sa mga packages nila yung payment for the event styling, kaya no need to worry about additional costs.

On the other hand, we learned about the events group, Chasing Dreams, through W@W (the wedding forum). I read about this review from a supplier regarding their work and it got me interested after I checked photos of their outputs. Madami din silang good reviews from fellow w@wies kaya we decided to drop an inquiry to them. We sent sample pictures to them and also mentioned our budget. Okay naman ang usapan namin and what got us more interested is their confirmation that the budget is workable.

Feather Centerpiece by Chasing Dreams

Si Moki Gray naman is fairly new sa wedding industry. Wedding registration styling and invitations suites are some of the services that she specializes on. Sinubukan lang namin mag-inquire sa kanya kung kaya nya mag full styling kasi sinabi ng coordinator namin na sya ang nag-style ng W@W booth sa isang wedding fair. Sobrang pretty nung W@W booth na yun at pasok na pasok sa theme na gusto namin kaya nakipag-usap agad kami kay Moki. Next thing we knew, we are pencil booked. Napaka hassle-free niya kausap at mabilis sumagot ng inquiries.

an actual setup by Moki Gray

With all that, hirap na hirap naman kami ngayon mag-decide kung sino ang pipiliin. Isa ito sa mga pinakamahirap desisyunan thus far during our preps. So sino ang pipiliin? ABANGAN!

* If you didn't notice the links on their names, well... now you do. Those are linked to their respective Facebook pages. Also, all photos are stolen off the web. Pahiram po.