Weddings by Vatel Manila: LETTER FROM A FRIEND

Thursday, September 08, 2011

LETTER FROM A FRIEND

Dear Dylan, this is a letter that's been long time coming. I had no idea that settling into wedded bliss takes so much of my free time! But I now finally have some time on my hands, and decided I really had to hunker down and write to you our letter of utmost thanks.
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To tell you the truth, the beauty and perfection of my wedding day had me, and still leaves me, quite speechless. I had always wanted a garden wedding, one that would capture the romance, beauty, and hope of a new direction in life all in one perfect little package. You did that, and more.
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It was better, much better, than anything we had hoped for, or even dared imagine. I couldn't at the time quite wrap my head around the details, all the painstaking details that you conceived of in order to make it the most wondrous day possible. From my beautiful, beautiful bouquet (which I even placed in a jug at the hotel after the wedding to make it last longer!), and the hand-tied bouquets of my small entourage (with the amazing interplay of various shades of pink to make it 'pop'), to the ceremony area itself with the light pink roses in white baskets, as well as the lanterns and white birdcages lining the entrance of the ceremony area: all I could do [was] to sigh at the splendour of it all. It was all just so right.
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I really could not have dreamed it to have been any more perfect than it was. I wanted to fold it all up, put it in my pocket, and take it home with me. It was all so, so special. And the most special thing of all was that, through it all, we met you.

So thank you, Dylan, for giving us not just a wedding day, but the wedding we had so desired. These memories will last us a lifetime. And my [hair] orchids!!! My wonderful orchids!!! Everyone thought they were so beautiful! It made me feel so beautiful!! **Sigh**"

- Angela Holme-Vila (February 27, 2011)