The Aisle Bridal: Pre-Wedding

Finally posting up my photos of my pre-wed gowns (without the petticoat) and yup revealing our faces for the first time haha. Had to work really hard and forgo all my favourite food to lose weight for the shoot, so torturing... Anyways I don't exactly loveeee the gowns but I guess it turned out fine on photos! :) 

Indoor White & Evening Gown

Outdoor White & Evening Gown

Sample of Pre-edited Photos

A photo that J secretly took of me haha, the photographer didn't really like us taking photos with our mobile ;p

And to end of the day, a post-shoot selfie @ home. Dead tired but super happy with how my make up was done (very natural) and all the hair styles.

♥ PetiteFreckles

Pre-wedding Photography Session

Wishing everybody a belated-Happy Valentine's Day! ♥♥♥
 
After goggling for places to take our pre-wedding photos, below are places that we have decided on. Yes I know it's nothing special, but I like ;p 

We did our shoot few days ago, I purposely planned it the week before CNY so that I can eat without reservation during the festive season haha. Anyways, the whole photo-shoot took about 7 hours for both indoor and outdoor, excluding 1.5 hours of make-up and hair do.

1. Botanic gardens

Address: 1 Cluny Road, Singapore 259569

Parking: S$0.02/min, recommended to enter via Tanglin Gate.

Get ready to sweat! Super hot!! My nu-bra shifted, luckily it didn't drop hahaha.

Quite paranoid so I applied for permit, in case they didn't let us shoot for whatever reason.

We felt like celebrities (for real!) when we reached botanic gardens - we passed by a bunch of students from the photography club (I think), once they saw us, they immediately snapped photos of us (without asking- like some paparazzi) and even stood nearby to watch us during some of our scene shots and enthusiastic enough to stop the photographer half-way to request to take some photos of us. Haha what an experience. 

2. National Museum

Address: 93 Stamford Road Singapore 178897

Parking: S$2.50/hr (7am to 6pm)

If you would like to have your shoot done inside the museum, you can apply for the permit at the front desk on the actual day and make a payment of S$184 for 2 hours. Since we are on a budget (means no spiral stairs photos, sad!), we decided to just take it on the outside which can be quite nice (and hot) too.

Credits: Pinterest

3. Marina Barrage

Address: 8 Marina Gardens Drive, Singapore 018951

Parking: Free

We waited till sun set to have our photos taken against the city-lights. Nice! 

Here are things I prepared for the shoot:

1. Wet wipes

2. Tissue papers

3. Hand-held electric fan 

4. 2 x 750ml water bottle for us and the photographer

5. 1L of honey water (or any energy drink in case you have no time or appetite to eat)

6. Lunch: Mum was super awesome, she made egg mayo and cheese sandwiches for the photographer, makeup artist and her assistant and J. While I made blueberry overnight oats for myself.

7. Bobby pins

8. Hair spray

9. Lip gloss and blusher

10. Slippers (a must!! especially for botanic gardens, lots of walking) 

11. Mini sewing kit (you will never know what will tear)

12. Panadol

13. 2 Lenless specs for J (he's so vain that he even brought 2 watches to change to suit his suites)

14. Money for ampoules and lashes

15. 12 helium balloons (purchased just the day before) 
16. Other props but we forgot to take it out from the car -.-'''

PetiteFreckles ♥

Pre-wedding Shoot Shopping

Since shirt and shoes are not  provided by the bridals shops, we started to shop around for it about a month before the pre-wedding shoot. We got J's shirts and shoes from Vivocity, as there were some post-Christmas sale going on. 

Here's what he bought:

1. Black dress shoes from Pedro: $93 (after deducting the $30 DBS voucher that he redeemed prior to the purchase)
2. White oxford shirt from Top Man: $39
3. 2 shirts (black and white) from G2000: $59.40 (after 10% Citibank discount)

Total damage incurred: S$191.40

For my own shoes, I decided to wear the nude heels that I previously bought from DMK for my friend's wedding. Will be purchasing my actual wedding shoes at a later date.

Guys, do note that vests, ties and bow ties are provided by the bridal shop but do buy your own if you do not like what they have as some of them can be pretty backdated -.-

PetiteFreckles ♥

Pinterest, My Wedding Bible

Ladies! For those who have not heard of Pinterest, do check it out at https://www.pinterest.com/ now! Or you can download the app! ;D 

TRUE THAT!!!

In my opinion, it is really one of the best content-sharing site that I have ever seen. Since I downloaded it a few months ago, I have been super hooked on it. I check it out every other day haha, it contains a whole lot of interesting and useful information such as DIY ideas for wedding, house decor, fashion, travel tips and more! Pinterest is my go-to app/website for almost everything ♥♥♥ 

Here's a sample of what I have pinned for my pre-wedding photoshoot mood board :D Will be showing these to my photographer, excited!! 

Wait no further, download it today! ;D

 

Photo credits: Pinterest

PetiteFreckles ♥