And to our dear readers, apologies for not posting weddings this week. Came home from a 3-day birthday trip to find our internet cable whacked down again due to the strong rainfall last Friday. =(

And since we were busy as well with preparations for the Philippine Wedding Summit (currently ongoing ) AND last minute work for the upcoming issue of Wedding Essentials magazine, we have postponed the contest to end of this week.

Regarding the Philippine Wedding Summit:

if you`re a bride-to-be attending bridal fairs and enjoy lovely designed booths such as this (for vanity purposes WE`ve decided to post our own booths, =P)

Wedding Essentials magazine booth

Would you have imagined the finished product from this?

Or this?

WE credit our lovely booth to event styling maven Beth Amat and her crew with amazing hands (shown here with Wedding Essentials managing editor Kitten Zapata and editorial assistant Crae Achacoso)

WE heart both booths carrying brands we heart very much in an event organized by people who heart the wedding industry like us: Dodjie and Sharon Fabian- Thanks Dodjie and Sharon for providing new and talented suppliers, literally, a venue to showcase their products and services.
WE are proud to be among your partners in this and upcoming events of Themes & Motifs!

The power couple behind The Philippine Wedding Summit: Dodjie and Sharon Fabian are all-smiles despite the heat, then the rain the night before the big event.

To all soon-to-weds reading this, see you at the PICC Forum tomorrow! Pls. do visit the www.weheartweddings.com booth and get the www.weheartweddings.com planning notebook for FREE! WE`re giving out a 100 notebooks tomorrow!

Like? =) Drop by the Wedding Summit at the PICC FOrum to get your free notebook, =)

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1. Philippine Wedding Summit 2010: Update 2
2. Wedding Expo weekend
3. HAPPY BIRTHDAY MARBEE!

Please wish my dearest friend, sister, fellow cheese lover (Zabar’s!) and the best wedding magazine editor ever a very happy birthday tomorrow (but you can start greeting her right now)!

If there was no Marbee, there won’t be any Wedding Essentials Magazine nor a We Heart Weddings blog so bring on the greetings and well wishes!  :)

Kampai!

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3. WE love you Piolo! (and Garage!)

The crowd that gathered around super liked it too

Thanks to Eastwood Mall for a wonderful crowd. Nothing broke, =P nor did anything get stolen. We will miss the roving guards and Eastwood Concierge`s sir Alex. As they say, all good things must come to an end…

And although my aunt still always reminds me not to be boastful- I really think our set-up was so so cool. Pasensya na, but I got more kilig seeing the set-up- every day for 7 days than with Gabby Concepcion is his new movie with KC. Although nakakakilig din yun.

And although the exhibit is over, WE won`t forget how beautiful the set-up of Bridal Bash 2010 was. Thank you 4th Wall Productions! You guys rock! WE heart you!

Bouquets and accessories section. Participating event stylists: Beth Amat, Joyce Aguilar of 2171 Floral Creations, Teddy Manuel, Badang Rueda of Victorian Blooms, Charo Sy of 7 Lily, Gina Galang of Royal Flower Shoppe, Justine Bumanlag of Saso Events. Participating accessories designers Vanessa Ang, Cholo Ayuyao and Khakai Villanueva

Cakes section. Participatants: Penk Ching, Peachy Juban, Judy Uson, Karla Magbanua, Joy San Gabriel, Carla Lo- Uy and Eunice C. Pascual

Mich Dulce`s hats

Edwin Tan`s and Pepsi Herrera`s gowns

To the following people who made this event possible:

-The photographers who supported us in this event by lending us their favorite heart-warming wedding images:
Dino Lara, Nice Print, Smart Shot, Wally Gonzales, and Nelwin Uy

Our dear speakers: Joe and Rica Peralejo-Bonifacio, Jason Magbanua, RJ Ledesma, Abby Arenas- de Leon, Charlene Fernandez- Bobis, Edwin Tan, Celia Cunanan, Marex Gaba, Janice Taccad, Paulette Tan- Dimaano, Teena Barretto, Ernest Pascual, Mimi & Karl de Leon, Beth Amat, Teddy Manuel, Michael Lim, Peaches Go- Tiu, Christine Ong- Te, Dr. Windie Villarica- Hayano and hosts Issa Litton, Tetta and Atom Unson

Our lights and sounds teams EMS (Darwin) and BLUEHIVE (Jason),

Our entertainment teams, Bernie Pasamba, Seren8, Intimissimo and Serenata Strings

Our participating videographers: Jason Magbanua, 30fps and Threelogy.

