Make it real Julius

This is our SDE wedding video by one and only Bob Nicolas. It was really awesome and we are very happy and proud on the result. All of my friends truly admire on his works and can't imagine how beautiful our wedding was after watching this video. You might ask why we got him as our Videographer? After watching lots and lots of portfolio from different suppliers, we compared and analyzed which one have a talent (coz all of them are good!) which we want to have on our own video. Most of the shots of Bob Nicolas have different transitions. Hindi sya nakakasawa because the flow of each sde he made is not boring. Some videographer are very good in sequence like Jason Magbanua, Mayad and Threelogy - they have a very good portfolio too and had celebrity clients. They are good on the flows and you will feel the love when you are watching their video. But since the venues we chose are good on aerial and we notice that it has a lot of potential, we found Bob who can possibly do what we wa...

Ruth & Julius Wedding - 06.10.14 - by J Lucas Reyes from Ruth Dayao Ramos on Vimeo . Here's our wedding pictures showed on the day during reception. This song "In My Arms" by Marie Hines perfectly fit on how the wedding was so light, full of love and emotional during that day. Most of my friends who didn't attend our wedding was teary-eyed when they watched this slideshow video. It seems that J Lucas and the team captured each important scene on that day. Filmtastic indeed!

One of our best prenup sessions. We started at 6:30am until Al Safa Park opens at 7:00am. This is our 2nd session of prenuptial shoot and I can say that me and my hubby are more relax to emote in front of the camera. But first, we tried to check out some prenuptial shoot as an inspiration online so when we started, me and my hubby know what to do and pose. Since it's very early at the park during that time, we are free to move and go every where inside the park that is why it is not hard for us to capture moments without people at the background. Photography by: Nina Carpio smilelikenina.wordpress.com Makeup by: Joyce Valencia Park prenup session Dyosa Prenup Session Dyosa prenup session Park prenup session Picture we used in invitation, guestbook cover, facebook group page and other wedding materials -  Park prenup session

One thing I truly admire on our own prenup is the simplicity and uniqueness of each shots. If you will try to find prenup pictures nowadays, you will notice that most of the pictures have lots of props, heavy makeup, glamorous clothes of both couples and extra ordinary styling. Inspiring, isn't it? How our prenup differs to others? Simply we don't spend a lot of money on it. We are just blessed because we are surrounded by talented friends and relatives who can photoshoot us and do the makeup for free. Here are our beach prenup session. No props, no extra ordinary styling and clothes... we just want to show how deeply in love with each other. Photography by: Nina Carpio smilelikenina.wordpress.com Makeup by: Joyce Valencia Beach prenup

Here are the collections of monograms I made to those readers who sent me a request email: Happy preps again!

As promised, here's my blog in doing our Boho-Chic inpired Wedding LED candle Souvenirs. I just matched the colors and other materials in our wedding invitation. Total cost in doing this is around 10,000 php total of 54 pcs of led candles. What you need: - cord - feathers - scissors - ready made gift boxes - printed and cut monograms and thank you message. I put "THANK YOU for lighting up our day" DIY Wedding Souvenirs - Boho-chic Finish look - DIY Wedding Souvenir Boho-chic Wedding Souvenir - LED Candles Feedback from my friend :) There are a lot of ways in styling your own souvenir. You just need materials that will match on your theme and some inspiration. There are a lot of ideas in google ;)

The advantage of being a graphic artist/ designer is you can design your own wedding materials like monograms, wedding invitations, guest books and other printed materials which will capture exactly what is on your mind without paying extra on the talent, creativity and labor. Another advantage on my end is I know how to DIY things since I did planning on my daughters' birthdays. I tried to get quotation from Printsonalities to check if I will really save money in doing DIY. Their invitation starts at 140 php per set with a minimum order of 100 sets so total of 14,000 php for a basic or simple printing. So I am thinking, the paper and quality of printing which I want to achieve on our wedding invitation might cost doubled on their price. This made me realize that wedding nowadays really needs A LOT of money. LOL! The first step I did is I researched an inspiration/ideas online then I came up on my own design which will show the uniqueness and creativity. Below are my inspi...

It took me a year to decide who I want to beautify me on my wedding day. I always read Madge Lejano, Cherry Pacheco, Jessy Alto and Mayone Bakunawa on most of the blogs and forums I have read. And when I checked their portfolios, I was amazed on the before and after shots of Cherry Pacheco. I inquired to her and got response but I find it expensive to think that the service is only for me and my husband. My budget is around 15,000 php only but I want that my Make Up Artist will stay until I need her. Lol. With Cherry Pacheco, she will only do your make up then she can't stay until ceremony and reception. So it took me a couple of month to decide if I will get her because I really really like her portfolios but I find it expensive. I tried to research again and find Mayone's portfolio also interesting! 3 months before the wedding, I inquired to her and saw her rates which is more expensive than Cherry. But I didn't stop since I have this 'this is it' f...

74 more days and the most exciting event of my life will happen. Below are the progress of our wedding: CHURCH - full payment - thanks to my coordinator, Ms. Kath of THE ONE EXCLUSIVE  for fixing our documents and going to the church. CATERER - Purple Dish - paid 65% of the total bill - I avail their wedding cake, candy bars and mobile bars PHOTOGRAPHER - J Lucas Reyes  - booked VIDEOGRAPHER - Bob Nicolas  - booked VENUE - Tagaytay Pacific Heights - booked PREP HOUSE - T Chilline - booked - worrying because they're not answering on my email :S BRIDAL CAR - Casa de Carlo - Vintage Mustang Car booked FLOWERS FOR ENTOURAGE - Vatel Manila - booked ON THE DAY COORD & EMCEE - The One Exclusive - Ms. Kath - She is very helpful on my planning even I upgrade my semi coordination 3 months before my wedding. everything runs smoothly on the wedding preps because of her. Even the completing of my suppliers, she is always make sure she have an output and even knowin...

I am not planning to buy our wedding souvenir since we will have a photobooth and candy bars for the kids. But when I saw this deal online, that is when I started planning to buy and have some souvenir for our wedding. Basically, the offer is 29 aed for 3 pcs of candles with battery provided. So it's like $2.6 each or 116 in peso. Isn't cheap? Here are some screenshots of the LED Candle. Got this deal from www.hitthedeals.com available only in the UAE. How I came up on this idea? If you will try to search on google 'Wedding Souvenirs' you will find lots and lots of favors and styles. Most of them are candy boxes, key chains, can opener, candies in the bottle etc. and if you will sum all the materials of this for DIY, it will cost you around $6 to $10 each. I also saw some real candles as a wedding souvenir, I find it not a good idea because once they use it, it will melt and won't last. Ok let me share you some thoughts on those common wedding sou...