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Wedding Details You’ll Love (at least I do!)

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It’s our first wedding post here in Homemade Parties and since my husband I just celebrated our anniversary, I thought I’d share with you all some of my favourite details from our wedding two years ago. Some DIY, some just personalised elements to add personality and a bit of whimsy. I’d like to think that love was poured into every detail of our wedding, so here’s hoping that by writing about it now, you can get some ideas for your own special day! I go by the saying “Love is in the details!” and this wedding had a lot of it…both love and details : ) Homemade Parties_Wedding Details_Monica35

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Personalized Invites: Joppet and I provided our invite supplier with the text and design direction. Joppet even drew the map with the directions. To personalize it even more, we lined the envelopes with peach lining, stamped our monogram outside, and to match our laid back feel for the wedding, stamped each letter of the name of our guest onto the envelopes. Who says the only way to go is calligraphy?  

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Making our mom and dad part of the day: My father passed away when we were in our junior year in HS and a year after that, Joppet’s mom passed away as well. We made sure they were still very much part of our wedding by saying something special about them in our invite (“with Monica’s Papa Mike and Joppet’s Mom Ann smiling down from up above”), having a parents corner, and, my most favourite detail, having my locket with my papa’s photo in my bouquet. He also walked me down the aisle that day!
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Bridal Shoes: My mom, my sister and I all wore the same kind of shoes. After all, it was a day for our family as much as it was ours.
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Directional Signs: We talked to our guests while leading them to our ceremony and reception venue. These are some of the DIY directional signs that Joppet and I made for the day. Sure beats just simple arrows, don’t you think?Homemade Parties_Wedding Details_Monica47

Tent: We decided to have a tent three days before the wedding. It was raining so hard the week of our wedding. Our suppliers were all trying to convince us to move the set-up to a covered function hall, but my groom, knowing that my dream wedding was a SUNNY garden wedding, insisted to wait until the wee hours of morning of the wedding before deciding. He had faith the rain would stop. And true enough, at 1am, it did.  I woke up on our wedding day expecting to hear the sound of rain, but I was pleasantly surprised to hear the sound of birds chirping from my window. And the sun was out. It was a perfect day! And hey, didn’t this last minute decision of a tent look great?
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Floating on Flowers: This photo says it all.  Seeing the church lined up with flowers, with my teary-eyed groom standing on the altar – priceless.

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Personalized escort cards:  Each place card indicated the table numbers and a photo we shared with our guests. It was fun going through years and years of photos. Some were of us and our godparents from our baptism! It was a trip down memory lane in itself, and from the photos of our guests in the registration table, they seemed to enjoy going over them as well! Homemade Parties_Wedding Details_Monica54

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Cake and Precious Stars Topper: I had asked for our cake to be displayed on top of crates – that’s rustic charm right there! I like Precious Moments and he likes Star Wars, so we asked a friend to combine the two in a drawing. We used the characters as a cake topper, and it was my sister, also my maid of honor, who made the cute little banderitas to complement it with! Oh, and  our topper? Also DIY! All you need is a folder, print out, scissors, glue and some laminates and tadah – your own personalised topper!
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Table Arrangements: No tall floral arrangements, no fancy vases, just simple laid-back centerpieces. Aside from our gorgeous table styling, we also had a Garden Reception Essentials kit. We love giving “kits” as Christmas gifts so we incorporated it in the wedding to include everything you need for a garden wedding – from off lotion to alcohol to mints and tissues. Our table numbers were also named after the years we’ve known each other with a photo of us from that year. One table featured a photo of us when we were in Grade 1 – the first time we were classmates. Our place cards were another DIY element – very pretty but also quick to make, all you need is a folder, lace and stamps!

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Lounge Area: We made sure our friends had somewhere comfortable to lounge in after the night’s dancing. It was a nice corner to sit back in and watch the night away!
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Star Wars Surprise: As a surprise for my groom, I invited a clone trooper to the wedding. He came in with the cake cutter, just as we were about to cut the cake. It was also a wonderful surprise for our guests who had fun taking photos with the Star Wars crew in the Photo Booth! And yes, the inscriptions on our rings – a Star Wars line!
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Whew! Sorry, I realised that was quite a read! It was 14 years in the making after all! : ) (…and to think these are just a few of my favourite details!)Homemade Parties_Wedding Details_Monica34 Homemade Parties_Wedding Details_Monica39 Homemade Parties_Wedding Details_Monica33 Homemade Parties_Wedding Details_Monica37Homemade Parties_Wedding Details_Monica31Homemade Parties_Wedding Details_Monica44

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  3. I love the details you have here.. I wanna have another wedding again!!(syempre with the same guy hahaha) I hope that I get a redo of our wedding.. para kami talaga nihubby ang ikakasal at hindi yung parents namin 😉 #TheirWeddingOurMarriage

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  5. I LOVE YOUR WEDDING!!!! as in! haha, around how much did you spend if you dont mind me asking? i love all the little details and having a beetle as a wedding car! this is just great, super great! 🙂

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    • Wahaha, surprised to be asked that! : ) Let’s just say we were wise with our spendings and we got suppliers who were all suit and delivered beyond our expectations. The Beatle is good for photos but I realized a little too late on the wedding day that it’s difficult to fit all the poofyness of your wedding dress inside a small car. Haha!

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