Bridal Car - Silver Arrow Bridal Car, Inc

During the initial stages of the wedding, the bride has been constantly going on and on about wanting to ride in a beautiful vintage car (like most do). As the groom and as a guy, this of course raised a bunch of red flags-- one being, most of the vintage cars available in the Metro are hellaciously pricey and two, there's always the fear of the car breaking down during the actual wedding day (which would be very, VERY embarrassing on all fronts).

Of course, these are things that women rarely think of. They just want to ride in a vintage car to their wedding and look pretty. Case closed. That's not being sexist or anything, but you don't exactly expect the missus to be thinking about gas mileages, the quality of the air conditioning (Nissan's better than Toyota's for example) and so on.

The most popular would be Don Robert's Bridal Cars. But since we were late with our decision for the cars and that our wedding was to be held on December 1 (which is the start of the whole "marrying season" and not June), they were already out of the models that we initially wanted. So with about four to five weeks away from the wedding, this broom went on a crash, Internet search for a bridal car.

PENDONG! Peace :)

Here's a little tidbit about me and the missus, we always do the "Pendong peace"gag where upon the sight of an old Volkswagen Beetle, whoever sees it first delivers a brain-scrambling "batok" to the hapless and unsuspecting victim (which is usually me, the groom).

Being 6"0 tall, there was just no way I could squeeze myself inside the Beetle. So instead of riding in it with the missus, we decided that it would serve as her Bridal Car going to the venue. We rented the Beetle for 3 hours, but were informed by our Mr. Everything wedding coordinator Jhune Salud that they (Silver Arrow) were already at the hotel as early as 12 p.m. (with the departure for the venue not until 4:30 p.m.-- wow! Speaks volumes of their professionalism and commitment).

Also, it should be noted that I never really met with any of Silver Arrow's team. It was all through text, bank transfers and one phone call to seal the deal. :)

Contact:

Sherryl F. Sese
Silver Arrow Bridal Car, Inc.
0927 5747551

The Playlist (Updated, Final)

CHURCH

Prelude

I Believe - My Sassy Girl OST I believe

Lullaby - My Sassy Girl OST

Entourage

Canon in D

Bridal March

Two Words - Lea Salonga

Marriage Rites/ Vows

Mahal Kita - Maricris Garcia

Sa Piling Mo - Regine Velasquez

Offertory

Lord I Offer My Life

Communion

The Prayer

Pictorial (6)

Ikaw Lamang - Janno Gibbs & Jaya (Duet) 

Now That I Have You - The Company (B)

Habang Atin Ang Gabi - South Border (D)

Pangarap koy Ibigin Ka - Regine Velasquez (B)

I Will Be Here - Gary Valenciano (D)

Minsan Lang Kita Iibigin - Ariel Rivera (D)

Recessional

Love Story - Taylor Swift (B)

RECEPTION (10)

Arrival of Guests

Lavie en Rose

Smooth Operator - Sade

Something Stupid - Robbie Williams & Nicole Kidman

God Must Have Spent A Little More Time On You - NSYNC

For All Of My Life - Foreal

I Just Can't Stop Loving You - Michael Jackson

When You Say Nothing At All - Allison Kraus

First Love - Utada Hikaru

Til There Was You - Paul McCartney (Upbeat)

Lucky - Jason Mraz

Entourage, Sponsors and Couple's Grand Entrance

Without you - Usher feat David Guetta (D)

Dinner, Pictorial, Intermissions (15)

A Thousand Years - Christina Perry (B)

I Wont Give up - Jason Mraz (D)

Bubbly - Colbie Calliat (B)

Forever - Damage (D)

All I ask of you - Phantom of the Opera OST

Always - Atlantic Starr (Duet)

Beautiful In My Eyes - Jericho Rosales (D)

Because Of You - Keith Martin (D)

Marry Me - Train (D)

Could Not Ask For More - Edwin McCain (D)

Everything - Michael Buble (D)

When I Met You - Apo Hiking Society (B)

Spend My Life With You - Eric Benet and Tamia (Duet)

Baby Now That I Found You - Allison Kraus (B)

The Last Time - Eric Benet

Wedding Traditions (Cake, Wine, Doves)

Grow Old With You - Adam Sandler 

Moon River - Frank Sinatra 

Dance with Parents (Groom and Mom)

I'll Take Care of You - Steven Curtis Chapman

Wedding Dance

Forevermore - Side A (D)

You are invited

Since the soon-to-be-bride has kept this antsy soon-to-be-groom from making anymore pre-wedding updates, I'll just try to provide some insight on the wedding preparations from here on out and just publish it all after the ceremonies.

There are a lot of things that I want to share with whoever chances upon this blog in hopes of helping you out with your wedding preparations-- or at the very least, to offer some humor on an otherwise extremely stressful (think dandruff and dermatitis attacks) phase in my/ our life/lives. Let's start with the invitations, and how we've come up with our own original look for our wedding.

Going with our chosen theme which is "kiddie/toy land" and being given free hand to conceptualize and pretty much do everything in regards to our wedding invites, I went with something simple yet original: a three-panel Hallmark card type that's easy to understand and comprehend. Don't you just hate wedding invites that have multiple, unattached pages? I know I do, I happened to lose a few pages on a recent invite and ended up being late, not knowing there was a bridal registry and so on.

Fortunately, I'm a bit of a cartoonist so I was able to make a few drawings here and there. The copy part was also made by yours truly but to be quite honest, I'm not THAT convinced that Bridesmaids and Groomsmen should be one-worded, uhm, words.

Hindi ba Bride's Maids? Groom's Men?

I went with a clean look, cover page is the main illustration, back page is a smaller illustration with our initials "A&W" and the wedding date "12.01.12" to make it look classy. Then there's the inside flap with the ATTIRE, RSVP and Location Map of our venue (taken from the Internet):

The inside panels contains the main invite copy, followed by the PRINCIPAL and SECONDARY SPONSORS. We chose to not crowd our wedding with random friends playing several roles. Really, who needs 10 groomsmen or 20 bridesmaids? Hindi naman ako tatakbong konsehal e. Lalo na si Mrs V :)

Of course, this only works if you have a background in advertising and have a working idea of what you want in a wedding invite. If you don't want to spend countless hours conceptualizing, stressing and working on it-- would still suggest to go with the invite printers out there-- there's a lot you can find at wedding fairs that sell at Php 40 an invite (heavily templated of course). Always go for the matte finish because it makes your invite look classier. Glossy ones seem a bit too poster/ magazine-ish (unless you prefer it to be that way).

Credits:

Copy: A. Velasco

Artwork: A. Velasco (basic sketch), Josephine Bunyi (illustration and watercolor)

Layout: Jose Loreto Timog

Printing: Tomas Carunungan of Nitto Printing