Wedding Game For Single Girls

The game is entitled "the vegetable game".

Mechanics of this game:
The single guy who won the single guy game will sit in the middle.
The single ladies will stand in circle around the single guy.
While the music is playing, the single girls will walk in one direction around the single guy.
When the music stops, the girls have to grab the vegetable/fruit clipped on the bachelor's knees or thighs.
The girl who grab first the vegetable from the bachelor's lap will be eliminated.  
Resume the music and the process repeats until there is only one player left in the game.

Note: There will be different types of vegetables/fruits. 1. White Squash 2. Radish 3. Eggplant, 4. Carrot. 5 Banana 6. Okra 7. Apple

The number of vegetables/fruits depends on the number of single girls.

It was one hell of a game. Super enjoy!

Manila Wedding Reception Games

There are actually a lot of games to choose from - for wedding reception games. As for us, besides the games we had in the wedding program booklet, we had games entitled How Much Love Can You Hold?

How Much Love Can You Hold Wedding Game  
This is just a simple game. You have to ask your maid of honor and best man to help (for counting purpose). You have to have two bags of kisses or chocolates. 

 

bag of kisses

Okay, so in each table there will be one representative. The couple (newlyweds) will scoop as much as kisses or chocolates they could from the bags (2 bags) for two times. Then, the emcee will ask the contestants to write down how many chocolates do they think the couple got. 80, 45, 90, etc. The person who got the closest will be the winner. So simple right?
 
I chose this game rather than choosing Groom or Bride wedding game where the guest will be choose if it is the groom or the bride because there were a lot of people there did not know us personally, like his high school classmates, my high school classmates, his dad's colleague, etc. It is the safest game. 

Wrecking Bowl

Another game we had, was entitled "Wrecking Bowl", the emcee read a statement, then he would ask someone if the statement was true and false. We had 5 winners for this one. The statements were hilarious.


Junk in the Trunk Wedding Game
For the single games, instead of throwing a garter, they had this Junk in the Trunk game. So this game like the usual junk in the trunk game but the winner will be the one who

The guys were wearing contraption that consists of a microwavable rectangular plastic (opened big mouth in the middle part like the tissue box) and filled with 6 ping pong balls. Each had box stuck on their rumps, and they had  to shake all the balls out. We all know that no one would like to be the 'garter guy', so we knew they would not give their best to get the balls out of the box if the 'garter guy' would be the first (to get the ball out of the box) that was the reason we reversed it.  The loser would be the "garter guy". 
 
My college barkada, Karlo won the game. He will get married next year 2016.

I will be posting tomorrow the single girls game.

 

How to Make a Wedding Program Booklet

So here's our wedding program booklet (please see the picture below).

DIY wedding booklet

back cover of the wedding booklet

DIY Wedding Program Booklet

The booklet is has 12 pages excluding the cover page and the back cover page.

Here's some snap shots.

My first plan for messages for the newlyweds supposed to be in heart shapes paper to be placed in the registration area as wedding guest book. But I changed my mind and I made a program booklet where they can just write the message for the newlyweds. Guests can just tear the paper from the booklet. Below is the actual one I made for the wedding program booklet. The tear here was already pre-cut using perforated blade so that it can be easily detached. 

I bought 2 packs of 100gsm paper for 6sgd each. 2 pack of 180 gsm paper for the cover.  I was able to make to make 160 booklets all in all. The size of the booklet is only 9.5cm. One A4 paper can be divided into three parts.

I had to do trial and error to determine which page should be printed on which side and division. I printed them back to back - like a real booklet by the way.

The wedding program booklet consist of 1. Cover Page, 2. Welcome Message 3. Things to Enjoy in the Reception 4. Wedding Entourage 5. Wedding Entourage 6. Wishes for the newlyweds 7. Blank 8. I Spy Game 9. Fill the Surnames Game 10. Words for the Heart 11. Thank You Message 12. In loving Memory 13. Back Part of the Cover.

Using a normal stapler and rubber (eraser as support) I stapled 2 cm from the end on both ends.

Here's how to use stapler and rubber in binding a booklet. Click here.

So we had two games in the booklet - I spy Game and Fill the Surnames. 

Guests were able to participate in the game. We had two winners for I spy Game and One for Name the famous couples. 

Not all of them will be able to join the actual games in the reception like the vegetable games we had etc anyway. I think having this kind of booklet (wedding program booklet) is an additional entertainment for the waiting guest.

