{real wedding} Winnie + Ben

How would you describe your wedding?

Modern and simple, exactly what we wanted.

Our colour theme for classic creamish white and black, with a tinge of pastel green. We decided that going for the simple classic look shouldnt go wrong, and 30 years old on, when we flip back the album, we won’t go “What was i thinking?!“

Did you incorporate any unusual details or DIY projects in your wedding?

I shot part of my pre-wed in Japan when we went for a holiday in January. What I did was to google for photographers in Japan (found a nice German lady who freelances as a journalist), a salon that has English speaking staffs and allocated a day for the shoot.

Super huge savings for Japan pictures compared to flying a photographer over from Singapore. Pics turned out really decent too!

I got one of my designer friends to piece the Japan shots and pre-wed photos done with One Eye Click in Singapore into a photo album. Love the personal touch to it.” ~ Winnie

How did you meet?

“We are actually from the same secondary school. He was one of the most good looking guys / cool dude of the entire cohort back then. We never actually spoke to each other but only knew him as one of my girl guides’ (Nicole) boy friend.

So years passed, I still kept in contact with some of my school mates for clubbing and supper. Once, I had invites for four to a Heineken event in Zouk (sometime back in 2005) and asked one guy friend that I often meet to bring his friends along. So that was how we bumped into each other again and started to know each other.

We started dating and imagine how awkward I was when I had to break the news to Nicole as I still kept in contact with her but left out about the dating portion haa…” ~ Winnie

How did the groom propose?

“We went on a holiday in Bangkok in March 2010. The night before we flew back, he surprised me with the ring.

Not as fancy as other proposal stories but it definitely touched my heart.” ~ Winnie

Any advice for brides planning their weddings?

If you have the time and want to have better control of the process / quality, go ala-carte. Look for your own flower vendor, make-up artist, photographers, gowns, etc. Though it may not be the cheapest option, I would rather do so than be in the mercy of bridal packages and only get the people they allocate to me because they are ‘available on that day’.

Having a good make-up artist really helps to ease some anxiety for the actual day (at least for myself), as all brides are often worried on whether they will look their best on their AD. When I engaged Kenneth, I knew I will be in good hands because he knew exactly what I wanted. You have to be comfortable with whom you engage as your make-up artist and trust them.

You don’t need to overspend to have the best, grandest and most perfect wedding (its never enough!). To me, I feel it’s more meaningful to have a wedding that is within means, intimate and close to your heart.

Look for inspirations from Pinterest and other online wedding sites. They often have interesting ideas, themes and a nice collection of wedding decors, gowns, hairdo, cakes, etc.

There are a lot of things to prepare for a wedding and sometimes, there may be disagreements. Do not be too affected and get upset about it. Especially on the wedding day, let the matter pass, all you need to do is to look pretty, smile and enjoy the wedding.”

~ Winnie