I could't wait to do a blog post about my wedding day and share everything with you guys 😊
"Kärleken är tålmodig and God. Allt bär den, allt tror den, allt hoppas den, allt uthäadar den"
1 Corinthians 13:4-7
New International Version (NIV)
"Love is patient, love is kind. It does not envy, it does not boast, it is not proud. It does not dishonor others, it is not self-seeking, it is not easily angered, it keeps no record of wrongs. Love does not delight in evil but rejoices with the truth. It always protects, always trust, always hopes, always perseveres.
My wedding is a traditional church wedding and I'm glad that Matt and I is Catholic, so it's easier for us to choose the church wedding. Marrying in other country is quite confusing for me because of lot of rules, regulations and guidelines to be considered off.
Our wedding took place at Västra Tunhems Church.
The church is located in Vänersborgs municipality in Västra Götaland country. This church is really beautiful with medieveal touches. I fell in love on the ceiling with paintings, the altar and the pulpit. It remind me the old Betis Church/Parish Church of St. James the Apostle in Guagua, Pampanga.
Let me just share you guys, before you can get married in Sweden, specially if you're not a Swedish citizen you must first apply for a marriage licences and they called it Hindersprövning. Just set an appointment or simply visit "skatteverket" (swedish tax authority) to file for a marriage licence. Don't hesitate to ask everything because they're willing to help you. It will takes a week before you get a result just make sure that all your requirements is original and updated. We did that and it took I guess ...hmmm 3 weeks before we received the good news and it was "approved".
Anyway, after that we arranged to meet the priest of the church and discuss to HER our wedding plans. Yup! Her...In my surprise, our priest is actually a woman and it really amazed me :) We ended up sitting with her having coffee for well over an hour, and we talked to her about everything from how we met to what marriage means to us. It turned out wonderful. She was warm, friendly and very accommodating. We like her instantly and how we felt comfortable saying her our love story and plans together. We decided to have mixed English/Swedish ceremony because most of his relatives and visitors are pure Swedish.
Inside the Church. The Priest gave us her advice, said her prayers, sang psalms asking God for her blessing.
You may now kiss the bride!!!
In Swedish wedding, there are a few things that are a bit different. First, I noticed that before the wedding, everyone assembles outside the church and walks arm in arm to get into the church. As I arrived in the Church, they let me stay in a small room to have my last minute retouch. :P . Second, Matt and I walk down the aisle together. I don't wear garter belt (yung nilalagay sa legs ng bride). I didn't insist to have/wear it because people would might just be little freaked out if they saw Matt rooting around under my dress searching for that garter belt and throw it... hahahaha
When the wedding is over, everyone filled out in the same way we went in, arm and arm again 😊 lol!, they waited us outside the church. They individually congratulated us and took some photos before going to the reception.
The reception was held in Särestad Bygdegård they called it community center, we rented the whole place and with the help of my creative mind Lol! hehe I was able to make it much more like a wedding reception. Yup! I decorated it myself, I do research online hehehe. Click here to see how I made my DIY giveaways 👉 DIY WEDDING GIVEAWAYS
I did my table arrangements and decorations. I know it's simple but for me its perfect 😊
"I did a few DIY projects that I found over the net (see picture above). Matt and I did all the planning ourselves, with the help of his family. His mom was the one who made my wedding dress. I made about 100 tissue flower and pompoms in different sizes, they build the table arch and I decorated it with some plastic flowers, violet Christmas light and vines. I wrote all the addresses on our invitations and sewed a linen flower for wedding dress"😊
My cake is missing Lol!! still on the fridge!!!! 😊 oh my princes cake Lol
I like princess cake and I requested it as my wedding cake 😊 It's home made and so perfect!!
It was very structured and very formal dinner, SKÅL!!! 😊
My wedding favor 😊
I also altered a few wedding tradition I knew like opening our gifts in front of our visitors and we cut our cake together. I skipped throwing my bouquet.
Because my family and friends from the Philippines couldn't make it, we're planning on having another 2nd wedding when we come home. It'll be fun to see what come up with for my Pinoy style wedding ehehehe. I know the difference were so many, but in the end, the wedding are still the same. It's about bringing out the families together, with his relatives and with his friends. The fact that they spend their time to share the special moment with us. Thank you to every single person who was involved in making our special day more incredible than I ever could have dreamed of... SkåL!!!! 😊 hehehehe
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Omg! 4 days to go and it's my BIG day!! :) I'm a bit nervous and stress. Decorating and finding a nice idea that I can added up on my big day is really mind-boggling. I keep on searching and searching over the net on how can I make my own wedding giveaways... :) and I just want to share you guys... what I did!! :)
I called it DIY (Do It Yourself) simple and not so expensive wedding favors, take note!! it's personalized favors that I did all by myself hahaha...The cookie I use here is homemade. I baked it and yeah I'm proud of it and it turned out good and tasty :)
yeah it's me Baking! :)
Anyway, doing this kind of project allow us to create our own personalized favors and touches that can be applied in any way we can imagine specially for our special day, for shower, a party or whateverh. All you need are some basic items and a LITTLE CREATIVITY. :)
What you need are some basic item such as:
Small colored paper bags (If you know how to make it, that's good )
Make your own wedding message and print it (download template here) since my wedding motif is lavender color, I choose violet (Lila) for my message template.
Lastly is your goodies you want to put inside the bag (cookies,brownies,chocolates .. etc) I choose the Pepparkakor cookies (Swedish Ginger Cookies)
