Here are more WE-featured couples with their special edition covers.

Ed and Cheryl Wong




Derek and Trina Sotto




Marco and Katrina Alcantara




Marc and Ruth Navarro




And Vince and Nina Rodriguez, our official Beautiful Weddings 2008 "cover couple"

Hi everyone, been out of circulation for a while but we`re back again with something from our recent party at the Manansala Loft at Rockwell. Last Oct 8, WE invited the 30 brides we featured in this year`s Beautiful Weddings. We were very excited because several nights before that event, we were like Santa`s elves in the office doing something very special for these 30 couples. We`re not sure if you`ve heard about it already, but this is what we did, happily =), for the 30 beautiful couples whose beautiful weddings touched us-


WE gave them- their own cover =)

Stan and Jenny Ong




Sigfrid and Rhea Castro




Jed and Lesley Santos




This idea is thanks to our publisher ECYIII, whose ideas never fail to (in the following order) shock, amuse and excite us. Thanks Bob!

will post more photos later, can`t seem to upload the rest of the pics- sorry!

Hello dear We♥Weddings readers, this is Cynthia signing in for the first time in a month, I think? Eep! Sorry for the lack of updates from my end, I've actually had my hands full working on the layouts for the upcoming Beautiful Weddings issue (abangan), among other things.

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Anyway, in Wedding Essentials' current issue's We to You letter, we mentioned that we've both been pursuing our passions on the side - Marbs with travel and me with other artistic diversions.

I'm happy to report that we are still very much at it. As of this writing, jetsetter Marbee is halfway across the globe travelling through Russia and Paris! I'm sure she'll have lots of stories to share with us soon. :)

In my case, I recently took part in Frailty, a group show featuring the works of 33 female artists in the fields of art and design. Please see this article for a complete listing of all the chickas.

The photo below features a detailed portion of my piece, Sleeping Like A Marble Girl. (Photo by Karlo Samson):



We had the opening night last Saturday and it turned out be quite a party since it also coincided with Pablo Gallery's 3rd anniversary. [photos]

The exhibit will run until October so please feel free to drop by Pablo Gallery at Cubao X to take a peek at all the lovely artworks made by my colleagues in the art/design industry. :)

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And because I'm still on diversion mode, my Print Gocco is something I've been putting to good use lately.

From Wikipedia:

Gocco (プリントゴッコ, Purinto Gokko?, "Print Gocco") is a self-contained compact color printing system invented in 1977 by Noboru Hayama.

The Gocco is such a neat contraption - I kinda liken it to having your own mini printing press. Brides-to-be all over the world have been going crazy making d-i-y invites, favor tags and personalized bridal stationery with it. (And then after you get married, you can use it for your thank you cards, your first born's baptismal cards, your daughter's debut inv... alright, you get my drift.)


It's really fun and easy to use too. There's a step-by-step tutorial and guide on my blog that I posted some months ago [go]

Here are some photos of cute printed things others have made using the Gocco:






After seeing all that eye candy you're now probably thinking "...but where can I buy a Print Gocco and its supplies in the Philippines?"

A quick Google search led me to One Tiny Party's website. Tin, the shopkeeper is an Iloilo-based stay-at-home mom who decided to start the business while planning for her son's first birthday (isn't that sweet?). She sells Gocco kits, inks, bulbs, and other paraphernalia you will need to lead the Gocco life. [go]

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We ♥ D-I-Yers! If you plan to make your own invitations and other wedding essentials (<--uuy, subtle brand placement), please drop me a note along with a photo of your creation so we can feature it on this space!

This is the Candy Corner booth at the WedExpo. I`m glad they`ve now also ventured into weddings.



Teddy Manuel is the genius who styled the Jelly Belly set-up in the current issue of WE.



About 3 months ago, we called up Teddy to tell him that we wanted him to play with Jelly Belly for the next WE dream theme concept. He grasped at the idea.

But look at what he was able to do. Isn`t it amazing? My hubby Eths is a big fan of Jelly Belly and thinks that the `Child in You` theme in the current issue of WE is the best theme we`ve done so far. He`s biased of course. =)


The `Child in You` theme was photographed by Terry Uy for WE magazine

If you like chocolate, don`t forget to drop by the Theobroma booth at the WedExpo because...

1. ...there`s delicious gelato in different (chocolate) flavors you can try.



2. ...of these cute mini cakes cakes that look like chess pieces



3. ----of these `can`t get any more chocolate` chocolate cakes



they also have wine-shaped chocolate and other `molded with chocolate` items you might be able to use for your chocolate themed-wedding.

The Wedding Expo is getting bigger and bigger. I remember semi-launching WE in one WedExpo at the NBC tent some years back. Then, we thought having a bridal fair inside a big tent was such a grand dream,can the organizers fill it up with suppliers? Good ones at that?

They did! Imagine so many good suppliers all in one place!

Then they extended it to the open green spot beside the main tent by adding another tent- now, it`s in the PICC Forum- a space twice over the size of the NBC tent. And it`s brimming with people.

Congratulations again Dodjie and Sharon Fabian of Themes & Motifs! It`s been 3 years since we became your partner, and we are prouder each year. =)

To soon-to-weds who weren`t able to go today, the WedExpo is open till 8pm tomorrow. It`s by far, the biggest and one of the best bridal fairs in the country. Pls go!

Here are some of my favorite booths in this season`s WedExpo


The Bellevue Hotel booth- pink and black is lovely.

So is this series from the Discovery hotel group creatively styled by Ferdie Salvador








A `not your usual` under the sea theme by Justine Bumanlang for Manila Catering and Manila Ocean Park




Even Manila Hotel has a fresh modern Filipiniana look- thanks to stylist Henry Pascual



But our favorite of all is....



Isn`t it pretty? Thank you Charo of 7 Lily for dressing up our booth! WE love it!



If you guys are interested in our back issues- we have `em all at the WedExpo

travel magazine ROAM



and

men`s fashion magazine GARAGE




will post some inside pages and a little something about the editors later-