yey centerpiece!

With all the major suppliers and details out of the way, I have been busy taking care of the little details of the wedding. Just a little refresher - this is my inspiration for our centerpieces:

Image credit: JapaneseWeddingFavors.com

If I haven't mentioned it, I happen to be a fan of Japanese art/culture. You should see my bedroom, it is definitely japanese-themed. I have a low queen size bed, a collection of geisha dolls, Japanese lanterns as my lamps, and a few antique paintings from Japan. I even have an authentic antique Japanese scroll. I will blog about that some other time.

Anyway, back to the centerpieces. So I've been going around looking for black trays and I tell you, they're not easy to find. I had a budget in mind because I needed 20 pieces and I wasn't willing to spend so much on them. I actually found some in SM but it was double my intended budget. Tommee was actually willing to buy it already, but I told him to give me more time and I will find inexpensive trays. (What is wrong with me? Did I actually turn down a way to make my wedding preps easier? haha)

I went to Divisoria hoping to find them there, but when I got there, I couldn't find any. One of the sales ladies told me to go to Quiapo and I'll surely find the wooden trays I was looking for. She was right! (Thank you ate, whoever you are!)

Although they are not exactly like the trays in the picture, I was happy enough with this: 

But it's not black! I know, I know. But I have a plan! I was telling the girl who sold me this what I intended to do with them and she was nice enough to tell me that all I needed to do was paint it and/or varnish it and it will turn out nice and dark. She actually offered to do it for me for extra charge (of course!), but Tommee and I know someone who can do that for us, so I declined. So, that's actually Tommee's next To Do project. I was especially happy because, not only did I finally find well-made wooden trays, I got them really cheap. Way less than my intended budget. YEY! Besides, I plan to use them for our house after the wedding (unless my relatives decide to take them home with them.. haha)