Unlike
the kontrabida roles she plays in tv series,
Gladys Reyes is all what a bride should be – sweet,
beautiful, and so much in-love…to have a garden
wedding.
Gladys and Chris have had 11 years of relationship before
deciding to tie the knot. January 23 of last year, they
were able to set the wedding date at Iglesia ni Cristo.
Exactly one year after, January 23, 2004, they were
married.
Q: Why a garden
wedding? Gladys: It is my
dream wedding, I know it would be very romantic to have
my wedding in such a setting. Chris feels the
same. And when I, together with my best friend Carmi Martin,
went to visit Fernwood
Gardens, I fell in love with it at first sight!
Q:
How was the wedding preparation?
Gladys:
It took us 1 year to prepare for the wedding. And
though I’ve got a busy work schedule, I personally
arranged the details. It helped that there are wedding
sites like Kasal.com,
I got most
of my wedding suppliers there. I hired a wedding
planner only for the wedding day itself.
We were fortunate that we didn’t found difficulty
in arranging our requirements…well, ALMOST.
Would you believe I was only able to finalize
the flowers 2 days before the wedding?! I was
undecided whether to get a separate florist or
to stick with the flowers that came with the catering
package. In the end, I got a florist, as one of
my godparents offered to sponsor that as wedding
gift to us.
Q: Can you share
your wedding budget? Gladys: We spent
around PhP 500,000.00, exactly the same amount we budgeted
at the start. Reception venue and catering occupied
the biggest chunk. Of course, it helped some of our
requirements were given as wedding gifts.
Q: Who were your
wedding suppliers? Gladys:
Hair
& Make up – Fanny Serrano
Bridal Transport – Classic
Bridal Benz
Cake – Vienna Cakes
Designer – Totoy Madriaga
Flowers – Tony Rodriguez
Invitations – Al de Veyra
Music & Entertainment – JJS Entertainment
Souvenir – Crystallize
Souvenirs
Photo & Video – SmartShot
Studio
Reception – Garden – Fernwood
Gardens
Reception – Caterer – VS & F
Wedding Planner – Maila Yturralde of Studio
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Honeymoon – Le Soleil, Boracay
Gladys:
Let me think…nothing major. A funny thing
happened, though, during the wedding ceremony.
The bestman mistakenly switched the wedding rings
and I ended up wearing Chris’ wedding ring,
which was too big for my finger!
Q:
Can you share some tips, advice to fellow brides-to-be?
Gladys: Plan
at least 1 year in advance. Always consider your
budget. Girls, if you want to do garden weddings,
I highly recommend you wear comfortable wedding
design, and most especially, comfortable wedding
shoes (no stilettos please!).
Q: Lastly,
describe how you feel while walking down the garden
aisle. Gladys: Floating.
To be honest, everything seemed to happen so fast
on the wedding day that I would like to do it
again, ha ha.
