Avenue 8

Met up with Bernard from Avenue 8 on Tues.. he showed us the photos that he has taken so far and the kind of albums that his studio provides.. flipped through his works & realised that he has done a few celebrities' weddings! Melody Chen & Randall Tan, Vernetta Lopez, just to name a few.. His associate photographer, Douglas is also the photographer for blogger, Xiaxue's solemnization..

Bernard's style of photography is the current thrend of journalistic photography.. He has also trained a few photographers who has moved on to start their own business.. Bernard is also trained by renowned wedding photographer, Andrew Choi.  On top of that, Bernard happened to be from the church we attend.. As such, he will be very familar with the church ceromany and how it goes about..

Avenue8 has their in-house videographer and they also do tie up with AlvinAdeline & Simple Motion as their videography partners.. I was really tempted to ask AH to sign up with the latter 2 as I'm really wowed by their cinematography skills.. makes the wedding look like so movie lor!  Avenue8 in house videographer is more of simple and straight forward flimming.. Researched through forum and found that they do have a videography that does simple cinematography.. will call up Bernard soon to ask him abt this guy and any additional charges.. I still prefer some video effects than straight forward videography.. AH thinks otherwise though.. as long as someone videos, he is happy with it..

The package we are getting includes:

- 10 hours AD photography + videograpy

- 20 pages standard album with 40 photos returned (top up $300 to upgrade to flush mount)

- DVD of all RAW photos (about 800-1000 shots)

- Express video highlights (same day edit)

- 2 DVD of edited video footages (1-2hrs playback)

- Pre-wedding photoshoot (studio + outdoor)

- 20 pages with 20 photos returned

- soft copies of photos selected for print

- photo montage

- additional photographer (trainee of Bernard, will in charge of all portrait photos such as table photos)

- makeup & hair services

At first we wanted to take out the pre-wedding PS since we are already having our PS in US this June.. However, its only a deduction of $700.. AH analyzed that $700 for 20 photos + album + makeup services is quite worth it la..  since Bernard is charging quite a bit for pre-wedding PS outside.. We already 90% confirm with signing up with him, just need to clarify more stuff and bargain for some top-up or upgrade.. waiting for him to email us the package that we discussed about too..

Stay tuned for more updates~

Cheongsam

The title says it.. I'm getting a cheongsam!!! After much delibration and discussion with AH.. going through the locations that we will be doing our PS and the current gowns we have.. we decide to MTM a CS!

through reviews on SGBrides forum.. I chose Kim to tailor my CS.. she is a home based tailor and doesn't provide any fabric for making CS.. so basically she charges $150 and $180 for a short and long CS workmanship respectively.. As for fabric, we'll have to source it out ourselves and bring it back to her to make the CS..

booked an appointment with her last Sat & she told me to do my homework to bring some designs I want my CS to be for her to see.. Reached early on Sat coz I mixed up my appointment time.. but the session with her previous customer was quite fast & we ended up having a 40mins discussion.. Showed her the design I wanted and she also showed me some other designs.. and we managed to finalise a design for my CS..

As she was going for her holiday in end April, she's unable to do a fabric shopping trip.. Nevertheless, she taught both AH & myself what are the tricks of choosing laces.. and also showed us some example of laces that she currently have..and what kind of colour combination.. She empahases alot on the selection of laces as compared to satin.. since there are only three kinds of satin material.. but for laces, there are many many different types of laces.. quite an eyeopener for me and AH..

Hopefully I can remember what she has told us & I look forward to our fabric shopping next weekend!

Kim

Blk 246 Tampines St 21

#11-359

Tel: 6783 1963

Orchard Hotel Wedding Show

Went to OH wedding show on the 28th march.. The first in house wedding show that AH and myself went.. Visited their bridal suite, function room and ballroom.. They had their 3 wedding themes set up.. A buffet line of finger food was also set up.. There's also a showcase of their invitation cards and wedding favors..

Besides their in house stuff, the hotel has also engaged extenal vendors for photography, wedding cars, wedding jewellery, photography, etc..

