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Silva-Torres Nuptials

Reg — Mon, 16 Nov 2009 09:23:14 +0000

Not THIS Silva… no, not me, but my cousin Roxanne. She got married to Rudolph, her high school sweetheart of 13 years (they had an on-off and sometimes long-distance relationship) two weekends ago and I, being one of her secondary sponsors (AND her cousin!), was only happy to help with wedding-related designs she needed. Now I don’t offer wedding design as part of my services for clients. That’s reserved for only my closest friends and family, at no charge. If you want to save a bundle on design costs for your wedding, you might want to start dating my male relatives as early as now. Hahahaha! :)

Aside from the Save the Date wedding e-card, I also designed my cousin’s wedding invitations. They didn’t want anything overly-girly and invites that were too formal-looking (embossed Bickham/Edwardian Script fonts, anyone?) , so this is what I came up with.

Due to restrictions on invitation printing, I was allowed only two colors to work with– dark brown and orange. The plant motif on the side is a modified free Photoshop brush/vector image. The invitations were printed for free by one of the bridesmaids whose family owns a printing press. Don’t you just love free stuff! It came out like this:

The invites came in this envelope bound by a satin ribbon with the wedding seal (which I also designed). The wedding’s color motif is green and orange.

Inside, the envelope expands to reveal the wedding details and a pocket containing the entourage list, map, and RSVP info.

Here’s a close up of the wedding logo/seal I designed which was used for various wedding collaterals like souvenir gift tags and wine labels.

The table setting with a wine bottle providing the table number.

The wedding seal and plant/foliage used on the wedding invitations also made their way to the couple’s photobooth pictures. They rented out an instant photobooth for the night where you can have your pictures printed out right on the spot.

My cousins and I (left, in orange dress) goofing off at the photobooth. Pose and Print also printed a large tarpaulin backdrop with my wedding logo design for the background.

Last but not least, I also made a five-minute audio-visual presentation (AVP) with the couple’s pictures which was played at the reception. Some screencaps:

The wedding was a big success. Every little thing was planned and coordinated down to the littlest detail which made for a truly beautiful celebration. Congratulations to Roxanne and Rudolph!

Rudolph and Roxanne – November 8, 2009
Photographed by Atty. Raymond Fortun – http://raymond42n.multiply.com

Save the Date

Reg — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 14:28:38 +0000

My cousin is getting married and the entire family is off to Tagaytay for the weekend, with relatives from Hawaii and San Diego flying in for the wedding. I made a bunch of wedding collaterals for my cousin including her wedding invites, tags, audio-visual presentation (which I haven’t finished at the time of writing– eek), wine labels, photobooth templates, and this Save the Date wedding e-card.

My cousin and her fiance are high school sweethearts and they took forever (10+ years, I think?) to get married, hence the copy. Below is the original photo I worked with (taken by one of the bride’s friends). It’s a very nice photo so all I had to do was make it extra pretty (that’s not a very designer-ish term).

Didja notice I photoshopped the bride’s arm in the final image? Hahaha… Okay, I’m not supposed to tell you that…

I’ll post the wedding stuff I designed for them next week, after I get back from their wedding weekend!

Kara and Randy

Reg — Fri, 28 Nov 2008 11:47:40 +0000

Motion graphics wedding AVP for my good friends Kara and Randy who got married last October 10, 2008. Running time: 12:51

Wedding in China

Reg — Wed, 28 May 2008 10:22:10 +0000

These series of pictures were taken at a Chinese wedding just as the 2008 Sichuan earthquake struck.

These pictures are both eerily beautiful and devastating at the same time.

I know the earthquake has been a massive disaster leaving, last I heard, at least 50,000 people dead. But when faced with this particular set of pictures, I can’t help but think about more trivial things in the face of tragedy. Like, “I wonder what the bride is thinking?”* Pretty dumb question; if I were the bride answering that question shoved in my face by a news anchor (as them reporters are wont to do sometimes), I’d probably shoot back, “What do you think I’m thinking?!?”

She looks too stunned to do anything, though.

Full pictures and commentary here. (Photos from Dragon Photo, ND Daily and Sohu.com)

*dumb question borne out of my female chromosomes kicking in. Admit it, ladies, when you looked at the pictures you selfishly thought to yourself, “I wouldn’t want that to happen at my wedding!”

Alvin and Mylene

Reg — Sat, 24 May 2008 07:35:55 +0000

An AVP/MTV I made in 2007 for an officemate’s wedding.