Birth Cert., Photo and Video, Cake Details, Gowns, etc.

Birth Certificates/CENOMAR: We're just lucky enough to have somebody process and claim (in our behalf) our certified true copies of our birth certificates from NSO. These are pre-marriage requirements to be submitted at sta. rita parish and at city hall for marriage license application. We also have the application form for Certificate of No Marriage (CENOMAR) which is also a requirement at sta. rita parish. We're just fortunate because we don't have to file a leave for this one and endure the difficulties in lining up in long queus. Ang init-init pa naman ngayon. The application form for the CENOMAR is yet to be submitted pa lang. According to some other w@wies, the processing of such takes a longer time..so that means it can't be claimed on the same day of filing. These certificates alone cost us about Php1,000+ na all in all.

Photo & Video: We've already scheduled our prenups shoot with kenneth. It'll be on May 22. As for now, we might meet one of these days to draft na the contract. I'm just quite worried because Wella, a fellow w@wie and a co-kenneth uy client, expressed reluctance over kenneth's contract specifically on the payment terms. Anyway, we really need to meet him na. Mahirap na...

Cake Details: If there's one major update that I am more happy about this week..that would be our cake details! Finally, after feeling pagka-inggit over Jacque's and other co-Sugarbox clients' raving about their wedding cake details, we met Emily yesterday at the Podium to discuss ours. At first, Paul and I didn't have an idea as to how our cake will be like..as in clueless kami as there are really lots of nice designs to choose from. We've browsed from my wedding magazines collection pero absolutely ala kaming idea. It's good that Emily made it easier for us to decide and come up with a design we all love and something to look forward to. She asked us at first, our preference on the styling of the cake..if we want a traditional, classic or an unconventional, simple one. She sketched 3 different designs and styles. First, a 3-layered one with an edible base layer and 2 top dummy layers na somewhat irregular ang shapes. The 3 layers shall be white adorned with powder blue cut-out flowers and silver beads all over with bigger blue and yellow gumpaste flowers at the base of each layers. The 3 layers shall also have 3 pairs of toppers na iba-iba ang ginagawa...like two couple standing on the top layer..two sitting couple on the 2nd and on the 3rd..a kneeling-proposing groom in front of the bride. The second cake she sketched was a typical 3 layered-one with gumpaste flower designs na gaya sa first one. The third one which I asked her to sketch is a satellite one but with the same effects as the first two.

Being young as we are..siyempre we chose one na unique pero a not-so-formal and simple lang. We chose the first cake she sketched. It'll be a three-layered chocolate walnut fondant cake with a spefications of 18" x 6" edible base layer, 14" x 6" dummy second layer which is irregular in shape, and a 10" x 6" dummy top layer na irregularly shaped din. (I know medyo mahirap pang i-visualize). What Paul and I are more excited about are the toppers. Even Emily, she's excited to do a gumpaste topper na tall na medyo "sunog" daw ang color ng groom (since dark-toned ang baby ko hehe) tapos may hati sa gitna ang hair (hairstyle ng baby ko)..and a smaller long-haired, fair-toned bride. She took our pic para may guide siya.

We also discussed about the free 24 mini-cakes..basically, they'll have the same design as our wedding cake yun nga lang different top design and alternate ang colors ng cake and accessories. (Kung blue ang cake, yellow ang accessories and vice-versa). Emily advised us na we could pay the 50% on a later month pa since tagal pa ng december kahit na we already discussed our cake details as early as now. She also informed us that her website www.ilovesugarbox.com is already up. She'll upload the pics of her clients and clients' cakes daw sa website.

Gown: We're scheduled to go to Lumban today sana to check out the coutoure whom Papa referred. She's the sister of Papa's officemate in Saudi who's willing to give us a big discount daw if we'll avail of the whole entourage gowns and barongs. We decided to postpone this since we're tired of yesterday's activities...ricky and joy's wedding at edsa shrine in the morning then went to Bulacan - it's been 40 days since Paul's Tita Clarita died...and afterwhich went to Podium to meet Emily Uy. Kaya ayun, we decided to rest muna and we just slept the whole day.