Wedding Signage Idea - Human Statue

Wedding signage lets your guests know that they are at the right place.  It is also the best way to welcome your guests in your wedding.

Here are some examples of wedding signage

Credits to the owner

As for our wedding, we had to have a signage since there were three weddings happening on that day - Oasis Manila was fully booked.

For your information (please see the picture below)

Above cost around Php 800.00  + 600 delivery from Chasing Dreams Events. Nice right? But I wanted it to be different. I find the wood direction signage as plain and boring. Something like this is good for garden wedding or something so I decided to get a human statue. I searched online for human statue (c/o olx). The usual range is around 1500 to 2500 pesos for 3-5 hours. Luckily, I found dancing statue group for 1500 pesos c/o demi.

And here's what we had for our wedding signage.

wedding signage - human statue (nan and nen)

Originally, the dancing statue was at the entrance of the Oasis building. Around dinner time, he was asked to go inside the reception area - added some entertainment.

The human statue for our wedding  was mainly as 'signage holder' but it added entertainment not only for the young ones, also for the adults. They find it quite unique and innovative. Not all weddings in Manila have human statue for their weddings anyway.

Wedding in Manila - The Clock is Ticking

Okey, I'm almost done with all my diy except for the favors.

1. All the boutonnieres for the principal sponsors, groomsmen, man of honor.
2. All 160 table name cards and 18 VIP cards. These will be given to the guests upon registration so that they won't get lost.
3. All 160 programs. These will be given to the guest upon registration. The booklet contains two games: i spy and fill the surnames, there's a detachable page for the guests to write their messages to us, a snippet with our entourage and thank you message as well. It serves as thank you card also.
4. All 170 ring napkins.
5. All 14 table names in photo frames.
6. All 160 menu cards.


What else?

Dresses for Flower Girls

Here are some dresses I have found online for the flower girls:

Wedding in Manila - DIY Favors

For our tokens for the guests, we are going to DIY them - sweets in a jar. I've searched online on a better way to package or to represent the token. Here are some pictures to help anyone who would like to make sweets in a jar as tokens for their wedding.

CTTO - Milk Candies in a Jar as Wedding Favors

Personalized Mason Jar as Wedding Favors - CTTO

CTTO - Love is Sweet Jar

 

Candies - Just Jars Australia

Sweets in Mason Jar Wedding Favor - CTTO

Minnie Candies in a Jar - CTTO

For those who wanted to DIY their wedding favors, the important thing to remember is that 'it is all about the packaging'.

Wedding in Manila - Mixed Marriage in Roman Catholic Church

I went back to Manila for the mixed marriage interview. My H2b is an Aglipayon and I am a devoted Roman Catholic. We are going to get married at San Sebastian Church in Manila. The priest interviewed us regarding the rules of the church for mixed marriage. We signed the paper saying that we are going to comply with the rules and we went to the Intramuros Diocese to give the paper that we signed (for the mixed marriage - dispensation letter). The letter shall be returned to San Sebastian Church after they annotated it or something.

Wedding Manila: Guest Lists Tracker and Planner

For a wedding in Manila, guest lists planning is very important to make your life hassle free during your wedding day. For a small or big wedding, guest lists tracking is very important. I made a guest list tracker for my wedding. This helps me to count the number of guests, track each guest, name, track the invites and manage my wedding guest lists. It will be easier for me to make the escort cards and make the seating plan organize. Although, you may have wedding coordinator or something, but the thing is, they don't know your relationship with the guest/s. As much as I wanted to make the wedding like "sit wherever you like", for 150 plus guests, there will be a commotion if you will not have a seating plan.


Here is my wedding lists tracker:

If you wish to have a template like this, you may download this here ---> Download Guest List Tracker

Wedding in Manila: Wedding Shoes for the Bride

Okay, my table is really damn messy.

 Currently procrastinating, sa sobrang mixed na plans.. nakakatamad mag ayos ng table.

I'm searching for a luxury bling bling shoes online. I have a thing for sparkly things that's why our motiff - SILVER, white and icy blue. Plus, I'm a very lazy person that's why I usually do online shopping (yung days na Ebay plang uso sa pinas ganoon na ako kaaddict sa online shopping).

Check out what I found:

Nine west Sparkle Shoes 

This bridal wedding shoe above is around 2200 pesos. 

This bridal shoe above is around 3000 pesos/pair.

This bridal shoes above is around 4000 pesos.

This bridal shoes above is around 6,000 pesos.

This bridal shoe above is around 10,020 pesos per pair.