Showing posts with label shangrila boracay. Show all posts
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Thursday, October 24, 2013

Wedding Agency: Kathleen & Dingdong's Happy Ending (Nelwin Uy Edition)

Photography by Nelwin Uy

Hooray! Official wedding photos from Nelwin Uy are finally up on his blog! WOOT! And this is the first time we are seeing the video mapping projection from Kathleen & Dingdong's Romantic Discovery Wedding! So exciting! :)


For those who are regulars on the blog, you might have known by now that Kathleen & Dingdong are our Wedding Agency clients and we've blogged about them like sooo many times already haha! (Back track on one of the features HERE).
When Kathleen & Dingdong approached us for their concept and their supplier selection, they were dead set on one thing: not to make their wedding the usual Boracay wedding. We culled the inspiration from the couple themselves--Kathleen was a fairy tale romantic and Dingdong was a technology wiz. And if you look at their wedding, it really doesn't look like a Boracay template because it's THEIR OWN Happy Ending :)


A million times congrats to Kathleen & Dingdong! And this is not even the final feature yet! Haha! Up Next: The Mark Cantalejo Edition. 

CREDITS: 
Coordination: Amanda Tirol, Boracay Weddings
Couture: Cary Santiago
Event Stylist: Badang Rueda
Video Mapping: VDJ, JT Rius
HMUA: Madge Lejano
Calligraphy: Fozzy Book
Invites: Printsonalities
Video: Mayad Studios 
1st Photographer: Nelwin Uy
2nd Photography: Mark Cantalejo (Coming soon)
Wedding Consultancy & Conceptualization: Wedding Agency by The Rebellious Brides

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Monday, June 10, 2013

The Wedding Agency: Kathleen & Dingdong



Dingdong + Kathleen: A Romantic Discovery from buterflye on Vimeo.
Photo grabbed from Madge Lejano

We'd like to formally congratulate one of our Wedding Agency couples Kathleen & Dingdong for finally tying the knot in Shangri-La, Boracay! 

While we impatiently wait for the official photos, we'd like to share with you guys some of the elements of their wedding. 

A Modern Fairytale...

When K&D first briefed us, it was quite clear that Kathleen was the romantic one and Dingdong was the more techie one. At the heart of their wedding was that it was going to be a modern fairytale--the best way to describe how Kathleen & Dingdong perfectly blended together as one heart & soul. But since it was a fairytale, it needed a title. A title that literally went through an evolution of sorts. In the end, while finalizing venue locations for their prenup, Kathleen herself had an epiphany of naming their fairytale as a "Romantic Discovery" and the rest you could say, was happily ever after. 

Photo on the right grabbed from the couple's friend Kristine
Illustration by The Fozzy Book

The Fairytale/Romantic  part of it represented the bride. While the Modern/Discovery part of it represented the groom. A lot of the design elements were inspired by the modern Rapunzel fairytale 'Tangled'. It was definitely not the usual Boracay wedding elements that we've been used to. 

Taken on the actual morning of the wedding day - The most beautiful omen you could possibly have during your wedding is a rainbow- indeed, this day was a going to be a fairytale to remember! (Photo grabbed from the couple's friend Love)
From peg to the actual output, the invitations were inspired by the TV Series Revenge 
The bride's Rapunzel/Tangled inspired, Cary Santiago Gown
The bride loves sunsets--the wedding palette was inspired by it! The second beautiful omen of the day arrived before the reception - from Rainbows to Sunsets, it was as if God himself was celebrating with the couple that day.  (Photo grabbed from the couple's sister Zarah)

The couple didn't want their wedding to look like the usual Boracay wedding. So the bride looked to the illuminating lights that was a signature look of the modern fairytale 'Tangled' for inspiration. 
The modern, techie groom made sure he had his own vibe to be ever-present in the wedding too. Hence, the metallic and techie touches.

