Whimsical Garden

It was a lovely June 5, 2010 evening at Marco Polo Hotel. The grand garden wedding of a very lovable couple - Venus Badilla & Dondon Santiago.

 

Venus wanted a whimsical garden venue. Not even a rainful (glad it didn't rain that night!) can persuade her to transfer to the Grand Ballroom which is the Visayas Ballroom of Marco Polo Hotel. It's her DREAM reception venue. She fell in love with the garden long before she planned for her big day. Who wouldn't fall in love with it?, the place is surrounded with healthy plants, well-kept grass, lush trees and lovely 

 scenery.

             

 

We filled the Garden Terrace of Marco Polo Hotel with trees, hanging faux wisterias (how i wish real ones can be grown in the Philippines.. sigh...); our crystal chandeliers (which is already a classic), tealight candles and handpainted luminaries.

 

The presidential table was moroccan-inspired. Embellished with elaborate details such as moroccan vases, candle holders, textured tapestries. My deepest gratitude to Rock Paper Scissors for capturing all the details. Thank you :)

You might ask how we did the church decor. Well, here it is...

We spruced the majestic church of St. Therese, Lahug (yes, the newly renovated one) with flower stands which comes with tapered candle inside a glass vase and decorated with white roses, queen anne's lace and greens. And repeated the look of the trees, hanging faux wisterias, tealights. The altar, we entirely decked with tall grass blades and cascades of white orchids and roses. After the wedding ceremony, we left the altar decor in the church. This was the couple's offering to the church. What a big heart they have :)

 

And the bridal bouquet was a bunch of two-tone pink and solid purple dutch tulips, queen anne's lace and english ivy. When i delivered the bouquets for the entire bridal party to the suite, it was music to my hears (*wink, wink*) when Venus said, "Ms. Shei, thank you sooo much for this bouquet. It was more beautiful than i expected!I love it!"

 

This style-savvy bride knows what she wants and how she wants it. It was a night of sumptous food, flowing wine, good entertainment of gypsy dancers, fire dancers/eaters and the world-renowned Cebu Danceport Team. We ended the night with awesome fireworks display. It was indeed a great night and we are glad to Celebrate in Style with them! CHEERS! :)