Eastwood Mall`s Tefel, Karen, Beda, sir Alex and the roving guards.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH and WE HEART YOU ALL!!!!

P.S To Wedding Essentials` Kitten Zapata who planned this event and to Cristina Roxas who executed it- THANK YOU! This is such a lovely birthday gift- I`ll definitely age better with you two around (well four na pala with Crae and Stong, and our favorite Mang Mario of course, =P)

Cheers!

Regarding this week`s Wedding of the Week contest:
Voting ends Tuesday at midnight! Pls. scroll down to see the pollbox

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Add Themes & Motifs as a friend and stand a chance to win one of two P10,000 cash prizes that will be raffled off just for Facebook/Twitter users when you visit The Philippine Wedding Summit 2010 on June 26 – 27, 2010, The PICC Forum, CCP Complex.

Here`s how:
Proceed to the PWS2010 Registration counter for Facebook/Twitter accounts on June 26 and fill out a raffle coupon (one coupon per account only). Draw will be on Sunday, 27 June 2010.

Deadline to add Themes & Motifs to Facebook / Twitter accounts for this promo is midnight of June 24, 2010. Cheers!

ALSO, brides-to-be who visit the www.weheartweddings.com booth at the PWS2010 get this cute notebook for FREE! (while supplies lasts)

The notebook`s cover is designed especially for www.weheartweddings.com by `the` Cynthia Bauzon Arre so it`s a collectors` item already (with inside pages designed by our new editorial assistant Crae, who graduates today from DLSU =P)

Like? WE super like! =)

Ahhh, to prepare the wedding to the love of your life…

…to get to choose your dream suppliers in the largest bridal fair this summer organized by the country`s most prestigious fair organizer…

…and to get a cute planning notebook for free-

Don`t you feel at least 10k richer already?
=P

And to stand a chance to really be 10k richer, don`t forget to add Themes & Motifs as a friend and register on June 26 at the FB/Twitter booth of the PWS2010

See you all at the Philippine Wedding Summit on June 26-27!

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While waiting for our official photos courtesy of Wally Gonzales photography, here are some snaps from my own camera.

Wedding gown on the left is by designer Edwin Tan, who`s set to give a talk today at 4pm on finding the right type of suit for grooms-to-be. Edwin will also give a talk to brides-to-be on Sunday, June 20 regarding the best silhouette for them.

WE love, love the all- white, art museum look of our exhibit with props created especially for Wedding Essentials Bridal Bash 2010 by 4th Wall Productions.

Ok, those pictures we`re taken at exactly 10:20 am in the morning yesterday, this is how it looked like an hour before our opening last night…

…and it got crazier after that, =P

Today is another day and WE hope to see you at the workshop of our friend Charlene Fernandez- Bobis ( editor of the New York Times supplement of the Manila Bulletin) on `writing-your-own-vows` at 2pm and Edwin Tan`s talk on grooming the grooms at 4pm.

Tomorrow`s talks will be:
Jason Magbanua (at 2pm) on wedding videos
PAWP`s Paulette Dimaano and Marex Gaba (at 3pm) on the Wedding Reception Program and Celia Cunanan and Janice Tacad (5pm) on Wedding Trends.

Cheers!

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So Yipee for the EDSA-Guadalupe billboard for Wedding Essentials`. One of what we`ve dreamed of for so long is now, well, up on EDSA!

Eastwood gang you guys rock!! See you on Monday.

To our dear suppliers-partners, see you guys on Sunday at our pajama party cum ingress. =P

To our dear brides-to-be, grooms-to-be, bridesmaids, fangirls and boys of our wonderful supplier-partners- see you all from June 14-20!

TGIF! Because Monday is only 2 days away! =)

Cheers!

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3. WE’s out!

None other than wedding videographer to the stars, the one who makes common, regular people look like stars ,and well, he who looks like a rockstar =)

Jason Magbanua.

Jason, one of the world`s top 25 videographers, joins other top-caliber wedding dream weavers in Wedding Essentials` Bridal Bash 2010 at the new Eastwood Mall.

Thank you Jason for gracing us fan-girls (and boys) with your presence on June 16. We can`t wait to ask you questions like- where do you get all the beautiful music for your videos?

Here`s the grid of activities for Wedding Essentials` Bridal Bash 2010
Seats are being being reserved as we blog this. So better call shoot us an email soon (kitten@weheartweddings.com) or call Eastwood Concierge during office hours (709.0888 or 0917.838.0111)

This is going to be one big party with learnings, insights, tips, and well, new friends!

