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I normally don’t rate an event that I do. But since I’m posed with this question, this is how I see things….

1)  if at the end of the event… I hear endless chatter and see smiles on the faces of my guests as they leave the ballroom…. I’ll say it’s beautiful.

2) if at the end of the event…. I see clients satisfied and happy with the service we rendered, clap, clap, clap, that must have been a job well done. yes, that is beautiful.

3) if after so many years, a client calls and asks me to do another event for them, then the last event must have been beautiful to get a “repeat”. yipee, another beautiful thing just happened here.

4) if at the start of an event, I come to a room filled with nothing but doom and the next day, i see a brightly lit hall filled with flowers and a design so magical, I can easily turn into a fairy godmother( thanks to our florist and production designer)that, to me, is beautiful.

5) if the event promises to be really big and comes out bigger than life…. undoubtedly, it is beautiful.

6) if couples come to me and say we just want a simple wedding and it turns out to be simple and elegant in the truest sense of the word.. I would consider it simply beautiful…

7) if there is a typhoon or a heavy downpour, and guests still arrive on time and forget they’re having a bad day because of the weather… i would still rate that event  beautiful… for people to travel and get there in time for the wedding… the couple/host of the event must have been truly special for guests to still come… doubly beautiful for me…

to me, achieving exactly what clients have in mind and exceeding their expectations make an event beautiful. we have learned through the years, that clients have different levels of appreciation. beauty is relative. it is important that they get what they envisioned.

beautiful concepts, if not carefully implemented can become crap in the end. with all these ruined, where does a beautiful seed concept go? out of your hands…whew! this is ugly.

we do not entertain the word ugly in our events.

we know that there can never be an ugly event if it was well planned, well thought of and properly executed by people who know what they are doing. rule of thumb: don’t leave the digging to the postman. get people you trust to do the right job for you. they should be just as passionate to deliver “ beautiful. ” it helps that when you want beautiful things to happen, people around you want to create something beautiful, too. it’s easier when you all have that frame of mind….

when we say beautiful… we know beautiful for what it stands.

it’s common to see happy faces in happy events but it’s always the beautfiful people who get the most beautiful weddings/events. People who have beautiful hearts always get what they deserve…. beautiful events.

by bringing out the best in each client’s character/personality, taste, beautiful events are just so easy to achieve.

beautiful events, anyone?

Weddings and other events almost always fall on a weekend. Why? Because weekends allow guests to attend the special events without having to think of work or school. It’s actually a free day for most of us…Expect a huge turnout if an event falls on a weekend.  It’s not surprising why hotel  and church bookings on weekeends are aplenty. We all love weekends.  Carefree days…rest days…those are the weekends of our lives!

But for us in the wedding industry, Monday is considered to be our rest day… Try to submit your church requirements on a Monday, and all you’ll see is a closed door saying  ” CLOSED ON MONDAYS “  Musicians who huff till the wee hours of Saturday and Sunday will be sleeping late on Monday… So with the other suppliers who worked till the last supply of blood kept pumping in their circulatory system to give their best efforts the night before . Think of it this way…Monday is our Saturday. To make it even more confusing, we can add 1 more day, skip another day or two until it is our rest day again. We do not sleep on the job so allow us to dream of our rest days once in a while. : )

Just as we are in awe of weekends and rest days, we see rainy days as threats to successful events. 

When it rains, it all becomes a different ballgame.

To some guests, attendance becomes a matter of choice.  Guests who plan to attend events or have RSVP’d may decide not to attend the event anymore.  All because of rain.  The guest list somehow becomes leaner and the excuses become longer. 

Suppliers, on the other hand, do not have that choice. We have to deliver.  The rain should not hamper our operations.   It is on  a sad note that we saw how rain could make the world stand still.  During the last typhoon Ondoy, Metro Manila saw the flooding of great cities.  Several events were cancelled.  Most of the guests were stranded.   A large number of suppliers risked their lives to reach the venue.  We heard stories of how some suppliers stayed and finished their jobs  while their homes were in 20 ft deep of water.  They stayed on because they were there to man their posts even if it meant going back home without salvaging any of their belongings.  We salute our fellow suppliers for their professionalism.

At a time we knew many events would fall, came rain… For years, the only thing that has kept us from winning perfection is rain… When we plan events, we don’t keep rain from ruining our plan.  We live for rain.  We fear for events laced with rain.. Our hearts stop at typhoon signals. It’s something we have to contend with.  But God has always been good to us.  He gives us raindrops just enough to keep our heads down and our hands clasped in prayer.  He lets us see nature take its course.  As our events come close, we see Him in all the things that we do and we believe that rain or shine, we will have a ONE FINE DAY!