Villasis-Alba Supplier Ratings Part 1

for my w@wie sisses. :)

Rating:
Highly Satisfactory
Satisfactory
Partially Satisfactory
Unsatisfactory

MARY THE QUEEN PARISH, GREENHILLS
Highly Satisfactory

Ate Noemi is our main contact person at MTQ. Very helpful and accommodating, we love her! She even got us the parish priest, Fr. Cesar Marin, SJ to celebrate the wedding (we did tell her and Fr. Cesar that he is a friend of one of my ninang's husband).

The fee includes a red carpet, basic flower arrangements, priest's stipend, host and holy water for offertory. The church itself was beautiful, perfect for a breezy afternoon wedding. The aisle was not too long nor too short. I loved my walk. :)

During the wedding, we started way too early. The ceremony is at 3:30 pm, the invite says 3:00 pm (of course!). Ate Noemi said they line up the entourage starting at 3pm if everyone's there. Well, my OTD (Events Memoirs) was able to line up the entourage and start the procession at 3:10 pm. I could see Ate Noemi from the bridal car, waving at me and saying that Fr. Cesar is still upstairs. Turns out that Fr. Cesar had a meeting going on, and had to cut it short due to the prodding of the coordinators (they knew that the wedding schedule was really 3:30 pm, I don't know the reason for the rush! I have yet to talk to Mia, the head coordinator). In short, minadali nila si Father. And they also had to make hagilap a sacristan. The result: One of my flower girls and grromsman didn't get to walk the aisle. At napagalitan kami ng pari when we got to the altar heehee but he was right, dapat sumunod ang OTD sa kanila and not the other way around. But despite this, Father was pleasant all throughout the ceremony, and we loved his personalized homily. You see, we met him months before the wedding and he took notes. So nice of him.

Aaso, we ran late. there was no wedding before us naman, but the mass ran too long (that's part 2 of the supplier ratings) and we had to cut short the photo session. may Sunday mass kasi ng 6pm, and we finished mga 4:40 pm na. we just continued the photo taking outside the church.







THE PERFECT GOWN by MALOU CASTILLEJOS
Highly Satisfactory

malou was very easy to work with, she listens to you and gently gives suggestions on the gown. i knew what i wanted (see inspiration gown), and she executed it very nicely. i love my gown! so feminine, and simple yet elegant. our guests said the same thing, and i'm so happy to hear it hehe

i lost 25 lbs for the wedding so malou had to adjust the gown each and every time we had a fitting haha! she was very patient naman and asked me not to lose more weight after our third fitting heehee







EDDIE BRUAN TEAM (GEMMA was my HMUA)
Highly Satisfactory

they were not my first choice, but they were excellent. buti na lang available sila after we realized that the HMUA team i hired was running too late. what can i say? i love love love gemma! she works like magic! i loved my hair and make up, and felt every inch a beautiful bride.









ENTOURAGE GOWNS - MANANG LINDA
Satisfactory

except for her measurements that was kinda off (either too big or too small, but she adjusted them naman), her gowns were wonderfully executed. the workmanship was perfect, ang ganda ng tahi. although medyo mahirap kausap kasi malayo bahay nya sa condo namin, we took it all in stride. she executed the gowns based on the designs i gave her. she also made me my prep dress (the other dress i used during our prenup at BHS). overall, happy kami with manang linda.











ELOQUENTE CATERING - FOOD and SET UP, MOBILE BAR
Highly Satisfactory

tina, our AE, was fun! bubbly kasi sya, ang gaan at madali kausap. she took in all my suggestions and executed them well during the reception. yung centerpiece nga lang ng buffet spread was not the one we agreed on, so will check with tina na lang what happened.

we took the stargazer package which included:
Elegant Tiffany Set-up for all the Guests
Three (3) Layer Fondant Cake – bottom edible or 100 pcs Cupcakes (w/ box and thank you card) and 6” round cake
Professional Emcee - Marj Dizon
Complete Sound System
Bridal Car
Elegant Set-Up of Gazebo for the Couple
Upgrade to 4-Layer Fondant Cake (All edible)
Chocolate fountain for 200 pax

according to the guests, the food was great. we booked for 250 pax, but only about 220pax arrived. we were still able to bring home a lot after the reception, including one whole lechon (we had 3). the set up was really nice, and yummy ang cake! and the mobile bar was a hit. :)

teh only thing that bugged me was that the waiters were setting up the VIP food at the back of the VIP table. parang ang gulo tuloy, puro trays ng food yung nasa likod.



























AMARANTHUS FLORIST - REN TUTOP
Highly Satisfactory

amaranthus is the in-house florist of eloquente. ren was very accommodating and helpful during the time that i kept changing my mind about the kind of flowers i want. i love my bridal bouquet, and the ento flowers too. you can also see the flower set up at the reception in the eloquente part of this rating.

we also got ren to do the partial drapings at the reception venue. it turned out so nice, given that the set up time was limited (they could only start at 3pm as there was a children's party before our event).







MANG REY CASEDO'S BARONGS AND PANTS
Highly Satisfactory

when we booked mang rey, we had a few months to go so K asked him to make him gusot mayaman barongs and black pants. sa dami ng kinuha ng asawa ko, na-master na ni mang rey ang sukat nya hehe we ordered a pair of pina raya barongs with pants, and they fit my husband well. we also got 3 more pina brong material for 2 dads and 1 brother (my dad-in-law's barong was masikip though [he told us this a few days before!] and he never got to wear it to the wedding).

it was a breeze dealing with mang rey. oh, and he gave me a free pina hanky and fan for free.:)





this is it for now. part 2 in the making. stay tuned! :)