DIY: the number 21

look what i found at TODS megamall today! i was about to paint them white when i decide to take some photos against my colorful striped chair first. :) i'll be using these numbers for our engagement shoot... which i haven't scheduled by the way. oops! 

DIY: entourage board

i've been meaning to post a bunch of stuff for a while now, but as usual workgetsintheway. stuff like our trip to divi and the 80-peso black silk ties we got, to hairpieces and our bazaar loot for the Christmas season. too many stuff going on indeed!

anyhow yesterday i was lucky enough to have been able to work from home after ten million years of not being able to, hehe. (mental note: i should really start workingfromhome again) and i came up with the idea of putting together a sort of mood board for the entourage because i couldn't quite figure out what neutral shades to use (brown? beige? black?) for the *ahem* more senior people in the entourage. :P i just had to see for myself if everything would blend together and match. after all, B wants a black tie affair. no room for being baduy! :P so anyways here it is :) if any of you brides-to-be would like a blank one that you can use, just send me a message! :)

ps. i showed this to B, and he was like, i can't see the difference (in the neutral shades). sabi ko, BASTA, may difference yan! my mom's is a medium beige, mother of groom is taupe, principal sponsors will be light beige. and principal sponsors ties will be charcoal grey. does this make sense?!? haha. anyhoo, i definitely enjoyed coloring this one :P

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experimenting invites

since my left brain called in sick today, little miss right brain decided to show up and show off a little bit. i spent the afternoon doodling on photoshop when i came across the invite studies i made for my brother's wedding last year. note that i'm only posting a study-- meaning it didn't quite make it to the printer but i think it can still be used for other weddings :) i've also added a few which i came up with just now. send me a message if you like any of them and i might just give you an offer! :)

i particularly like the pattern on the first set so i resurrected it as a wedding invite sample for ours. we're not using it of course since capital B refuses to use any flourishes for the invite. we will have very plain ones for sure as i've always wanted ours to just be simple and straightforward. the second one is our version of it in teal. it actually looks better this way don't you think?

sharing some other stuff i did today... if you notice, i'm partial to bordered invites right now.

ps. if you like them, we can talk about printing and prices and whatnot. after all, our little baby cevadesigns is currently expanding and looking for new opportunities and design projects to keep our right brains in check ;)

save the date: 01212012!

What better way to jumpstart this blog than with our save the date! This is my first official DIY project and thankfully it passed Bryan's strict standards... :P

Save the date's are usually given around 6 months before the wedding, although it can also serve as a back-up plan in case your invitation supplier runs late on their delivery. It is normally not a required element, but having one is ideal especially if you're having an out of town wedding. Of course, that's assuming you distribute them way ahead of time, otherwise that would just defeat the purpose.

So anyway, we originally didn't plan to give out any of these since our wedding is only going to be within Manila, but when we started talking about how to go about visiting our prospective ninongs and ninangs, we decided why not give them a save the date so they won't forget! Here's how it turned out...

For those of you who want to experiment on a DIY invitation, you can start with a DIY save the date to dry run your materials and your home printer. Note when choosing specialty paper for printing: make sure the paper is labeled for inkjet printers (if inkjet is what you intend to use) or laser (if you have a laser printer). Having the right paper for your printer will make a huge difference in print quality ;)

Hope you all like it! And for our relatives and friends abroad... this post is for you! SAVE THE DATE! 01212012! :)

PS. we love the brathy signature, don't u? :D