Both of us were very pleased with the overall standard of OH.. Even thou they're not open for booking for our wedding date, we are willing to forsake the cash rebate per table (promotion) during the wedding show.. AH likes the fact that there'll be free flow of beer and wine provided throughtout the dinner.. Means another money saver..

BUT our wedding date has been taken up by a corporate event.. Not only our date but the whole of September!! AH was really upset cause he really likes that venue.. So we did a tentative booking with an alternate date with them.. And we'll have to discuss if we shd change the date or venue.. Haiz

Meantime here are the photos taken.. Enjoy :)

Ballroom

Ballrm 3 entrance

Ballrm 3 interior

Buffet lineup

      

Wedding Theme 1 - Celestial Charm

 

Wedding Theme 2 - Dazzling Dreams

 

Wedding Theme 3 - Intimate Indulgence

 

Selection of wedding favors

Solemnization Room

Bridal Suite

Living Room

Dining Area

Bridal bed

Free champange & cake for the wedding couple on AD

Bathroom

HUGE mirror in the bathroom

View of Orchard from suite

PS Locations

Going USA for our pre-wedding PS has been our dream since we were there in 2005.. the first moment when we step on the Golden Gate Bridge, both AH & myself know.. when we tied the knot next time, we will be definitely coming back to this place for our wedding photos..

In 3 months' time, we will be back in the place that we have lotsa of wonderful memories.. we have been doingresearch of locations that we wannt to include in our PS.. the places should have a meaning to us and also shows the "favour" or 味道 of San Francisco..

1. The iconic Golden Gate Bridge

credits: Moomedia

credits: raw | photo | design

 

credits: Jasmine Wong Photography

2. San Francisco City Hall

credits: raw | photo | design

3. Cable Cars

credits: Moomedia

4. Santa Cruz Beach Boardwalk

credits: Photography by Junshien

credits: Kelly McCord Photography

5. Santa Cruz Downtown

 

credits: Kelly McCord Photography

6. Los Gatos Nestldown

credits: Photography by Junshien

credits: Kelly McCord Photography

Wedding Monogram

Wedding monograms or wedding logos, using the couple's initials are becoming a trend now for the local scene.. As such, I tried my hands on a online program to create our monogram..

1st prototype

2nd prototype

Both images are print screen images, that's why all the grids and arrows.. I would need to pay for my design at USD$9.90 each to get the full image.. But well, since its only the beginning.. just trying out and have a feel of what its like.. Try your hands at designing your wedding monogram here

Now I'm reading through online tutorials & websites.. reading through wedding blogs to get inspiration for my personalised monogram :)

Meet up with Pastor Keith

First appointment with our church pastor last Sun.. Initially AH & I thought that Ps Keith would be our officiating pastor for our Holy Matrimony.. but it turns out that our first meeting is just want to reaffirm our decision to get married and also to ask some formality questions..

He started off asking questions like when we knew each other, if we knew our financial status, blah blah.. Given our age, he was really surprised that we have maintained a 9 year ++ relationship.. and this year being our 10th year together.. What I can I say.. all praises to Jesus who is in the central of this relationship, and in the future, our marriage..

He went on to share about marriage in the bible.. and our decision is based on the love for each other and not just because we are in the relationship for a long time.. He also shared that as a married couple we should learn to accept the mistakes we made & the ugly side of each other..

I'm very blessed with the meeting.. and I look forward to the pre-marriage seminar & counselling sessions..

"We loved because He first loved us"

OH vs Concorde

My last 2 choices for the banquet venues..

Since I'm not a person who can make decisions, most of my big decisions are settled by AH.. but this time round he wants me to decide on the banquet venue.. AH is a minimalist, so to him as long the price of the hotel and location is good.. he doesn't care if it is pillarless, high ceiling, has private reception area or whatever march-in format.. As I'm the fussy one, and these are the 2 best options now.. He is leaving it for me to choose..

who is my other decision maker..? My Daddy God :)