Hi Van
Oh, 30 pax small no. Good good, then you got less of a headache. =) It's like that la I guess, my work stuff also piling and then seems like every other day will get tight deadline bombs from bosses. >_<" Can die. But then also stress and gancheong abt my AD. Haha! So these few weeks will be busy busy.
Hi Ann
It's alright! =)
Nvrm, hibernate also pretty good la, maybe it will help relax you? hehe!
Ok, for our decor, before we went down, my hubby said keep it to a max of $500, better still below $500, dun wanna spend more than that.
So what we decided on was that for our normal tables, the centrepieces we'll budget for $30-$35 per piece. Then for the VIP table, we're willing to go up to $50 for the centrepiece. In total I have either 10 to 12 tables + 1 VIP. Numbers must confirm again. So we're staying within our budget of $500 or less.
I initially wanted gerberas right. Now all roses leh. Roy very funny, seems like he forgotten that he has met us b4, and I think he also lost the previous form which he taken down notes of our last discussion. But nvrm since we wanted to scrap lots of things so we started out fresh. And I very happy now they bought the purple sash redi. So I am taking the purple sash. =)
Basically, for the solemnization, we're just taking the standard package. Nothing to top up there. The only top up is for the table centrepieces for the buffet lunch lor, the cost as above. And I also requested for him to tie sashes for the chairs for the VIP tables. The sash he charges $2.50/chair la, so it's suppose to be $25, but my hubby asked him to charge $20 instead, which he ok-ed to.
Erm... as for flowers, he said that roses easier to twirl and twist the stems to make nicer design etc, coz the stems of gerbs are very soft, unless they put wires into the stems of the gerbs. So decided to not take gerbs, since also working within budget, and he also did a sample of how my lunch table centrepiece would look like and we quite liked the design. So ok la. The VIP table will have a mix of roses with hydrangea. He will do grouping of glasses for me. Normal table I will hv 3 bubble glasses of roses, the glasses of differing sizes. Then the VIP table will have like 5 glasses lor.
Oh, and hor, he said in the solemnization package right, there is a centrepiece for the reception table too, which he didnt tell us the other time.
So good, I got that. A small one la, coz i opted for a square glass design. The design is same as the one that will be on our solemnization table, so I can get a jie mei or heng dai to help bring that one on the solemnization down to the reception after we're down. Haha!