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Thank you Eastwood Mall for promoting our event to the max.

WE heart you guys to the max, =)

WE`re so happy a lot of people are going to take notice of our event composed of the top-caliber wedding talents in the industry. To say magaling sila (they`re good) is an understatement and WE can`t wait to show you all why.

Going back to Eastwood`s promotional materials- check out these pictures I took of the first batch of merchandising/promotional materials around the Eastwood Mall last Saturday. Wala lang, we`re just so excited so pls. bear with us, =)

Entrance clocktower

Entrance to the new mall

3rd floor railing

Short cut to Eastwood Mall from Libis

The Eastwood Mall- Wedding Essentials` Bridal Bash 2010 billboard will be up today as per our friends in Eastwood. Will update you guys again about this. Wala lang. =)

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Jason Magbanua.

Jason, one of the world`s top 25 videographers, joins other top-caliber wedding dream weavers in Wedding Essentials` Bridal Bash 2010 at the new Eastwood Mall.

Thank you Jason for gracing us fan-girls (and boys) with your presence on June 16. We can`t wait to ask you questions like- where do you get all the beautiful music for your videos?

Here`s the grid of activities for Wedding Essentials` Bridal Bash 2010
Seats are being being reserved as we blog this. So better call shoot us an email soon (kitten@weheartweddings.com) or call Eastwood Concierge during office hours (709.0888 or 0917.838.0111)

This is going to be one big party with learnings, insights, tips, and well, new friends!

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2. Eastwood Mall- Wedding Essentials` Bridal Bash 2010 opening
3. Eastwood Mall- Wedding Essentials Bridal Bash 2010 update 2

A collaboration among Wedding Essentials, www.weheartweddings.com and the dynamic marketing and events teams of Eastwood Mall (Tefel, Karen and Beda), our weeklong event will take place at the Atrium (talks, cake, bouquet and wedding attire exhibit), 2/F annex (vow-writing workshop) 3/F railing (photo exhibit) and veranda (food tasting) of the new Eastwood Mall on June 14-20, 2010

Highlights include:

-A photo exhibit from the premier wedding photographers in the country: Dino Lara, Lito Genilo, Wally Gonzales, Nelwin Uy,and Nice Print photography.

- Food-tasting activities by caterer to the stars Josiah`s

- A workshop on writing your own wedding vows conducted by Charlene Fernandez- Bobis, Manila Bulletin`s New York Times supplement editor.

-An exhibit of fine cakes led by award-winning cake artists Penk Ching and Peachy Juban and exquisite designs by Judy Uson, Karla Magbanua Eunice Pascual, Carla Lo and Joy San Gabriel; bouquets by Teddy Manuel, Beth Amat, Royal Flower Shop, Joyce Aguilar, Badang Rueda and 7 Lily.

Will post the schedule of activities tomorrow, =)

But just to whet your appetite a bit, here`s some of who WE have in store for you from June 14-20:

Abby Arenas- de Leon on how to pose, hold your bouquet and walk down the aisle gracefully like a beauty queen on your wedding day.

RJ Ledesma will share about his own experience as a groom-in-waiting-for- the- Big Day.

Joe and Rica Peralejo- Bonifacio will talk on `The Spiritual Journey as You Plan Your Wedding`.

Celebrity stylist and designer Edwin Tan will give tips for brides and grooms about the best wedding attire for their body frame.

Wedding planner Ernest Pascual, acknowledged as the dream maker with a sharp eye for fine details will talk on how to make your wedding sparkle with divine details as unique as you. With works from well-loved wedding event stylists Beth Amat and Teddy Manuel and images from husband and wife dynamic duo Mimi & Karl de Leon

Rising wedding planner to the stars Teena Barretto (planner of Rica Peralejo`s, Roselle Nava`s and Love Radio`s Nicolehyala`s weddings) shares about how to make your wedding stellar and unforgettable.

An industry pillar in the hosting scene, Michael Sy Lim will talk about planning a Chinese wedding with popular wedding planners Peaches Go-Tiu and Christine Ong-Te

Learn practical tips from newlyweds Richmond and Audrey Tanco- Uy of Bizu and stylish couple David and Mai Kaufman in an intimate `real wedding talk` hosted by Issa Litton.

We at Wedding Essentials are committed to providing you with the tricks of the trade in making your wedding glitch-free and truly unforgettable.

To register, pls. call Eastwood City’s hotline numbers (709-0888/ 7909-9888/09178380111) or shoot us an email at kitten@weheartweddings.com

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