Kathleen & Dingdong will always be special to us. I can still remember how, during the first week into our servicing period with Kathleen we were able to establish a teamwork with her. By the end of the week we had her wedding date down (not an easy task if you have popular suppliers), got her pencil booked with Amanda Tirol, Nelwin Uy, Mark Cantalejo, and Cary Santiago; and eventually got Fozzy, Badang Rueda, VDJ JT Rius, Madge Lejano, Mel Orlina, and Lifestyle by Feliz on board. 

We'd like to personally congratulate the awesome team of Mayad for capturing Kathleen & Dingdong's Romantic Discovery wedding exactly how the couple envisioned their blissful wedding would be like. Watching the wedding film literally brought us back to when we were still making K+D's walkthrough. Bravo! 

Congratulations to our princess and prince charming! More to come soon from Mark Cantalejo and Nelwin Uy. But in the meantime, let's watch the photo slideshow from Nelwin :)


Dingdong+Kathleen : Photo SDE by Nelwin Uy from buterflye on Vimeo.

Lots of love from Kai & Mica :)

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Thursday, March 14, 2013

Faye + Yayo - "Here We Come"


 Here we come
In Praise of the Sun
I Wave Good-Bye to the Rain
In Praise of the Sun
{In Praise of the Sun Lyrics by Chicane}

Photography by UnBox unless labeled otherwise
Faye and Yayo have been together for thirteen years...and finally, all roads lead to Boracay last February 15, 2013--my favorite time of the year if you ask me ;) *Wink*



Faye & Yayo's Shangri-La Boracay Wedding had all the makings of a 'RomCom'. It had all the fun details, tied together with a vibe of watercolor paint making it quite nostalgic. 


Pulling off a destination beach wedding, whether it's a classy or a whimsical one, to me the very fact that it is a destination wedding makes it quite rebellious on its own. It takes a lot of courage...and it takes a certain kind of boldness knowing that guests may not be comfortable with the idea (and may decide not to go due to budget or time) and that logistics are extra harder than the locally-based wedding.


RB Faye shares:  "Destinations wedding are really hard as we have to communicate with our coordinator and venue through emails alone. It was also really challenging because we had to ship all the DIYs we did to Caticlan. But we were able to pull through everything with the help of our coordinator Amanda Tirol because she really knew how to communicate with us. And of course, with the never ending help from the groom."


Speaking of DIYs, as if having a destination wedding wasn't challenging enough, Faye & Yayo took the notch even higher by creating a lot of DIYs together.

RB Faye shares: "We bought button pin makers from Amazon and made individual button pins for our entourage and suppliers.We also had an air dry clay at home and we molded small frames as size labels for our giveaways". When asked why their logo sticker was that of a cat & dog, Faye shares "We're both animal lovers, Everyone close to us knows that  :) Yayo has 2 dogs and I have 2 dogs and a cat. Having our wedding in Boracay meant we couldn't bring our pets with us so instead, we asked our friend to incorporate them in our logo so that at least they are still part of our wedding."


The couple's had many, many DIYs and creative little touches. But I particularly loved the idea of putting the couple's photos at different ages of their lives as table numbers! I also appreciated the fact that there were a lot of recycled, handcrafted items in the couple's wedding! :)

RB Faye: "We really wanted a destination wedding from the start. We chose Boracay because we really, really love Shangri-la. The day after I got engaged, I knew that the best place to have our wedding was at Shangri-la. We figured that it will also be a great vacation for friends as well. :)"

 Fun Instagram Photos taken by the Couple's Friends




Congratulations Faye & Yayo! 
And may your marriage be as fun and happy as your wedding! :)
CREDITS: Bridal Gown, Mom of the Bride and Groom, Matron of Honor, 2 Sisters Bridesmaids- Kristel Yulo
Entourage - Coca Couture
Grooms Suit - Armani
Photographer - Unbox Studio
Videographer - Mayad Studios
Flowers- Vatel Manila
MUA - Victor Ortega
Coordinator - Amanda Tirol (Boracay Weddings)
Shangrila's Boracay Resort and Spa

Invitations, logos and the seating charts were made by the couple's good friends -- Marc & Sylvia Ruiz :)

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