Our wedding happened a few months back but it still feels like it was just yesterday.  The personal vows we said to each other, which by the way wasn't your usual cheesy expression of love for each other kind of thing, still bring shivers to my spine and butterflies in my preggy belly.

Like what I wrote in my wedding post over HERE, we DIYed some of the items which actually helped save thousands of pesos.  I remember how there were some days that I didn't sleep early just to finish some projects.  My husband even took one week leave from work just to finish his DIY projects assigned to him. :)  No matter how sleep deprived I was or how much back aches we both had, I tell you, it was all worth it!  Not only we saved some money, but actually seeing and using your DIY decors/projects during your wedding is undoubtedly fulfilling.

Our Wedding DIY Projects:

Before I start showing you the projects we did for the wedding, I just want to tell you that we got all the ideas and step-by-step procedure through PINTEREST  This is why I loooooove Pinterest.  Not only it helped my curate wedding pegs but it showed how we could save by doing some DIYs for the wedding.  It was our budget savior I should say.  Here they are ladies and gentlemen:

Invitation Sleeves:

I got the inspiration from Pinterest.  I really want a hand-painted wedding invitation which my very talented colleague Myra Lim lovingly did for me.  I used pattern paper (bought a few years back from Divisoria) as its sleeve, wrapped it with paper doily which I bought online, and secured it with a jute string (bought from Japan Homes).

After the proposal last March (which you may read here), we've gone through one wedding expo and only four venues (that actually meant four cities - Laiya, Tagaytay, Antipolo and Manila) for ocular.  It's already August and I am panicking, but just a bit, because we're less than three months from the BIG DAY!  We finally decided on the venue, which has a partner caterer who could accommodate our small wedding, and the owner of the garden is genuinely nice.  I would reveal everything when it's near the final stages (or maybe after, imagine how busy I could already be by that time right?)